The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-02

| from New Hampshire.
| Sumner declined to discuss the
| conduct of Massachusetts In the war
of 1872, because it had nothing to do
with the question before the Senate !;
that question was simply whether
provision should be made for the
payment of a claim which had twice
been passed upon favorably by Con-
gress, and when paid would only put
Massachusetts,, in this respect, in the
same position with other States.
| Drake inquired whether, If this in
terest were now paid, it would not be
precedent for the payment OF SINH
lar claims growing out of the war OF
Sumner was unable to answer more
definitely than to say that if similar
cases should arise, the precedent
would apply to them. aao- 9s
/ Grimes moved to add proviso that
the interest shall not be allowed to
Massachusetts, upon any sum on
which she has not either paid interest
or lost interest by a transfer to an
interest bearing fund. 4o4 AA
Sumner was willing to accept the
amendment.
Fessenden, in reply to the question
that the claim, if valid, ought to have
been settled years ago. said it WOu d
have been at the same time with the
claims of other States, but for the
fact that the Democratic party. then
dominant in Congress, singled out
Massachusetts, aud by delaying the
payment of her claim sought to pun
ish her for the action of the Federal
/ party, by which she had been con-
trolled at the time of the war; it had
taken a great many years to get the
principal, and Massachusetts, was very
! glad to get it without, at that time,
dem mlndIng interest. 3aa3 tf2Eis - f@
Howard suggested that Massachu-
setts had feared to demand interest
within a reasonable time. ..-..l
Fessenden replied that the interest
| had been demanded immediately after
the payment of the principal.
Howard asked him whether there
was any security that the money ask :
ed for will be appropriated to the con
struction of the railroad spoken of 10
| connection with it2Hrnan awa-s
Fessenden said its use for that pur-
pose was secured by the laws of Mas
saehusetts and Maine. vo q .sssi s.. i.
| Frelinghuysen took tae ground that
the amount paid by Congress in 1859
was accepted by Massachusetts, and
Maine, In full liquidation for the
claim. principal and interest.
| Sherman said the proposition offer
ed by the Senator from Massachu-
setts would appropriate over five mill
| lions,aand even with the restriction
4 proposed by the Committee on For
eign Relations, would appropriate over
a million and a half. He had looKed
over the items constituting the Origi-
nal claim, and had found that nearly
all of them were expenditures for
local defense. The payment of the
claim of Maryland for Interest had
been allowed because Maryland had
at the time of the war appropriated a
portion of ner school fund trust
| fund, for the public defense, but Mas
sachusetts occupied no such excep-
t;onal position, and if her claims were
now allowed, it would be impossible
to pay the claims that might be pre-
sented by other States for advances
during the late war y. 4 s.s
Patterson replied to Sherman, who
he said, had Overstated the amount o
the original claim.
The credentials of Brownlow, Sen
ator elect, were presented.
The House joint resolution sus
pending the sixteenth and seven
teenth joint rules until the end of tn
session was agreed to.
The COMMITTEES on Finance was dis
, charged from the consideration of tn
! bill relative to refunding the gold an
J silver bullion in the United States
+ mint and branches. 49, - tA
EVENING SESSION.
/ The joint resolution to authoriz
t commander @. I'll Bald<siu to accept
t gold medal from the King of tn
: Netherlands was passed.
r The bill for the relief of the Mi
!. ners' Iron Coal Company was passed
: The Senate resumed the cOnsidera
q tion of the Army Appropriation Bill
8 Amendment offered BY SumGer: ~
: Pending which tH a-'
e Patterson, of New Hampshire, cor
d tinued his speech in advocacy of til
0 amendment He said the whol
d amount due Massachusetts and Main
: under this claim was not million an
q a quarter, as stated by the Senate
. from Ohio, but only 1857 900. &
b.
'. HOUSE.-.............wAs w AsHINeToN. March 1.
Bills were introduced and referre
J. granting lands to the Tennessee an
j Coosa Railroad Company. aagl
! Several bills toFelieve persons fro
II political disabilities were introduce
Cook reported bill to erect bridg
le across the Ohio. Passed,
Of Judd introduced joint resolutio
to requiring the Pacific Railroad al
their branches to give bonds guaral
to teeing the proper completion of Il
le Roads before receiving aid. Passed.
D. Logan moved to enquire into I'll
matter of returning to General l.
as the Washington relics, and directiI
e. the Secretary Of the interior not
er deliver them until report be mad
lie Adopted, 116 to 35.
s On motion of Schenck, the rul
d. prohibiting the passage OF bills fro
es House to House. and the preseatatii
of bills to the President within thr
er days of adjournment, were suspende
iy 1t was ordered that the House me
be hereafter at 10 AM.
Schenck moved to suspend &
rules, and order that the, House pr
ed ceed to the business on the Speakei
ne table at 10 o'clock to morrow. Rul
he not suspended, II to 20; less tn
to two-thirds In the affirmative. esq
Bingham, from the Committee
in claims, reported bill to paw III
Susan A. Shelby, of Port GibsC
D. Miss, s., 900, in full for all claims I
n cotton captared aud sold by t
nd United States.
ng After some explanation by Bin
n ham, the bill passed. ~ r
"a Batler. .aof Massachusetts, moved
he suspend the rules, to discharge t
at Com mittec of the Whole from furth
In consideration Of the Senate amen
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