, 1876-08-22

mend tho payment. lSattlcd III these two
Qnartera, llo next undertook to manipulate
tho Claim through Congress. anl OH tho a2d
Of January, lsG!i, wrolo n petition signed by
HENDERSON, which was Introduced by Hor-
ntor VAN W1NKLE, for tho payment of The
claim. Tho Senate Committee nf Claims,
however, fai1ctl 10 nilow It, MID lis term Of
service having III tho monnwlilo expired,
1fESDn1cKs made application ut tho Wnr De-
partu,cnt Dec. &, 1870. to llayo tho claim ro-
considered. The request WINS granted, anl
HENDn1cKs, 1tonp md 1frNDn1cks thcn en-
tered tue caso rs attorneys, thu ex-
Senator bofng the chief fnglcmnr,.
His presidency VIA nt Inst rewarded. Thu
bureau Of Military Jnstieo in 1871 made n
favorable decision, upon whicl, tie Second
Comptroller Of the Treasury al1owett rny-
mont, tho Auditor protesting againHt it. Tho
final settlement papor WINS indorse1 rs fol-
lows 1llis settlement waa male by the
Second Comptroller alone, the Auditor hay-
Ing decided adversely There are two
points established by lhcso records, ,~-hras,
that 1Ir. 1IExpntCks, while>a United ssatcs
Senator, wns for two years the nctual nttor-
noy of HENDERSON in collecting tha clni,n
agninat the Government and. second, that
1t WIS Chin in which tho Government h,ltl
suffered n loss four times greater thai tic
n'nount Of The claim proforrcsl. Tie Gn.ette
adls to tho history of tic claim tho follow
Ing instance of llESpn1oKs' operations as a
pardon attorney:
There 's another Departmental Ibis bssness IN
which Mr. 1iESnnscKs figures to I!tic advantage.
In faet 1t waa his first step In II. Some ttme tcr
Halls conviction Of tho grpss frantlR ,unlcl1,
HSsnntcEs interpoacdt to secure his pardon, mil
succeeded In having his sentence set ne!,le tho
technical gronnl that HALL was only silent part
ner Of SMiylte. nntl w:is not contractor within
the meaning Of the law which authurlzcd the trial
Of tlefrandtng contractors by a military court.
While there WIS ,iouIt Of tho justcu IT tho conyic.
tlon, Jnilgc 1totT hc1t1 it 10 be bettcr lint onc
guilty eAouid escape than to hive Il even secm
TINT punishment hnd bccn secured by forced
construction nf The law. On this ground tho re.
misa!on of HALLS Scntcncc was ordered, and
formal notice Of tho rceut sent 10 lIs attorney,
Senator HgNpR1cEs. as appcaFs from lhc indorso.
ncnt upon The papers at t1lc War Department.
Next III tcgnlar order, and sdnc tEme afterwarl,
camc tho assignment Of 1IA.L'4 mule claina to
llE*nEnsuH, and the attempts Of MIR. 1tENpn1cKs
TO collect It.
Several Democratic candidates in Tudiaua
havo been withdrawn from tho State ticl,et
for cause. There aro others against whom
suspicious are resting so strong TINT 1t is
probable they will have to bs withdrawn
also. IL it not tin,o tilat this Indiana cantl-
tlate on tho Nnsionl Democratic ttukot
should a1so mako way for some ono who 1as
not such fraudulent burlton to carry? Most
certainly if Afr. WHEELER were in the posi-.
ton of Mr. HENDRICKS, and had frandu-
lent claim resting upon his record, he wo,,ll
be promptly and sn1nmariy withdrawn.
Tho least TINT HENDn1cKs can do is 10 covor
back the money into the Treasury which he
took from it unlawfully md unjustly as tho
attorney Of ''my constituent. HENDERSON,
lis cousin