The Osceola times., 1880-01-03


WoinIn claimant goes hy She j. an
eastern woman, old mSidish in looks,
and wears clrkscrew curls Her bacA is
rs srGghtf US sn arrow Her claim, also,
is largely of an imaginary character
She has been q gcgulnr attendant for at
least ten yoar' The Lady Of the Lake
seldom spcals to any one, while Mother
Brown is talking almost all Of the time.
From this fact some know ihe Lady by
the name of the Woman with the Iron
Jaw. They are great characters in their
way, and help 10 make up the scenes
that make the inside of legislation so in
terestiue 10 many. There are two wood
en-lered women, one of whom uses
crtitchos, who can bc frequently seen
about the building, but these will not
put in an appearance until after the
Christmas holidays. rs there is general
understanding that nothing Will be done
in the way Of legislation until after
then.
DR.. Mary Walker, who is probably
better known or written about than any
other lady in this country, is Glso quite
famous claimant. She has two good
ones that will yield, some day. Her big
claim is for services as SURGEON during
the war. Under some hitch in the law,
although She rendered The service, be
ing woman She could not legally draw
the salary. il i, for this that she makes
her visit. TO Washington. Her claim is
for five thousand dollars, and it has been
passed by one or the other OF the houses
several Tunes: but never by both during
fine same session. Her great friend has
always been General Butler and il has
been by his efforts that She has almost
cot her money on several occasions.
Sam Cox is also a strong supporter Of the
little doctor. With Butter and Cox in
Gvor Of 2 claim there are betting
chances in favor Of its getting through.
Although there may be Il tremendous
opposition 10 ii Ben Butler wipes away
opposition with precedent, law and APP
ptIls for money. " hile Cox laughs il out
Of existence at the cXpence Of those
who are opposing him. They make the
strongest team ever seen IN Congress.
Of the
REMARKABLE MALE CLAIMANTS.
"Colonc. Tom Scott" az Colonel Pinch
ocncr is called, is the most famous TO be
seen about the Capitol. Pinchoener is a
Hebrew, who is supposed by some of his
relatives who reside here. His claim is
for Building q canal somewhere. and also
for improNtuCnts On lighthouses and
services in connection with laving out
the plans Of the construction Of the
Pacific railroads. Years ago there NAV
have been something in his clains, but
hc IL so much gone on the subject that
hecannot explain anything about them
now. 4 bout all he does is TO curse Tom
Scott VINO hcimaginc- il at the lotion
of all Of his trouble. The Colonel Il
perfect fun TOR ihe boy pages. whenever
they have q moment 10 spars. He yen.
orally makes 4 visit tothe reporters g,l-
lery of the House about once week, to
secure the services Of correspondent to
'writ UP lat a--4l Tom Scott" Before
he can explain tic object OF his visit.
Cuttings the dourkcepcr gives him the
grand boun-c. lie has got this SO many
times that he pays no attention to 1t.
Decker, the dpOrkccper, who has charge
of the door nearest the reporters gallery
always consols him, and sends him away
in the best of humor Decker ,ost both
arms in the war, and he opens the doors
with hooks and pinchor. attached 10 the
stubs. He rets rid OF the Colonel by
telling him 70 soon is his hands grow
ont again lee will whip Tom Scott for
him.
There are any number Of others who
plaviust as peculiar pIr,s in the drama of
ltusllliOn as any Of these mentioned
above but who are triile less COnspicu-
Gus. The man who has the Chinese
indemnity fund claim in hand has been
hustiin. about committee rooms for
twenty-five years and the claim is no
nearer settlement than ever. An old
lawyer, who died a couple Of years ago,
had caaree Of
TILE OLD FRENCH WAR CLAIMS.
for nearly forty years? lie died without
ever securing 4 settlement though the
claim has had the support of all the
best and great men in Congress
during hat time The man who Is iin-
tcrcstcl with them row, an ext C0ngrcss-
man, has been working ON them for five
years Like al tho others lie thinks
thcy will be settled this session certain
ly"-though the Sc sion for many of
these old claims never comes. There is
a rule ia the Cclaims committee that a
claim tcuyelrs old is bad, and that TO
pava twenty year old clam is perfect
robbery. There is no doubt but that tie
older claims get, unless they We're very
large when they started, they grow
larger and that there are good reasons
also for refusing 10 touch ten-year-old
claim. on the ground that if there was
anything ia it it would have been paid
before that; but If won't do to apply one
rule to all of these eases; the circumstan-
ces Of which are so Different.
Feeding HcCs.