The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-29
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Sert0D uQoefuvuiom fsAuscai INSeSe0
ttih congre ssionul district are chsrgiaE
that Hon. William Hartsril, Detnocnsslc
,nsmber Of congress and::candldate Tor re-
election, voted tor certain rebel war
claims.
There Il not one word OF truth 10 this
charge and no paper making It has fur
nished any evidence TO sabstantiate it
not one particle of such evidence.
Indeed, even . while making the
charge, they contradict themselves.
They do this by showing that the bills
containing the rebel claims spoken OF,
never became laws. How could Mr..
Hartzell vote for bills that were never
put to q vote! will some OF the mallgn-
ers Of this gentleman answer th,. qucs-
| ton?
There Is no Law against making de-
mand upon the United States for money.
Even rebel may do this. Any one can
call spirits from the Vastly deep. 10
do so Is as easy as lying. But
will they comey Certain demands
were made By rebels upon tile
Democratic house Of congress ; but we're
they psids That Is the question. And
the truthful snswer is: mot one"
Every bill containing claim upon TIE
United states for money, on account Of
property destroyed in the rebellion-war,
that passed congress ut the last session.
was voted Tor by the Republicans as we'll
as the Democrats OF the house; ran the
gauntlet Of the senate and received the
approval OF the president.
More than this, at the first session Of
the Forty.thrd congress- Republican
congress-one hundred AMI nine cases Of
what the Republicans now call rebel
Chains. were reported favorably by the
Republican committee on war claims of
the house. The amount of money In.
volved in these Was over eight millions
OF dollars. This included the cotton cases
and all these In which the claims were
not for definite sum, and these are est.
mated. But In the cases where the sums
ofmoney demanded were definite. the total
sum recommended TO be paid out Of the
treasury by the Radical committee for
"rebel Claims was i've millions eight
hundred and elghty.one thousand dollars.
Now, the other side. At the first ses-
sion of the Fourty.fourth congress-tt,e
house of which was Democratic-only
iifty-two cases OF such claims were Ne
ported fayorably by Democratic com.
mittcc. OF which cases forty-four hal
been reported upon iavorably by the Re
publican committee on war claims Of the
house Of the preceding Republican con-
sress. OF tho cases reported only seven.
teen passed the democratic house. one
being Republican senate bill for $685.
$50. Tho amount Involved in The fifty.
two cases referred TO above was $2l5, SSl,
aud the amount involved IN the cases
passed by the house, not Including the
senate Gaze, was only S7i,433. Every
Republican III the house, with sn
occasional exception, voted for all
OF the bills allowing these elaine; and
som. OF them-indced, the most OF them
were passed over the vote OF Democrats
like Holman, with whom, upon all ques-
tons Of economy IN the administration OF
the government, Mr.. Harizell always
voted.
Thus docs the foundationless charge
made against Mr.. Hartzell fall to tho
ground. The man who hereafter shall
make II, will by making it write himself
down consummate falaihcr-s loose
tongued rascal.