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and to whom she pleased and to apply the pro
oeeds according 70 her own pleasure, without con

Deeds according 10 her own pleasure, without con
sulting the Government Of the United States. AS
the Government of the United States acquired no
title to this land and 10 power to carry ino effect
the frost, or 10 any way control the fund, tue CON-
mittee cansee no ground upon which they are az.
thorized torecommend its payment" This report
does not appear to have been acted on Dy the
Senate.
This claim was presented TO the House OF hep
resentatIves Jan. q 15ii, and referred 30 the Com
niittce of Claims. That Committee made no re,
port upon it. The Committee on the judiciary OF
the Senate made report July Z, 1886, IN favor u
this claim, accompanied by bill for It's payment
This report and bill DO not appear 70 have oeen
acted upon by the Senate. favorable report, &C
comPanied by bill, was made by the same Ootn-
mittee of the Senate in 1877. Inc OH was sem %
the House of Representatives, Feb {, 1877, and re-
ferred 10 the Committee on the Judiciary the l9sh
Of the same month The 2lth Of the same month
the bill accompanied by an uniavorable report
YVES reported 10 the House, which was not acted
on bv the House This report proceeded on the
grounds that no part OF the property conveyed,
for the purpose of creating trust fund TO pay the
debt Of the petitioner. had ever Injured 70 the bene
ft of the United States, and that the whole benefit
Of the fund had been received By the State Of GeOr
eia. which could apply the proceeds N the payment
OF ell equitable claims upon it, whereas the United
States had no power TO control tn9 fund execute
the trust
A bin for the payment of this claim passed the
Senate early in the first session of the Thirtieth
Congress, and was sent TO the House Of Represen-
tatves the 10th of January, ls4s. The 2lst Of that
month it was referred 10 the Committee On the Ju-
dietary who reported it 10 the House the 29th Of
February, 1s4e The Senate report, which accom-
panied this bill, based the grounds, that the
claim was established by the Commissioners APP
pointed TO dispose Of Lands which had been ceded
by the Indians TO pay the debts due to the traden
that there could be question TO the justice Of
the claim that the revolution which George Gal
phin had contributed to effect, and which wrested
these lands from the Crown of Great Britain, was
ne act of all the States and not that particularly
Of the State of Georgia that the government OF the
United States succeeded 10 all the obg cations which
rested on the Crown, far as claims OF character
similar to this were concerned: that the lands
charged with these debts had been appropriated to
the public defense, and as bounties 10 the officers
and soldiers Of Georgia who served in the war OF
the revolution. They further maintained that the
principles on which the United States in 1882, as
sumed the payment of certain claims for which
Virginia had become liable to her revolutionary
officers, embraced this claim. The House COM
mittee made no written report, and are supposed to
have recommended the passage OF the bill, for the
reasons assigned in the report Of the Senate COM
mitfee.
The bill thus reported TO the House was com.
mitted TO the Committee Of the Whole House, as
are all private bills, under the rules The bill re-
manned on the private calendar and In the Com
mittee Of the Whole House until Saturday, the 10th
Of August, 1913. On that evening, about clock,
on motion by Mr. Rockwell chairman of the Com
mttee Of Claims the House resolved itself into the
Committee of the Whole House, to consider Senate
bills on the private calendar TO which there should
be objection. Those bills were taken up inther |
order, and this among them. II was acted upon |
in the Committee Of the Whole House without de. |
bate, on q division of the Committee. If single |
member in the Committee had objected, the bill |
could not have been reported to the House. In |
the House the bill was passed, and several Others
without q separate vote being demanded by any
member, or taken by the House From a minute
and thorough investigation Of the circumstances
attending the action of the Committee Of the
Whole House and Of the House itself on this bill, |
the committee are satisfied there was nothing i'm
proper, irregular, or unusual Ia the conduct OF the
members or clerks, or other officers Of the House |
in relation to It. and that 1t passed in the regular
and usual mode.
In investigating his relation and conduct to this
claim, the Commute deemed it duty TO request
Governor Crawford to appear before them, and
make such statement as would enable them 70 uu-
derstand his connection with this claim, and as he
should think proper on his part He did ap-
pear, and made statement which be subsequently
reduced 20 writing and also answered injuries
proposed by the Committee. From his statements
1t appears that he became agent counsel for this
claim by power of attorney executed by Milledge
GaphiD, executor of Thomas Galphin who was
the son and executor Of George Gaphin, the eth of
February, 1888. BY agreement between the par
ties, sd May, 1885, he was entitled TO receive for
his services without any other charge to his prin-
cipsl onehnf Of the whole claim or OF such part of
1t as shonld be realized. A supple mentary agree
ment by the parties, explanatory of the foregoing,
was entered into the 10th of January, 1885, by
which it was stipulated that the pecuniary advances
n eQfO I'll onI( lshor
be the consideration for half of the net profits Of
the claim; and that all advances to- or contracts |
made by him With, other persons concerning the |
claim, should be deducted from the sum 10 be real.
lied from the claim before its division Gov Craw-
ford endeavored to obtain payment of the claim by
the treaty OF New-EchOta with the Cherokee In
dams in 1885
Failing in that, IL was presented to the Legisla.
ure OF Georgia in 1897, and continued to be urged
before the Legislature OF that State until lsi2.-
During that period, excepting the year 1871, Gov.
Crawford was member Of that body avowed his
interest IN this claim, and urged in debate its pay
nent, but declined TO vote upon it. In May, lsis
ie arrived in this city, on his way to the Philade
'hia Convention, and remained about a day, and
m his return from Philadelphia he reached this city
n the morning and departed for his residence in
Georgia that night. He did not again visit this
ity until after the passage OF the law and was alb
ent from it when the bill passed the Senate and
NC hOubc VI hepIesSntttlVeA- In feDruery lSfg, |
c again came to this city. In March following be
ntered upon the duties OF Secretary of War, aud
om that time he took no steps to prosecute the
lsim for interest, until he was urged to do so by
is principal As his interest was contingent and
nd secondary, be did not think he could refuse to
ave It urged as desired. About the middle of May
sf9 he disclosed TO the President the condition of
be claim and his relation to it, that be hadbeen pros
cutngh before Congress and elsewhere since 1888;
lat 1t had been allowed by Congress, was pend.
ng before the Treasury Department, and he had
n interest in it. he did not state the character or
mount OF the claim, the extent of his interest in
I, or the name Of the claimant, nor did he enter
nto any Of the details Of the clam. The Presi.
lent replied, that in his opinion, none of the pre-
xstiDS Individual rights OF Governor Crawford
ad been certsiled by his acceptance of Office. He
Employed Judge Joseph Bryan to prosecute the
lam and promised him three thnnsan nd dnllar. Is