The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-04
J. C. Nicholson of Newton Try
ing to Adjust Claims.
They Are All Based on Spanish
American War.
AMOUNT ABOUT $25, 900.
Includes Pay from Time Of
Enlistment to Muster In.
Mr. Campbell Failed to Make
His Maiden Speech.

washington, March 2.-Mr. J. C.
Nicholson, Of Newton. is here making
an effort to induce the government to
settle the claims of the Kansas regl-
rnents in the Spanish-American war
against the government. Mr.. Nichol-
son Is deputized to do this work by w.
w Martin, now an officer of the Ma
tionaI Military home at Fort Leaven-
worth, who is the state claim agent
The claims of the Kansas regiments
arise from the fact that the soldiers
did not receive any pay from the time
of their enlistment to the date of their
muster in, varying in the cases of diff
ferent regiments from one day to two
weeks. The claims aggregate $4,000.
According to a recent ruling of the
comptroller of the currency. the SOL
diers are clearly entitled to these allow
ances. A bill has been introduced max
ing the necessary appropriation to pro-
vide for the payment, and it has passed
the senate, and is now pending before
the committee on war claims In the
house Mr.. Nicholson has been given a
hearing before the committee, and the
disposition of it's members seems to be
to make q favorable report. The bill,
If it becomes a law. Will affect all
Spanish war soldiers who were stu
aLed Similar TO the hduSdS IeSAAASutSs
although in many of the states the
claims were made long ago and salts
factorily adjudicated. After the bill
becomes q law the claims will be pre-
scented by the governor, the records OF
the states showing what is due each
soldier who Is entitled to recognition
under the act.
Mr. Nicholson will remain in Wash
tngton for a month or two, looking
after other state claims which are
pending in the various departments.
Representative Scott has secured a
promise from the bureau of soils to make
three soil surveys in Kansas during the
be well distributed over the state. One
will be made in Brown county, one in AL
len county and still another in f1nney
county.
Representative Murdoch will make his
maiden speech in congress one day during
the consideration of the postoffice appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Murdoch probably will
conf1ne his speech on the floor Of the
house to about ten minutes and ask leave
TO print an exhaustive investigation which
he has been making into the history of
the poStOffice department and particular
ly as it affects postoffice Investigations of
other years Mr.. MURDOCH has at his
tongues end all the details regarding the
first pOstoh1ce investigation ever conduct
ed by the government, which was prose-
cuted during the early part of this CEN
tury. He has been delving into the rec
ords at the Congressional library for sew
eral weeks, collecting data to be used in
his remarks.
Owing to the protracted debate upon
the naval appropriation bill, representa-
tive Campbell had TO leave for Kansas
without making his initial speech in con-
gress, dealing with the tariff. He has
gone to Kansas to be present at his con-
gressional convention at Coffeyville on
March 4 and will return to Washington
in about a week. He viii then MAXI the
speech which has been sideIracked for
more than a week because of the consid-
GRAFTON of the naval appropriation bill
Representative Murdoch will go to Kan
eas to attend his congressional conven-
ton which meets at Wichita on March s
and the state convention which meets
a day later. He will be accompanied by
his private secretary, David Leahy.
LESLIE w. WALLACE.