Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-19
4 General Assault on the Stats
Treasury.
Cheeky Claims Defended With
Brazen Impudence.
An Union Pacific Official as a
lobbyist.
Frantic Effort to Defeat tho Rail-
road Tax Bill.
Special Correspondence OF The Bee.

hiNCoLN, FEBRUARY lo.-In rAld
on the state treasury still continues
After voting away about 5000, 900 in
the general appropriation bill and I'm
posing a special tax for g $500, 900
addition to the capitol, the lower
house has put through the committee
of the whole another batch of claims
that rival in sublime check the bogus
$1,000 claim of squatter Governor
Pearman. These fraudulent claims
were Handw'ched into the miscellane
GUS appropriation bill with o few
righteous claims that should be paid.
The debate over this bill was in some
respects interesting. Before the va
rious items were passed upon, Rot.
berts, of Butler, moved an amend
ment that the claim of Pet q. Halves
to 81, 048 % be Incorporated in this
bill. This motion met with some op.
position. Hatch argued that as the
claim was a perfectly fair one it ought
i. to be allowed. johnson hoped the
amendment would prevail, as the gen.
eral sentiment of the house was that
the claim was a Just one.
Mr.. McAllister wanted to know by
what authority agents were appointed,
If the claim was q fair one, he thought
the state could collect it without the
aid of agents. He was opposed to
establishing a dangerous precedent of
this kind
Mr.. Payne explained that this claim
arose cut Of 3 contract made with Ex-
Governor James, that MIR. Hswes was
fully entitled to his commission. Tho
amendment was finally carried.
Franse moved that tho sum of $3.50
allowed in the bill to Crawford aud
Mclaughlin for defending o murderer
named Henry Schuyler, be made
5000. The trial had lasted two weeks
aud he thought $3.50 was INSULT cient
compensation. M matter how great
the criminal might be when his life
and liberty wa at stake he was en-
titled TO the best defence that could be
had He appealed to them whether it
was fair and right to establish the
principle that fifteen cent attorneys
should be employed to defend muir
derers. Howard urged that this
committee had very carefully consid-
cred his claim, and they had come to
the conclusion that $3.50 was sufficient
compensation.
Castle pointed out that in allowing
the defense 5000 they would be allow
Ing the defense more than the prose.
cutting attorneys, and he thought this
was far from right.
Wh!tzel strongly opposed theamend-
ment, as ne considered $3.50 quite
enough.
The amendment was then put and
lost.
A feeble effort YVES made against
Bill Stort's claim for $4,000 for en-
larging the gallery In representative
hall. Several members thought Bill
had put 1t on rather heavy and some
expressed the opinion the gallery
didn't cost one. thisd of 81, 900, but
the claim was finally voted. Then
. came George Canfeld's claim for
1854 45 back pay for boarding the
militia during the Omaha sham riots.
This 10 one of the checklist claims
ever brought before any Legislature.
The clerk of the Garfield house msds
a contract with the chief qusrterm sster
to feed the militia at rs cants a meal.
At the extra session last spring
Garfield presented his bill at that rate.
It was voted to him and paid in FULL
and Garfield was we'll satisfied with
getting 1t. Now he comes in with a
bill for back pay at forty cents a
meal, OF fifteen cents additional, be-
cause the legislature last spring al
lowed Swobe and Marshall, of the u.
P. depot eating house, forty cents for
meals-for which they claimed fifty
cents. McGavock, of Douglas, hoped
that the claim would be allowed. He
informed the house that Garfield was
away from home when the militia came
to his hotel to be boarded, but when
he returned, he made a general under
standing that he would board at the
same rate the other hotel keepers
were boarding them. This wasn't
Canfeld's story last spring The
legislature had only allowed MIN at
bllO LobO VI ~ S'tlb6 u lhChly WLoECdH
they had allowed the others 40 cents.
This claim of 1854 40 was to make up
the 10 cents, so as to make the pay at
the rate of 40 cents, as the others
we're paid.
There wa no contract made, and he
hoped Mr.. Garfield would receive the
additional 15 cents per meal.
HOLMAN knew that Garfield was not
there at the time the militia arrived.
He strongly urged that he be paid the
extra amount In question. This was
finally agreed to by a close vote.
Then there was about 50, 200 bach
pay allowed to sheriffs aud marshals
Among these was Gran Ensign, $568.
20; d. B. Ball, $68 90; FL. S. Moody
$2O9 80; George W. Guy, $108. 20; j
III. Butler, $500; Simon v. Seeley
$265 so.
The everlasting ~penitentisry wbicI
swallowed $l39, 600 in the general ap
preparation bill came in again will
extras to Bill Stout, contractor, So,
100 "a; g. Nobes, warden, $341. IL
Wheat & Ford, photographs of con
victs, 1876. The Omaha SmeltlnI
works wsltzsd up with a claim of 1913.
32.for furnishing the militia during tn
memorable strike when they importe,
the colored lab Jrers but this --littl
bill was not allowed.
And this remidns me Of Pearman'
historic tree bill wherein that chroni
blk presented q claim in 1871 TO