The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-20

nau the basis OF getting more equit-
able settlement.
succeeded in obtaining the cons cnt
Of the appropriation committee to in
corporate an amendment In the def
cheney bill, providing for the payment
OF this balance, with interest ut i per
cent. from the lst Of January, 1881,
TO date. a very strong, fight was
made ny the House committee on ap-
pr0prlations against allowing this
Item and, while the Senate conferecs
and all the Senators familiar with the
facts supported the Justice of the
claim and insisted on its retentiun, it
.HaS only after six hours Of argument
In the committee that at 2 o'clock
the night Of March an agreement
was reached. / will say that had
made up my mind that as there were
seven other claims of an identical
character, involving several millions
Of dollars in the bill, J!Ilt felt 81
outraged at the seeming injustice and
sectional luminosity, that served no
ticc that | would talk the last twelve
hours Of tlia session or do whatever
other iilibuStcring was necessary to
secure Justice for my State. felt
that If the item went out that il
| would never be possible during Mr..
Cannon'S inciImbcncy aS Speaker tu
| obtain redress or get what was due, SC
decided | would take the reSpuSibili-
ty OF Of forcing an extra session before
| would tamely submit to such wrong.
IN conclusi n, desire to suggest
it will bc an act Of graceful rccogni-
Lion and of simple Justice to Mr..
Baker that The Legislature should
recognize his invaluable service by APP
propriating small amount Of money,
say 81 900, out OF that which has
been obtained. Ills work was not
done with this idea, however, but lie
is poor and has Il growing family, and
tile State can well afford to pay him
handsomely. Yours truly,
b. X. Tillman.
y. So save express expenses for
the transmission Of The bonds, worth
as they are in the market fifty cents
Oh tic dollar OF their face value be-
cause OF their being rcfunelablc, | re.
| qucStcd that all OF the bonds and coll-
pOnS should be cancelled. l also deem
IL nothing less than an element oi
safety that these obligations Of the
State that have been thus rcdccmC
should be treated rs all similar bonds
are. They come to you in this Shape
simply us evidence and as /, part OF
the States debt which has Dec: paid.
tiS worth while to note that the
United States Government has lost
money by not rcfunding these bonds
at fifty cents on the dollar in 1881,
the same as any other of our creditors.
| There would have been issued in lieu
thereof practically the same amount
OF bonds and The interest ON these for
twelve years at q per cent ana ten
years III - per cent would amount to
lSll3,0O0 The State has saved this
interest and has rnly,hHd to pay about
Sl2l l.O00-itA>rcdecm the bonds at their
face value. AS Il matter or interest
tn the Legislature enclose you n
copy of my speech in the Senate yes
tcrday, giving the history OF the
transaction, with the Official records.
Z was made In answer to Mr.. Can
mons speech and in Justification Of
the Scnatc's action and my own part
in the transaction. should be OBJ
liGcd il yol would transmit it to the
Legislature when itconycncS again.
Il. II. r..
Even up To the very last, as will be
seen by the following letter, certain
OF the officials in Washington tried To
hoid down the claim by allowing only
I"o days interest, but Senator Till
man would not consent to any such
business. The letter follows:
Treasury Department,
| Ollicc of Comptroller Of the Treasury,
Washington, March. ., 1903.
The Honorable the Secretary of the
Treasury Sir: AT your request and
under yonr direction, | have rc-cxam-
incd the account OF The State OF South
| Carolina against the United States,
rs settled by the auditor for the war
department. by certificate No. 2I,S04,
wherein he allowed the State the sum
OF S47.2l5.17 together with two DAYS
interest.
This audit was made under the
terms OF lhc following provision Of the
Deficiency Act, which was approved
and became law on The I'd inst, viz:
10 pay the State OF South Caro-
lima for balance found due from the
| United States to said State, according
TO the computation made by the comp
trollcr OF the treasury up to January
!, 1881. as stated in his letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury, dated
February u, 1903, SIT, ,245.77 and in
tcrcst upon the same at i per cent
annum until paid"
The force Of this language isa dircc-
tion by Congress to pay the State of
South Carolina the sum OF S47,245. II
and interest thereon from the lst day
OF January, 1881, up to the date of
the approval Of this Act
The Act, while it,only sets out said
sum, yet it clearly appropriatcS the
interest thereon as fit had been set
out in specific figures. 1t is the same
as ifa Court should render Judge
mcnt for Il specific sum and the inter
est thereon from IL date certain. The
amount or the Judgment is simply IL
matter OF calculation, SO the amount
OF this appropriation is simply u mat
ter Of calculation.
/ The auditor will therefore rcStatt
this account and allow the State OF
South Carolina the further sum OF
SIl ,SSi.6l, being the interest on Said
sum of Sl7,2i7.1i, al :! per cent, from
said lst day Of January, 1881, up e
the approval o! said Act. ~ credit
cert ilicat q ar differences will iSSDc fOl