Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-03
then president, shows that he was very eff
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then president, shows that he was very eff
fective for that once:
Private.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHINGToS, Aug. II,
1880.-My Dear General: l am in receipt of your
very excellent presentation of your client cause
in the We'll case. It VIII crafty you to know
that 1 have directed Mr.. Hay to proceed with
the distribution of the award money now on
hand. No reason now appears for longer delay.
A long communication was received yesterday
asking further delay but as yet it not supported
by any cogent reasons for granting 1t.
congratulate you on your denomination, and
hope to be able to repeat the congratula6on after
the October election. Sincerely,
Gen. T. Il. Young r. B. HAYES.
It will be noticed that Mr.. Hayes writes
his friend Congressman Young that he had
already ''told" Mr.. Hay, assistant secretary
of state, and in charge in the absence of
Secretary Evarts, to distribute the money
which Mr.. Evarts had refused to distribute.
Probably Mr.. Hay was not willing to do SO
important an act on a verbal order merely
and on this Congressman Young probably
went to the White house and got the above
letter which became thus Assistant Secre-
tary Hays sufficient warrant for distribut-
ing the money; for it is on file in that re-
lation in the state department, and SO far
as is known, there is no other written order
or warrant to that effect.
Thereupon the money then on hand IN
distributed was at once paid to the two
claimants. That it was at once paid APP
pears from the fact that President Hayes
letter to Congressman Young is dated the
18th of August, and receipt signed by
Congressman Young for his share of the
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Doth of August. It is in these words:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 20, 1880-Received
of Lambert B. Cain three thousand two hundred
and sixty-fve dollars and eight cents 265. 08),
his proportion of fee charged by me, and which
is due me now on the first four installments paid
by the secretary of state of the United States in
the case of Benjamin We'll against the United
States. THOMAS L. YOUNG
OF course Congressman Young did not
publish this receipt in the Cincinnati
newspapers, because there is an act OF
congress which provides that a congress
man who turns claim agent while he is
congressman shall suffer imprisonment
and fine, and be thereafter incapable OF
holding any Office. The receipt became
public in the course of suit now pending
in New Orleans, brought by the public ad-
ministrator on behalf of the widow of
We'll against the administrator of Wells
estate, alleging that this person has re-
ceived $171 900, no part of which has ever
been reported or paid to the widow. In
his defense the administrator of the estate
makes an exhibit of the manner in which
he has appropriated this money, in which
all the various agreements with
the different attorneys engaged
for the claim are made public. THIS ex-
hibit shows that nearly so per cent. of the
entire award, paid and unpaid, has been
either paid or pledged to the attorneys,
among whom Gen. Young, still in congress,
figures by the above receipt, and further in
memorandum, also part of the answer,
according to which he received a subse-
quent and additional payment of $2,321.S3,
as his share of the fifth installment, paid in
1881. Gen. Young thus seems to have a
continuing interest in this claim.
The payment for 1881, out Of which Gen.
Young thus received over $4,000, was one
of the last acts of the Hayes administra-
ton. The present administration has re-
fused to pay out to either the We'll or La
Abra claimants any of the money received
from Mexico