New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-28
THE WORK OF A COMMISSION ENDED.
lnh " .Cr,ox WITH THE WORK OF THE SPANISH
AMERICAN CLAIMs COMMISSION
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""' ,bc claimants before the Spanlsn-
ao claims Commission, which ADJOURNED SUI
@. 1,,. sffer submitting few cases. oh VIZ
VI Vr,;trotors had differed, TO the umpire No""'
Ia,,.nbanpt. he Swedish Minister INC ui' ro,,
4oc,ion seems to be moro mar"ed- """ -, - a,,,o,,,
,,ore positively expressed, thah Is "'u"'
disappointed claimants Il. On ocree-
rms commission was established uho'I d.
mont made in February, 1871, o''"oI" - ca.
eickles acting for Secretary FISH, "u" l.,
c,sta Spanish Minister OF to'e'S" ,.in.,oo
yb,ch all claims OF American cluze"s io' t
.rs n or nropeTty alleged to have been c"li',''v
~ p,i' i" W ,.,'is, authorities during the CUBAN
.t;, ver, 70 be referred to commis9'o"
Ihi os 10 con ,ist of two arbltrAtoFs, one C"ooo"
L. o,,b Gov, rntuent and an umpire ch"soH ''
orb,trotors. who should decide all cases ."
the arbnrators differed ...., 90 tho
The total amount of CLAIMS suoll'' ~" ~ -
commission was H2G.7 $40 ~ anu J" - 49,
1ssO tI,e state Department reported 10 INC "'n".1
that the awards up t. that time M" 10
co.. "os =, since then awards have been maui
amounting perhaps to $35O,OOo' ln's "'''"' ~,
tb, cas- IS which have been before INC '0'
..o,,t ,h. few NOW in the hanCs ot the umpire
io ra,,ns were mostly OF two classes: IoI 'llo''
oe American citizens and for emOaTgoes upon 'N'
es.otes of American citizens by whch '"oN W.
sulrected TO losses. Ihese were III many -
Cubaus who had become natur%nZeu' anu VIZ
bahjt It was TO spend a part Vi '"0 'N'
in the United States and Pai' :"
Cuha The question whether these men "'0"
American citizens IN good faith played large Pi''
~ 10 ,,rupero hi. discussions aud controversies 10
which the work of this cOmwlss on mas give" "'''
,,nonq which tue Buzzy caso is the best known
TVLi,e douhts are expressed on tins pont rs to a
,r of the claimants 1t is conceded that rs
o;t;gors tbcv are TO be protected by this Govern
ment. ,,...,,,
Gc.cral r. d. Musscy q well-known Washington
LAWYER. who las had number OF important cds'S
before the commission, states as the TWO princ'p"
recent grievances of claimants, the clanse III '"o
proiocol extending the time of the commission lron
Nav last which denied claimants the rl3ht I" os
heard before the umpire although the OuIue" Vi
proof was upOn them. ana 'I'S W.
entitled by universal usage 10 the closing
argument and the course of James Lowhdc'' 'n7
latest arbitrator on the part OF the I'm eu 9'd'eS
General Mussey some months ago submitted com
,ruuiration to the Secretary of state representing
that Mr. Lowndes, through lack OF iamlllarl'y Win
International law, aud for other reasons was "''
qualified for the place. This commu-
n,cation was couched in the most poS',Ne
language General Massey sta'es tIa'' Wme
no one snpposes ar. Lowndcs to have been lmpiop-
erIy blassed 1t is the general feeling among the
influence OF the Spanish arbitrator the Marquis ue
Poles, adj Forparia that the interests of American
ciizcus were left without proper defence
Mr. Lowudess friends intimate ON the
other hand that the large proportion OF de-
cielons which he made against American claimants
was due to the fact that the wea cr cases were hed
back 10 the last, and deny thaJ no WAS unuel ANY
De sOnal influence.
General Mussey on behalf OF several large claim
ants filed protest Yesterday aoalnSt the sup-
mission of their cases to the commission ths Delhg
done TO reserve their right TO go before Congr ss
with a claim against the Gov rnmcnt OF the United
States Ihs will be urged Oh the ground
that the agreement under which the commission
WAS created was not rraty Ta iied 0y tne senate
bat merely an agreement between me Executive |
DEPARTMENTS of two Governments. The Depart |
m, Mt of State ha, ing assumed the responsibility OF
placing the claim before the Spanish Government |
In this way have of course, put 1t IN the power OF
cI,imauts 10 assert that their cases |
have not bees properly presented. 1t has been |
Government becomes liable, under certain c"ndl- |
tions 10 the claimant and this ground viii Proba-
by be taken b. a number Of the Cuban claimants.
There are eight cases now in the hands OF the UNI
pire for de islOn VIZ: Those of Felix GOvng |
Pmlo IN which the claim is $4,000; Crstobal !
MADAM, CLAIM for $ll 500 Antonio % NJ. Mo-,
So. .O0O Fausta Mora, clam lot S3OO,OOo Ramon |
X. n Zomar, claim fOr S36,OOO NJ, a. Montelo |
claim for $4sO.000 and NJ Revas. claim for |
S36 600 These claims aggregate Si04S. 600. The |
four cases of Angarica, Casanova Brothers, Ramon |
Fernandez CrlaGo and ). Gown, whlch were ms |
g. ,0Gl 900
THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM BILL PASSED. |
VOTE OF 80 TO IN TIE sENATE-sOME
AMENDMENTS.
by TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNBl
WAsHINcroN. Dec. 27.-The Civil Service bill
was passed by the Senate this evening by the fol-
lowing vote
TeGs-Aldrich,, Alliscu. Anthony. Bayard, Cam
Chilcott Cockrell, Coke, COnger. Davis of Illinois;
Davis of West Virginia; Edmunds, Frye, Garland.
George. Gorman, Groome, Harrison, HawIey. Hin,
H0ar Jackson. Jones, OF Florida Jones. of Nevada
Ianlar Lapham, Logan. Miller, of California
Miller, OF New-York; Morrill,, rendleton, Plstt.
Plumb Rollins, Sewell, Vest, Window, Walker.
TaSs~Brown. Call, Jonas McPherson Morgan.
Total D.
Thanks 10 the unanimous agreement Of Saturday
night. that the ten-minute ruc should be enforced
today. Senatorial g,rruity was restrained within
the bounds of reason, aud the entire session was
devoted strictly 20 business. and with very salts
factory results A great many minor amendments
were proposed. debated briefly, rejected and few
which did not change the bill In any of its essentials
were adopted
The HawIey amendment, the discussion Of which
gave rise to tho excitemenG of Saturday nights
session. was tho pendicg question this mt rning and
to this Senator Vest proposed an amendment SIM
liar in Its general effect to that offered by Senator
Slater and voted down Saturday-prohibiting
outsiders from soliciting or receiving money from
Government employees, and forbiddlng Government
employees under penalties from giving money for
political purposes. This defeated, and then the
Hawley amendment adopted. Concisely stated |
IL makes il u crime, punishable by fine and I'M
prisonment for any official of the Government or |
for any member of Congress, to solicit or receive
political contributions FROM another official. The |
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