Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-15
TWO EET0ES.
President Cleveland Returns Two Pension
Bills to the House Without HIS
Approval
They Related to the Increase Of the Fem
stou> of Andrew j. nm and Abigail
smith-The Bills should Have
Been Referred.
TN rprslnrxr,s YErnEs.

THE PRESIDENTS NEroES.
WASHINGTON, MAY l0-The Presiden
sent to the House of Representatives Oh
Saturday two veto messages. The first L
as follows:
To the House of Representatives;
Ircturu without my approval House hl
NO. IA. entitled, Al act iucrcas NJ the pen
sion OF Andrew j. HI-' This bill doubles
the pension which the person named theron
has been receiving for a number of years
1t appears from the report Of the committee
to which the bill was referred that the clam
made Icy him for increased pension has late
Is been rejected by the Pension Bureau on
the ground that the claimant IS now recetN'
ing a pension commensurate with the degree
| of d stability found to exist The policy OF
! frequently reversing by special amendment
the dec's ons of the bureau invested 10y law
with the cNamiuatl on of pension claims fully
|egulppcd for such examination and VII en-
ought not to be suspected OF any lack or
hpraity to our veteran soldiers, is exceed
fnr1y questionable. II NAV well he doubted
If a committee of Congress has Il better
u]pportuut " than such agency to judge OF
the merits of this claim.
If, however, there is any lack OF power N
the PENSION bureau lot Il luI uNtsuGat.n
II should he suppHcu II me system a'"pi,u
IS inadequate 10 90 luu JustlCr 10 tno v''.'l
ants II shuulu ne CORRECTED, anu IL tuei'
want on sympathy ana conS u'Iatiyu III w.
defenders OF our H~oyernnleht Ine .uIreI
should he reorganjled The disposition 10
eQnreJe most generous tFedt'Heui ~ =, n,o
alhlod. aged ana needy aln9hE our .eiesa9S
should not be revoked, and II must he ad-
tnIted nat III Sothe eaSt> Justiet "tht WINK
can NOT ho atta hcl Wllhout w VInt,.a'.t
t'ndeNc.es Of me ~oEeLnineI in NV, ~
Syed lo 9oJ'''' u '' care '""'''s'0 D''
The conditions sometimes Justify a resort
10 sneriaI ,eg station. hut am convinced
tbat tho -ntnrnmsittnu hy sperfaI enactment
m the granting of pensions should be rare
M avt sa",'C onal IN he naf,lr" Of tbings +
rhIsis Ightly done. ani upon slight orca.
SON, an invitation is offered TO the passage
ut cia.,a9 a ,9uEre.s ,o ~ ,bo tos 4p of ox.
an,ttns+ nu T.. No pnnsion "a, raan sna whose
"r%',!'J Gn ,nl y .,coe.s demands more nor mon
g r,4 IA, mJ r. ~ . am ~ "A ,,octdT thsn mnnn rtrht
and Hst ca me -nstrnnentaitv deyisedh
iaV,r ~ IN. d, ,nT,n netInn Of ne1sion claims
~ tb,,s H,srrg "A ana discradited ana there
"a donrnt, thuat in mo en4 nonIlar nreil1dico
,rfli5"a ornatad "a nroTn. tblieot wb"n rla Sc0rtbv
a n,l W an it ro,Gt WI Ha amy NV W. tbn Gn 20,
Mani unt ,Tbnra bbos Ia,oiv hcen nrosanted IN
mau'- y ~" o l",V.' 49, = no sr On
sn.,,ar Gtls rraTiing and nrro.s1n~ non.
.ta,s and o,iI;,, tH mo ,ansi1n All ftba
rar,,s I 90 ,or, as SHhioh fo,. Lc g hoo, heon
dranncd ia o5l Cynnrtiya amy tbov wcrn
ref6rr.ot tn ttr pcnsion Ri,roar for e,omiro.
tjl, o,l rar,r, ftar a. 1otor oLoIrtni.
noaas'arr XXX ,ot'n haon at,". ~ ,no
witbin q i}aa,,c" CHI 9urs of tbSs limo nrnyidCCd F1r