St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-03

had secured during his service in Con
gress, it NAV be well TO refer to three
private measures which he took up and
secured their passage
Among the private measures which he
has taken up was that OF George Sui
paw whose wife was from Westminster.
He owned steam vessel on the Tonnes
see river which was seized by the Con-
federates and later came into the hands
of Federal officers After the war the
vessel was sold and the avalls turned in
to the United States treasury. In the
seth Congress a bill was introduced TO
pay Mr.. Sulpaw $1,000. The claim con-
tnued to be prosecuted from congress to
congress until Congressman Haskins
became a member OF the committee on
war claims when the heirs received their
money.
Another private claim was that OF
Benjamin Burrows of Bloomington who
was drafted in 1863 but being physically
unfit for service paid $500 as conmuta-
ton money. The next December he vol
unfairly enlisted but was rejected. In
1865 Congressman Baxter introduced a
bill 10 refund the $500 to Mr.. Burrows.
The bill was introduced into every con-
gress until Mr.. Haskins took up the mat
ter before his committee which author
lied him to make favorable report and
Mr.. Burrows received his $500.
The Mckinley tariff bill offered a
bounty on maple sugar bearing a GER
tain test. Hiram n Davis OF Glover en-
tered competition for this bounty and
was certified TO by the internal revenue
collector at Portsmouth as Justly en-
titled to the bounty Gen. Grout intro.
duced a bill but without favorable re-
suits. At the second session OF the o9tn
Congress, Congressman Haskins intro.
duced bill which was referred to the
committee on appropriations. lie Sc
cured from the internal revenue commits.
sioner a statement that a bounty TO a
certain amount was due Mr.. Davis. A
statement from the secretary of the
treasury showed that the bounty had
not been paid. The money was paid Mr.,
Davis.
During the present session ofCOngress
he has secured favorable action upon the
special bills for the increase of pension o.
Henry Buckmnster, Dwight l.. Herrick
William A. Eagleson, Marshall w
Rogers, Hiram L. Russell, John F. Hast
ings, Herbert F. Brooks, Harriet b
Nichols, Martin l.. Bruce and Samuel B
Pettingill which is much above the aver
age number that are allowed each mem
Der of Congress. During the present Con
gress he also reported from the commit
tee on war claims an omnibus bill cover
ing 324 separate bills that had been in
PRODUCED into the House and carrying
| 1915, 900 in round numbers. In investi
| eating these cases it required an exam
ination into the facts relative to each
and every one of the claims On Feb
ruary 7th, he brought 1t up in the House
and the bill was passed without a single
amendment, except such as he suggested
himself This was a most unusual pro
ceeding, for ordinarily the report of tn,
Committee on War Claims in years gon,
by have suffered pruning before it was
suffered to pass. He was highly compli
mented by the leaders of both sides o
the House in the manner in which h,
carried his bill through and also received
from some of the judges of the Court o
Claims high compliments upon the clear
ness and ability displayed in the report