The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-19
The Proceedings.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Mr. O'dell
(Rep.), New York, submitted from the
committee on accounts a favorable re-
port on a resolution permitting the
dOorkeeper of the house to employ 10
additional persons in the folding room.
at a salary of SIS a month each, their
employment not to continue more than
one month beyond the present session.
Mr.. Lacey (Rep). Iowa. offered an
amendment that the 10 employees
should be selected from states not now
it was adopted.
Mr.. Stone (Rep.). Pennsylvania,
stated that the adoption of the amehd-
ment would make it impossible to ap-
point a single folder. The resolution
was then disagreed to-45 to go.
A demand for the regular order cut
off the remainder of the resolutions
from the committee on accounts.
Mr.. Evans (Rep.). kentucky, pre-
scented the report of the conferences on
the joint resolution to extend the time
within which the joint congressional
committee to investigate the question
of regulations for the use of free al
cohcl in the arts and manufactures,
shall report to congress, limiting the
time to ten days after the beginning
of the next session, and it was agreed
to.
This being private bill day under the
rules, Mr.. Bingham (Rep) Pennsyl-
vania. in charge of the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, asked unanimous consent to pro-
coed with its consideration; but OBJ
lection was made by Mr.. Mahon (Rep),
Pennsylvania, chairman of the COM
mittee on war claims.
The bills on the calendar reported
from the committee of whole were
disposed of, 81 being passed A bill to
pay $500 to Flora a. Darling, widow of
a confederate general for money al
legged to have been taken from her at
the time of her arrest on steamer at
New Orleans, when travelling on a safe
permit granted by General n. P. Banks,
was laid on the table, despite the
favorable recommendation OF the COM
mittee.
These being disposed of, the house
went into committee of the whole to
consider bills for private relief.
FOR REEDS RELIEF.
The first bill read raised laugh be-
ing for the relief of Thomas b. Reed"
The proposed beneficiary, il turned out
was a sergeant in the Fifth Pennsyl-
vania infantry and the bill authorized
the court of claims to pass upon his
claim for pay as such sergeant, he hav-
ing been carried on the roll as private.
The bill was passed
A bill for the relief of James Bigler,
a resident of New York. who owned
some property in Virginia, destroyed
during the war. was laid aside to permit
an investigation into the question as
10 whether or not it was destroyed in
military operations.
Mr.. DingIey (Rep.), Maine suggested
that if this was the case the bill opened
up a dangerous field. one which con-
gress had never before entered-that of
paying for property destroyed in mill
tary operations. Should that policy be
now adopted, he said. congress would
have to provide revenue to the extent
of s400. 600 600 or $500 900, 000 instead of
$50. 900 600 or SIS, 000, 0O0
Three or four other war claim bills
were considered. meeting with the
usual objection.
A measure to repay $500 substitute
money taken from a Swede who was
drafted while not a citizen of the
United States came up, and Mr.. Ding
ley pleaded that the statute of repose
should be allowed to obtain. and that
these claims arising so years after the
war had closed be settled and stay set
tied.
Mr. Mahon (Rep.), Pennsylvania. re-
piled to this vigorously. protesting
against the government pleading the
statute of limitations, after years of
denied justice TO claimants.
In this case Mr.. UpdegrRff (Rep.),
Iowa, of whom the claimant is con-
stituent, denounced the action of the
government as that of a highway rob-.
Der, seizing the money like him, by its