Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27
The Cost of Electing Hancock.

Wo give statement OF some OF the
Southern claims now pending before
Congress, and which await only the
election of Hancock to be paid by ap-
preparations. These claims have all
been before the Court of Claims, and
rejected, and were then presented to
Congress with the amounts largely in
creased. We give few specimens,
with the comments of the Cincinnati
Commercial:
Claim No. 3,lO7 (Before the Claims Com
missioners, and disalloWed.) Jan. 10, 1875.
Referred to the Committee on War Claims. and
ordered printed. Marie P. Evans, of Orleans
Parish Louisiana. Total amount claimed in
original petition, 1872 $50; in amended petition,
1896, 355.
Here are specifications:
No. 1-S25 hogsheads centrifugal sugar. of
average weight of 1900 pounds net per
hogshead, beng 1,o72,5OO pounds, at 25
cents per pound ............ .$26S 125
No 400 barrels golden strip (molassesl
at 40 gallons per barrel, making 10000
gallons at $3.50 per gallon ......(....... 24,0OO
500 barrels sugar-house molasses lat 40 gal
Ions per barrel, ma king 20, 900 gallons, at
| Observation-Disclosures. 90 600
No 81. 900 empty barrels, at $2...... 900
No. 4-3 600 cords of dry wood, at $5..... $4,000
No 5-62 mules, at 5000 Observation-Disclosures. l240O
No. 6-15 wagons, at S15O ................. $3.50
No 7-3 carts, at $75 Observation-Disclosures. 225
No. S-3 drays, at $75 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 225
No 90 gas-tanks iron), at 500 - 800
No 10-26, 800 bushels corn lin ear, at ST.. $4,000
hay, at S25.......... ............. $3.50
No. 12-5 horses, at 5000 .................. 900
No. 13-5 barrels brandy, at $780,. 1000
The number of the items is thirty-two; of
these No. 81 is for 145, 900 fence-rails, made Of
the most beautiful and expensive timber in the
world, no doubt The only thing that should
surprise in the bill of particulars is that the
sixty two mules were not put at 81, 900 each.
The moderation of the claimant has not, how
ever. been appreciated, for the claim Is in the
list of the disallowed. The first time it was
presented the sum total was but 1912, $50. The
amended petition is for 1896, 355. The effect
of not paying in the first place is seen in the
growth OF 500 hogsheads of sugar in the first
claim to !, 100 hogsheads in the second. willis
the price of the sugar expanded from 5000 per
hogshead, to 1926 per hogshead. The $40
cord of wood alleged, in the bill Of particu-
lars of 1871, to have been taken, grew to 8 900
cords in 1878. Forty mules at $3.50 each had
multiplied to sixty-two mules at 5000 each,
Five Thousand bushels of corn were developed
into 26 600 bushels; 500 pounds of bu k pork
grew to 5000 pounds in 1878; and if Hancock
is elected there is no reason to doubt that
each item vi be mul ipied by ten, SO that we
shall have to pay for $4,000 pounds of bulk
pork, and so on through the list.
Another claim is that of Mrs Annie
Whitmore, of Whitfield County,
Georgia. Her claim was presented to
Congress by Mr.. B. S. Fuller, Demo
cratic member from Indiana, and the
sum asked is only $840,494. The
claim is for losses at the private
residence of the lady. Here are some
of the items
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