Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-07-11

/ Total estimates. incl uGing permanent
and indefinite, for fiscal car end
ing June 50. 1S61............--- s64 go, 4I6 OF
Total appropriations, including indeh-
mite and permanent, for same year oo-Soa'osi u
Redpction 50 .599 ,372 90
Upon presenting table making this ex-
| hibit, Mr.. SHERMAN addressed the House as
| follows
MIR. SHERMAN The gentleman from North
Carolina has stated some facts that this
House understand, bu he has not stated all
| the facts in regard to this bill. Much TO my
| surprise, many gentlemen on that side voted
| against the report of the conference commit
| tee and thus have defeated this bill. 1t is
well that we should all understand a few
| facts in regard to these appropriation bills,
| so that if gentlemen persist in this course to
the defeat of the apr Opriation bills. the
| responsibility may rest upon the proper
person.
The Secretary of the Treasury sent Us, in
December last, his annual estimates for the
| service of the next fiscal year, amounting in
the aggregate to $40, Z7S.S93 SO. The
permanent appropriations, chiefly for the col
| lection of customs and interest on the public
debt amount to IS, 1852 4S. So that, up
on a superficial view, it would appear that
the Secretary only wished for S54 ,452, 476 o.
for the entire service of the next fiscal year.
And | have no doubt that upon this shallow
pretense many a speech is made. The Sec
rotary himself in his recent letter repeats the
same thing. He aggregates the new appro-
priations asked for at only S4628S, 1913, when
no one knows better than he, that. in addition
to this sum, his colleagues in the Admins
tration-the heads of other Departments of
| the GOvernment-send us estimates and re-
| Communications almost without number. /
endeavored to ascertain the precise amount
of these collateral estimates. but they are so
| numerous and often so indefinite that it is
| impossible to state them. They amount.
however, to over ten million dollars. 1 SUBJ
mitted, the other day, a specific statement of
some of them amounting to So. 606 $50; but
very many are not included. All these, to-
| gether with the annual estimates, are refer
red to your Committee of Ways and Means;
and upon this mass of estimates, often in-
definite and inconsistent, your COMMITTEE
have 10 base their appropriation bills. Well,
sir, We did so; and, as the result of careful
analysis, We reported bills embracing every
Necessary item of expenditure except for
private claims. These bills amounted to S45,-
O4S,S75 So or S1.230,0I7 So less than the es-
Inmates OF the Secretary of The Treasury; and
more than eley6nmilliOn dollars less than the
aggregate estimates submitted to US by this AID
mlnlsIraliOI. These bills VOL have required,
economy ana reform in various Departments;
but would have been ample, and more than
ample, TO have administered this Govern
ment wisely and well for the next fiscal year.
When the bills were reported, we found the
House anxious to cooperate. They were
promptly acted upon in this House: and in
stead of being added 10 by amendments, they
were actually reduced. This House reduced
the amount reported for the repair and con-
of l. - I inE
wisely. 1t also rejected the appropriation
for the Capitol extension, until the public
Treasury, was in better condition; and il
provided for useful reductions and reforms
in the postal service. the aggregate reduc-
ton by the House upon the bills as reported
was 81 235 ,36U 81. The bills passed the
House without division. Not single item
was embraced in them not sanctioned by
law, by the proper Departments. o. about
which there was a substantial dispute Such
was the action of the House. The gentle
man from North Carolina [Mr BRANCH talks
about disliking certain items In this bill.
Pray. what are theyf Who put them there
Were they there when this bill passed the
House? Nothing OF that kind is claimed.
The whole difficulty grows out of the amend
| ments of the Senate. Sir, these bills were
loaded down by the Senate. l have here
carefully prepared tables, showing tine pre-
else action OF the Senate and The House upon
these bills. / have heard enough about res
FEASIBILITY for large appropriation bills, and
therefore L have kept careful account with
the Senate. which / have before me. 1t
shows that while these bills passed the House
at S42 Sl35l5 II. they were Increased in the
Senate to $40 $50. S2S IS; or al increase of
| S6,773.3l3 t3. Every item about which the
gentleman from North Carolina complains
| originated with his party friend in The Sen
ale. 1t was there this mougrel legislation was
| fixed to your appropriation bills. Take this
very bill as an example When it passed
| this House it wss sd, 072 5l4 81. Whe2 il
was returned from the Senate it was S5.497 ),
I 993 60 an increase of 81, 425,4 AIS 81. That
body put on forty-ive amendments. liz
them you will find your water works, your
| Treasury extension, the Charleston and New
| Orleans custom-houses, and multitude o.
| similar items. ar
Sir, for four weary hours have been IN 6
| committee of conference combating with 9
Senate committee against these amendments
j We on this side have been opposed to then
all. They were put in by Democratic
Senate. every one. They are sanctioned by
| estimates from the heads of Departments
all Democrats. They are Tor the support o
a Democratic Administration. No man o
my political opinions can receive dollar o
| this money il the Administration can pre-
| vent il. Aud yet some of you refuse to vOt'
for this bill. ihe Senate have been com
| PEELED to reecde from all the obuoxiou
amendments. except for the water works
and this is plac d under the sup riniendenc
| of Captain Meigs, WIN, il is hoped and be
lieyed, will mol perverl the money for par :,
purposes. And yet grnIl, men talk abou
obnuxious pros isions in the BILL Sir, / hav
10 interest IN the bill kept TO limit the ap
preparations and guard the Treasury. | an
| willing it shall be defeated. II you canuo
vote Tor il, we certainly will not. Ii th
amendments OF Democratic Senate max
it obnoxious 10 you, let it go, but do no
talk about items that you oppose, or obnJx
iOus provisions in the bill. One gentleman
leading and jealous supporter of this Ad
mlnlslraIion, refuses to vote for The bill be
cause. as understand bin. the House an
the Senate chose, by unanimous vote q
the Committee of conference, To designat
that sertain officer of the engineer corp
should take charge OF the aqueduct.
know IL Is very easy for gentlemen q
point cut one of a hundred items, aud sa
hey are opposed 10 them, and therefor
caBnot vote fvr the bill. La this way no al
preparation bill can pass The question i
who put there items INF IL was the Senai