, 1874-12-28

tIdSe Which arc Incidental. No mnH doubts but each
hy all writars ito British coss%on, % ind ict donu
grsHs an u docs In tho worry frat Hrcon of lilo tlrAt
nctnlo MI lo91alavn powers thnroln granted, there fs
yory fact neceasary VI to cnao to cGsae nto
nggi!ly IlSon on every subject w!hn a constitutional
and to compel tton, to testify Tint power hns bocn
exercised from tho foundation Of tho Government up
10 f4ls tio, auu 1t las never been doubted denied
Congroaa clearly haA tho powor to appropriate
monoy to pay casMs and. wEatover theory
| might bo presented NJ to tho duty of Congress-
to oxa1nuo and AscortRln thoir amount, Con-
gross Will continue to flo 30, especially With tho
Donoctatlo party and the Southern StateH, no
largely Interested III claims, fully represented Il.
| Congress.
law would, therefore. DO utterly Intellectual,
30 fhr M Congress- IL concerned,
established Court Of Ctn,ms to rot rid Of tic
OWLS aro humorous.
Iluoto again from my speech Of Juno 8, 1874.
.T The .es M Of March 1904 amending te act e.al,-
avs Tp ny prSn;siing rS; a. stGnss III soo. follows
for tho satisfaction Of private o!aiina ngainst ths
uoynTaon founded upon my ,aw q Congress- or
] st o5 tho u9sd ss,es, sa i.ses, sorsi@ eoswFo
preae!ca Or introduced, 10 tsasea Is mS by s ihe
ssSFssy o tho ,s, sfnsS Clerk Of
10 e Gonr ~ tho Documents
nt this IN practice has alled for two reasons, The
1tr;s!ctton only extends to threo classes Of claims
vision "unicss ot!crwisa ordered aa totally tcfcntel
its object. Il Is always ordered that ca!ns wiicn
presented Shall go to committcoB.
l respectively submit, therefore, TINT your
proposition TINT n sufficient romody mny bo
l'roylsed by ]aw, and TINT !" Congress itself
would bo bound thereby" il not correct. Eacll
Congress would have tho right to roucul auy smcl,
law.
Ihat thero is grent and ,rgont necessity
1or aoino iioars TO protect the Government
against onornoua, ind fraudulent claims,
especially those arsing III tho Southern stn,os.
certain, Withont this there will DO no cutl Of
Them. I might illustrate this by many oxAtnplos.
Il1e 10 celebrated sfa q. EIsler caina is ono.
Ill, ~ lsl2 to Florida 1ntlians or our troops or
coru-fie!ds: in that stato. 11o mndo Il CHIN
originally for IS 900. Congross l,as already pnil
on 1t s66,8 ,803.33 and tuoro IL yot n domantt iii
a1t1. ssis congress Tor sG6s4s more and, on tho
slG,848. F''-1F
There are now pending before tho Commlttoo
o. War-Claims OF tho lionsa moro tlan 1900
ehlms' domanuing over s2O, ,0OO,030, besides
other claims in tho Senate to nu enormous
amount.
Illoso who were nobcls during tho War can
now provo loyalty that cannot now bo mot by
proof Of the lrilth Claims can ant; viii bo nlnl.
tlplted ndofinitoly; aud hundreds Of millions will
nos eatisfy. them. II the Democratic party cones
into nowor. The Ilccont "Sugg Fort claim y
which was hurried through tho Uom1nssary De-
par:ttncnt and tho Troaaury Department, aud
which 'a nov, OIL Investigation, reported q fraud.
is sufficient to show that c!aima which have boon
Kept dozon years and now como to tho front,
~hen sho evidence aSHinst thom IL Lost or i,ac-
etessbe, arc outisiod to but littlo favor,
If my. One claimant CHI exert moro
power ana influence than hnif tho popl,-
Eation Of State. Tho claimant ia
yIigilnnt. and so arc his friends anu his lobby,
They can on!st powerful influences, political,
personal, social, newspapers, md otl,crwiao.
llle!o aro no buch influences, or but row, nnd
rarely ever 10 nctlYo and yirilant. on behalf OF
tho Treasury and tho puoplc. Now. if TnE |
dh1nuSE VII give tho power Of its grcat iuilu-
enco to atd i'll tho good work of doing Justice to
holloas claimants and OF cutting on those fraud
uient claims which dare not como forth while
memories ,,' aro fresh to dofcat them. bollcve it
viii be public scrsicc rightly. performed. TO-
spectfully, IT,, VII. LAwngacE.