The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-01

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their CORRECTNESS Is referred TO the published
proceedings of Congress, as follows:
Cc.s,vssiesu, Gles. Session, Ssh Coa8rr.s:
Pages g79 1884, 1861, 1872 1921, 22Ol, 2902 $40.
Congressional GioSe.-2d Session, 10Th Coogre1:
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Pages $50, 1874, 1882, s2s9, is. s5ll. 1850, 49,
|WgNee6n6e enlzfse upon ne rUlnmve'
have presented. The naked history Of the
treatment which these various bilh have re-
ceivei ut Mr. Chrke's hands h sufficient to
convince any man Of ordinary intelligence
that our ''sole Representative he's psrsis-
tently sought 70 delay payment Of these just
claims. Four bills have been before the
Ho,rseAany one Of which might have been
passed BY one day e exertion of Mr.. Clarke.
And VET the only time he has ever opened
his mouth ON the subject, during his 1--WE
years service, was onthe S5sh Of July, 1865,
when he xosed to ssyiks ont Of Senate bu No.
Glide clause making an appropriation effaads
to pay of our ctaims-the most important, the
really vital, portion of the bill.
Look, for a moment, at what has been
done for other States since the time when our
claims were first presented: April II, 1856,
$500, 900 was appropriated 10 reimburse
Pennsylvania for services Of militia in re-
polling the invasion of Gen. Lee. April IL,
1866, So, III ,0S9 Is was appropriated to pay
Missouri for euiPping, sutsiaing and pay.
| ing her militia in the service u The United
States during the rebellion. March 9, 1867,
| proyision was made for ascertaining the
| amount due the militia Of Indiana and Ohio,
called into active service during the Morgan
raid throuwh those States; and an apprOPri-
alton was made sufficient to meet the
amount found to be due" And on the Sd of
March, 1863, an appropriation OF SZ2S, SAs
! was made to pay Iowa for the services OF
militia called into Missouri, and for araing
and equipping troops at various times during
the war.
I All these claims-and MANY others Of \
similar character-have been paid long ago.
Mr.. Clarke Was in Congress when all the
bills referred to were pas.ed-and voted for
every one Of them. The claims Of Kansas
are Us Just ms any Of these-and more valid
than several of them. 0r accOunt-made
up by 81 duly authorized commission, and
virtually endorsed by the Legislature Of the
State-was presented over six years ago, and
brought directly to the attention Of Congress
through Mr. Pomeroy's first bill, as long
since as the I'D Of February, 1866. The i'm
terest, alone, on these claims since that time
I-lost to us by Mr.. Clarke's condua-hgures
up orer tco hundred and fifty dtoisnnd doilars
equal to the total amount Of taxes paid by
the people last year for dcfraying the expen-
ses Of the Safe government. I'm
| Appropriations aggreXating ten naiioHs y
dollars have been made, since the war, to NEE,
the claims Of other and older States. Kan
sas presents claim Of half q million dollars,
grounded upon an Gu MUSE uprising ef heI
militia to meet the enemies Of liberty and
the Union-a spectacle without a parallel in
the history OF the rebellion. And thi.
claim-the price Of ''the best blood of OIL
citizens"-has been three times defeated in
Congress by our Rcpresentative-them mar
who Ii now asking Us to send4,im back again
, to Washington with the plaudit Of "wel
done, good and faithful servant"
And what excuse does Mr.. Clarke Offer ioI
his course in this mattery What sxPlana
ton does he give of his persistent opposition
to all measures looking to the payment O
our demands? Nome at all. lie has attempt
cd to throw the responsibility Of the defea
of the first bill upon the State administra
ton, but ex- Governor Crawford spOils thi
, "little game" by stating publicly, over I'M
; own name, that he ''never, directly or indi
rectiy, advised, or even suggested" any oP
position to said bill; but, ION the contrary
did everything in his power to procure il
passage" And the records show that tn,
bill had been killed and buried two days he
fore Governor Crawford was telegraphed Z,
by Mr.. Clarke to ''cone on and help saw
it from ''defeat." ..- ....s Oh
What motive, then, has inspired the con
duct Of our Representative on this impOrtan
question? Why has he so frequently and s.
persistently placed Obstacles in the way of TN
paynlent Of the sum fairly and honestly du
us from the general government? Glance ,
moment at the outside circumstances. Eve
since the claims were adjusted by the Stat
) commission a lot Of spectators have been buy
ing them up at discount Of thirty to sevent.
per cent. The delay Of payment has give,
this ''ring" chance to secure the bulk of thes
claims-their eventual profits being increases
by the depreciation following the failure .
each bill on the subject in Congress. Mr.
Clarke is openly charged with being mem
. her of this speculative combination, and will
holding, by proxy, a large amount Of TIN
claims. Whether this he true or false, tn
fact that some half dozen of his particular
friends are, and have been for years, buyins
all Of these claims that they could get hole
OF, a, heavy discount-the present pric'
being MiIfy-fte cents on the dOiIar-is un
questionable. And NJ. Corke's action i,
Cbnqess has been in direct and steady further
aacc Of their interests. The circumstances
to say nothing of open and explicit charge
ALI point to our Representative rs part
ner in this ncfario,is scheme Of speculation
Ind he Offers MT q rrd 10 re6u' the pTcsump
ton. . 80. ~
During the war, when a member Of Con
gress sought To defeat appropriations for thu
payment or subsistence Of our armies, VI
called him recrpant, Il sco,lndrel, a traitor
unworthy to enjoy the benefits or shar,
the honors of American citizenship. What
then, shall he said Of q. Representative Who
in time Of peace, and having full power Il
secure favorable action in the How're on any
lj,l>t demand ID his constituents, deliberately
conspires with ring Of swindling specula
tors to cheat the heroic people Of his Owl
State out Of half million dollars due ant
owing them since 1854 for services per
formed at the peril Of their ives and under
circumstances -ia,mineat- danger to thu
country? Let the Republican, voters o.
Kansas, answer through their primary cleo
tions and party conventions.
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