The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-22

and had known him TO be a true and loyal Union
man.
Mr.. CoSGER. trepJ of Mich. opposed the bill, and
several sharp passages occurred between him ana
Mr. Eden, of Illinois.
Finally Mr.. WHITE (repD of Pa, moved to strike
out the enacting clause Of the BILL and it was agreed
to without Il division.
In advocating the next bill the calendar for the
payment of $4,000 to A. A. II. Richards. of Virginia.
for supplies furnished the army during the war.
Mr.. SHELLY, dem of Ala. stated that he had no
sympathy with that class of claims. His people.
who had to bear the burden of taxation had no SYM
pathy with H. but 1t was one OF the penalties OF the
war; which the people OF the South must accept as
Mr.. BRAGG. DEM of Wis., opposed the bill. There
had been little or no loyalty i'll Virginia. except such
a had been enforced by a Gordon of soldiers with
bayones. and then it had thrived most Justify upon
the supplies the commissaries of the army had fur
nished.
Mr.. KEIFER rep.) of Ohio. supported the bill. in
asmuch as the claimant had evidently been loyal to
the Union all through the war.
Mr.. WHITE of Pennsylvania, opposed the bill as a
legal proposition. 1t would DO dangerous prece
dent to pass this bill. Congress had been consistent
in refusing to pay claims of this character, and he
moved to strike out the enacting clause OF the BILL
Agreed to-yeas 10l, nays 49,
A number of democrats voted in the affirmative,
while eight or ten republicans voted in the negative,
Suffers CLAIM.
The next bill was for the payment to John
Zumstein of $4,000 for supplies furnished by him
as sutler to the army at the conclusion of the bat
tie of Shiloh
Mr. KEEPER, of Ohio supported the bill.
Mr. BRAGG. OF Wisconsin. said that the CHER merit
in the bill was that the claimant came from Ohio.
The claim was worse one than one for the robbery
of a henroost could be-. Suffers had generally man
aged to take care of themselves, and 1t was some
times their practice to rob the soldier.
Mr.. HUMPHREY rep.j Of Wis, inquired where Mr.
Bragg had obtained his knowledge OF the ways OF
suffers.
ton OF the army which had travelled through the
loyal county or Fairfax Virginia. Q4aughter)
There had been many loyal persons in that county
who used to furnish Mosby with information as to
when suffers tram coming along to the Union
army and Mosby generally captured it. and then the
soldiers had to pay tax to Mosby by reimbursing
the sutler when the next train came in. The truth
that raids were made upon suffers by soldiers
ever and anon, sometimes because they had been
cheated by the suffers and sometimes because tho
suffers bought whiskey and sold it canned
peaches to some men when they would not sell 1t to
others.
Mr.. ELLSWORTH, (rep) Of Mich.-How under the
did the gentleman get his information in regard
to canned peaches?
Mr.. BRAGG. of Wisconsin-I have bought them
myself. Laughter.) The wants of soldier arc
sometimes such that they push for drinhables as
strike out the enactng clause of the BILL Agreed to
without division.
REPUBLICAN CONSISTENCY
Mr.. CALDWELL, ldem.) of KY, supported the next
bill on the calendar for the relief OF Hiram Johnson
and others, of Tennessee. Before however proceed
ing to speak upon that bill he called attention to the
fact thar statement had been published some time
ago in the New York Tribune citing the claim of Mrs.
specimen brick of the grand structure Of
war claims which the Southern people wanted
PAID Inc repuDHcan committee nau u1strl-
buted 1t as campaign document and he
had been criticised for reporting such claim. The
fact should also have been stated that this very bill
had been three times reported upon favorably by
publicans-once by Mr.. Conger and twice in the
Senate by Senators Mitchell and Wadleigh. It had
been stated that not five per of the people in the
South had remained loyal to the Union. Gentlemen
who had followed the United States flag into the
South ought to know better than that. He stood
here honest enough to do justice to the loyal people
in the South But for the loyal element in the
Southern States the history of the country would
battlefield it had been Southern arms and hearts
that had turned the tide of battle in favor OF the
Union. Those loyal persons III the South were now
asked to sacrifice their claims for the benefit OF the
country. Why not ask well the bondholders to
sacrifice themselves for the good OF the country?
Mr.. WHITE, Of Pennsylvania, in reply to Mr. Cald-
WELL stated that when the claim of Mrs. Herbert had
been reported he had considered it rs bold and un-
blushing fraud The Solicitor Of the Treasury had
sent officer to Louisiana to examine the claim, and
his report had shown il to be o fraud He also OPP
posed the pending bill. If it passed q bill
York. Pa. account of losses incurred through q
raid made by General Early during tho Gettysburg
campaign.
On motion of Mr.. White the enacting clause to the
bill for the relief of Hiram Johnson and others, of
Tennessee, was stricken out.
The only bill agreed to by the committee was one
for the relief OF Messrs. Gibbs l. Co.. Charleston.
The committee then rose.
A bill coming from last Friday for the relief
| of Albert Grant was laid upon the table.
The next bill coming from last Friday was
| pedo machines for the use OF the United States. A
motion to lay it on the table defeated-Ss to o.
without further action the House, at six O'Clock
| adjourned until tomorrow.