New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-04
WAR CLAIMS IN THE HOUSE.
SCHEME TO RUSH THROUGH THOSE
FROM SOUTHERN STATES.

SCHEME TO RUSH THROUGH THOSE
FROM SOUTHERN STATES.
,,- oxyuIr-rr ON RULES TO BE ASKED TO
MAKE A SPECIAL ORDER FOR THEIR CONSIDER
ArroN-cLAIMANTs FROM THE NORTH DIS
ELIMINATED AGAINsT-GENEnAL CATCH
,xcs.s RELATIONS TO THE PLAN.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TkrrrNEi
washington. Feb. "A new scheme is on foot
10 secure the passage OF a large number OF SOUTH
ern war claims through the House OF Representa-
,Ives under a special order from the CoH'"''eo
a, Rules which will be requested to set aside
one or more days for the consideration OF piis re-
ported from the Committee on war claims. mat
committee has reported a large NUMBER OF o'''9
which have not yet bern considered-DlHs TOT 'ne
navment OF claimants in states loyal during the
war OF the rebellion we'll as for those III STATES
,bo, u,cre in rebellion. Among the former are
many in the State OF Pennsylvania who suffered
heavy losses at the hands or Coniedera,e ''ooP
which invaded that state, burned the Town ..
Chambersburg and destroyed millions OF uo'ia's
worth OF property belonging to loyal citizehs'
Among the bills on the calendar OF the House ~
one for the paymcni OF these claims. Inefe arc
other bills OF the same nature for the reiet OF
citizens OF Northern States whose loyalty was not
and never can be questioned. The new sche'he
is 10 exclude from the benefits OF the propoSep
snccal order all bills for the relief OF claimants
in loyal Northern States with a few uninportdht
exceptions and include Only bills for the beneht
NJ claimants in the Southern states-mainly IN
Alaba ma. Georgia Louisiana, Tennessee Arkansas
Virginia nd Mississippi. Men who served IN either
the Union or Confederate Army IN those regions
., Mississippi Arkansas. Louisiana. Georgia. Aa-
~, o,d Virginia which were tho theatre OF
military operations in those states and who still
survive would be astonished TO find the NUMBER
Of property-owners in those regions VINO uuf"s
the war wor. loyal 20 tho Union and never gave
AID or comfort 10 the Reb.ilon-tnat IT, '"ey "o"h
be a.tonished II they should accept the conclusions
which Congress Is asked TO accept III reka'n W '"e
LOYALTY OF these claimants.
pu, this IL not the most material or important
matter nvol' ed In the new scheme ,or the oehe't
n, oval citizens who lived In the rebeiiions
States and who. II is alleged suhereh losses VI
prou.rty at the hands OF the armies OF IN" Union.
~. ,.., question {. this: why should the loyal
claimant, whose property was taken away or he-
,,royeh by Union troops In Mississippi or G"orgla
be treated with greater consideration by 'ongross
than tho LOYAL citizen whose property vas carr'eo
away or destroyed by Confederate troops In Penn
,vlvania7' II seems rather unfair thus 20 ais
crInira,. aeain,, tn. loyal Pennsylvania and in
favor o. the loyal Mississippian or Georgian ~
the nropostion were reversed there would b. strong
reason 10 believe and grave reason 10 rehr ,na' Z"
uould n. severely criticised " not actually "
rourcet as sectional legislation. IN ofocr 10
carr, on, N. proposed scheme. which II successful
rr TIM. discriminate In favor OF Southern claim
ants II Is asserted that II the Committee on war
cialn,s succeeds in obtaining special order Tor
the consideration o, It's bills an effort VIII De maoo
., s,h.t,,ut. an omnibus bill covering several
hundred claims for the nrst one called w 10y Inv
co,r,n,,,e. such bill was introduced by Mr.
c,,chincs ~ Mississippi. three weeks ago To-Day
and referred the Committee on War claims ny
mitch A. has nn, vc' heen reported - tho House.
