Some of the claims are large, some are small; and the merits of the claims are as wide apart as are the amounts differ in size.

Samples.
Let me mention to you a few clear claims that may suggest the general demand that is made upon congress along this line:
Case 1. The government issues patent to a piece of land to A, an Indian, who was not required to make any improvements, and later issues a homesteader. B has made extensive improvements, built a house, fences, brought the land under cultivation, planted an orchard, lived upon the land for years. He has made a home. Yet in a court B's patent can be set aside or cancelled, for the government had no authority to issue it. Yet how about the government's liability to B? The government has surely liability exists.
Case 2. The Post Office Department awards the contract to carry the mail on star route to Z for $1,500 per annum. C is told that bond will be adjusted as soon as possible, but in meantime he should go ahead with work. C does so, and sends in bond in a few weeks. Error is discovered and bond is returned to C. G's bondsmen discover that B has underbid and are delighted that bond is imperfect and refuses to renew it. C continues to carry mail for six months under direction of department till new contract is awarded to X. Then C is told that under the law he cannot be paid, because his bond was imperfect. The government owes him $  That any honest man in the government's place would pay at once. 