The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-30
OUR WAsFaGNGTOgN LETTER.


his discharge OF application us. hereto
fore. This is. an act - justice B. those
who fought to save their ctssintry
which has long BEEN Withhelss from
them, and will be a great rei5.f to
} many q soldier widow and their fam
) lies.
! The House ct Representatives has
passed a Bill. G@r the distm button o1she
remainder OF tiae Geneva A Ward.. ghe
! Bill reviyes antA continues the Court
of Commissioners Of Alabama Claims
and provides for the settlement of all
claims by that body and FIXES the cfssss-
es of claims it shall hear. The Coart'
is to consist of three judges, and it is
to convene andorg anize in Washington
as soon as practlcable. LIS a=x!stellcee1S
limited to eighteen months The iii Stt
class of claims is,tAs. be those described
in section II Of the f0rmeg act and
claims for damages done directly by
Confederate cruisers Oh the high seas
In cases of whaling yessels>,- ten. per
Of freight. The second classe>af clains~
! is to be for two per cent additional in4
terest On former Judgments. IlhethiFel
class is to be for the. payment of pre-
miums for war risasSS only tale' actual
loss to be allowed
i The ten per cent. upon Whaling veS@
sells and their outalh is to be paid with
out further adjudication. Jallgmen4ss
given in the first. seconG and thiEr
] classes are to be paidiin tbs order Of
the class, and If the money be-not' SAT-
ficient to pay all the Judgments, they
are to be paid pro rata. The act is aot
to renew or continue any commissions
: of judges or officers of the former
court. Any balance that aaaY still re-
main shall be subject to the fursher
dCUlOu Ol OSMLSsACt5o
Before insurance companies, cam ob,
! tain any award under the bill, they
: must show that they lost on wal Aisks
more than they made Oh the wax pre-
miums which they received. e9udge
Humphrey, of Wisconsin,, made an elo'
:, quent speech in behalf Of this, measure
( which at the request of several MEM
, bers Of the House of Representative
has been published. Wisconsin has
reasons to be proud Of her delegation
l in Congress, and the people of thai
State have shown their good sense by
re-electing so many OF old members tt
: the next Congress.
:, There was a lively time III the Holas'
Of Representative yesterday caused b,
I the Hon. Edward s. Bragg opposin!
the Southern war claim Of M. Rarrel
and III. p and w. German. He un
@ doubtedly speaks the sentiment OF tn
e loyal North in opposing Southern wa
e claims, but, Judging from the past, b
. will obtain but little assistance fror
his brother Democrats in opposing tn
l. desires Of the Southern Democracy
'd He informed them that the N0rther
T Democrats were not prepared to Sc
es out, body and soul to the Southerner
eve have been tainted with the $a4
100000 in the Treasury, that belong
h. some one unknown, Or to the Govern
IF ment as proceeds of abandoned prol
~ erty and ought to be distributed in til
l. South. -"
81 would ask these gentlemen
take their eyes off from the $34,O0O,O(
n for moment if they want to apprec
II, ate how we feel. Let them turn tt
NC glass over and look at another view,
n sea of thousands and tens
as thousands Of the best men in the Ian
ne North and South, Weltering in the
NV gore. Let them hear the cries of Il
in wounded man from the battlefield
d the cold chill of death strikes him, al
en- by the cessation of the groans V
IL knew that one more soul had gone
lte his final account.
~ "a "Let them go and hear the piteo
le- means from the hospitals; let them
is to the hillsides and mountain tops, a.
~ ~ to the valleys where thousands a.
tle hundreds of, thousands are in mou1
&C. ing.
We "Then let them look at what is
!. the least account in reckoning, t
las thousand of millions, the billions
OF money that were spent to put doN