According 80 'hr preamble 10 this bill " covers
clainS which have been adiufira'ci ny ''hr
rour, ~ claims. ard subsequently r'Po'''"
,,vorahlv hy the Committee on War Claims. ana
"tbe s,h claims are now on the calendar awaiting
action" m inspection Of N" latest ho"se car
.,d.r r-In,ed dated January 3, does not disclose
IN. re-, that the claims embodied ~ MI 'at'a-
iugs's on are ROW the calendar awaiting
action"
The biz provides FOR the payment % $40 dl'feren'
claims amounting in the aggregate TO about
$500 % which siSty-t"o. amounting IN tne az
gregafc 10 about E7,1o arc for IN" o"neht oi
Mississippi claimants. That IL. MISSISSIPPI t"r-
nlshes about one-sixth OF the total numoer o'
claimants and tho total amount OF their claims ~
more than one third OF the aggregate amount car
r,.d hy tho bill The number Of Tennessee claims
eighty Is the largest from any OF the states
I'm, tho total amount IA only 3i0s. rs the average
being considerably less than In Mississippi
Arkansas furnishes thlrty-hve claims With total
O, 1913: louisiana. eleven Gains with total OF
"a sa, virginia twenty eight claims with total
A, rn oss: Georgia sixteen claims With a total OF
ts as, Alabama twenty-five claims with total
Of So 7sS: and North Carolina only Two claims
Sn. e 10 OF tho Of as sfy'e
represented by The bill snd the total ~ amount ner .n o.
rex n. axsrsrate amount Carried BY the omnibus,
S,l l North Carolina furnishes only two claimants.
me 81 only sso;s S. Ss cys
South Carolina and Texas who suffered loss o.
that sRe people o. iars. portion Of the State Of
therefore, sfr that tho number o. loyal claimants 6
naturally large Tn. fac, Is hoTsver En- that At nearly ,.a,
Counties nas in West Tennessee where the peop:e
ptensely ds!Oya ana hos's to the Union
OF the Southern border States. Maryland fur
R Ksn;ac iS5' ioytwO "iaimaas NIT" VIII total
2 Missouri 'wenyyihrs,r claimants o W,ta
%Iih o ,s s' Of $40 m making total Of ii lain
ants. whose claims amount to Nl2,3s3-ony $3.50
and h;i tbs. hsn that Of The xy
two Mississippi claimants Loyal citizens who
sss ueS e s
MaTylapa Ksn.Gky Mss ss o and West Viz
| The Dstric, OF Columbia contributes hvc CAIN
ants the total Of %eoTe es AMOUNT so SO &
citizens lost millions Of property at the hands OF
famantl the total OF Whose Claims amounts to
81 $50 How these claims happened to be included
| In General Catchlnsss omnibus bH appears 10
| hc something OF n mystery and the same remark
IL true of the Kansas Claimant who asks for 2.lG0.
! The Brooklyn N. ~ claimant who demands $3.50
and the solitary claimant IL Cook County, Illinois
whose claim amounts tn Si6. But there Is
| Item more mysterious still 1t Is the claim OF Il
private soldier Of the 9th Kansas linton Cavalry
| which amounts to $3.50.
| II liz pertinent 10 add few words about the
| author OF this omnibus bill and his relations
! II. II VIII have been observed that he halls from
| the State OF Mississippi, which has about s272. 900
| IN the b-of which II may be remarked that
SO l63 is for the benefit OF sixteen claimants who
live
/ represent. and also that fourteen OF these sixteen
/ claimants with claims to the amount OF $50 $685. live
| IN Warren County. In which he resides. The BILL
| as has already been noted. was Introduced In the
| House OF Representatives only three weeks ago
about the time talk first began 10 be heard about
| the scheme OF obtaining a special order from the
| Committee on Rules to consider war claims bills.