Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-06-23
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"a, O0O. 600. Little Oregon made her ex-
penditure of half q million dollars.
Larger Massachusetts made her expen
diture of how much l do not know,
and she paid her soldiers from her
State treasury, partially, if not quite
as nuch as they received during the
Civil war from tho United States treas
ury. Nevada has not been paid, nor
has California, nor has Massachusetts,,
nor has illinois, nor has any other
State. Ny sympathies with, this small
State-small as to number of popula-
ton are such that perhaps if could
segregate this claim and then pass over
all the similar claims to arise from
every other State, amounting Il speak
conservative1y) to one thousand million
dollars, think might vote for this
half q nillion.
Mr.. Newlands: I ask the gentleman
not to raise specters and hobgohins to
| arouse tie apprehension of the House.
Mr.. Cannon: l am not ''raising spec
ters.''
Mr.. Newlands: You said a thousand
millions! That simply shows the
power of your imagination.
Mr.. Cannon: Not at all. Let US see.
The gentleman says don't raise spec
ters.' 1t is my duty, if can, to plant
my feet as legislator, proceeding with
care, guided by truth and by wisdom,
because act here not only for Nevada,
but for every other State and it's in
habitants. I said q thousand millions
of dollars of claims similar in principle
and now I want the gentleman's at
tention. This was an extra allowance
call it pay call it bounty; call it re-
lief: call it what you please-that was
paid by Nevada.
Now let us take Massachusetts,; let US
take Illinois. Massachusetts paid the
same extra pay and called it pay. Many
of the States paid bounties and called
them bountjes. Many of the States
! gave relief in many different ways
calling it this, that and the other-all
upon the same foundation in principle.
Now, l say you may add the boun-
ties, you may add the extra pay, you
may add the relief that these various
States of the north contributed: you
may count the interest on these eXpen-
ditures as it is counted upon this claim,
and l say again, speaking conserva-
lively, that the amount would be over
rather than under one thousand mill
ion dollars. Therefore, without rails
} ing specters | want to tell the truth;
and | want to say that if we owed this
money-If we had ever made similar
payments to any State or to any body
if there were legal obligation-then
we ought to pay it, whether the amount
be half million or two thousand mil
Ions. But if we do not owe it, if every
! State in the North had been paid un.
der the law every cent that it is entitl
ed to, as it has been, then do not see
that we ought to make precedent
which will brir e trooping here not only
California and Oregon, but New York
ana Illinois, and Massachusetts, ane
every other State, along the line O
this precedent, knocking at the doors
OF the treasury.
Mr.. Newlands' motion to concur wa
lost upon final vote. After the debat
E many Congressman came to Mr.. New
: lands and said that the only reason o
their opposition te the measure was thei
~ belief that it would open up great inroad
+ upon the treasury: that they feared tn
claims would come from all the differen
States like an avalanche. 1t is to b
It hoped that Congress will yet see the dis
e tinction pointed out by Mr.. Newland
y between the cases Of extra pay IN tn
east and the west.