New-York tribune., 1882-02-09

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tho cont or they shall be held Ia be waived anu rae
Section 4 prescrbes the modes OF procedure anu P
hce. .., .,,. ,ose sbaII no for claims directly
sntur from damage done on the nlSu ~, sen,,nS,
Coniedcraie cruisers during he ile h aoas although
essela and carEoes attacked on the hlSn ses ~ the
me loss or daInage occurred Wlthlh ioI "oyeI nor
shore, excluding claims tnat so ~ The laws of the
suant 10 section II OF chapter 4o'' u VIZ
The second class shall FOR claims for the
nremiums for war rsks whether Para 10 coI
aGens or individuals after 'h' S'''"s - '
cruiser. ,,, cl,ins I'm either class IL
shall he th dnty Of the court 10 ne9uo, an' sias %
tg T ~! otSerwtse 50 that the actual loss OF such
claimant only shali DC allowed, newman, =, ,,ao
,neats rendeTea gy the conFt @ Gy the the seg,s sn@
1Sy o gopey paid to the United States pursuant TO The
TREATY of Washington not alrcedy appropriated 10 the
payment OF claims heretofore proved unoSI tte s,dS
pr, scbcs that judgments entered IN the hrst cass dha
be paid before Judgments IN the second class ave pau
ard tnat If the sum OF money uDaupr0prldted snail
he insufficient pay the judgments OF tue hrst class
they shall be pad according 10 the proportions whlch
proprAted that II such shall bc sufficient to
ptv the judgments OF IN" uIst class ana nnt Sihcicn 70
pas TIE Judgments of tne second class, he Latter lndg
merits shall Jad according 10 the proportions which
incy scycray bear TO the rcsiauc OF s.cn uuapprOpna
ted after the judgments eutered III the hs cse are
paid -,.- IN ..
Judgments aud decisions have been rendered shL ifahS
nit 10 the secretary Stale Inst Oi such Judgments
and dceirs stating the c ~ and amount, Wl RESI-
10 tie 3Isf of March, 1877, "a certified
,0uy of when shan ie by hn transmitted to the S-cre-
tay Of the treasury, VINO snail thereafter, in sucn man
nc shall prescribe, pay te SAID Judgments out {"
aUy money IN the treasury not OtnctWso appIOpuaeG
provided however, >cu pay ncnts stall c uidd IN
CJdce Win tnc provisions or TINS dc 4ud proNueu
rthcT ttt tuC whole amount pald Odt shall no. exec
tne amount remaining of tue Geneva AWaru ana Infr
est IL actually covered INTO the treasury
and niue, money may he nccosr'lJ t1 cai'y "ut
the PROVISIONS O. this section ls ucrcIy APPROPRIATED
ocOn 10 provinces tAat ihe salaries o. inc Judges ana
Olc,Is the Court aud awul expenses OF t"o court
s. be paid Out OF the uhapPrOp .ted Daahce "l .lG
Geneva Award before any ol the J"uElhchts ihHeIe"
unOer tne acl sntn pe paid and at ai"r lhe rSl he
these expenses iIsm,ri,s tiiaJ may be rem
dored by tine COurt "a heio shal REMAIN any pt' oi to
sau money, tne same small oe ana remain q uu ir"
Wncn CJnErcss may hereafter authorize payment u
o,ncY claims JucICUn
Accompanying the bln is vouminous and exhaustive
report prepared 10y ReDreseniauye Reed. Itrecal"nb
iates the faces connected with the award to show nat
from very nature the distribution required the lesis
aive and not Judicial junction, that thc reasons
which should influence Congress III the Passage of bii
were those which wonld influence any gislatiye act
VIZ. that Justice 70 be done and not law admins
tered The people Of the United States had twice rejected
proposal 10 pay individual claims and had always de
blaned aud last obtained, not merely losses which
had mdiynh ownership but all Other National losses;
that individual losses were before the tribunal
except evidence OF National l0ss-mere evideu,c and
nothing else; that the Treaty Masniu and the
tribunal Of Geneva parts OF al all al state ana
suit at law that whoever would tUdcrS'and the
question LiuSl never lose tlSul VI the ldct
that the question solely between Nations,
and that both sides and the tribunal itself a-reod
With this statement that, effect the United states
said To its people" 1--WE will take your claims, for which
you have Tedlcss and put them with ours, 80
far ~ they National osscs aud will them 10 our
beet advantage, both TO obtain sum of money and such
International law need and such construction Of
the same a. viii be best Tor country the future
We will press claims and not press others as We
thnk best When the whole thing Is over We will pay
just what claims think BEST those aid not press.
az well as those We dd How to do this fairly is the
problem Two methods proposed: First. TO delegate
the plan to q court or second to do IL ourselves"
The committee strenuOusly opposed a court. Either
The would give the fluid 10 insurance companies
or it would not II it would not, there IL need OF
court, for Congress by large maJoritirs has always
taken that view. II 1t would, then gross injustice
would he perperated and Congress ought not to INK
Of IL Tor moment COngres, ought to distribute IT, Tor
Congress alone has The breadth OF power necessary TO
do
thp cNclp paed cruisers The Insurance men, who want
be paid. although they dd not suffer, but actually
the money Shefewith the insurance men paid their
cruiser claims. the committee recommend their Inent,
BECAUSE they actual, direc losses, whose claims
really sacrificed for the general good before tne
tribuna and cOGeWlhln the power retained to do JUS
tee az nome. -
Mcmahon thar subject 10 the XLVth Congress, aud
the rCpurt of the XLllld Congress.
a
premium the committee pronounce III favor of the
war ple.nun men IL "a careful argument whic may be
summarized ths way What remains the
Treasury remains because the fmd relieved rom
paying tnOse whose loss partially paid by the
elr,rs II man vessel worth 100000 Insured
for 100000 he was only paid S10,0OO. Otuerwisc he
would nave been pad twice. Government does
not mean to pay twice whose then stall the $4,000
bel The insurance cOnpanysf Not al AL, for tine in
surance company has alrc dy been reimbursed by
war prelnu,us. Ii tuo Individual cannot Ue pJd
the CORPORATION surely cannot n tue premium
furnished money then tney are the Ard U1g bt
TO be reimbursed. Ii subTOgatiun IL deInanued the
cOmnittee say that subrOIatIOn Is doctrine
od,is and ends, and ought to be
appied TO a repayment all alOn the line Of policies
tLat 10 pay BACK 10 company AL 1t pdid out IOf
oud jmc. wOdd r." mOustl Uus, and II any court would
give IL 10 them, al for letting u
10 the court.
II Il be said that the tribunal rejected the war pre-
uus TIE answer that they dtd aad rghtlY bccdust
thet were consdcrIug claims bctWe natius" Mneu
a man paiu premium the AtIInuc Insurance Com
pany che man Iost and tne company gained;
nv neither lost gained Iut wncn
sSer a. between dusIs wUO lost IL does not need
court 10 instinct us.
From THESE and like considerations, the committee
recommend psssye OF tnelr Dll, which provides ur
In, paymont, Brst, cXcnpatcd crurer callDs, anu
becoul fvr premiums ana when 80 PROVIDES tnaJ
the balance rcLIain 4uud lOT the Idture aClUn OF