Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-28
THE HOU Sc.

Some routine business was transacted at
the opening of tine session of the House to-
day. Mr. Ray On. " renewed his request
to print in connection with the Livingston
resolution laid on the table yesterday. rela-
tive to remanding the cases of Green &
Gaynor to the southern district of Georgia.
all the papers in the case The papers were
ordered printed.
Francis r. LasSiter, who succeeds the late
Sidney Epes as a representative from the
fourth Virginia district was sworn in In
connection with the presentation of his
credentials communication was read from
James Selden Cowden protesting against
the seating of Mr. Lassiter and fling notice
OF formal contest on the ground that the
vote by which Mr.. Lassiter claimed election
was paper vote not actually cast
The agricultural appropriation bill was
sent TO conference. Messrs. wadsworth
IN ". Henry Comm and Williams (Miss)
were appointed conferees
Bills were passed to construct a bridge
across the Red River of the North; for the
appointment of an additional United States
commissioner for the northern judicial dis
trict of the Indian territory: to authorize
the Carolina Railroad Company to con-
sruct a bridge across Lumber river, North
carolina. to authorize the Duluth Pierre
and Black Hills Railroad Company 10 con-
strlct a bridge across the Missouri river
az Pierre: to transfer the county of Concho
ieXas. from the western to the northern
GStrlct OF Texas; 10 transfer to G. A. r
Post ~ certain guns now in possession of
battery c, sSachuSettS Volunteer Militia
10 provide for the sale of fsolated ana
olsconnected tracts of land in the Usage
tract Kansas.
n. c. a. " ihstoh'
To provide for the revision and codt6ca-
IlDn OF the general ut
States oAited
To authorize the construction of a bridge
across the Back bay at Biloxi. Miss
To create the central division Of tho
southern judicial district of Iowa,
10 authorize the Cape Nome Traffic Conn
pany |" construct a bridge across the
snake river al Nome City Alaska
To recognize the gaIlantry Of Tta,,.
FRANK III Newcomb and the men of the
eseHIe cutter Hudson which rescued the
IT. - 'eat "lnSlow in Cardenas bay dur
ing ". early days Of the war with Snain
an re- ring Capt. Daniel B. Hodgson For
tHlcient and meritorious services in 60
mahG Of the cutter Hugh McCuIIoch at
At o'clock the Senate bill n create
t"HhtulSSl"H 10 adjust all claims of citiza,
OF the ntted States against Snafn 1,Tint
h'.'a states. under treaty with Snain
up. was taken
MT Fay N " opposed the bill He
Euri '-'tt there was no necessity for s,5rb
. N-i''til@>4''il- II created, he sal
commissioners at 5000 annually a cbfaf
clerk az Si,'Stl. assistant attorney -
tIdi ana an unlimited number OF assistant
"t'yyuEES AZ S9p month and a big corps
or clerks and stenographers.
Mr.. Ray conterded that the court %
GAINS should do this work They had Nv
que I'm" and this additional labor would
not break them down. The only excuse
ana Jusuhcation for the enactment of This
pm. Mr. Ray declared, was the desire Of
.L atoiii senator's 10 get good berths for
thelr constituents. lie demanded 10 Lrou,
now many claims had been fled ana ,,bst
they amounted to ~ what
Mr.. Mahon pa replied that he did not
mo" now many claims had been filed hut
thai the legislation was recommanded NV ~,
me president and the Secretary of State
Adjudication of Claims.
Mr. Richardson tTenn.) asked if II wou1d
not be well TO adjudicate these claims while
they are fresh and not allow them 10 RIM
as the French spoliation claims did. to grow
with years
Mr.. Ray agreed that the claims should be
adjudicated. but he thought the Court of
Claims could do the work
Mr. Hit t1n), chairman of the commit
tee on foreign affairs, called attention IN
the fact that such claims were always ,d
11deated by commissions. 1t was neces-
tary. ne said, TO place a time limit InoD
the hling OF such claims.
Claims. said he, generate claims
They propagate each other and none yo,,I
tiply so rapidly as foreign claims | had
some experience with the Mexican war
Claims The manufacture of these claims
became regular industry Claims amount
ing to hundreds of millions were filed Only
ABOUT per cent of them were allowed
ana we afterward discovered that the
largest of the awards were obtained nv
sheer fraud and villainy. That was the
case with the Infamous Well claim"