Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-03
TO PUSH WAR CLAIMS
AID or SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS
TO DE INVOKED,
one BIG OMNIBUS BILL
Hichmond Claims That WouId BE
neutrality-suspicious. of knight
Judge Future Certainty.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. March 2.-CSpe-
H''-Thc meeting held yesterday for the
purpose Of agreeing upon some plan to
push southern war claims to their pas
s-a in the House was well attended.
$50 action was taken, however. and a
future meeting will be held at which
such members as Walker. Of NIassachu-
s-'s: Gr0svenor. of Ohio. and other Re-
t.h.cans, who are expected to favor
Oh. claims. will be present, and with
whom. it is expected, a combination Of
ua sort will be made. Representatives
I.mh Hay, and Rixey are interested in
claims, and, no doubt. will do all in their
power 10 help out the proposed scheme.
J, is the intention also 10 bring all the
southern Republicans into the combina-
ton. and by this means secure a ma
.--ity in the House.
d. is the purpose TO put all these
Claims into one big omnibus BILL similar
.n one already reported in the Senate.
The Richmond College bill for $4,000
md a number. Of personal war claims in
Richmond would come into such a bill
as that proposed The claim Of the Rich
u0ud Locomotive and Machine-Works
81. Of a different sort. 1t will in all prob
ability, be brought up by obtaining recog-
.don at the hands OF the Speaker, and
ly unanimous consent.
M'KENZIE BILL PASSED.
REPRESENTATIVE Swansea secured unani-
nous consent in the House for consider
alton Of a bill to pay W. E.>Judkins, exc
,.t1r of Lewis Mckenzie, $209S.S5, 1t be-
ing The amount expended by him I'm the
contested election cases in the FOrty-hrst
and Forty-second congresses from the
Esf,tb virginia District. Mr. Swanson
explained that the bill had been unani-
ragsly reported from the Committee on
Claims. adding that the money would
have been paid many years ago had not
.r- Mckenzie died about the time the
House would have advanced the amount
Tho report from the Committee on Claims |
r.sG i'm part as follows:
It appears from the testimony that |
Lewis Mckenzie was elected to represent
,t- Eighth Congressional DISTRICT or Nlr-
rr. Inn the FOrty-frst Congress Of the |
United States; that his right TO the seat |
WAS contested by Hon. Charles Whittle-
ST.. and that after a thorough inVestlga-
non tho House Of Representatives decided !
r..r Nlr. Mckenzie had been duly elected, |
rrG was entitled to the seat
I- also appears that Mr.. Mckenzie con-
Tested the election or Hon Elllol NJ bIdA-
ION from the same district, 10 seat IN !
-.. T1rtv-sacoad Congress, and that after |
Investigation by the House OF Represen-
r..v.s the said contest was decided In |
favor Of Mt. BraXtOn.
A.. aHdavir sworn TO by Mr.. Mckenzie /
iu aIs lifetime shows that he PAID Tor |
counsel fees IN the contest Tor the seat
.r rHa F0rty-hrst Congress the sum or |
.-H and for commissioners fees I'm taxing /
testimony the sum OF SO He also swore
that fn the contest for the seat IN the /
Tur..-soc0nd Congress he paid IN the
s....r.fe the sum of $l.j2S95 ana pro-
g...H an itcmized account Of the several
r..m.uts which made that amount. II
also appears from the papers on me 'ldl
Dr.. pant Of the said expenditures had peeh
..F 10 Mr. Mckenzie i'm his lifetime, or
u. .fs executor since his death, although
Nr WhittIcscy and Mr.. BraNton nave
ben fully reimbursed the amounts eN-
pended lv them I'm the said contests
Amor "a brief debate, the bill was passed
b" .r. House.
"tRIOUs VIRGINIA MEASURES.
E.rr.s.ntative Rixey. Of Virginia py
r.....r introduced "a bill TO remove the
H.. of dasertion from William WAFER
Brown. late Of the United states SNIP
Nr.u "a bin 10 pay the NeSlry ol ~ ~
I."- Episcopal church. OF Culpeper' Va
2 ..l Cor uea and final destruction or It's
property. and bin TO pay Catherine
N.E.v. sole heir Of Gotueib Appich. Ia'e
70. Alexandria. Va. $500 for the occupa-
ZION and use Of several buildings on Hen
p. street. Alexandria, Va, by feueid'
troops during The war. -,,,.o, a
..n-esentativc =. j. Otey lntrouu0'"
hN for the relief Of W. >. houuVl.'
I.H'.x county Va. for $40 TOT supp,.''
taken by Federal troops during the wa"
$3.50 "a bin for the relei OF ~ -
Brown, of Montgomery county 49,
vIu.. also for supplies taken by Federal
troops In 1866.
WtE OVER RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Whether or not there is a war on ,,,
o.HH ~ seems certain that one
r.aa over the river and harbor improve
m.uts. The fact that there WIZ " ~
t This session. II the leaders can ~
'.'. it has just dawned on inc i''
t.r-. and they are up in arms g.
That the bin would be suppresSvu' =
possible. was long suspected put 'helo
WAS mo- great excitement, because '"'
Thing was not considered possible
EIW the river and harbor men fcal|'
N. they are 20 be frozen out anu nv
language Of some of them who nave an
ways been amenable 90 party dlsclPiino
.s uCendlary OF the floor OF the HOUSE
l"0" talk Of rebellion. 20 break tne
u .kes that keep them from reachins
ont for appropriations.
Tlei- anger IS rot tempered by the
f.f that the sundry civil bill carried
0nO) Cor river and harbor improve
E-nfs.
The claim is made that the Interests %
favored members have been cared io'
'l that way. while others are left OUT
ode iu q Klondike OF despair ana neg
Ieot that Is warmed only by the seorep- !