The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-12


the Aruyi Does any man believe 'na'
a nru,ent administration of the Govern
ment would not cut down the Army ex'
pepditures at least one hail! Dir, the ex-
ltr.yagauce is enormous and outrageous;
and il requires something moro than the
s,rong hand of The Democratic party to
rectify the evil. We will take it in the
strong hand of Republioanism. and then
we will remedy it.
But sir, let as look at the Navy. In
1900, the expenditures for the Navy were
80, ,042. 1852; in 1910, 81 ,s7n, PA; IN le2o;
So 7Os 243; in 1880. 81. .496. CAB; in lS4Oi
81 ,562. .752; in 1850, ss,5sl GAG, in s57 )
Sl4,II7.434. Have We any more SHIPS
or any E,ore guns, or any more cihclent
force, to day. than we had IN iooot
am informed thst We have not On the
contrary, it is said, know not with how
mncb truth, that our Navy is hardly as
efficient as it vas at tha. time. At any
rate. we have had no war, no extraordi-
nary demand for excessive naval expen-
id;tures. and vet they have been reach
ling up until they are 81 ii,oOo,oOo.
There is one other account bere, to which
wish to call the attention OF the Senate.
II il headed "miscellaneouse expenditures
do not know exactly what constitute the
miscellaneous expenditures OF the Govern
meut, but I notice most extraordiry in-
crease in them of late. l take it for gran
tied that what cannot be charged any
where to anything, goes down as misceiia'
neous. The miscellaneous expenditures
+, of this Government in 1890 amounted to
s3l2 s23; in 1910, $3.50 ,5l4; in 1920,
!, 81 .3s6. .44s; in I $50, 81 ,436. 2Ol;i in 1910,
: So 243. $40; 10 ls49, SO, sos, ,s53; and 10
: 1857. S20,442, $50. | should like to
know how these miscellaneous expendi
lures have swollen so enormously. There
is another remarkable fact connected with
> the great increase of the miscellaneous
expenditures of the Government. L no.
e tice that when any very great outrage |:
l about to be peIpetrated, the miscellaneous
: expenditures increase enormously LIZ
SAC they were S3.595 ,e53; and they
: swelled in 1850, when the fugitive slave
bill was passed, to S7.l22,970. Agair
: when the Missouri compromise was re
:, pealed, | notice they reached the enor
;. nous amount of 81 8, ,s99, 900; ard good
; ly portion of this great increase may b'
. leeitimstely charged to the negroes
r That institution has been a very expeD
4 sive one to this Government. 1t has cost
: in nv estim alton, all it is worth. WheI
: any great outrage was to be perpetrated
the expenditures of all branches OF thu
: Government have swollen enormously
So when the Lecompton constitution
o came here to be passed last winter. W.
D have not got the account jet, but yo'
: will Gnd an enormous expenditure IN sew
q ersl Of the Departments Of this GoVera
| ment, which, the less said about, the bet
ter parties interested will be satisfied.
a. said the other day. we have ha
!. a bill under consideration in the Commit
tee on Commerce to reduce the ezpendlt
i ures for the collection Of The revenue oge
r 5000, eco year. and we have pot CON
# menced the work of reform even at that
y We have Topped OF by that bill thous
J. and useless employees of the Government
scattered over the United States; but "
,e have not probed the wound to the bottom
"a As | have said, that bill if it becomes
"a law. will save S600,000 a year. pro
n nose for moment, to call attention t
go some OF the outrageous expenditures cor
IT nected with that Department. lo to
,e Pas-anaquoddy district, at Eastport. Mt
r. the whole amount of revenue collecte
n. for the year ending June 30. ls57, wa
j. sl4.2s5 33. and the expense of collectIn
h it was S22. 375 IL; aud nineteen Den wer
n employed to collect Sl4,000 of revenue
,e In Frenchmsn's bay district, at Ellis
50 worth, they collected 1914 96, and th
n. expenses were SIS .032 90; and it took tie
men to collect the 1854 At Wiscasset
$. in Maine, you collected si30 93; sDd
X cost 81 .359 09, aud took eight meu TO co
he lect $3.50 These are saupless. At Port'
- u outh, New Hampshire, the revenue co
lected was S., $40 5i; the expenses of co
e. lection was slO,9s4 49, aud twenty on
pc men were employed to make tie collec
:. ton st Burlington, Vermont, the reve
re ODe was @ ,'oi ~, TUG ApCboo VI NoheS'
,n ing was Sl6.265 AZ, and thirty three we
to were employed to collect it. At Marble
o head, Massachusetts,, the revenue va
r $3.50 SIS; the expense of collecting it So
Te 22s 81, aud niDr men were employed
= collect it. At Plymouth, in Massachu
i. etts, the reveDue collected was 1895 /;
On the expense of collection was S3,2l6 o.
at and six men were employed to make tn
TO collection. At Barnstable, Massacbt
OF setts, the revenue collected, was ST. ,46;
% IS: the expense Of collection Sll ,953 q
be and nineteen men were employed to max
e. the COLLECTION. Nantucket, Massaehusett
on the revenue collected was S95 81; the e,
ST. peuse Of collecting it was S2,320 73. au
at three men were employed in the collie
OF ton. At New London, in Connection
be the revenue collected was 81 ,223 50; II
be cost of collecting it was $29,7e9 AZ, an
Ut seven men we're employed in its colle'
RI ton. At Oswego, in New York, the re-
m enue collected was S6, l49 %; the cost
4 o collecting it Sls,2I4 5s, aud twent.
bo three men we're employed In its collection