Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-13
The Nevada War Claims.

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the House which enabled Mr.. New
lands to bring up the. Nevada War
Claims and we publish herewith the
proceedings. 49,
MI. Newlands also attempted to
obtain consideration of the Piute
War Claims but the Speaker :efused
unless the Chairman of the Commit
tee on Appropriations would consent
which was denied. AS both these
claims are now On the Omnibus
Claims Bill it is hoped they will be
adopted at the next session.
WAR ACCOUNTS o STATES.
Mr.. HULL. I again ask unanimous
consent for the consideration of the
bill which was temporarily with
drawn this morning. 1t has been
modified since it vas brought up be-
fore.
The bill was read as follows:
A bill to indemnify the governors OF
States for expenses incurred by them in
aiding the United States to raise and or
gantze and supply and equip the Volunteer
Army OF the United States in the existilg
war with Spain.
MIR. HANDY. l reserve the right to
object.
Mr.. HULL. The gentleman from
Ohio mi. GRosvENoR), after this bill
was presented here this morning,
sent for IL expert Of the Treasury
Department and submitted the bill
to him in order to guard against what
the gentleman had called attention
to, the liability that the Government
might be called upon to pay more
than it should for supplies furnished
by the States. The last proviso has
been added to cover that point. The
Treasury officials and the gentleman
from Ohio say that now the bill is
properly guarded.
] will say to the gentleman from
Delaw are (Mr. HANDY shat the Fed
eral Government only asks the adur-
ton of this measure because the gov
errors of the States are urging the
Government to settle the accounts OF
the States.
Mr.. NEwLANDs. I wish to ask the
gentleman whether he will permit an
amendment to be put upon this bill
authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to reimburse the States o.
California, Oregon and Nevada fol-
expenditures made over thirty years
ago i'll the late civil war-eXpendi
lures amounting in the State of Cal.
ifornia to S3.000,0C0 and over, in the
State Of Oregon to over 100000, and
in the State OF Nevada to over 81 o..
600, expenditures of this very class
made for the purpose OF equipping
troops that were accepted by the
Government and who took the place
in that vast domain of regulars who
we're retired from the entire inter.
montane country aud Pacific coast
region to take their places in the
civil war?
MIR. HULL. Mr.. Speaker, l would
rot, because that is an entirely diff
ferent question. This law was pas.
sed in 1861 substantially as now. II
IS a little better law now, because
it is intended to obviate some of the
difficulties that were encountered
then, but this proposition of the gen
tleman from Nevada is % go back
and now, in the closing days of this
session, fake up a batch Of claims
that are not yet adjusted under the
law OF 1861.
MI. NEwLANDs. l wish to state &c
the gentleman in that connection that
these claims have been approved by
the Senate Committee five or sis
times, have passed the Senate half 9
dozen times at least, have been re-,
ported favorably by the committee
in the House, and we yet have
been able to obtain consideration fol
those bills.
Mr.. LOUD. They have been audi
ted by the War Department.