Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-12
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round certain facts. He was nerfac...
| willing. ne said, 10 take up those cIai..,
separately and pass upon their ,oara.N
| Richardson. Dem, Tenn. advocatins
! the passage Of the bill called attar,,.e
10 the fact that % per cent. Of ~
! claims submitted to it were rateb,a,
Ihat was sufficient evidence of The rio
orous character of the exarninatia,
made by that court. OF the oroira,
claimants relieved by this bill. no sofa
S5 per cent. were dead.
Walker. Rep. Mass, warmly sutnno,,,,
the bill. He said the government shav,aa
pay its honest debts and he was tired ~
seeing certain members filibusterlne
every Friday, against the payment az ,bs
honest obligations Of the government
Evans. Rep, KY. in advocating, The III;
said that the Republican leader tDinplev..
SET up scarecrow to brighter f1ef1bers
when he alleged that the passage of tbis
bill would establish d precedent whinb
would permit Southern claimants TO ino,
the treasury. He pointed out that ono
~ the first war claims passed by the
House at this session was one 10 nav :.
citizen of Maine tWm. s. Grant, tNm
Dingleys voice had not been raisad
against that claim. although it had un.
like these claims been rejected by the
court of claims and the rejection had
been approved by court Of the United
States. 1t was only when the Southern
claims were brought in that the dis.
tinguished Republican leader cried out
against imaginary raids upon the
treasury.
After some further debate by Dalzel,
and GrosVenor against the bill and BY
often, Rep, Wis, in favor OF il. the
reading will be for amendment began.
Moody, Rep, Mass. as soon as the
enacting clause had been read, offered as
an amen iment bill containing the
French spoliation claims. The reading OF
the bill was demanded as a filibusterinr
move. 1t contained 81 pages.
Mahen, Rep. Pa. chairman Of the COM
whom he said, was deeply interested In
the French spoliation claims. that if an
attempt was made 10 force the reading
move. the bill would eventually pass, but
he would take good care that the French
spoiIation claims did not pass. Moody
denied that he had offered the amend
that the reading be dispensed with, but
Hopkins. Rep. Ills, objected. Thereupon
Williams. Dem. Mich, made the point
that the reading was dilatory. He also
made the point that the amendment was
out of order
The Chair finally ruled the amend.
ment out. Speaking 10 a pro
forma point OF ORDER, Lewis the
Dem. Wash. commented upon Il dis
patch in today's papers from Ottawa CIV
ing the details of an alleged agreement
between Canada and the United States
regarding the Alaska boundary line.
Lewis said that if the reported agreement
was true il was Il complete surrender Of
the United States ana would give to Ca
NADIA Dvca White Pass. Summit Lake
and territory and property worth $780,
uro00J. Without making any progress
with the bill. the committee rose and
upon motion of Dinglcy. ii was agreed
nat when the House adjourned. today, it
be to meet on Monday.
At o'clock the House recessed until s.
At the night session % pension bills
were passed and in committee of the
whole ~ bills were favOra bly, acted upon.
hi the latter were the following unusually
arge pensions: VIM. d. Seamans. 18th y.
Y. Artillery. so; II. II. Boggs. $50. J. G..
I'rick 500 II. +. Rice, lieutenant 9Th L.
$ Infantry $50. and b. +. Wonders. $40
At 1920 the House adjourned until Mon
1aI.