Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-09-28
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Aud leaving for further appropriations an es-
tmated balance Of @I 672 SIC
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umaied balance Of SI,672S $40
TRrAsURY DEpARrDrEwr, May u, 1880
the act the 3 Of Rp last. o T s S he S2Soa S SpSI
o o olnco Sesen aud marines, OF he sloop of iO
utonay and soldiers nd for other and
under other acts Of tho present session. in which the apprO
Because MIR. Ingham shows an estimated balance Of
$l,672,sl6 for further appropriation ON The t,celty.
frst day If May, $780, and The President estimates de-
hciency OF $705,S63 tie first day IF JunaGTg 1881
his sage accountant argues that the statement of the Pre-
single fact will put to flight this silly conclusion Mr.
lngh9m only states the demands the Treasury by viz
tue OF appropriations actually made up the date of his
statement and as his note shows, does include all of
them The aggregate OF appropriations stated by him
is S22,9I76S9. Congress sill in session auc "a skitr
appropriations perhaps every day The ,ra' 60. la o.
receipts and expenditures for 1920, submitted CoLsvss
shows the whole appropriation Of hat have oecm
S26,3S2 22O, exceeding Mr.. lncnms s,,eneut by 3d.
3Sf,5Sl. Deduct Mr. lugEpu's halnce from this sun
and would show deficit in the Treasury to meet tho
appropriations, Of Sill 1l5 eNceeding by more than a
~ therefore, the Presidents statement be erroneous who:
shall we say Of MIR Inshan's?
Iecauee there actual balance i'm the TTegs,,y1,
on The 81 January 1881 OF 2GOI4 500 when tle Pres
dent estimated that there would not be enough by $685.
oo9 10 meet The appropriations u 1890, sage account
ann ,'an argues that the Presidents estimate be
Facts win show this conclusion also to be wholly un-
ouhded There may be ten millions in the Treasury and
yet not enough 10 The existing approximations The
President did rot estimate a there would be no money
IN me Treasury on the LIST January 1881 but that there
would not be enough TO the appropriations for thu
preceding year. Was he righlE Look at Mr.. Ing
harn'- Treasury Report of 18Th December 1sao and Il
wi" be seen that after estimating the expenditures of tho
year 25 9iI he says 'she appropriations remain
:S una".ied at Use close OF the year estimated at
funds which in the same Report, Mr.. neham puts down
at SAOoOOO and we have $G,656 $685. or 6I2 O27 more
than the balance ia the Treasury The actual deficit yyay
somewhat greater as shalt slow.
Thus this argument Of the falls to the ground
Let Us now advert 10 the details Of the Presidents state
9en IL Is an estimate founded probable data; it
T0eS net Prgfess Ia he ecGc 1t was impossible on Tho
l7h, 2ls or 9th OF May, 10 know what monies would
to the Treasury during the hole of that vcor mr.
ournmen. Would il be believed? Every item of mi,
esu"m'e subiied TO Congress by the President and now
charged 10 be false down 10 tho balance OF l94 5i5 Is
uuaed to be ia tie Treasury on the 1T Jsuary 1881
tcis c9pied from .Hr Inghams annual Treasury Re-
Psrt da'ed lih Decentber, 1929 lm that Rcuor oago
o. may "e G"i The same estimated receipts the same
estimated balance ia The Treasury the first Jan 1880
he same estimate OF expenditures for 1880, tie same
estimates Tor ne civil Military and Naval Departments
and for the Pablo Debt, the same estimated amount
in The Treasury the ls January 1881 So far the es.
innate Is Mr.. lnghan's, and the Presidents
The item Of 81 1925 $40 Tor bad debts which arc tho
same funds that Mr. ugham calls Unavailable, was also
copied from Treasury Report.
The item Of 81 t57,l73 required 10 complete the ser
vice OF 1922, is copied from MI. Inghams Annual Re-
port, page g.
The +" amount already appropriated mp to l7th Nav.
1880, %ll 93s3O5 !" the amount Of bills pending be-
tween the two Houses on amendments which will proba-
by pass, Si365i4; and the " amount OF bills hat will
probably pass the present session, 1856 - arc all
taken from statements furnished the President toy Walter
LowIic, Esq, Clerk OF the Senate. These amounts a.
ded 10 $ll 100000 for the Public Debt extracted from
Mr.. lngham's Annual Report, make up s25 O72, 2I5
which, the President estimates, will have been appropr-
ated at the close OF the session for the service OF 1880
Thus we have traced every item of this statement TO its
source; by showing where did originate wo have proved
that not one OF them originated with the President; they
no doubt originated in perfect integrity of motive; they
produce the balance which the President presoned and
we will now show that the Presidents estimate founded
on these data, instead Of being false ard fraudulent has
been proved by results 10 have been remarkably accurate
In its final conclusion.
The estimate Of receipts for $50 was 23 $40 600 The
actual receipts were $2lSu1l6
The estimated balance in tho Treasury, let Janusry
1880, was $1f1007l The actual balance VASES SGT 1870
The estimated amount applicable the service OF 1890
was &2S,2jO07l: The actual amount was $50 500 sol
The bad debts were 81 1866, which Mr. Ipghan,
under the Damo Of Unavailable funds" puts down al
$l4285l6-thero being an error Of $4,000 in one Of tho
Statements
The estimate "o complete the service Of 1920" eopicd
from Mr.. lngham's public Report was 50, l67I7S: Tho
amount as contained 10 ais Pyoto Statement, was So, q
468 .730.
From tc facts here presented lei see shat Sum nc
ually was available for appropriation account Of the
public service Tor the wear $50
Actual amount in thC Treasury, lst January,
1890 e5 GC7 100
Deduct unavoidable funds, 81 .t295fG
q" amount liable 70 be calirl for
| 70 complete the service Of pre-
/ yioue years, 3.lG3 Tg9
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