, 1879-01-30
REBEL cLArm.AoENrs IN THE SENATE

REBEL cLAIn.A1ENTs IN THE SENATE.
Tho WARREN MITCHELL claim for l,ny for
cotton seizetl by tho Government during tho
War was dcfentod i'll tho souato by vote Of
10 aga'nst aud II for it. Enough Democrats,
including somo from tho Southern States,
yotou ngainst the bill to show that tie OK
Confederate grabbors will llayo no caay job
IN tLcir effort 10 capture tho Democratic
party md nako tool Of 1t to reimburse tho
Sonsh for their war-lossos. Tho Northern
Democrats who rofuaol 10 sanction the fraud
woro bAnxuM mid EATov OF Connecticut,
HERMAN of Now York, mud 1IcPnEnsoN OF
Now jersey. Ben Hit, Of Georgia, fol-
lowed thu convictions of policy which ho
stated SO p1atnly in hia speech against all
war-olaiu,s delivered Tho day before, and
CocnnEL1 Of Missouri, CoKE OF Texas,
MORGAN Of Alabama, mud HANSON Of North
Carolina, voted with him, probably on tho
sante ground. It is suggested TINT AGensrs.
DYARp mud SALISBURY OF Delaware voted
against Tho claim In tho interoAta OF 1}ArArn'A
candilasuro for rtho Presidency, and ns menus
for proritiating Now York, Connecticut, and
Nav Jersey, bnt 1t is only fair to nssu,ne
that neither OF those gontiemon would sanc.
tiou tho allowance Of 1lobel claims In my
case; tho little State they represent In too
cloEoly Identified with thu North 10 tolerate
any sloh conduct.
Among those WHO voted for tbis bill, aud
thereby virtunlly constituted themselves
a3onta for Kebol claimants. in genorni, tho
most surprising case was TINT OF Scuator
Booru, Of California 1t is impossible to
account for his anomalous position, aince no
Is neither scosiona'ly nor politically idauti-
fled with tho clique urging these claims.
Tho people Of California, whom Soaator
1sooTn prelo'ils to represent, ara without
doubt III aoiialy opposol to opening the
doors Of tho unitotl States Treasury to llcbcl
claimants az are tho people Of auy otllcr
Northern or Western states, whose sub.
stance mud prosperity aro threatsncl by tito
raia, md alr. 1loorI has evidently betrayed
| thcm in this instance. Tho snmo may ha
aa;l Of JoSla, Of Nevada, In rola-
tion to Ills constituency. l}Eck and Me-
ChEEny voted for this bill! az much, rerhaps,
because tho claimant livcs In Kentucky AZ bo-
cause they aro In favor 'ot allowing Robcl
claims generally, for wo do not believe that
tho peopio OF kentucky, prosperous aud
contral Ssato, will approve thu principle.
BAILEY, GARLAND, Gonpos, H4nRta, IIEng-
ronp, LAuAn, anil WfTuEns voted for tho bill
oupurely sectional grounds, md will probably
vote with equal alacfity for every Nebcl
CLAIM, that shall 10 presented Ia tho future.
Donsxy, BcENcka, aud PATTERSON, outgoing
Republican Senntors from Southern States,
wanted to emphasize their readiness to
truckio to tho Confederate elomont. such
I Northern men AZ QRoyER aud VoonuEksstaul
reaily at oil times to submit to Southern dio-
tation, but 1t is rather surprising tlat old
Gen. aulELps should avail himself Of lis
brief tenure Of Ills place to sI.lo with the OK.
Confslerates, unless llo concluded that was
tho Eurcst way to secure an election as m
officer Of tho next Saaate, which will he
| Democratic In majority,
While cenauring tho mon who aro willing
to indorso this favorite Southern scheme for
plunlsriug tho United Statas Treasury, it is
a matter Of considerable satisfaction that two
desperuta Efforts to grab public money tor
ex-lsobcls havo recout]y tcen dsfcated,-tho
William aud Mary College bill in lilo House,
aud this WARREN MITCHELL claim In Tho Hen-
ate. But tho struggle iu BEHALF Of Rebel
c'atms Is not yet ores, nor eau tue result be
definitely fosetoll until the next Congress,
which will b. Democratic iu bath llouses,
shaa have declared itself on tho subject. It
will require moro nerva then Oh the part Of
such men as DaAoo and HILL to maintain
taeiF present antagouistio position ttan 1t
does now
| some very remarkable statements ara nude
| by the Austrian pfess tu Fcsaru tu tue disease