The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-30


men. The whole language shows that such was not hi,
inienuon The object 10 retain part OF the claims
until the whole amount should be asSerained and then
the government was TO pay them that full when
il should have been ascerained.
Now come 10 the report oil 1924, upon which 80
much stress has been laid by the from Virginia
v Is said that IN that one of the most able n
this country made report adverse 10 this claim. Mr
President the abesl 10 this country is liable 10
and II happens that sometimes the ablest IN this
country are more liable 10 than anybody else be-
cause hey are very apt in the press OF public business
and the demands made their time and talent, TO
look small matters. That the chairman of that commit
tee fell into is certainly impulalon his al-
ehis Far be II from me 10 make any inputaiion against
the talents business habits of Mr. DIcLane but say
Is apparent upon the face Of his repor-and think il
the senator from Virginia will read the whole report to
the Senate, the Senate will agree win metha, be did
make egregous error He states that the original
claim amounted only to $ll0417 90 Now, 80 far from
that being true that the balance which remained
after the application Of the appropriation which had been
made by Congress Did he not fall into there lie
stated, as the whole amount originally claimed, what
manned after the appropriation which bad been made by
Congress- had been paid TO Them. say that il the fair
construction OF it, And you will find that Governor
Mitchell, who was appointed agent subsequent to Col.
Hawkins reported this amount the balance due to
these Indians. This is what led Mr. McIane into his
hasy error and will say here, that hasty and
hasy letters ought to be carefully avoided particularly
in matters Of arithmetic for. unfortunately, figures
lie. though men sometimes do.
BY looking at this report OF Governor Mitchell the
then Creek agent will be that the amount of claims
which he adjudcaed was $ls4 O2s So Theamou Of
SlIo4I7 90 Vet M MrI ane mt ,b;s dnun ua as ,Sa
Whole amonr, nj tha ,;nn;da,ad rcIa;m Th o;1 % ,I
amount lqudated $lS4 900, and the amount OF pay
mens were nearly $4,000, leaving balance Of over
,hs ymIe foi. =, no foisns IN on;, snn;cahls hsro
II discover OF such glaring character in
gard to matter OF this description is it not fair 10 infer
,h saton f;r n Tba sanp,a. ,oa w. | v;rpp;n u ,h
fair construction OF this report that this was the bal
,hasa fndans ,hs, ~ ~ nnror as ~ rna, ~ Iaa rs +,
!, = rJ T ,h; ~ III ,ha Sr, NH H. aa @ f;,h 10 @ 10, M
McLane did fall into an error when he stated that that that
n ua '''' o'""a' a'o""'' "A''e"' = VOC o'S '"0 Do
Mr. HUNTER Does IN. senator des;re ma IN read i,
,o,n, ~ 'NO' N0'0 '' y -AN :
bear !, ~ N' 'i " w A'pP'''o
Nj uIINTIp uoro "a Oh. n,r.aro,b % which ,ha
usniaman rafa,s. ro r. 1850
.r,.. o,.ns e., ho.,os ,.,. ,onia,,.a j., H.. .hi.f
u, oanncI a. ~, II ,nL;'s i, Jn, 1917 "a aTann.J
10 he .nr or ssIi AZ aa or ihi' no ssi oss Ro ]
paid to the individuals in proporion to her respectve
~
admitted that this, strictly interpreted, was mistaken
view of The case but very plain my mind what he
meant One hundred and ten thousand dollars was the
balance lei OF The claims OF Inc Creeks alter the ISL 900
had peeh pa.d Wheh ne sdiu, vi tis sum Soioo oo
had peen paid ne meant 10 say hat al was PAID on he
whole original sum OF over Sls4,ooo AS proof that
he must have meant that he knew all about the matter
woud reie. 10 me lac tna ne annexes 70 me report
letter oil General David mitchell, winch SHOWS that
the SlloooO was the balance Is from ibis report OF
alI McLane maj oD'aiheu copy OF Inc leuer oil Nr
MncheI,' whlcn Is mere stated 10 iuil-
Mr.. CHAhLloN. believe lalieyrand SAID once that
me use OF Language was 70 cohcea, ana hhk
lna we may advance iue, anu say ina. 'ae opJeci oil
hs report, IN making hsules aho statement, Vthe COM
inenniy OF lhe senator Oh fxhIA DC correct WAS 70
conceal wnat tne wnei ieaiiy meant Dy "; Iot say
Mat IL 10 sell 'iucn' ~ ue eApena.on ~ .osh'euay
o .ne senator im .s,hia - oJiIo',I tnat ,uc senie
man VINO haae 'hs report mas sdu aileouy ,e oppose
lnol oi u ssoulu ~e " ,o uo, ha ,h % en,, e Wy hy
anoun, Vi .,e oa'rnoe a ~ h y " ~ . ~ '
otgiua, eia'm ,iquiuA,eu % uI en'eie oo:.a'niS
nquuaiea py tne y muo'. esI i;,s,I o. ~ ~ p pe
i,qulua'eus ~ Nas ~ P.esens Iy ~ ' ,Ti ~ A f @ ~
them ia common WIN ihe agent lheie Can oe no ms
iaxe ABOUT ma', ~,
ask the senator from virginia now, as know he 10
candid and a'f man, 70 slen 10 ,his sentence from ae
report winch very shoft, ana tell me whelne " Is pos
sibe that " can bear lhe meaning whlch ne gives 70
These claims for losses were iquidaed by the chiefs
in council at Fort Hawkins In July, 1917, and amounted
the OF 5lI04T 80 OF this sum,i ,055 so were
paid the individuals in proportion TO their respective
nsnns ., e ~o p,,"e % ene py shs s.h1n hse " -
= appnpydsd ppp%dsd tor : rSS''N ~
P'o'e.o 'o
The report oil Mr. McLane IS wrong from beginning TO
end The amount quldaied by the chiefs Fort HAWKINS
1877 was only SI54o04 Do Rfterwards, The amount
iquida,ed at the agency IN 1918, was Si9,524-makng
in all the sum oil Slsd,02s So 30 he was wrong there lie
was wrong IN stating that hese claims lor losses Were
adudcated by the chiefs IN 1917 to the amount OF the
sum named But IN 1885, as nave ALREADY SAID, another
amount oil S4s,324 was added and, acuhg upon The IN
struchons oil the Secretary OF war payments were made
upon these amounts oil two-hitns 10 each individual Tor
those losses ascerlained, allowed, and acceded to-
thn haa aiiarIh he N n