The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-12

u. au.norl'y AZ New Orleans in January 1914.
W .oIrect the muster OF Francis A Bsn,on
as captain OF the Fourth United states cav.
airy ana accord him the pay Of his RAM =.
pay oonh A. Lynch s249o for services a,
Isei ca quartermaster at Cincinnati in
Io,,,oo " ana 10 refer the claim OF Maior
S s stewart. United States army rstired
LOT longevity pay. to the court NJ ci.ir,s
IN me course OF the debate on rho ia,
e, p''i' Mr. Grosvenor lRepD of Ohio hi.
.Ni6F denounced the government's ,roat
ment of its Just creditors ''"''
All the business men OF this country
sara ne adopted the dishonest princlnlss
" .ne government In dealings with tbel
creditors, the income OF the rover,r,en,
with them" fe"i'sn''arieS
MT. cannon. chairman of the annro,ria
.'ons committee, resented Mr.. Crosyenor's
,ohlarks. lie denied that the sta,ute a,
,'.'.a'ioHs was fraud, only invoked h.
those who did not desire 10 do Justice
Ma)er stawartSthe beneficiary of the billA
ne SAID was on the retired list OF the armv
ul"Ming sIbou annually. and II was sought
TO override the statute of Limitations IN bis
favor Why should he be made n snecial
beneficiary when hundreds of voluntce,
'oiuiers, securing a mera pttance from, the
government, were barred by the statut. of
limitations? He declared that this govern
heht was swift to do Justice. and insisted
mat the government in pleading the statute
81 limitations only held to a limitation nj
WAYS insisted upon between individuals.
When the committee rose and the bills
were reported. the Cock and Burditt bills
we're passed
MI Dalzell tRepD of Pennsylvania then
made sensational attack on the bill tc
pay Flora Darling s56SS in full satisfaction
OF all claims for her arrest, Imprisonment
and seizure Of properly at New Orleans in
1861, He pointed out fact not brought ont
in the debate in the committee. that Mrs
Darling was the wife of n Confederate gen
cral and in sympathy with the Southern
cause. The property for which the bill
sought 10 reimburse her. he said consisted
of Tel nessee and Louisiana bark notes
which We're assumed to lie worth their RAJ
value in gold
Mr. Boatner (Dem) OF Louisiana ana air
Richardson tDem.) Of Tennessee, both de-
clared that some of the hank notes Of their
states we're worth par IN gold throughout
the war. Mr.. Cox tDeinl Of Tennessee
however, declared that In 1868 there was
not a Tennessee or Louisiana bank note
which would bring over SO cents on the
dollar He should decline. he said. to vote
for Mrs, Darlng's reimbursement upon the
basis of such valuation for those notes.
Mr.. Cooper (Dem) OF Texas who made
the report on tDe Dill, SAID IN MS opinion
II was as meritorous a claim as ever came
before congress. This lady. under III, safe
conduct of a flag of truce, had been arrest
ed and imprisoned. her trunks seized and
brok IN open and their contents, consisting
of jewery gold and these bank notes. alb
stracted He declared that this was the
first time the value Of the notes had eve,
been questioned
MIR. Dalzell replied that this bill fur
tg.N., . 1,,, tRi
and unsatisfactory examinations sometimes
made of claims, and he moved to lay the
motion on the table.
A division resulted ayes "a, nays 40, but
the point OF no quorum was made by Mt
Cooper and the matter went over until next
Friday.
The house then, at o'clock, took re-
cess until s o'clock, the evening session 10
70 devoted to the consideration OF private
hills