He has not had occasion to do anything since he has been President to show his attitude on the pension question. He did. however. express himself upon it some years ago. Here is what he said in his book entitled "Division and Reunion" (p. 227) : The other leading questions of those years were the granting of pensions and the regulation of immigration. Congress had hastened from one lavish vote to another in providing pensions for the soldiers who had fought In the Civil War. until at length generosity had passed into folly. President Cleveland. for the time. put a stop to the reckless process by a vigorous use of his veto power.
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