The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31
SUGAR BOUNTY CLAIMS.
The LOuisianians Again Before the
Treasury Department.

Washington, Oct 3O.-Congressman
Meyer Of Louisiana and Col. ]. D. Hill,
Representatives Of the sugar planters ex-
ecutive committee. to-day made applica-
ton to Mr.. Baldwin. auditor for the treas
ury department. for the certification Of
the claim of John H. Pharr, for S4.5s7,
and Of Cleophas L.egarde for s4,274. pay
able out Of the sugar bounty apprOpria-
ton. Their object was to get the case
before the controller and on his disallow-
ance of the same bring suit in the United
States district court of Louisiana, having
Jurisdiction and thence by appeal to the
supreme court of the United States to
nave the matter determined speedily The
Claimants say they have no control over
the ONnard case, which has been certified
Dy the auditor and controller to the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury for transmission
70 the court of claims The auditor held
tnat as one case had been certified for de-
cislon by the court of claims, it would be
against the practice of the office TO send
another, but he would do so If requested by
the controller
Controller Bowler is out of the city at
present, having gone to Ohio; so what
action he will take as to requesting the
auditor in this case cannot be stated.
1hey also made application for the pay
ment or the claim of Andrew II. Gay
for the sum of SS,75S for bounty claimed
on sugar produced between Aug. Is, 1884,
0AAI o. 1870 4Ol the HdlAlAtlll Ol " lllIn
claims 100000 We're appropriated.
The auditor refused to audit
the claim for the reason that il
was the only one of the class that had been
received by him from the commissioner
OF internal revenue, and the circular of
the Secretary of the Treasury, dated June
Is, 1888, directed that these claims be pro-
rated and the $5OW,O00 divided among all
proved claims The claims filed with the
commissioner of internal revenue amount
10 JO2 in number, and only sixty have been
examined by that office. Until all are ex-
amlned the auditor would not know what
sum to direct to be paid.
The section of the treasury regulations
bearing on this subject reads: mo bOun-
ty Will be paid on sugar produced in the
period beginning Aug. Is, 1894, and ending
June 80, 1895, until all claims for bounty
the Office Of the commissioner Of internal
revenue. If the sum appropriated for that
purpose is not sufficient to pay bounty
a the rate of $40 of a cent per pound on
the claims adjusted the same will be pro-
rated among the claimants entitled there
to-"
They also made application for the GER
tification of the claim OF the Realty COM
pany AS this claim was presented to the
nitth auditor and certified to the first con-
troller prior to Oct 1, 1894, the auditor for
the treasury department is without juris-
dictiOn.
The effect of Auditor Baldwin's action
in all the cases in which application was
made to him is to leave all the sugar boun-
ty cases in exactly the same position they
were left by Controller Bowler viz: That
until the constitutionality of the act of
congress making appropriation for the
payment of the sugar bounty shall be de-
termined by competent judicial tribun-
al. he will refuse to certify the claims for
naVmput