EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 17, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 4820, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Ellen Kelley."
The husband of this beneficiary was granted a furlough to go home and
vote on the 31st day of October, 1864. On his way there he was severely
injured by a railroad collision, and there does not seem to be a
particle of doubt that the injuries thus sustained caused his death.
Upon these facts this does not seem to be a proper case for the granting
of a pension.