The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-31
The "Omnibus Claims.

Although it has been published through The Advertisers Washington Bureau that the omnibus claims bill passed before the last Congress ad- journed, 1t appears from number of letters that have been received here that some people have overlooked the news. Yet the executive signature making the bill law was appended February 24. full week before the adjournment. This misunderstanding doubtless arose from the fact that through neglect or tardiness in get ting claims ready a number failed to get into the bill. There are un- doubtedly not few meritorious claims which were left out in this way, and 1t is expected that they will be em braced in another omnibus claims bill at the next session of Congress.
 The successful claimants may well congratulate themselves. for about the hardest thing to get out of the gov ernment Is a claim. particularly If 1t is a claim from 8 Southern State. The wise and watchful Northern Congress- men, when a claim comes up from their own vicinage. assume at once that 1t is all right and immediately so to work to push it through. If 1t is a Southern claim 1t makes a large difference. The presumption instantly looms forth that the Southern claimant was disloyal to the Union or that his kinsfolk were guerillas. and he has a devil of time proving tildl Ht iOb lO puH- ished for living in a rebel country in- stead of being paid for property des- troyed or stolen or seized by the righteous invaders.
 Some amusing incidents have oc- cured in hte prosecution of these claims. Some years ago there lived in Tennessee an old man. now dead. named Bowman, who had a claim for about $1340 He worried until his death about his claim. The act under II. were to be provided for was commonly called the Bowman Tucker act" and some times, simply, the Bowman act" So much was he wrought up over his claim and so profoundly was he con- vinced of its equity and the awakened man Bowman. of Tennessee. died be- lieving that the Bowman act" was named for his claim.
 The claims allowed for Alabamians in the act approved in February are as follows:
 To Thomas NJ. Hobbs of Limestone County, $7.6s2.
 To B. w Hewitt, administrator of Doctor V. Burrow. deceased, of Lau- derdale County, $667.
 To Jesse Keys of Madison County,
 TO 1T. B. Lansden. administrator of Martha W. Lansden, deceased, of Mar shall County, S44s.
 To John J. Turrentlne. administra- tor of the estate of Andrew McWil- Hams. deceased, of Limestone County,
 TO William A. Walker of Colbert County, $330.
 c, To Soh2 $, 5 Watkins of Lauderdale
 To fl. s. Walters, administrator of the estate of Claiborn c. W2-ters, de- ceased. of Cherokee County. $40.
 To H. c. Lavender. administrator of Elizabeth Nell deceased. of Dallas
 To Douglass Taylor. administrator of Cyrus Jones. deceased. of Madison
 To John H. Taught. administrator of John Sullivan. deceased, of Jackson
 To fFloyd H. Gillian. administrator son So 'cslan County, T si.6s5. VI
 To Mrs. Mollie Smith, adminlstra- trix of John Hollingsworth. junior, de- ceased. of Morgan and Limestone coun-
 To Russell NJ. Kilburn of Lauderdale Countq, $1,453.
 To Douglass Taylor. administrator of Jessie Jefferson, deceased, of MAdisonl
 TO John A. Chandler. administrator of Garrett s Chandler, deceased, of Lauderdale County $621.
 To Douglass Taylor. administrator of Elizabeth Horton. deceased, of Mad ison County, $242.
 To Douglass Taylor. administrator of David Vincent, deceased of Madison To Douglass Taylor administrator of Benjamip Carter, deceased. of Madi son County, $445.
 To Douglass Taylor. administrator of John Haynes. deceased, of Madison
 To Douglass Taylor. administrator of Edward Moore, deceased, of Madison County, s266, .-.-
 To Amelia Simpson, administratrix Of Randolph Simpson, deceased, of Tusca- loosa County, S465.