Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-13
Difference in favor of 1929
S4i4,396 81

This statement is taken from the public documents,
IN my possession, exhibiting the amount cxpendcJ
IN each year, ending the LIST &C january of coursc
all the expenditures made between the list of Janu
AIRY end The LIST of March, 1920, under the admins
t'aion OF Mr. Adams, is included in the aggregate
of Se5,O70,917 SO. The expenditures of January
anu February. 1896, was So,l99,903 81.
Ii comparison between the expenditures of Tho
late and present administration be desirable IN order
to test the economy of each, that comparisons to he
far and Just, should be made between the frs; 12
months after the commencement of Cen Jackson's
adininlstratIon commencing the LIST March, 1890
and cndisg on the LIST March, 1880; and the twelve
months preceding of the administration of Mr. Adams
commencing on the LIST of March, 1895, and ending
on the LIST March, 1929. 1t is correct 10 cbargH
the 2496903 81, expended by the late adn,inistrn
tlon in January and February, 1929 to the nrescnt
administration.
From an official document now before mo i, -,
pears that from the LIST of March, 1895 TO tho 1st of
STARCH 1899, the last year of the late Administra
.oh 'he aggregate amount ofthe public expenditures
Those from Ist March, 1929, to 1st AJn,ch 1870
amounted to 90, ron .oo ION" a.
From this stateuent taken from the hooks of ,Ha
'e"su!y' IL appears that the amount expended i'm
the first year of Gen. Jacason's administrator i.
less, by Sl,992lS9 co. than the expendures r. ,,
preceding year of Mr.. Adams administration
state the facts and leave the public to draw the;
own differences. A
am respectfully, yours.
c. A. WICKLIFFE.
Neho" eau the readers attention TO Mr.. Chton's
repy to the foregoing. He has "cornercd" Mr..
"lckllffe, and reduced him to the dilemma of admit
ting that his (Alr Chiltons) estimate of the expen
ses OF 1899, was the true estimate corrobora,ed bv
MI hghEm's 1.-THE Secretary of The Treasury's(
hePoSt-oF mat the said MIR. Ingham had made
mistake IT that report, of one million Of dollars. In
o'her Words Mr.. Wicklife mast perforcc; confess
the superior extravaganza of the s'Jackson and Re-
for rtys,Yr,I
i'tlon," or he must convict the Secretary Of tho
treasury, Of the egregous bluntler mentioned. Let
him choose his dosc-ei,hcr will have the desired
effect
Mr., Chiffon is equally successful OH other no;nts.
equally successful in detecting the disingenuousness
OF his colleague, aud the futile pretentions of tbi
laundering, head-over-heels, Administration. The
reader Will find his letter worthy of attentive pernso
LETTER FROM MR. Chiffon
WAsHINGToN Cry, April 2. 1890
Messrs. TALES d SEAToN: Those who have read
the Official government journal" of yesterday will
readily perceive why again trouble YOU witb nub
caton on the subject of the expenses of tho nreeent
administration My colleague, MIR. WEEK.-MRS.. has
paced ms imposing name at the foot of half column
LOT the purpose OF exposing the blunders of the Scc
retary OF the Treasury and DEVELOPING the yvonder
li sagacity of the chairman of the .Retrencbment
committee III discovering that erred in SAVING tho
rst gear CT General JAcKsoN's adminstration ,ua
more expensive than any year of Mr. AD,,1,' ,dr';u
stration. ~ "uhhA-
MIR. ISeHAN, the Secretary of the Treasury. on the
,o.l OF december last, transmitted to Congress his
annual report on the state of the finances which was
read "rcterred to the committee of ,ya ps md ,e,
ana ten thousand copies ordered to be prinfed Tn
tnis report thus solemnly made to Congress as The
nasis OF It's eglsatlon Mr. INGHAM gives .:statement
OF the expenditures ofhe United States from the 1st
day OF January, to tue 30th of December 1929 in
winch each item of expense is named, see the report
tro'n page 80 to page A., amounting as ascerained
for three quarters of the yearsto The sum of
Sl3,919,1i4 %
Atpage g. the expenditures for
the fourth quarter, including
S3,68o,542 90 on account of the
pubic debt, aresestmated at 81 2A5 aot ~
Making the whole expenses s2s.1s4 sqs 70
For the truth of the foregoing refer every roads,
TO the official report of tho Secretary ten tbonsan5
copies of which, Mr.. WIcKL1FrE voted sbonld be
pIl'tea' ara winch have been sent to the peo-
pie; copy of which probably be found in everv
ncgfborhood. " e'eiy
IN the lace of these statements of the officer at the
mead OF The Treasury, MIR. WrcKL1ErE asserts ssf.on
poDc documents in my [hisl possession exbibitinn
the amount expended in each year cnnr on the frsf
OF January that the expenditures of the wear were
but the sum of S25o7o,9l7 SO. The public docu-
the expenses have been upwards of oillioa Of dol
iars less than the public documents in the archives
OF the Secretary of the Treasury.
80 anxious is Mr.. WIcKL;FFE 10 make il onnoo-
that the present admins tra,ion has not sncnt the
money whch the Secretary says they ha We erncnded
and to convict me OF error, that he fasifeg Mr. Tc
HAMS statement through and through He cond
not make more fatal stab at the reputation of
public officer. What! Has our new Secretary nj
the Treasury, to whom is entrusted the moucv NJ
me people, Murdered to the amount of million of
hard cash, IN this, his first report? Has Mr. WrcE
LIFE got some back-door information from ono &c
the hangers OH of the Treasury, 10 slcw that tho
,'rcretary caEnot keep his accounts, Or are We IN
neheve Mr.: WicKLifFE's pocket statement, rothcr
tnah inc ohcia one Of the head of the Tfeasnrv5
Ill he has obtained his information from the Secrct5
~ WHICH statement are we to believe of this function
aTyLwhen he speaks officially to Congress to aid
that body IN legislaton--or when nc furnishes So
statement to the chairman Of the retrenchnont