The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-22

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Sir, your defciency bill this year amounts i
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inent for The lirst folfy years of its existence.
Il Your miscellaneous bill ainunnasfo more thal
The Aggregate expenses Of The government Il
i any year. except the wears Or the war. pr:or !,
4 1880. W. apiiropfiated SiS, 90. lS9 for mis-.
cellaneons n,,tndses ma yet III YOU look I
\ ltheatabl4. you vii ind thar tho aggregate u
lpenscs III fhe General Goyernmens, exclusive o
Il the unblic dhbs. are much less than that fol
Il every tear except thc period 0f the last ~,
hwith Great Britain.
II 4 have another table here. carving out tht
4 comparison instituted by the Rentiennan from
Alsi5anaa NJ. Curry tle other day. ID his yer,
able speech. to which liat ened with great plea
sHre. II contrasfs cxpentlittares of the Govern.
4 nsent ii lS4O and those of / 857 y
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Foreign Intercourse, inciu. II
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M.iitars sspvi. 7"a s1 S q s " y Y, y
Kevousionary ana other pen. $500 :
sions -s4f- .6o3 562 II 1,aJ0Ii5 81
Chirs f,ea "a, -o4 ~ eaa a.
| Naval establishment S'iissse 50 isssicsa 81
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ccns .ns acss-lun up rom sz,oo'sVVo g hlne1een
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VI ne M'isary service run nP lrO' seven mi
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in 1857, and to tWenty.six million dollars this
wear The naval jNtnpnd Of the Cavern
~ N rY,1 II, fro,F s,, ,,;ll;on II avsr .aal,
million dollars, and tor next year, over thirteen
millions. exclusive or fOr,isications and the ten
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cEI.IASrors.
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phases Of political economy. Let Us take up.
for instance, the item Of contingent expenses of
the House and Senate. In 1910, the pay for the
| employees OF both Houses Of Congress amounted
to S42, ,592; III 1857, it amounted 10 Sl56 ,0oo;
| and vet the number OF persons composing tie
Congress Of ls4O and 1857 was substantially the
same. find that the incidental and contingent
expenses of the Senate rose from 100000 TO-
$2S7, ,ou0; the Incidental expenses Of the House
from S24O,o0O 10 81, $40, 900. 1 find thatthe
expenses Of the President and the different De-
partmen.s, at the other end Of the Avenue.
have risen from 1856, ,5SI to 81. .927, ,673. have
before me a statement which | had the temeri- y
ty-for so the chairman of the Committee Of.
Ways and Means regarderit--to read the other
day. Il il table showing appropriations for
the President, and for his house, garden, and
grounds, in 1870 and 1859:
IS4O.. 1859.
Salary s25,ooo $4,000
Sa,In Sseers.ary, stewart ana messenger 800
Purchasas pan,s fer cor conservo.or soasy ,ao
Repairs and furniture, trees and plants w &
for garden and making hot beds therein l65 1900
rarnace.seeper M,
Lighling Presidents House testimatedD g 5000
Laborers and gardeners (estimated) 4,sgo
oors Doors eener y, .Dr ana ..ss,s,an, .o sSo
Two night watchrnen - / 200
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find that then omitted some items for the.
next year, and that the amonnt Of emouments
- -, e'eh sel 'iian seaeeu naAe i.ai' ee.-
Of the President from S29, 900 to something like
sixty thousand dollars, and that, too, in plain
and direct violation Of clause Of the Constitu-
ton which forbds any increase Of the cmolu.i
ments Of the President during his ternE Ano-
ther comparison will illustrate the Increase Of
expenditures. 4 find, by reference 70 speech
made in the Senate, BY Mr.. Truman Smith,
Congressional Globe, vol 35. page lat,) that
the entire expense Of the. printing for the
Twenty sixth Congress was 81 80, ,S64, ar 81, ,i32
per annuni. ] find, from recent report from
the Chairman Of the COMMITTEES on Printing.
~. .Faylor,l that the expense Tor the printing
lot the Thlrty.lhird Congress--famous Tor its
repeal 2. ing Missouri Compromlse-amoaa
20 sS,o25,s27, Or Sl,5l2,glS per annnm; Or
more thaE zen thoasand doiiars 70 every mem
Der oI oo.n houses 81 oongress. sacn y ihe
character oi the increase ~. that Single item