The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-15
Senator Johnston Takes Up
 The Southern Claims
AMENDMENTS ARE SECURED
While Some of the Claims Are For Damage Done 40 Years Ago, Still Others Have Been In
 View 100 Years.
By PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, January 14-(Special.)- Senator Johnston addressed the Senate to- day on the omnibus bill. He said he was tired of hearing this bill called the south ern claims bill. That the fact was that the bill carried an appropriation of about $2,SOO,00O, whilst all the claims allowed to citizens of the southern states amounted to less than s64O 900. That other states of the union had over $1, ,6OOO00, and the citi- zens of the states of New York, Massa- chusetts and Pennsylvania alone were to receive some $977,0 600. That 1t had been said that as to these southern claims that there were no witnesses to defend the government that all were dead. The senator said that there were senators on both sides of this chamber, who partici- pated in the war between the states, still alive, although they had the best op- portunity of anyone to be dead, and that there were over 100000 pensioners of that war still alive and ready to testify. That practically all these claims had been passed upon by the court of claims and in every case the court had pronounced in their favor. That many of these claims  tion of churches and lodges and that the committee had rejected too many claims that this great government ought to cheerfully pay.
 That it had been said that these claims were 40 years old, and whilst that is true there is in this bill over $714.0o0 appro- priated to pay French spoliation claims, which were about 100 years old.
 The senator secured amendments today, putting on the bill Boliver lodge, Stephen son. s1150; Methodist Episcopal church. Bellefonte, $3S0; Baptist church, Waterloo, S615; Presbyterian church, Decatur $300O.
 The Senate adjourned without concluding the omnibus claims bill It Is expected to go through tomorrow. The bill contains the following Alabama items:
 William T. Hammer of Tuscaloosa county, ssO5 Mary E. Haygood, heir of John M. Lawson, deceasel late of Lauder dale county $920; Lewis F. Martin, admin istrator of Francis c. Martin, deceased, of Limestone county, s925; J. P. McClen- don, administrator of Meredith King, late of Jackson county, $70o; John c. McDan- iel. administrator of John w. McDaniel of Cleburne county, $790; J. G. Mason, ad- ministrator of the estate of Glorvina Ma son and John c. Mason of Limestone county, $3ssO; J. w. Mitchell, administra- tor of the estate of Thomas J. Mitchell of Jackson county, $299; James A. Paulk of Bullock county, $3390; J. R. Roberson, administrator of John P. Roberson of St. Clair county, s1230; Charles o. Rolfe, ad- ministrator of Oscar A. Rolfe of Nor gan county, $2998; James M. Thomson of Colbert county, $6S5; Cecilia R. A. Wheat, executrix of Moses K. Wheat of Macon county, S4S9O; Henry Davis of Mad ison county $135; Belle F. Neil. admins tratrix of James Watkins Fennell of Mar shall county, $1330; Margaret J. Parks Of Jackson county, $106S Primitive Baptist church of Huntsville, $999; Samuel F. Ryan of Marshall county, $2712; Mission ary Baptist church of Gravelly Springs, s725 trustees Missionary Baptist church, Huntsville, $176O; trustees North Alabama college, Huntsville, $76O0; trustees Cumber- land Presbyterian church, colored Hunts vile, s220; Mamie H. Jones and Mary E. Hereford, Madison county, heirs-at-law of John T. Jones, $500; John D. Hereford, Mrs. Fannie H. Jones and Mrs. Martha J. Ormon, Madison county, and William F. Hereford of Japan (missionary). heirs of Fannie J. Hereford, daughter of John T. Jones, deceased, $40O.