The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04

pended during the fiscal year end 80 80, 400 "a
ing June 80. 1870. 2OoilVls4o' -
Estimated amount which may be APP
piled 70 service of fiscal year end 49, ono 40 |
ing June so. 1S71-.-..--..--..-.:-. I,56',oV9 %
srn1rs f,nd my " 654 sa4 co
MR. BECK's COMMENTS.
It viii thus be seen that there was IN |
the Treasury to the credit OF certain de- |
partments Of the Government, in addition |
TO the 1921 AS 81 appropriated by |
Congress the sum of S102 900, 1857, all |
of which. except IS 226, 1872, making $94,-
367 ,526 A the Secretary estimates would,
in edition to the appropriations OF $751;
Assess 81, be expended during the year
ending June 80, 1870.
In addition to all this, we have already
passed deficiency bills amounting IN the
aggregate to about S13,OC0,OOO, to be ap-
Piled TO the expenditures of the year just
closed. and II is perfectly certain that
from s3 GOO0G0 to 100000 mere of sim
liar DEFICIENCIES will have to be provided
when we meet in December. We started
with 2 deficiency bill of S240O,00O, and
the country was congratulated on the
smallness of it as compared with former
deficiencies that became nearly "a, 500,-
600 before it passed the Senate, and 1t was
followed BY the Naval Deficiency, the
Custom house, the contingencies for the
House of REPRESENTATIVES, the census, Des
MOines rapids, etc, till, as l SAID, 1t is now
$13000,000, and growing rapidly.
The appropriations and funds appllca-
bic for expenditures during the hscal
wear lust ended, amount to the following
sums, independent of all proceeds OF sales
of Government property made during the
year, OF which we have no account:
Appropriated by regular bills s2S1 AS 2sS 81
Ia aIses which he Secretary certl-
fei in February last would be
Ap1ro ois in defciercy bills -. 1$ooao6o co
To.al. s39S. 7s2 SIS O5
Add 20 this what is known as the loan
and larsed funds, which amount to several
million dollars, and ont of which, az the
Secretary shows IN his letter to me, OF
June l, which | read on this floor, over
SEQ employees IN The Treasury Depart
ment are paid who do not appear on the
apprrpriati0n bills or books Of estimates,
and OUt OF which extra compensation is
paid, and add also all sales of government
property during the year, the proceeds of
which 60 directly to the balances credited
20 the different bureaus, and it will make
over 500 600 coo subject TO expenditure
4 word as 70 how proceeds of sales of
property are managed. A ship, for
example, was bought ten years ago and
cost 100000; that sum is charged to
the Bureau of Construction. She was
sod last year for 100000; that sum is
PIT as q balance to the credit OF that
Bureau; L never appears on any book OF
estimates or appropriations. The depart
ment spends 1t quietly, and Congress
knows nothing about it, unless somebody
takes PAINS TO examine into it, which is
rarely done, and TIE information is given
reluctantly.
Al the members Of the Committee on
Appropriations know, from personal
examination of the Department and Blu
reau officers. that the balances as we'll as
the appropriations are IN most cases ex-
hagsted The navy and tie army, out of
taeir SIS 100000 of balances, said that
s6,00O,00O could be carried forward, and
that IS about al that remains, and so with
the others.
Let Us see what me country was led to
believe was the actual expenditure for
the first year Of Gen Grants Administra-
ion. About the 4th OF NJ lrch last, when
II was important to carry New Hamp-
shire, the Speaker of the House and the
chairman OF the Committee on ApprOpTi-
ations-the former IN "A letter and the latter
III a speech, which did much to carry the
eiectioa-each asserted that the total ex-
penditures during the first year Of Gen.
Grants Administration were 1914, 600, 000
being, IS they claimed, O. reduction OF
about SEQ ESQ 600; adding. "that these
figures ere taken from official records, and
their accuracy cannot be questioned"
and the chairman of the committee
stated IN his speech that before he went
70 New Hampshire and made those state
ments he he'd thought il necessary to e
TO the President Of the United States and
have them verified by him. quote from
the gentleman's speech, as follows:
&" / was charged yesterday afternoon by
the President himself with this message
to the people of New Hampshire. When
/ told him l was coming here, he told me
to assure the people Of New Hampshire
that this exhibit that have made here o.
the successful collection and economics
expenditure OF the money during the
present year Is an earnest and 81 pledge o
what il shall be each year to come. Tel
the people Of New Hampshire he said
that during my administration there
shall he no ascending scale OF public ex
penditure, but wherever and whenevel
the closest scrutiny shall disclose the pos
sihlitv Of cutting off q dollar i shall b.
done"
Inc facts show that these gentlemen
are both utterly mistaken, and that tn,
a
the paper on which they were written.
Il had s bad look, after it had been 81
confidently asserted that the expenditure
of the first year had not exceeded 5000,
000000, or at most $314. 000,000, to fine
the estimates for the fiscal year Just begun
foot up S331 COS, 600, as they do, agains
1921 415OO0 originally appropriated fol
the year just closed, being an excess o
so .GG0,000 The speeches OF the distin
guisbed Republican leaders and tn,
pledge Of the President did not tally will
the facts. Something had to be done
The chairman of the committee scOldeC
and threatened, and the country respond
Cd. The departments claimed 10 have
discovered that q mistake of $1,000, COZ
had been made. That helped some; still
it was not enough. The Committee OF
Appropriations struggled to keep down
the appropriations TO those of last year
They refused 70 commence any new
buildings; To build ships, Notifications, Of
do anything else they could avoid. River
and harbOr Improvements were cut down
The army and navy were slashed into
Even the departments and their employs
were threatened; but the other end Of
the capitol was too strong, and in spite O
the committee the appropriations have al
ready got beyond those of last year anC
when we demonstrate, the almost univer
sal answer IL, "The unexpected balances
OF last year, which helped Us out, are al
gone" The most disgrsceful exhibit
however, which has yet been made
was statement by the Tressur,
Department TO gentleman
from Massachusetts or. Dawes, OF
the 18th of June last, which he laid befor,
the House evidently not believing it, tina
the reason why their estimates for tbi
year appear so large is that the clerks il
the department had made a mistake o
$4,000, 900 in making them out. prefer
however, to give the statement of Mr.
Dawes.