STATE MILITARY CLAIM AGENCIES.
Mr. Belford's Special Committee joint resolution No. 9 for closing up the Indiana Military Claims Agencies in Indianapolis and Washington, D. C., turning over the business in their hands to the Adjutant General, coming up -
Mr. McLEAN demanded the previous question, and under stress thereof, the joint resolution was finally passed - 53 to 39.
Mr. HUGHES having changed his vote for the purpose, moved to reconsider this vote, believing that it was taken under a misapprehension. He showed that these offices were doing a very large business; and the soldier's business was done on an average for about two per cent. Usually, outside of this agency, it costs him about 10 per cent.
Mr. CRAIN said he voted against the continuance of this agency, because its operation was unequal with respect to its accommodations. This resolution, coming from the Committee as it did, ought to pass.
Mr. LITSON designated the agency, as now conducted, as a great humbug. Eleven-twelfths of the soldiers right here in this city prefer to go to the private claim agents, and pay their price, rather than, have their work done in the State's office-for nothing. He showed that it required twelve thousand dollars to collect a few claims that would not have cost half as much in the hands of the private claim agents.
Mr. CAMPBELL. If the vote is reconsidered he will change his vote, and vote in favor of the resolution.
Mr. MILLER moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table.
The yeas and nays (demanded by Messrs. Chambers and Newcomb) resulted - 57 to 30 - as follows:
YEAS - Messrs. Baker, Barritt, Belford, Black, Bobo,Brucker, Campbell, Cory, Crain, Crowe, Douglass, Edmonson, Foulke, Fuller, Gordon,. Green, Greer, Griggs, Hays, Honneus, Hostetter, Hungate, Inman, Kiser, Litson, Long of Jackson, Long of Kosciusko, Lopp, Martin, Mason, McFadin, McLean, Miller, Moore, Morrison, Montgomery, Rosser, Shanks, Shields, Shook, Shoaff, Shull, Shuey, Stackhouse, Stafford, Tebbs, Thatcher, Thrasher, Van Valkenburgh, Vawter, Watson, Williams, Wilson, White, Wolfe, and Wolfer - 57.
NAYS - Messrs. Bischof, Chambers, Daggy, Dunn, Erwin, Evans, Ferris, Funk, Geisendorf, Hartman, Hamilton, Higgins, Hopkins, Hudson, Hughes, McClasky, McMurray, Newcomb, North, Peelle, Prather, Skidmore, Smith of Lagrange, Smith of Wabash, Spencer, Thomas, Wason, Woods and Wright - 30.
So the motion to reconsider was laid on the table, and the joint resolution No. 9 was finally passed the House of Representatives.
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