The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-05

N round numbers. u S9i, ,uUI IN l>pl.
S3.212 00h, in lSlu 3l07.920; in lS23.
S422S, 0.1 IN l>;'U, s50>3. SIS. IN $50.
S15oL SO. in 1880. 81 >5>.9l9. and in
l>51, Sl>.nl T. 5Pt. THIS last sum does
not incIude ail the expenditures cf the Ar
ny for l~5- for Senators viii recollect
that one oi the first L:!ls we passed at the
last session was blll making nm aprrvpria-
t!oH of S5,.ne,00J for deficiencies IN the
expenses If the Army. THUS it will he
Soon that the Army expenses alone, from
i>'O 20 l>5., almost quadrUplcd anG this
IN time Of profound peace Does suy
Senator on this flor believe there Was any
necessity for such an enormous increase I'm
the expenditures If the Army Does any
man believe that 4 prudent administration
ot the t,oyernmcut would not cut down the
Army expenditures a. least one hal. S'r.
the extravaganza ! enormous and ,utTa-
googs aud it requires something mere
than the strong band If the Democratic
pluy TO reciiy the evil We vii iaNc :.
III the strong haud Of Eeputli,ani>m. ari
tben we viii remedy it.
But, sir, let Is look at Tie Navy. In
1890, the expenditures for the Navy were
S3oi23j2, in 1910. SI.S70.2-t. in lS.0.
S2,70c.2i3; in 1880, s.. fo66t3. in
$40, s. 7,5G2,.52; IN 1850, S9.51l.64G.
IN l-5I, Slill1, ,t34 Have We any more
ships, or any more guns, or any more eff
cient force, to day, than We had IA l>50
arl informed that We have not. On the
contrary, ii j. said, know NOT with how
much truth. that our Navy, is hardly rs of-
hclent "a 1t was AZ that time At any rate
we have had 10 war, no cAtraoriinary de
mand for excessive naval expenditures, and
yet they have bee: reaching up until they
are Sli,0uG,U0G.
There is one other accoun; here 20 which
| wish to call the attention Of the Senate
: 1t Is headed miscellaneous expenditures"
DO not know exactly what constitute the
miscellaneous expenditures Of t.is Govern
ment, but notice most extraordinary in
: crease in them of late take it for gran
ted that what cannot be charged anywhere
to anything goes down As miscellaneous
The miscellaneous expenditures al this
Government in $500 amounted to s3I2-
e N23 IN 1910, S650 ga IN 1870. S.3>t;-
, rs; in 1880 81. 436,2 ,20l; in ISI0 So
, 2l3,6i9; ia 1919, S5,595. >53 aud in
= lSJ1, SO, ~ S60 should ike t.
know how these miscellaneous exUcnditures
have swollen 80 enormously There Is ar-
l other remarkable fact conucctcd with the
1 grca, increase Of the miscellaneous expen
: ditureS Of the Government / notice that
when any very great outrage j. about 10 be-
perpctrated, the miscellaneous expenditure
{ increase enormously. In 1919 they were
, $3,J95, SOB, and they swciled in 1850.
! when the fugitive slave bll was passed, Ia
Q = l2291U. Again when the Missouri
. compromisc was repealed, notice ibcy
4 reached the cnorrnuu- auoJnt Of ) 80
= 00e, and goodly portion Of i'1- great
, increase may be- lcc'lma,cly charged 10
{ the ucgrces. That Institution h1s been
! very expensive ono h. this to,crHmcut II
ha- cost, IN my estimation all it Is worth.
a Whom any great outrage wa- 10 be pcns-
e traicd the expcbdituros of all brauchc- ot
+ this Government have swollen enormously
{ 20 when the Locomp;on e. institution camc
a here IL boz passed last winter We have
no: -, a., account Yet, but You viii fad
/ an cuormous expenditure III several Of the
70 Departments Of tn. Goyerumcot, which.
% he lcs, sad about the better the parties IA
e. 'erestcf viii be satisfied
:, As SAID the other day, We have had ?
bill under consideration IN the Committee
= on Commerce 10 reduce the expenditure
$ FIR the collection %: The revenue over 5000
d eco a year, and W. have no, commenced
s the work Of reform even at that We have
J. lorpcd cii by that bill a thousand useles,
c employees of the Government, scattered over
u the nitcd State, but we have not probei
a the wound 10 the bottom rs I have said,
d that bill, if it becomes law. will save
e $6o", aycar. propose for moment,
q % call attention 10 some - the outrageous
h expenditures connected with that Depar,
l. mcnt In the passamaquoddy district. al
e ha-tport, Name the whole amount of rev
p cnue collected for the year ending june
I 81, lN57, was li,2NJ 53, and the cx-
g peu-c Of collecting was So j5I Il and
y nineteen men were employed 10 collect
i $4,000 Of revenue. la Trcuchmau9 BAY
At district, at Ellsworth, they collected SOL
re- 96, and the expenses were SJ.U32 90 and
le Il took ton men - collect the S9J4 ~
r Wi~casse.t, in Maine, you collected Sl}l
93; and il cost 1883 90. aud took eight
d men to collect $3.50 These arc samples
> st Portsmouth, New IIamT the rev
.e enuc collected was 60, so - the expeus.
r e collection was SlV.9si -, and twenty
u one men wr51 employed 70 make the col
D. lection. At Burlington, Vermont. the rev
enue was : Isl 80; tbc expense Of col
,e sIG,2S5 Il, and thirty three men were en-
Mt uloye] 10 collect It, At Narblehcad, Mas
U, sachusctts, tho revenue was $3.50 50 th'
n expense Of collecting It 81 23- g, anc
nine men were employed 70 collect It. a.
L Plymouth. in Massachusetts,, the reveuu,
70 collected was 2395 II the expense o
IN collection was $3,2lG 0i, and six men werc
y employed to make the collection At Barn
" stable, Massachusetts, the revenue collected
20 was FL, 4J2 10, the expense of collectio;
or sIl, ,9j3 -, and nineteen men were EN-
70 ployed to make the collection. At Nan
ns tucket, Massachusetts,, the revenue collected
was s9j Il the expense of collecting j
Of was g 80 -, ard three men was employ