The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-25
Southern Claims Introduce4 In Con-
gress During the Present
Session.

Session.
The Tribune has already published
. complete list Of al bills introduced in
Congress from the beginning Of the
session down to March Is, for the pur-
pose Of securing public improvements
in the South. The public claims
reach the en- ormous aggregate Of $192.
100000. The Tribune has since caus.
ed to be prepared . complete list Of oil
bills introduced in the Senate and
House Of Representatives, from the
beginning Of the session down to
March 26, presenting private claims.
Of these there are 908 OF which At
asks for sums less than $4,000
These At bills there is not space to
print in full, but their total il 81, l,010,-
900. Of the semaining 431 private
bills, 320-more than one third
of the whole number introduced
are altogether vague, neither stating
nor limiting At the amount to which
claim is made. This very vagueness
il suspicious and suggests the msgni-
tude Of the sum expected. It is Ger
tainly fair, however, to suppose that
the average amount Of these indefinite
claims i at least - large ~ Of those
asking for definite sum. Upon this
basis the aggregate Of these 32O blind
asking claims is $3,5OO,OO0. There
are Ill bills asking for $1,000 or
more each, making an aggregate of
$5,747,793. The least amount, there.
fore, asked for BY private Southern
claims introduced IN Congress from
the beginning Of the session to March
~, is $1O,247 ,793. The bills intro
duced down to March 18th for pubic
improvements in the South call for
1892, 100000. The South, therefore,
thus far in single session, has made
demands upon the National Treasury
for at least $203, 600, 900.
That this estimate is far below the
actual amount for which the South
has'asked the counsel for lage mum.
Der of claimants has already taken
pains to prove. Judge T. W. BARLEY
has published in q Washington paper =
long letter in regard to three large
classes of claims now before Congress.
He divided these claims into three
principal classes and makes the fol.
lowing estimates;
Amount Of cotton tax $83,0UO, 900
Balance of captured and
abandoned property $4,000, 900
Army supply claims 10000, 900
Grand fatal $4,000, 900
IF Judge Bartley's figures are taken
in place Of tho quiet and modest esti-
mates which the Tribune has made,
the aggregate (l) of the claims for
railroad and other public Improvements,
aud (2) Of private claims for cotton.
war material, captured and abandoned
property, etc etc., will be more than
5000, 900, instead Of $2O2, ,OOO,.
900.
The list Of private claims presented
in each House, exclusive Of those in
which the sum specified is less than
$40, 900, is presented herewith.
lHere follows a list filling five COL
umns, giving the numbe aud amount
af claim and name of claimant. The
foctings are as follows:1
Sum of House bills asking
for $40 or more $4,92O,793
Sum of Senate bills asking
for $4,000 or more 8o1, ,COO
Total 5,741.79a
Sum Of amounts less than
$4,000 100000
Total Of amounts carried out 6757,793
Least sum to be added
for blanks 3,5oo,ooo
Least sum called for by
private bills 1O,257,793
Total amount of public
claims 10000, ,ooo
Grand total of Southern
claims 2o2. .ooo, ,ooo
Approximate Grand Total
on the basis of Judge
Bartley's estimates Of
private claims s3oo,ooo,ooC