Evening star., 1914-10-10
PROTESTS sM0THERING OF
OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILLS
Directs Attention to
Unpaid Debts Of United States
Allowed by Court.

To the Editor of The Star:
Kindly give space for a few words
of protest against the ignoring by
Congress Of just and legal debts
against the government of the United
States through the suppression of
three omnibus claims bills, which are
legal appropriation bills. and. are
legally entitled to have included in
them all claims reported by the Court
of Claims under the Bowman act
These are unpaid claims dating as
far back as 1882. down to the present
date. Only a few have been paid
since the passage Of the Bowman act,
March 3. 1883, none were paid before
that date and not one Of these claims
has been paid since February "a, 1905,
on which date the last omnibus bill
was approved.
Thousands of these claims are
promised to be paid every political
campaign year. and apparently the
work on these omnibus bills makes
progress until the state primaries are
over, and the election of candidates is.
practically assured. Then the bill col
lapses SO quietly that the public and
the claimants never know just what
has happened.
However, if it is a presidential cam
paign year and political conditions are
uncertain. the omnibus bills are
brought forward with a great 1libus-
and the wires are kept busy keeping
the public informed of the great fight
being made to obtain passage of these
measures. The claimants read that the
bill passes both House and Senate.
However, the bills are smothered in
conference at the last moment, and
that last proceeding does not go out
over the wire. SO the claimants do not
know the fate of their claims until
after the election.
The House and Senate committees
which have sole Jurisdiction of claims
reported under the Bowman act began
work on the omnibus bills at the be-
ginning OF this session and apparently
these bills were in promising con-
dition, and made progress until the
state primaries were all about over.
Since then nothing has been done.
Now it is given out that the congress
sional slate Is clear of appropriation
bills. while thousands of claimants, in
all parts Of the United States, are
under the impression that these three
omnibus claims bills are included on
the congressional slate.
l am representative claimant, be-
ing an heir and administrator of two
covered into the Treasury of the
United States, and I protest on behalf
of myself and relatives, and thou
sands of other claimants. citizens and
ldApdySTS, III every STATE OIL the
United States.
The payment of all those claims will
place money in circulation in every
state at time when it is greatly
needed and will result in great good.
The European war has shocked the en-
tire world and makes it absolutely
imperative that these debts be paid be-
fore adjournment of this session of
Congress Since the European war was
declared the United States has pro-
vided for every class of it's citizens ex-
cepting only that class who have legal
debts against the government. whose
money has been covered into the
Treasury of the United States.
The suppression of just and legal
debts against the government of the
United States year after year and gen.
Grafton after generation is a disgrace.
l hope for the sake of the govern
ment as well for myself and all
claimants that Congress pays every
claim before adjournment.
EMMETTA HUMPHREYS.
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