Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-07

! reasons rear Tor dispensing with the regular
Inrders Of the day 10 gel at this bill. Per-
hans it was DOT proper Tor hin, now 10
stale his obiectious; but It might not De
am;ss 10 observe. that so far as he had
been converssnt in the. business Of lbis
| House. il appeared TO hi'n that metnpsrs
we're scarcely warm IN their seals, before
appropriations OF money were asked ior,
although at the preceding session all that
had been asked for had been granted. ne
had hoped, he said, alter what had passed
about the appropriation bills at the last
| session. the year won have been permlt-
| ted to roll round before another appilca-
ton was made for appropriations, The
course heretofore pursued on lhls suoJecl,
| he said, had been such as TO put u aimos'
| out OF the power OF the members OF el'nef
! house TO ascertain what was the extern %
/ which appropriations had heretofore been
| made. or 10 winch they were now neces-
sary. He could not, therefore, yie.o MS
| consent to take up this biii Out OF '!s oI-
| der, unless he was satisfied tnat tue '"s1,
| est OF the government required II. ne
presumed, he said, that this OIL was nor
brought forward to make up any dea
cheney 10 the appropriations OF last year.
| or, in other words, to provide tor any ex-
cess of expenditures. The bill, ne sa'u'
proposed to appropriate money Tor lnfee
objects. one of which was for the service
OF the Quarter masters Depaftment.--
Look, said he, at the appropriations Tor
the last year {.
Mr.. Speaker here called the attention
of Mr.. Cooke to the rule which prohibits
debate on question OF priority OF Dust
ness
That being the rule, Mr.. Z. SAID ne
would suspend his remarks.
Mr.. Speaker. Does the Chair UNDER
stand the gentleman as directing to gong
into committee oil the whole as proposed!
Dir. Cooke. Most positively. sir.
Sothe necessary unanimous consent not
being given, Mr.. Smith got at his object
another way, by moving to postpone all
the orders Of the day which precede that
to which he had referred; which motion
was agreed to, Sc to A; and
The House accordingly resolved itself
into committee of the whole on the SUBJ
ject, Mr.. Baldwin in the chair.
Mr.. Smith, of Maryland, handed to the
chair two letters from the Secretary OF
War to the committee of Ways and
Means; which were read.
(rhe letters, dated Dec. II and 22,
which Mr.. S handed in, state that the APP
preparations for the Quarter master Gen
eIaPs Department and the Indian De-
partmeRt, are exhausted. and that the APP
preparation, tor the pay and subsistence OF
officers OF the army will be so at the close
of the year; and that partial appropria-
ton, for 1929, OF D.loo,0oo for the GUAR
ternaster's Department, D. leo 900 Tor the
Indian Department, and OF 500, 700 for the
pay OF the Amy, is necessary. There is
also deficit in the appropriation for Rev
dictionary Pensions, for 1897 ,ofD.45l 1865,
and that sum is necessary to complete the
payments 10 pensioners Tor the year
1871
Mr.. S. remarked, that the appropriation
bill of the last year had reference only to
the expenditures OF that year. 1t was not
prospective in its operation We had now
entered upon a new year, tor the ne
cessary disbursements OF which no proyi-
sion had been made. Unless therefore,
an anticipation was provided tor, to cover
lhs expenditures that should accrue before
they could be met by the annual general
appropriation bill, usually passed to
low ards the close OF the season, the wheels
OF government must stop their MOTION
The frs, appropriation regarded the quar-
termasier's department. In this instance
It was Ind,spensabiy necessary to look for
ward. Expenses were weekly and daily
accrulng, which must be paid, or the ope-
rations OF that department must cease
Nor could this be attended with injury; Tor
the amount that should be now apprOuria-
ted would be deducted from the sum to-
tai OF the estimate to be presented, when
the general appropriation bill should be
brought forward, embracing the total a.
mount OF expenditure in that department
tor that year. Of the same character was
the item in reiatlon to the pay of the army
and subsistence oil the officers. There had
been all effort to limit and control the dis
bursements in this particular, but the
me ans resorled to had failed OF complete
success. But this also would be subject
10 examination, and deduction from the
total estimate when the general appropria.
ton bill shall be finally acted on. Mr.. S.
presented to the consideration OF the house
a statement of the various expenditures
mat had occurred in relation 10 the Indian
Department, showing the disbursements
that had been made from the year 1914 to
the year 1891, in which the minimum ex-
pendture was 1000 dollars. A greater
sum tor the current year was not contem-
plated by the Secretary. Ii was necessa.
ry as well for the purposes of wholesome
economy, as the preservation OF national
faith that there be no chasm or stoppage
in the fulhlment of our contrasts, or such
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