Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-11
Extravaganza OF the R4dfeal Party
Extraordinary Expenses Of the
Administration. St

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Administrations
-sssTUsT 70 fsa.
The Republican journals ar~eocirculating
= prepared Washin0torfstatement toshowl
that Congress cut downBfthe1 ~appropria-
tions some millions below the estimates1
but what if they did (and they dldn'Dl
when, as MIR. Dawes said in q speech OF
his, there was a blunder Of $82,0o0,o0o IN.
the estimates?
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, q member of the
Approximation COMMITTEES GwtthGNAr:
Dawes, in q speech toward the close OF
the session, exposed and tore to pieces all
the deluding statements the Republican
Administration is tryingto make, Ufecon-
omy in its expenditures In order to Iob-
tain his facts, Mr.. Beok, through q call
from Congress, obtained the following
statement of the balaneesunexpended ON
h S0th day of June, 1859, showing also
the amounts estimated as necessary TO
complete the service of the current fiscal
year, the amounts which may be apphed
in aid of the service of the next fiscal
year, and the amounts which may be car
ried to the surplus fund june SOs 1870.
Balances on June so, 1863. 100000 102390,159 20
Appropriations for fiscal year ending -, 700 COX vs
Estimated amount which win be ex+5 or sgoI
pended during the fiscal year md n n 400 %
estimated amount which may b sp-s ao-.ona
piled to service OF hscaIyear end
Balance S1W Which may be carried t0the
surplus V0AoS4PV
Mr.. BECK's C~olnAEETs.t -a44.
1t win thus be seen that there was m
the Treasury to the credit Of ceftainlde~
partments of the Government in addition,
to the 1921, 415,2SS.61 appropriated by
Congress, the sum of $102, 800, 1927, all
of which, except $S,226,S3 making $94,-
367,526 A, the Secretary estimates would,
in addition to the appropriations of $751;
AK 900 ~ ha a-nandod -dnrfnn tho WAR
ending June 80, 1870, ~. .se.Lg
In addition to all this, we have already
passed deficiency bills amounting In the
aggregate to about $1S,000,OOO, to be apA
piled to the expenditures of the year just
closed, and it is perfectly certa1n that
from 100000 to $5,00O,OOO more Of sim:
liar DEFICIENCIES viii have to be pfovtued
when we meet in December. We started
with a deficiency bin. of s., 100000 nj
the country was congratulated n the
smallness of it as compared with stormers
deficiencies that became nearly $4,5OO,-
900 before it passed the Senate, and 1t was
followed by the Naval Deficiency, the
Custom-house, the contingeneies for the
House of Representatives the census, Desl
Moines rapids, etc, TIL, as I said 1t lsnow.
$13,0 900, and growing rapidly.
The appropriations and funds applica-
BILE for expenditures during the fiscal
year just ended, amount 70 SheLphe41ngI
sums, independent OF all proceeds of sales
of Government property made during the
year, of which we have no account:
Appropriated by regular bills. -. .$9s1, AIS, 2ss 81
Balances which the SECRETARY certi-
ned in February last would be ..,
AppPopristed in deaciency bais. * is.ooG0S5 %
Ss0a7s2,sisO b
Add to this what is known al b loan
and lapsed funds, which amount t several
million dollars, andaout of which, as the.
Secretary shows in his letter to me, of
June 1, which I read on this floor, over
1000 employees in the Treasury Depart
ment are paid who do not appear on the
appropriation 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 go directly to the a credited
to the different bureaus, and it will make
over $500, 900, 1000 subject TO expenditure.
A word as to how proceeds of lales. of
property are managed. a ship, Ton
example, was bought ten years ago and
cost 81, 900, 600; that sum is charged to
the Bureau of Construction. She vas
sold last year for 100000 ; that sum as
put as a balance to the credit of that
Bureau; it never appearsson any book of
estimates or appropriations. The depart
ment spends it quietly, and Congress,
knows nothing about u, unless somebody
takes pains to examine into 1t, which is
rarely done, and the Information is given
reluctantly.
An the members Of the Committee on
Appropriations know, from personal
examination of the Department and Bu-
reau officers, that the balances as we'll as
the appropriations are IN most cases ex-
hausted. The navy and the ARMY, cut of
their $4S,000,000 of balances, said that
5000, 900 could be carried forward, and
that is about all that remains, and 30 with
the others. .dSGA xosf o
Let us see what the country was led to
believe was the actual expenditure for
the first year of Gen. Grants Administra-
tion. About the 4th Of March last, when
it was important to carry New Hamp-l
shire, the Speaker of the House and the
chairman of the Committee onaHppropri-
ations-the former in a letter andthe latter
in a speech, which-did much TO carry the
election-each asserted that the total ex-
penditures during the first year of Gen.
Grants Administration were $3f4,OO0,0OO,
being, as they claimed, q reduction of.
about $50, 100000; adding "that these
figures are taken from official records, and
their accuracy cannot belquestioned.
And the chairman of the.acommitteei
stated in his speech that befot6-he vent
to New Hampshire andsmade those state
ments he had thought4 Necessary to go
to the President of thee6nitsdaSeates and
have them verified by him. SEquote from
the gentlenAn's speechs as follows:
az was charged yesterday afternoon by
the President himself with this MESSIAH
to the people of New Hampshire. When
/ told him I was coming here, be told me
to assure the people Of New Hampshire
that this exhibit that l have made here Of
the successful collection and economical
expenditure of the money during the
present year is IN earnest and a pied &c of
what it shall be each year to- come. Tell
the people of New Hampshire he said,
'that during my administration there
shall be no ascending scale of public ex-
penditure, but wherever and whenever
the closest scrutiny shall disclose the pos
sibility of cutting off a dollar it shall be
dcne." tVE--ENED 81
The facts show that these gentlemen
are both utterly mistaken, and that the
pledges CT the President are not worth
the paper IN which they were written.
1t had a bad look, after it had been so
confidently asserted that the expenditures
of the first year had not exceeded $780,
0Q0 000 or at noat 421d mn mn To And