EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 27, 1885_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I have carefully considered the provisions of Senate bill No. 862,
entitled "An act for the relief of Uriel Crocker."
The general statute provides for relief in case of the destruction of
coupon bonds.
In my opinion this provision of law is sufficiently liberal to meet all
cases of missing coupon bonds worthy of favorable action, and I do not
deem it advisable to encourage this class of legislation.
The bill is not, however, so flagrantly inexpedient as to call for my
formal disapproval, and I have allowed it to become a law under the
constitutional provision, contenting myself with communicating to the
Senate, in which the bill originated, my disapproval of special
legislation of this character.