The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-23
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
XLVII CONGRESS.
REGULAR SESSION.
HOUSE.


Washington, PA resolution was
adopted requesting the commits
siener Of agriculture to state
whether cinchona can be grown IN
the United States.
The House resumed the bin for
the judicial ascertainment Of pri-
vate claims.
a Springer ridiculed the statement
recently made by Camp to the effect
that there were rebel war claims to
the amount of millions ready to be
dumped into Congress, if the demo-
Gratis should gain control He adj
lVOcated the adoption of a constitu-
tional amendment to stem the tide
of private claims.
The previous question was or
dered.
Holman offered an amendment
providing that the Jurisdiction of
| the court shall not extend to or in
clude any claim against the United
States growing out of the destruc-
ton of property by the army or
navy during the rebellion, or for
the use and occupation Of real estate
by any part of the forces of the
United States at the seat of war,
nor to any claim against the United
States which is now barred by vir-
tue of the provisions of any law of
the United States. 1t further pro-
Yides that, in any case Of claim for
supplies or stores, taken by or fur
niShed to any part of the military or
naval forces of the United States
for their use during the rebellion !;
the petition shall aver that the per-
son who furnished such supplies or
stores, or from whom they were
taken, did not give aid or comfort
to the rebellion, but was throughout
that war loyal to toe government
of the United States, and unless the
court shall on preliminary inquiry,
find that the person was loyal, the
court shall not have jurisdiction of
such cause and the same shall, with
out previous proceedings, be dis
missed.
Thompson, of Kentucky, offered
an amendment, providing that no
claimant shall be four q disloyal W no
resided at the time tie claim arose
or accrued on property which was
taken or furnished in q state not in
rebellion to the United States, nor
shall claim be rejected on that ac-
count unless the claimant was guilty
, of an overt act Of treason, which
shall be proven by the testimony OF
two creditable witnesses. Rejected
Yeas, 10; nays, GO.
Dunn offered an amendment to the
: amendment, substituting for the
: court of claims as a tribunal tx
which the claims should be re-
ferred, the various district courts
. throughout the country. Dunn, il
advocating the amendment, asserted
the adYisability Of moving all o.
these claims from the atmosphere o.
Washington, and in his view wa
= sustained by Bland, who declared
II that Haliett KilbOurn would no
t have received a verdict for 800 ,o0C
? anywhere else than in Washington
Dunn'S amendment was rejected
2 Butterworth moved to strike on
u from Holman's amendment tn
! words: 'Nor shall said court hav
jurisdiction Of any claims agains
the United States, which is nov
barred by virtue Of any provision
of any of the United States. Re
|, jected.
A division on Ho1man's amend
ment having been demanded, til
vote was first taken on that porto
providing that tAe jurisdiction of tn
court shall not extend to any clair
q against the United States CROWN
y out Of the destruction of property b
Union forces during the rebellion
nor the use of property by sue
forces at the seat of war. nor to an
claim which is now barred by Writ
Z of any provision Of any law OF tE
United States. The amendmeT
adOpted-yeas 1O3 nays 81.
Updegraff moved TO lay the bl
substitute and amendments on tt
table. Rejected.
The remainder OF Holman'S ament
ment was agreed to without div
sion.
The substitute offered by I'll
House, WHICH is JD6 OIL T0DOFGeU
him from the committee on civ
3. service reform, was rejected.-Yei
81, nays SO.
Then Bragg moved that the orr
ID inal Bowman Bill'', as amended
=. Holman, be committed to the JUG
N. ciary committee. The vote resultt
Y 81 to So, but Bowman raised Il
!" point Of no quorum, and the matt
went over until Monday.
: Adjourned.