Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-08
THE IOWA WAR CLAIMS
Senator Allison Says Bill Will
be Paid If Presented
at Once.
Payment of Big Commission to
a Special Agent Now Seems
Unnecessary.
The Plan to Allow Capt. Lothrop
IS Per Cent May Be
Defeated.

Des Moines. Feb. S.-If Senator Alli-
son is correct, the state does not need
to engage a special agent to collect its
civil war claims from the federal gov
eminent. A few days ago it looked de-
cidedly as if the bill would pass en-
saging j. S. Lothrop, of Sioux City, to
collect these accounts on commission.
The senate committee on judiciary rec
commended 1t, giving % per cent of all
collections up to 100000 to the agent,
and per cent above that figure. When
sent to the ways and means committee.
Yesterday. before that committee had
considered 1t, Governor Cummtns re-
ceived a letter from Senator Allison
saying that these claims are ready to
be paid, and will probably be provided
for in the urgent deficiency bill at this
session. All the state needs to do Is to
file detailed claim.
On this showing the ways and means
committee considered the measure.
Captain Lothrop appeared and told his
side of it. A subcommittee consist
ing of Lewis. Classen and Porter was
appointed to draft a new measure, en-
gaging Captain Lothrop as agent, but
allowing the executive council TO ar
range the compensation. The idea is
that If the claim is collected so easily
end readily as Senator Allison believes
1t will be, there is no ground for grant
ing such large commission.
Senator Allisons letter was great
surprise to the governor and legislators.
There had been rumors of this condi-
ton, however. for several days. When
Adjutant General Byers came home re-
Gently from Washington he reported
being asked by he auditor of the treas
ury if he was ready to take up this
matter and take the money home. He
replied that he was authorized to act.
An the heels of this came the Allison
letter, as follows:
United States Senate, Committee on
Washington, Feb. 3,
19O2-Hon. Albert B. Cummins, Gov
ernor of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa: Two
decisions of the court of claims have
been rendered one in favor of the state
OF New York and the other In favor of
the state of Pennsylvania, copStruing
the statutes of 1851 and 1862 to mean
that the state can recover interest on
all loans made by the state for the
purpose of arming and equipping vol
Iowa issued 100000 of bonds,
as l remember, for this purpose. My
is that they were twenty
year bonds, but. at any rate, the state |
has never received interest on these |
bonds.
An application on behalf of the state
TO the auditor for the war department,
in the treasury. for the auditing and |
allowance of this claim will receive ia
vorable consideration, and If the
can be made up in Iowa and
sent forward here think the claim can
DC audited in time for the general de-
iciency appropriation bill. which will
not pass until toward the
lose of the session. Several of such
claims have already been audited and
allowed and have been included in the
Urgent deficiency bill, which we are
low considering In the senate.
If you will have this claim made up
md make the proper application
hink it is made in the name Of the gov
have no doubt it can be done
n time, as have stated.
The principle of the decision already
made will also authorize the refunding
@ the state any loss incurred by rea-
on of the fact that the bonds were sold
t less than par. / do not remember
whether these bonds were sold at less
han par or not. but If they were, that
an also be allowed. Some of the
tates made their bonds payable in
old, and these decisions go so far as to
How the state for the premium paid
or bold to pay the annual or semi
nnual interest. So If gold had to be
ought to pay this interest, the claim
hould embrace the amount paid as
on the purchase of gold. but
the interest was not payable in gold
is probable that it was paid by the
tate in greenbacks. Whatever the /:
acts are. If gold was purchased. the
mount paid should be included in the
lain. Very truly yours.
(Signed) w. B. ALLISON.
Pay No Attention to Order.
Dubuque, Feb. S.-The saloonkeepers
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