The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-27
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delegation have been unusually active
in legislating for the soldiers. not OF
their state alone, but for all the boys
who wore the blue. One of the particu-
lar triumphs occurred during the clos
ing hours before a recess was declared.
and in it Senator VOORHEES, and Congress
man Martin, share great credit.
1t will be remembered by readers %
The Sentinel that as soon as congress-
convened in regular session Mr.. Martin
introduced two bills. one Of which de-
clared a pension vested right. \ day
later Senator Voorhees, introduced the
same measure in the senate. Last week
the committee on invalid pensions sent
the two bills in to a subcommittee and
received a favorable report. but before
the whole committee had acted upon tina
matter Mr.. Martin saw a chance to make
hit" by Incorporating one of his prin-
cipal ideas into an amedment for thu
urgent deficiency bill, and it is as fol
lows:
That any pension heretofore or that
may hereafter be granted to any appli-
cant therefor under any laws of the
United States authorizing the granting
ana payment of pensions, on application
made and adjudicated upon, shall bl
deemed and held by all officers Of the
United States to be a vested right in
the grantee to that extent that payment
thereof shall not be withheld or suspended
until after due notice to the grantee OF
not less than thirty days, the commits
sioner Of pensions, after hearing all tho
evidence, shall decide to annul. vacate.
which such pension was granted. SuCn
notice to grantee must contain a fun
and true statement of any charges or
allegations upon which such decision
granting such shall be sought to be in
any manner disturbed or modified"
Mr.. Martin made . few remarks, after
which the Indiana delegation assisted in
securing a satisfactory vote on it, The
bill went into the senate Thurs
day, where ii was engineered through
with the assistance of Senator Voorhees,.
and no opposition was raised.
The Pelham Claim Bill.
One of the soldier bills which Con-
gresham Taylor introduced few days
ago is stin in the bowels Of the house.
though it had a fair road for passage
Thursday morning until objection was
raised. The bin is for the relief of
Lewis Pelham. 1t was referred to the
committee on war claims, and Mr.. Nc
Nagny reported it back to the house.
recommending its passage. The commit
tees report explains the measure as
follows:
This is a bill to refund money wrong
fully paid out by Lewis Pelham. and
illegally collected from him, under GER
tain confscaton proceedings against the
property of Henry Pelham in the dis
trict court of the United States, in the
state of Indiana. the sum of $1,000 hav-
ing been illegally taken and collected
from him by the marshal of the United
States for said district court Of Indiana
upon the sale of a certain promissory
note for $1,000, executed on the LIST day
Of March, 1862. due four years after date.
executed by Lewis Pelham to the said
Henry Pelham. and sold upon vendi-
tom eXpOnas under a libel of informa-
ton in said district court TO the said
Lewss Pelham. when in fact the marshal
Of said district had not under the man
date of the writ of mOnition attached
the said note. nor had he seized the
same, nor had it ever been i'm his custody
from the commencement to the end Of
the proceedings thereon.
The said note had not been at any
time within the jurisdiction of said dis
trict court, and the said note was not at
the time of the sale of the same. nor at
the time of paying the said sum of
money to said marshal as the purchaser
thereof by the said Lewis Pelham. nor
at any time thereafter by the marshal
Of said district court delivered to him.
nor did he acquire any title whatsoever
to said note under said proceedings. and
the said promissory note was never in
10 4 frenffC - h.. \
Indiana, but, on the contrary was dur
ing all that time in the possession of
Henry Pelham. in the state of Ken
lucky, where the said Henry Pelham re-
sided
THE United States. in 1863. filed a
libel OF information in the district court
for the district of Indiana against the
following described credits and effects
of Henry Pelham, that Is TO say. one
promissory note, dated March l. 1862
for the sum Of $1,000, and due four years
after date. executed by Lewis Pelham
to Henry Pelham Lewis Pelham was
still in Indiana and within the iurisdic-
ton Of the marshal; but Henry Pelham
was in Kentucky. outside of the mar
shafs jurisdiction. and had the note
with him there The libel after reriting
the act of July II, 1862. and making 9TH
er proper recitals. alleged that by force
of the said statute and the public warn
ing of the president Of the United States
the said estate, credits. and effects of
him, the said Henry Pelham. so de-
scribed as aforesaid. became and were
forfeited to the United States. and that
the same We're liable to be condemned
as enemies property
"The writ Of montion stated a libel
had been filed by the district attorney
against 'one promisSory note and COM
manded the marshal to attach the note
and to detain the same In your custody
until the further order of the court con-
corning the same. and to give due
notice to all persons claiming the same
etc.
"A summons was at the same time
issued against Lewis Pelham, the maker
of the note. which was served on him
by the marshal, and he appear a and
answered admitting the facts alleged in
the libel.
1.-THE fact of a publication of notice to
all other parties in interest was proven,
and a decree of condemnation was made,
and a writ of venditioni eXponas issued
to the marshal. who returned that he
had offered for sale the promissOry note
and sold it to Lewis Pelham for 50. 900.
when the war was over Henry Pei
ham sued the sureties of the marshal
Che being dead i'm the district court for
the district of Kentucky, for DANA ges
alleged to nave accrued by the mar
shals false return IN the case. The
declaration alleged a false return to a
writ of monition in libel by the United
States against the described credits and