EXECUTIVE MANSION, _July 9, 1886_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return herewith without approval House bill No. 524, entitled "An act
granting a pension to Daniel H. Ross."
An application for pension was filed in the Pension Bureau by the
beneficiary named in this bill, and considerable testimony was filed in
support of the same. I do not understand that the claim has been finally
rejected. But however that may be, the claimant died, as I am advised,
on the 1st day of February last. This, of course, renders the proposed
legislation entirely inoperative, if it would not actually prejudice the
claim of his surviving widow. She has already been advised of the
evidence necessary to complete the claim of her husband, and it is not
at all improbable that she will be able to prosecute the same to a
successful issue for her benefit.
At any rate, her rights should not be in the least jeopardized by the
completion of the legislation proposed in this bill.