The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-30
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ADMINISTRATION.

ADMINISTRATION.
The Hstuhiifas i4ufnala are circulating
! ffrrafsf WsshihrtaH statement n shns
lhal Congress en- down ne arpfopfis
Tins H4me millions feinH ~ esiinsles-
bot Whsin they ava land hey didn'pt
when, a. NJ Dawes saii IN = ifffoh ~
BIZ, here uas a thunder n fhplpi0li IN
ths faiimaieaf
M Bsek, ~ Kentuoky a member ~ he
Appropriation Committee Win vi
Dawes, 10 speech toward The close D
the session, exposed and t0fo ~ pieces AT
ihs dtluiine statements The Republican
Adminiafailon r. trying 70 make, q ecun.
umy In lis e%ypfniiiures. In order 70 90
tain his facts, Mr. Beck, threugh a call
from Congress, oh,alntd The following
statement If the balances ~uneIpsndrd on
the 30ih day Of jane, 1869, showing also
the amounts estimated n8 necessary ~
complete the service ~ the current hacal
year. the amounts which may b. applied
IN aid OF the service If the neSt nfcal
year. and the amounts which NAV ~ car
riod n The surplus fund June w. 1870
balances m Jane m, 1870 ........ sialWo ld'b'
ArprppfiatiHur fr fiscal yearendinf -
June ~ iaW tu..s.l. lll't"1HA' ~
fstlmated amount which will ho *
pended daring me fiscal rear END
Ing Jane 80, tsW .......,....... Ahilnli4'3N
Estimated amount which may hHrp.
InV jane sc is7i' NV. m. 1901 sooao
sarpla, f pmdd ui'' w 'i''pe GtsiW
Mr.. HICKS COMMENTS.
II will thus be seen that there was In
the Treasury 10 the credit Of certain de-
partments Of the Government, in addition
TO the $2S1,415,9SS 81 appropriated by
Congress, the sum OF $102 800, lb06l, all
Of which, except S~S22G,832, making $V4,'
387,6 500 A, the Secretary estimates would,
In addition 70 the appropriations OF $751;
4l6,288 6l, be expended daring the year
ending June 30, 1870
In addition to all this, We have already
passed deficiency bills amounting In the
aggregate TO about $t3,000,0 600, to be ap'
piled TO the expenditures Of the year Just
closed. and II Ia perfectly certain that
from $4,000, 900 to 81, 600, 0G0 more OF sim.
liar DEFICIENCIES win have to be provided
when we meet In December. We started
| with a deficiency bill of $2,400,O00, and
the country was congratulated on the
smallness Of IL as compared with former
deficiencies that became nearly Sl0OO,-
600 before II passed the Senate, and 1t was
followed by the Naval Deficiency, the
Custom-housc, the contingencies for the
House Of Representatives, the census, Des
Moines rapids, etc, till, as | sail, II snow
$13,000,000, and growing rapidly,
The appropriations and funds appllct.
bio for expenditures during the fiscal
year Just ended, amount to the following
sums, independent Of oil proceeds OF sales
OF Government property made during the
year, Of which we have M account
Appropriated BY regular hills. ,,.,. sgsi as 9Ss o.
Ba'spces which the Secretary ccrti.
hei In February last would DO
expended also, ..........."" NVi ~ q
Appropriated in deficiency bills 90. la,O0O,uw u
Total ...... $685., 7sq SIS o.
Add to this what IL known as the loaI
and lapsed funds, which amount to sevora
million dollars, and out Of which, as thu
Secretary shows in his letter to me, o
June |, which read on this floor, owe
1900 employees In the Treasury Depart
ment arc paid who do not appear on th
appropriation bills OF books Of estimates
and out OF which extra compensation |
paid, aud add also all sales of government
property during the year, the proceeds Q
which 90 directly to the balances oredite,
10 the different bureaus, and it will max
over SiOO 900, 900 subject TO expenditure
A word as TO how proceeds Of sales Q
property are managed. A ship, 70
example, was bought ten years ago an
cost 100000; that sum is charged t
the Bureau Of Construction. She wa
sold last year for S100, 900 that sum
put as a balance to tho credit of tina
Bureau 1t never appears on any book {
estimates or appropriations. The depar
ment spends ii quietly, and Congrel
knows nothing about II, unless s0mehod
takes pains to examine into It, which
, rarely done, and the information is give
, reluctantly.
T. All the members Of the Committee o
, Appropriations know, from person
/ examination of the Department and 81
. reau officers, that the balances as well
the appropriations are in most cases e
. hausted. The navy and the army, out
, their s4S, 100000 Of balances, said th
$4,000, 000.could be carried forward, al
that is about all that remains, and 60 wi
the others.
4 Let US sec what the country was led
believe was the actual expenditure 4
the first year OF Gen. Grants Administr
D ton. About the 4th Of March last, VIII,
1t was important to carry New Ham
shire, the Speaker Of the House and d
chairman of the Committee on Apron,
4 atoms the former in letter andthe latt
I In a speech, which did much to carry q
Y e~iection--each asserted that tho total G
Q neaditures during the first year of Ge
Grants Administration were $3t4O00,0G
y being, as they claimed, n reduction
!, about S60,000, 0O0; adding, "that the
e figures are taken from official records. Al
their accuracy cannot be questioned.n
And tho chairman of the commit
d stalled In his speech that before he We
to New Hampshire aud made those stat
ments he had thought it necessary to
Q to the President of the United Ststes al
have them verified by him. l quote fro
$ the gentleman's speech, as follows.
d was charged yesterday afternoon ,
the President himself with this MESA,
to the people of New Hampshire. WI.
4 told him was coming here, he told n
d TO assure the people of New Hampshi
! that This exhibit that | have made here
the successful collection and economic
expenditure of the money during ii
present yesr Is an earnest and q pledge
i what 1t shall DO each year to come. II,
Q the people OF New Hampshire he sal
q that during my administration the
shall be no ascending scale Of public q
4 penditure, but wherever and wheney
j. the olosest scrutiny shall disclose the No
8 DONE"
r The facts show that these gsn.lemt
9 are both utterly mistaken, and that ii
: pledges OF the President are not wor
Q the paper on which they were written.
8 thad Q bad look, after II had been
I confidently asserted that the ~expenditur
8 Of the hrst year hsd not exceeded $40.
r 100000, or at most s5l4.Ooo,0 0n TO q,
the estimates for the fiscal year lust beg,
foot up 1881, 100000, rs they do, again
SsSi,4l5,0o0 originally appropriated I
the year just closed, being an excess
$a0,o00,0u1, The speeches of the disti
guished Republican leaders and h
pledge OF the President did not tally wi
the facts. Something had to be der
The chairman Of the committee scold