The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-27
CLAIM MOVEMENT.
After Proceeds from Captured
Property Sales Being Pushed
BY GOVERNOR McSWEENEY.
lie Writes a Letter to Congress
man Wilson on the Subject.
Other Governors Will
Cooperate.
Cooperate.

G,v. McSweeney is not letting the
movement locking to securing from the
UDised States the big sum CT money be-
longing to the people Of this State
from the sales OF property under the
captured and abandoned property acts
remain mere talk. He is pushing the
ma ter in more ways than one. Wed
nes6ay the following letter was sent to
Congressman Wilson:
Hon. Stsnyaroe Wilson, NJ. G., Wash
iDgton, D. c.
Dear Sir: 1t has been brnug ht to
my attention that there remains in the
treasury the SUN of 0,5l2, ,007. 96
arising from the proceeds Of sales Of
properly of citizens of southern States
under the captured and abandoned
property acts, and that this money be-
longs 10 the citizens Of the several
sou hern States from whom such prop
erty was taken, aud that oy decisions
of the Uuited States supreme court the
title to this money remains IN these
citizens.
All the facts relative to it seem to
be carefully collected and stated in
senate report, committee on claims,
NJ. 1854, 55lh congress, third session,
which report, it appears, simply con-
irued the recommendations Of previ us
house "f representatives report No.
1877, 52d congress, first session, aud
Was made to the senate recommending
the passage to senate bill No 5U20, 55th
congress, third session, which stood
upon the caleGdar Of the senate, No.
lib at the last session.
Much of this money belongs to the
State of Sou,h Carolina, aud the senate
olll referred to, If it had been enacted
toto law, would have given these clti
zeus the right which has loug been
denied TO them without any just reason,
&c ll,i.atc their claim to the fund in
the court of claims, aud establish their
rights to it, aud as the justice of this
matter is evident upon its Ease, it is
difficult to see why the needed ltgsla-
ton was not completed by the passage
of that bill a. the last session of con-
greSS.
1t has been suggested to me that it
you'd be we'll that this matter should
be called specially to the attention Of
each member Of the congressional dele
cation slom this State both house and
seuate, and also that the time is u"w
ripe when, upon the introduction of the
bill, new effort should BE- made to Sc
cure to the southern States the passage
of this reasonable law, and to this end
I have addressed Communication to
the governors Of the several southern
States, requesting them to join me In
requests to their several cougr, ssional
del, CATIONS to see TO it that by harnlo-
uiouS action this result shall be attained
at the present session of congress.
Senator Nc cLaurin has written that he
will rein,rnduce the bill in the senate,
add when it shall coue to the house of
representatives. you are respectfully re-
quested to reuder such assistance as
may be in your power to secure lts early
passage by that body.
Responses have come from several Of
the governors, and from their assur-
ances it is likely that you will find that
the nelegares from the other southern
States have been requested to cooper
ate actively. Very respectfully,
NJ. B. McSSeeney,
Governor.
Recently the governor has received
letters from number Of the southern
governors in regard to those claims.