The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-08-31
ExtrayaannCe of the Radical Party.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.

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n speech of his, there was blunder
If S32, O0O,000 in the estimates?
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, member of
he Appropriation Committee with Mr..
Dawes, in a speech toward the close
If the session, exposed and tore to pie
3es all the deluding statements the he
publican Administration is trying to
make, of economy in its expenditures
In order to obtain his facts, Mr.. Beck,
a call from Congress, obtained |
the following statement of the balan-
ces unexpended on the 3Oth OF June,
1863, showing also the amounts estlma-
ted as necessary to complete the ser
vice OF the current fiscal year, the
amounts which may be applied III md
of the service of the next fiscal year,
and the amounts which may be carried
to the surplus fund June 30, 1870.
Balances on June 80, 1869 -Siu2,39o lou 40
Authorizations for fiscal yer
- ending June 80, i870.-: ill,I35,9Oo 40
Estimated amount winch
will be expended during
, fiscal year ending June 80,
N 1870 wv, lUl Hoo ~
Estimated amt which may
IN be appl'd to service OF tis-. ,.oo a,
Zeal year end'g June 80 II 1857 500 %
balance which may carried m
10 surplus fund.----- oo4'o24 w
MIR. BECK'S COMMENTS.
Tt will thus be seen that there was
| in the Treasury to the credit or certain
departments of the Government, III ad-
dition to the 1881 ,4l5,28S,6 81 approprl-
ated by Congress, the sum OF Si02, 39o,
1866. all of which, except $S,226, 80
making S94. 1867. 526,4l, the Secretary
estimates would, in addition to the APP
nriotions of S28i AS ,266, 81, be expen-
ded during the year ending June %
/ 1870.
In addition to all this, we have al
ready passed deficiency bills amount
, inc in the aggregate to about, 81 ,oo'
600. to be applied to the expenditure
of the wear lust closed, and it is per
fectly certain that from $3,O0o,OOo Il
: 81. DOC. 600 more of similar deiiclence
will have to be provided when we NEE
in December. We started with @ de
fcieney bill of So, 400, 900, and tn
9 country was congratulated on tn
smallness of it as compared with tol
mer deficiencies: that became nearl
n 81. 500 900 before it passed the Senate
and it was followed by the Naval DE
f fciency, the Custom-house, the cor
0 tincencies for the House of RepreseI
tatiyes. the census, Des MOines rapid
/. etc, till, as said, it is now S13,OO'
It 900, and growing rapidly.
The appropriations and funds appl
Ii cable for expenditures during the tisc
wear lust ended; amount to the follow
J. ING sums, independent Of all proceed
n of sales of Government property mae
d during the year, of which we have
i account
e Appropriated by regular ~, 1880
bills %0i'fio'-0o
% Balances which the See'ry e.
d certified in Febn'ry last ,
would be expend'd also 94,557 ,32o
at q P rr Nils iIs'' $4,000, 600
q. Total. s $50, 1S2 ,Sl5
es Add to this what is known rs t
loan and lapsed funds, which amou
81 to several million dollars, and out
rs which, as the Secretary shows IN
:, letter to me, of June |, which on Il
e., floor, over /, 600 employees IL the Ire;
nv ury Department are paid who do !
III appear Oh the appropriation bills
books of estimates, and out OF VIII
oo extra compensation is paid, ana
III also all sales of government prope
during the year, the proceeds OF VII
e 90 directly to the balances credited
" fhe different bureaus, and it will IN;
US over SAGE. 00O,000 subject to expen
seu ture. A word as to how proceeds
uS sales of property are managed. A 81
'ilo for example, was bought ten years
as and cost 81 .OOO, 900; that sum is cha
Gt- ed to the Bureau of Construction.
'tii was sold last year for SlO0,OOo;
2nt, sum is put as balance to the cr'
III III of that Bureau; it never appears on
%. book of estimates or appropriation
.sss The department spends it quietly,
50 Congress knows nothing about 1T,
,sos less somebody takes pains to exam
sno5 into it, which is rarely done, ana
'rn information is given reluctantly.
Lo All the members of the COMMITTEES
y; Appropriations know, from perss'
>. AZ az examination of the Department
{ 3h w Bureau officers that the balance
ID 'l well as the appropriations are III
i i.ap cases exhausted. The, navy and
n.y. army, out of their $4S,000,0O
~ sei - ances, said that $6,00O,OOO coult
81 ~ ~ carried forward, and that IS abou
10; ieS that remains, and so with the othe
NJ III Let us see what the country wa
Wy ~ to believe was the actual expend
~ for the first year of General Grant!
, nv, nv ministration About the 4th OF NJ
> ~ last, when it was important to
r;tb New Hampshire, the speaker OF
~ House. and the chairman OF the
, nna mittee on Appropriations-the 10
, r,aI in letter and the latter in a sp
n , which did mnch to carry the elect
e'm each asserted that the total exp
lu ny lures during the first year OF &c
de- Grants Administration were sip
- u us 600. being, as they claimed, a +
, II az rion of about 100000, 900 ad
,, .,ro "that these figures are taken iron
H., cial records, and their accuracy c
,rr ~ be questioned"
'f iE pa And the chairman of the conn
nt stated in his speech that beto
ny VI went to New Hampshire and
q 3'as those statements he had thought
! If t,.a cessary to go to the President
- mn United States and have them "
I ~ ua, bv him. l quote from the gentle
,nrsas speech as follows:
1o .., $40 II was charged yesterday ate
ms. bv the President himself VIII
u IVY message to the people OF New
-, shire. When / told hlm was y