The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-02-17

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Johnson's adihinistration Of the afp.! I I
preparations and expenditures in his
administration, We have been told |
that the estimates fof, last year lYers
made by Mr.. JohHson's administration !
in spiYit ofhostility itoothe incoming
administration Tot. what Mr. John, 1
son would carry on the administrar
ton for, but what Genefali Grant
should carry;it, on3'for : and Ithatginit
such fit of economy the estimates
were cut down SO as to EN- baraiss, the
incoming. aaminns stEatiop, and that was
said by one who was "a party. in Goma
mittee on Appropriations farther to
embarrass this administration by cut
1 ting down these estimates $50, 600, ,oQfeQp, :, /
[Laughter.l i j: The. truth about that
statement is, thst nobody ever heard
oft until yesterday, IF aiiythihgo is.
test as to whether the tendency OF,
of expenditure is upward or dewn=i
ward inc the departments, it will be
/ found in the two items for salaries, and
contingent e2pehditufes,s aid / ask
the Committee 4 to- listen and say
whether the salaries and contingent
expenses as asked for in this book of
estimates are upward or downward,
as, compared with the expenses for
the present year. 0 The excess oflesti7I
mates lover appropriations tforI the
present year for salaries and, eontin-
i gen, expenses are as follows; State
! Department, S38,520; = EXeeutiyed De-
partment proper,i ;$940, ,000;I Treasury
Department, S259,099s Department
J; of the 4nterior, SIS, $685. Department
of War, SO, ,450 lesss;o Navy Departs
ment, s56, GO; Agricultural : d Departa
ment. Se463o; Postofiee Depa1ithent
4 $50, 0,So0.. The total excess Of. the .estfr
mates for salaries and contingent. ext
4 penses for those sdepartments,r1over
appropriations Of tliis year; oaFol 1923. !.
1853. gs1f..5 = 9'lffaet.x9 ssi5 II fs"eiio
Take another illustration. Take the
navy yard at Washington; and timag-
inc how lnanyl ofSceis ofitll6 N aHiy,
independent Of iciyif officers 1T re-
!, quires to take care q. 81 II. II Here MI.
Dawes read alistiof the officers tem-
Eployed in the Washington Navy Yard
stating that the number was twenty,
and that the amount of their the salaries
was $42,6S9. Besides these, the sal /
. aries9of the, ciNlH officers who helped
them take care 6fghe sNavy Yard
amounted to s4S,946,, niakiihg grand
: total of salaries for the Navy x ard at
i Washington of S9lj $685., He suggested
whether So, O00i or $40, 600 properly
distributed IN q! pr private Yaabte Yard would
not be more effective for, the ipurp ores
of the NaYyo Speaking of the Admi-
rails yacts, he'asserted that athey ydcsst,
each of them, s., ,500'9aA dsy.h # This
:. $500 4 day, were taken and use for
spbsisting the merchantilef marine. OF
& itAeloonntiy, 1T would fend fOsercour-
age trade and enterprise and com
). merce, instead of being a mere waste
and useless flummery.a l51 gaiii9is,
Referring to the suggestions made
the day before by Mr. Butler, that he
:, Dawes should have gene to the de-
partments to enquire sintobany ssup-
| posed errors2 he was compelled to say
A just what had qtranspired, and the
country " ould Judge from it whether
he had been unfair OF Juljust. When
the estimates were put in the hands
! of the Committee on .AppropfiatIong,
the departments were allotted among
nine members of the Committee and
he wouldssay here, that the Democrat
ic members ef. the Committee We're as
faithful as any of them in the dis
charge of that dutyren With. these bal
, ances staring them in the, face, the
, members of the ,Committee were
charged with the duty Of VISITING. all
the departments and seeing where the
estimates could be cut down. ! The
| interior. Department and = Treasury
: Department had fallen, to his lots the
other departments, were distributed
, among the other members Of the
Committee. Eight or nine members
of the Committee had spent three
. weeks of the holidays in, that work,
and had been. constant visitors at the
Departments. He himselfhad visited
!, according to the charge imposed upon
him, the Interior; Department, the
Treasury Department, and when, one
of the Committee hadto go, home, he
had taken of his hands; the War De
partment, The other members of the
bCommittee had visited every dether
: Department, and portrayed their bal
ances to them, and they each reported
to the Committee that they were sorry
for the balances, but that fol-, that De-
+ partment the estimates could not be
cut down. 1t was due. to,the Secge-
tary of the Interior to say that while
he said it was impossible to cut, down
the force in his Department, he could
curtail the expenditures. outside,oin
the hospital for instance, and the Deaf
}, and Dumb Asylum, and in the, Wo-
mans Lying-in Hospital; [Laughter.]
AT the same time, when the Secretary
of the Interior could not cut downlthe
estimates for his Department. there
i was single bureau there that had acr
cumulated .S4S6, 900 surplus, because
! it had had appropriations from. year,
to- year more than it could use, and
: without saying a word about that sur
} plus, it was asking $24S,000 more AMI
saying positively to the Committee
, that it conld not curtail, one penuyoq
|. Mr nn 1,.nLt To Int Ill.