Mr. HENDRICKS. The proposition of the Senfrom NewHampshire seems plausible, but I suggest to him that the agents in distant portions of the country eannotmake any of these arrangements with the Auditors office, and hence this will be a proposition for the benefit of agents in this city, but will not inure to the benefit of agents in distant localities. I do not know upon what principle it can rest. I suppose it is upon the proposition that the soldiers who are discharged from the public service are not competent to take care of themselves. That has been the argumentin favorof special legislation for the colored people; but do not admit that it is a true argument in regard to the soldiers. Before they went into the Army they were competent to make contracts with their neighbors and lawyers just like anybody else, and I do not see why their having served in the Army and coming home discharged soldiers takes away from them their competency to transact any business they may have to do. The effect of this bill will be to take away these cases from the management of the reliable lawyers of the country and to give them to a class of men whom ou must be pursuing with the law all the time. think we should encourage the soldiers in going to established and well known lawyers. As a general thing I do not think lawyers having a good class of business would desire to do this sort of agency business, but still it is for the benefit of the soldiers that they should do it rather than mere agents who know nothing about the law. I think this measure will be an injury to the very persons that we want to protect. If the Senfrom Massachusetts can show that the labor in prearing the papersin one case is worth just as mue as in any other case, it would be an argumentin favor of his bill, perhaps; but I presume it is worth as much to make out the papers in some [articular cases as in 3 other cases. I ten dollars is the minimum, perhaps 50 dollars would not be a propermaximum, considerin the amount of labor and the amount of skil required. do not think this is a good bill. Jeannot see upon what principle it rests. I know the Senator the other day referred to the fact that this restriction was im osed upon the fees of pension agents, but I think that has no basis to rest upon. The argument there is that wo men, who are not very competent to manage their own affairs, are interested in pensions. Here is a case where we prouse to regulate by law the contract of a man who is competent to manage his own affairs. I think this is an imputation upon the intelligence of the soldiers. If I had been a man competent and make my own bargains with lawyers before I, went into the Army, I should not thank congress for making a law for me after I came back, in respect to those persons or any other.