The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-02
VIRGINIA MAY
b MBuRSED Ed!
Favorable Report N sde on States
Claim iii Against Government.
MONEY ADyANc Ed TO TROOPS.
Was Used to Buy Supplies and Medicine
for Soldiers at Jacksonville-Ther
viii Re Unanimous Report Fay-
oring Seating of Judge Rhea.

Will Re Unanimous Report Fav-
oring Seating Of Judge Rhea.
Especial Dispatch to Tho Timea.)
1VASllEGTON, D. c., April THE
COMMITTEES OIL War Claims reported Ia
| vorably t. day Major Otey's bill provid-
! ing for the payment to the State Of gV1r-
| e1nia OF leo, to reimburse the State for
money aud supplies furnished Virginia
troops alter being mustered into the Unit
! ed States Tor the war with Spain.
The report contains a copy OF letter
| from Governor Hoge Tyler to the All
! ditor for the War Department, descrlb-
ing the de,:artur Of the Third and Fourth
Virginia Regiments for Jacksonville with
out necessary supplies, and his protest
! q eainst tkei. being sent without proper
| equipment.
The letter. goes on to tell how promf-
| ses were made by the United states au-
| thorities that supplies would await them
| in Jacksonville, but when the regiment
arrived there, there weree no supp1es'
| whereupon the officers Of the regiment
sent back Captain Robert w. Patton. then
| chaplain. to Richmond with a statement
| of the condition of the troops, VINO We're
not only without the necessary clothing
but had no medicine for their sick.
Upon this statement and at the request
| Of the Virginia officers, Governor Iyler
sent back ST. 900, personal bond for the re- re
| turn Of this being furnished by the o1ll-
cers This money, Governor Tyler's let
| fer declares, was used to purchase shoes'
| clothing and medicine.
This letter bears the date Of June 5,
1901.
PROBABLY CORRECT.
! In answer to this, there is letter from
| A. S. Kimball, assistant Acknowledgement,
to the Secretary of War, who ordered, at
| the request of the Auditor, a report upon
| the matter which says that "a search
! of the records reveals the fact that the
| Virginia volunteers were furnished only
| tentage and blankets while they were at
| Camp Lee, at Richmond, and there Is
| every reason, to believe that the state
ment regarding the shortage of supplies
at Jacksonville, Fla. upon the ARRIVAL
Of the Second Virginia Volunteer Infan-
| try, is correct, as this state of affairs is
known to have existed at this particular
camp, owing to the congestion of railway
traffic."
The letter goes on to say that If there
" as any documentary evidence. OF which
! the State of Virginia has not scrap,
| as to the purpose for which the Sl,0OO
| was used, it could be legally repaid, and
suggests that the State furnish such evil
| dence.
1here is a third letter from the Auditor
/ for the War Department to the chairman
! of the COMMITTEES on Military Affairs.
| which says in part: 1T appears from
other papers on file independent OF the
| Governors statement, which is i'll itself
| sufficiently that the $1,000 was expended
bv the Governor through the officers Of
| the Second Regiment. But having been
expended while the soldiers were in the
service Of the United States, under ex-
| listing laws, there is no authority for re-
| endorsement" The letter adds that tax
| ing into consideration the conditions under
| which the expenditures were made, 1t ap-
pears equitable that the State might be
reimbursed by Congress, notwithstanding
the fact that such expenditure was not
Only not in compliance with regulations,
| but contrary to practice and law.
The Committee on War Claims, to
whom the bill was finally referred, re-
| ports that it finds the facts to be as set
| forth in the above mentioned letters, and
recommends the passage of the bill.
Elections Committee No. 3, at Il meeting
held this morning. for the consideration
! Of the WaIker-Rhea and Wilson-Lassitar
contest cases, decided to hand in unan-
jn1onS report recommending that Judge
| Rhea retain his seat in Congress as rep
resantative of the Ninth Virginia Dis
trict.
While the main report seating Judge
on the committee will submit a minority
report dissenting from the views Of the
| r.ajority in regard to the election laws
and the general method of conducting
elections in the State of Virginia
The majority report arraigns severely
| these laws and methods, and it is against
the views set forth III that portion OF
! the report Of the full committee which
bears upon them that the minority will
report. This minority report will not
| affect the general effect of the action of
| tho committed. nor probably the final
decision of the House The special point
bcaring upon the election laws and
! methods Of the State Of Virginia may be
argued in the House.
WILSON VS.. LASSITER.
In regard to the Wilson-Lassiter case
| il was decided that the ballot-boxes,
| which it was thought at one time would
| be called for as evidence in the case,
should not be sent for. This case will
| probably be decided at the next meet
! ing of the committee, which takes place
| on Tuesday next.
The report on the Rhea case will he
| made public on that day also, and all
| the findings in the case. with the reasons
7 for them, together with whatever mi
| nority report the Democrats submit, will
| be laid before the House.
The striking feat tire of the Rhea case
| Is that it is the first contest case from
| the State Of Virginia that has ever had
a favorable report from Elections Com
| 1nittee No. 8. This committee is called
| the Bloody Committee and has always
been composed chiefly of Southern Re-
| publicans and Democrats who are Serv-
| ing! their first term in Congress.
When the contest first began there was
a good deal Of doubt as to Judge Rhea's
| chances, but the case has been very
skillfulIy managed, so skiilfully, in fact,
| that all opposition was swept aside
GEORGE WASHINGTON SHOT. .
Carl Lewis Plugged Him in the Neck
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