Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-05-02
The Award for fle Capture Of JEFF. Davis,

the following proceedings in the Senate
on the 9th inst, relative to the award for
the capture Of jeff Davis.
Mr. HOWE. I offer the following res
olption, and ask for its present consider
alton
Reso1ced That the Secretary of War be
requested to communicate 10 the Senate
all evidence upon which the award of the
commission appointed to examine the diff
! ierent claims to the reward offered for the
+ apprehension of jefferson Davis was based
/ and especially copies Of the reports of
/ Iiertenant Co onel d 3 Pritchard Of the
! fourth MichiEan Cavalry. ana Of Leuten-
/ ant Colonel Henry Harnden. Of the first
/ Wisconsin Cavalry. together with copies
| Of the orders under which the Gbove-na-
mod officers respectively acted
! Mr.. COWAN. should like to know
/ II the purpose Of the resolution is TO assail
/ the validity of the award
| Mr. HOWE. | want TO get the evil
/ deuce on which the award was made
! do not know whether I shall assajl It or
not until | see on what evidence II was
made. | have some reason To think, how
! g err that the award is not justified by the
evidence
Mr. JOHNSON. Has the amount been
distributed
. Mr. HOWE No. sir. and cannot be,
! take it, until there is an appropriation
! Mr.. JOHNSON. ! thought there was
I an approximation in I'd ance
! The PRESIDENT pro tempore The
! Chair will ask whether the present consid>
I Grafton nf the resolution il objected to-
Mr.. CHANDLER. l presume the Sem
; 4r,. 81 r !
! applying to the Provost Marshal General
or 70 the Secretary Of War do not know
! that there is any particular national i'm
/ portance in the question whether the leu
tenant colonel Of Wisconsin regiment or
the Lieutenant colonel Of Michigan regi-
ment receives the >mo~ev It has been
carefully adiudicated and decided. I un-
derStand there is liftle conflict of opinion
between these two officers as TO which is
entitled 70 the reward The fact is that
the Michigan colonel caught him and has
heen decided to lie entitled to the money
! do not care who sees the evidence. hat
! do not see what Importance il is to this
BODY
Mr. COWAN, If this information was
communicated. and it may he very vol
luminous. II will have to he printed and
4 printed, for what purpose There is n
right of appeal ,hat know of to this BODY
unless IL should arise when n question of
representation comes mp. ] shonld suppose
'haI men IT would more properly come IN
than now. ! have no disposition TO enter
into the CONTROVERSY which exists between
Michigan and Wisconsin on this subject.
| hone the services Of both in Thu behalf
viii he paid and we'll paid hut ! do no.
want TO throw good money away after
had
Mr. HOWE I understand exactly the
philosophy which controls this discussion
The resolution simn'v proposes to ask the
secretary of War 10 communicates 70 the
Senate Of the United States the evidence
upon which the award was made | take
Y that evidence will not hurt the Senate
and il viii not hurt the country. The Sen
rator from PENNSYLVANIA suggests that
there can he no possible good derived
from communicating here the evidence.
because there can he no appeal taken from
the award of these commissioners |
think the senator Is mistaken about it
An appeal can he taken I do not think
the award Of these commissioners binds
the congress Of the United States t0 ap-
Dropr'ate Il dollar unless the Congress- of
the United States arc satisfied that the a
ward ~ correct and ought to he paid -
There was bounty Offered to tro:e per
sons who should rap-ure Jefferson PAWS
i his FIGHT. 1t has Leon decided nv the
officers who were detailed 70 examine the
question that certain individuals are en-
titled to the award. ] DO not know that
the decision was not lust have an i'm
precision that il j. not lust ] think the
public J. in no sort Of danger if the Sen
ate Is allowed an opportunity of 'ooking
nj the evidence and determining for them
selves whether il is correct or not.
do not know that shall dissent From
the award do not know that the fourth
Michigan E0va'rv did not earn IT, I am
nj lsed officially that the fourth Michigan
cavalry did not get il: only a small p0r-
non OF the REGIMENT. If it was earned by
that part, my Impression il II VS. earned
hv more o. the corps than are allowed 10
participate IN the reward do not under
TAKE 10 Sav that the first Wisconsin Cav
airy = entitled 10 any portion Of r. have
4 declted impression that n portion Of the
tlrSt Wisconsin Cavalry i But Let rs see
tho evidence. NV friend from Michigan
does not object 20 that
Mr. CHANDLER Not ut all.
Mr. HOW + Then let Us have II.
Mr.. CHANDLER Its verv volumin
Gus ! suppose It il large volume. and
publish K 1.-THE Senator will chan-t his
resolution. and ask that the evidence he
furnished 10 him in manuscript far his ex.
animation shall certainly vote for -
arm IN f.,vo~ OF his havin. il all. | am
satisfied with the award
Mr.. HOWE The evidence. 7 think.
VIII compose about Is small a volume as
Won are in tha habit of seein.- and ,vbath-
OF We shall print it wh-n we get IL or NOT
viii I've a matter for the Senate tn deter
mire when they have seen 1t Think the
evidence will consist mainly OF brief re
port from Lieutenant Colonel Pritcharl
Of the fourth Michigan Cavalry, and quite
~ brief n one from Lieutenant Colonel /
Harden, commanding the first Wisconsin /
Cavalry That Is about all the evidence.
| guess. there is on the point If there is /
more shall he glad TO see l.
Mr. CONFESS There is much more.
The resolution was agreed to