The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-02
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because they woula establish precedent
that would involve the national treasury in
expenditures of hundreds of millious oil
dollars-that other senator was Ly-
man Irumbull Of Illinois. Great ap-
plause. But the Republican senate
and the Republican house of repre-
santatlves would not heed their voice q
warning, but passed the bills to paw these
Aentueklans Tor their salt works on Goose
creek and its tributaries. Laughter and
applause
Now, my fellow citizens, [ am not aware
that any Democrat 10 congress at all has
nHered any bill that proposes to establish
tA dangerous precedent that property
destroyed In war n'ust be paid for.
THE ONLY PRECEDENT
That any Democrat in Office has recog-
nlzed, so far as know, is that property
used to supply the army, such as food, as
horses, Tor artillery and cavalry-that.
these being supplied by union men in the
southern states, shall be paid for, But
Samuel j, Tildeu in his letter proposes
20 stop that business too. Applause.
ne says IN his letter that it is dangerous
70 pay those claims, because, In the main,
'hey are fraudulent, because they are
presented IN sums much larger than the
parties ought to claim. And my fellow
c 6. propose to read to you, if can
hnu 1t, what Gen. Grant said on that
SUBJECT think have it here some
where, but may have lost it, All. here
1t IS Indeed, my fellow citizens, L
would not lose any good thing that Gen
Grant has said, for any considerable sum
Laughter. This is
WHAT GEN. GRANT SAYS
In respect to these claims: Nothing is
more certain than that very large per-
centage of the accounts passed and paid
are either wholly fraudulent or are far in
excess of the real losses sustained"
That would be fraud of itself,t to present
claim in excess of the loss. So that is
what Gen. Grant said. Why, the Re-
pu6fcans paid no attention to what he
SAID, but went on paying these claims in
large sums. And now there is to he a
little man 10 the White House at Washing.
ton, small in stature but mighty IN
Judgment and intellect, and with nerves of
IRON, to protect the nation. IApplause1.
And he has said to the American people
that the payment Of southern claims shall
now stop! Applause
My fellow citizens, there were some
other claims Of questionable sort intro
duced into congress. | cannot read them
all. Hurlbut, of Illinois, introduced one,
rather curious sort of claim and Mr..
Smith, who was the clerk to the committee
on these claims, claims in the Forte
second and Forty-third congresses, he re-
ports Mr.. Blaine himself as having intro
duced queer kind of a claim. | will
read Baine's claim that he introduced
for somebody. Itwas claim In favor Cf
Boggs, BrowEell & kersands. and it was
referred to the committee by Hon. James
u. Blaine. The claim is as follows; ''246
barrels Of tar, $2,46O Laughter: IS cords
OF wood, $3.50" Laughter. Righ,prictd
wood that Laughter "Tools and
materials $1,000" Loud laughter
A voice, That was to cut the wood with
| suppose. He don't go into details about
the tools: Use of schooner Martha W.
Two months, at $500 per month, $500.
amounting in all to $500"
That is James q. Blaine's opinion in
congress. His opinion here in Chicago is
expressed IN rather different terms. Here
10 Chicago he tells you that it is not
Logan, it is not Howe, it is not Pratt, it is
not Blaine that introduces these danger
GUS claims, and establishes the terrible
precedent against the government, but it
is unrep2ntant Democrats, he says.
Laughter, That won't do my fellow
citizens. Laughter
In his speech the other night.
MR.. BLAINE
undertook to cast discredit upon the
statement in Mr.. Tilden's letter. You
have read that letter; you commenced at
the top and read it through land You read
it on line by Enc; the impression that
letter made on your honest mind was
stronger and stronger unity came to the
last line. Wasn't thatso? Applause and
cries of yes, " yes Isthere an honest
and unprecedented mind anywhere in this
country that did doubt Gov. Tilden's sin
certify in the whole business? No. mo. u
| do not know that James G. Blaine is
just the man to set himself up Dis more to
be trusted than Gov. Tilden, Applause. I
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