Show OLD COTTON CLAIMS Southern Senators Hope to Secure Payment this Session of Congress Washington Jan IS Southern Senators Sen-ators express themselves as hopeful over the prospects i of securing legislation legisla-tion luring the present session of Congress Con-gress looking lo the refunding of money paid Into the treasury of the United Stales oon after the Civil war as the result of the saleof cotton cap tured by J the Federal forces There was originally about 550000000 of this money but a portion of It was paid to theowners of the cotton soon alter the Hose of the war The remainder was left in the treasury and has remained there over since Senator Moipan says that I tin sum left amounts to about 11000000 A bill Introduced by Senator Davis gives one year additional time fur proof of such claims before the Court of Claims It has been favorably favor-ably reported by l the Senate Committee Commit-tee on Claims |