The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-09
Congressman Pearre Busy.
Colonel Pearre presented d

fetal to his constituents IN the
Sixth Congressional District.
One of his bills was to increase
the pension of Presley ]. Bar
rick, of this city, to $50 per
month; $780, 900 for the enlarge
ment of the working room of
the Hagerstown postoffice, and
another to erect a Federal build
ing in this city. Mr.. Pearre in
opposing the passage Of bill
fathered by a Pennsylvania rep
resentetive to pay the State an
old war claim Of $40 He
based his opposition on the ia
voritism that is shown to certain
larger States i'll the payment of
such claims, while smaller States
like Maryland were unable to
get through honest claims against
the government for assistance
given during the Civil War. He
made a special reference to the
claim Of the City of Frederick
for 5000, 900 for the indemnity
demanded by General Jubal A.
Early when Frederick was threat
ened with destruction.
Colonel Pearre said that there
were pending before the Com
mittee OH War Claims many bills
of similar character and 81
shall vote against all measures
of this kind until there be some
measure prepared or rule adopted
by which some degree Of uni
fornity and equality shall be
fixed by which these bills shall
be treated with equality" Mr..
Pearre said that the bills intro
duced to compensate these States
forexpenditures during the Civil
War, could not get any kind of
consideration from the Commit
tee on War Claims. -" He said
that he had a Every painful rec
objection Of a case when a distin-
euished citizen of Pennsylvania,
and long Chairman of this Com
nittee on War Claims, the Hon.
Thaddeus Mahon, offered a report
appropriating money to Cham
bersburg because the Confederate
General McCausland had burned
that fair town because of the re-
fusal of his demand for 5000, 900
to supply the depleted Golfers of
his army. CAT that time" CON
tinued Mr.. Pearre, "and with
that unanimous report the dis
tinguished leader of the Repub-
lican party i'll the House opposed
the bill and declared that it was
too long after the Civil War to be
paying any more of these claims. "
Mr.. Pearre asserted that lit is
time to have square deal i'll re
gard to war claims and not have
the great big States &c, favorable
report from the House Commit
tees, while less favored and
smaller delegations from the
other States cannot secure Consid-
Grafton; to have one State treated
as fish and the other treated as
fowl"
"Inot only refer to Chambers
burg" continued Colonel Pearre,
"but i'll my own district, the
Sixth Maryland, there was the
distinguished, ancient aid learn
ed City Of Frederick, at one time
called the Athens Of America;
and when General Early was
making his raid for the purpose
Of surrounding and taking Wash
ington, what were the patriotic
citizens of Frederick City and
the State Of Maryland doing?
'"rhey stood at the battle of
Monccacy and interposed obsta-
cles to the advance Of Early, and
by giving battle, which they
did, thereby delayed the advance
of General Early upon the I'M
prepared city Of Washington.
But when Early demanded a sim
liar indemnity of 5000, 900 from
the citizens Of Frederick, as Cen
eral McCausland had demanded
from those Of Chambersburg pre-
viously, the people of Frederick
were compelled to raise that
money, $500, GEO, under a threat
of the destruction of the city, as
Chambersburg would be destroy
ed. They continued their nego-
tiations very automatically with
General Early for some time and
thereby further increased the
delay already caused by the bat
tie of Monocacy of the advance
of Early to Washington, thus
giving the great Lincoln all OPP
portunity to gather i'll his forces
and concentrate the armies of the
United States upon Washington
to defend the capital and prevent