Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-23


CONGRESSMAN DAWES states that
the expenses of the first year of
GRANTS administration, have *
ceeded JOHNsoN's last year by forty
nine millions of dollars. "Retrench-
ment and economy" were the catch
words in the canvass for GRANT, and
this is the way the promise has been
verified. When the war was raging,
and the duties Of the Executive were
onerous in excess, Mr.. LINCOLN asked
for additional assistants to the amount
off$9,O50 salaries, besides his own sal
airy of 81, 900. Gen. GRANT has asked
for SCI 800, or 8 900 beyond his sal
airy, and $27, $50 more than was re-
quired by LINCOLN for the same length
of time. In addition, the following
appropriations are asked for the cur
rent year:
| Fuel for Presidents houSe..-..............S 5000
/ care and imurovements OF grounds. 1890
] Removing snow and ice from walks. LOGO
l Manure and hauliug .-...-........-.-.... 5000
dents house. 1900
LigHiing President house proportion
OF $1,000 asked Tor that, Capitol and
Public groundsl say ------.-.-------- 3,VJJ
| Paw Of LOO
and tIlronsh PfTsessideni's -gfoands--.~~ 1860
Additional repairs OF greenhouse al
Presidents house, and purchase OF
o'OOV
sIs.O 900
Add salaries as 6i,ht5
Expense Of Executive establishment
for current 2lOS,oOO
The amount of SCI, 800 does not in
clude the salaries Of the Hshers, gar
deners and other officials and laborers
detailed from other departments. The
Radical Cincinnati Gazette says:
The Government estimates of this year
were evidently made out by persons who
thought the Republican party pledged To
cEtTGU0gGHce, HlStedd ~ economy. IL Is
not pleasant to say this, but the truth
must be told. The aggregate of the esti-
mates is astonishingly, not to say out
~rageously large, and it would be wrong in
Congress to make corresponding appro-
priations for the next fiscal year.
In relation to the expose by DAWES
on the subject Of extravaganza Of the
Administration, the Washington cor
respondent of the same paper says:
There hasn't been any such excitement
here for a long time as Dawes made by his
speech this afternoon. II was q bold and
searching examination and condemnation
of the departments for the extravaganza
Of their estimates TO meet the expenses Of
the coming year. He WAS particularly
severe on the Postmaster-Geners and the
heads Of bureaus in the Navy Department.
II is proper to add that Mr., Dawes did not
determine TO make this exposure till he
had visited the various departments and
urged a revision and reduction of tho es-
Inmates. and il is understood be even went
20 the President and talked with him
about the matter. The speech was listened
TO with closest interest by everybody in
the House and galleries.
The following is an extract from Nh.
DAWES speech:
aMr. Dawes criticized the estimate fur
nished by the Navy Department, which
propose, besides $4,000 for League
island, a total expenditure of $567, 1874,
against S45l,0 600 last year, and the esti-
mates did not inspire him with much con
adence: although the Secretary promised
to effect a saving of s., 000, 900 inthe article
OF coal alone, which had only cost $I,500,-
900 for The lassb two year.. That was an
achievement in mathematics which found
a parallel only in the achievements of The
Postmaster General, who proposed tosave
! 5 1900, 900 a year by the abolition of the