The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-08
TIE APPROPRIATIONS.
The Deficiency nm Wherein Money 10 saved
and Wherein II Is spu andered.


WAsHISGroN Dec lS-Ths House Appro-
priation Committee passed to-day upon the
Senate amendments to the Deficiency bill.
When this bill passed the House IL appropriated
and reapproprlated IN all tl.5i0. .60s.25. To
this sum the Senate added si .O3o 5i2 55. The
House committee accepts Of this last sum. and
rejects tG70. .76l.20. Originally the bill simply
rcappropriatcd the sum asked for compensa.
tion to Postmasters sGSl .6Sl.27 BY accepting
Senate amendment the House committee makes
this new appropriation. In Itself this Is sim
ply matter OF bookkeeping but the int,n Of
those who favor extravaganza In this technical
change will become apparent when the House
Is asked to appropriate to some other extrava-
gance in connection with the Post ONCE De-
partment some part Of the t24is.9 .9l7.93 lying
to the credit OF the department for the last fiscal
yoar ut It's close. sjl7 OUO Of which is still unex-
pended.
In its treatment Of the Senate amendments.
which it accepted and rejected the committee
does not appear to have followed any settled
rule. Tho comfy existing between the two
Chnmb"rs as TO the expenditures of each did
not prevent tho COMMITTEES from rejecting ap-
pronrntlnnS asked 10y the Srnie TO the amount
OF .2l .092. ~ Vt II consurr.l IN nm amrni-
nleni paving the clerk of q Useless committee
on tlfre OF the Senate. which has Nevada Jones
Tor - Chgirman. nt the rntp Of 81 400 for the
recc-s. while the clerk. IL he wns doing any
thing was not work NJ NJ committee work So
while Il struck out two benevolent appropra-
Tons oi 81 300; i9iStri on the Hill by the sen
a'e, 4 a.~,pteI, s. 900 reuppropriated Tor no
tnltad Stat : tp meet thn i,reliminnry "Xnsna,,a
Of an International Prison Congress
- a number of small and select lcaksnrc closed.
N" Hot springs Commission fails to get
10000 upon which the senate will probably
im-.st Boutwell, Will do without his $4,000.
Ihr S"nat" Printing Committee will not have
tl2vO To spend Tor work already done and paid
lor IN preparing an index OF the Electoral Com
ullAsloh pro 'eedlnss. and f5.oQp Is denied for
thr ureparation oi narrative oi the POaris ex-
petition.
,Boiplwell, by the way. began work on the Re-
i2ed the work but provided no pay THIS is his
hrst attempt to supply the latter deficiency.
;, Inc attempts Of the departments 10 piece out
pate the regular Appropriation bills generally
iiail. notably with the Pest Oiiire Department
wNh he did not deserve and Vail fails to get
s-f'ouO ior railway mail service which
viii pr9enE anody hld be nged d5. An An S'ts%pt
tho committee IN refusing 100000
tp men who have already wasted the largest
appropriation ever made To the star mail ser
vice. and have this year every dollar they asked
ana ~ much ~ they spent last year II ought
mat ne throws away Whatever rhance there may
." pt securing better and faster railway mails
10y voting half amill!on to carry mails on star
Every member from New York state. for IN.
Slnhcr Nut's against the interests of his section
az 'tii = LOT Nuiu an APPROPRIATION.
The bungling attempt which the laat Con.
grrss made 10 give all Congressman the right
ts s,hd and reccivca public documents through
the mails FREQ Is renewed by tho Senat, and
NE House Committee agrees 10 IL. adding the
NicrPrc-ile to the list of ON ers whose frank
". send documents through the mails.
IN" Treasury Department secures hy tho
con,urrrncc of the Committee 81 800 npproprl-
atnd 10y the Senate for the mints. but some si3.-
2p' IA rejected in'luiing all the expenses Of
Shsrnnn expensive commissions.
Inc war Department fails of getting an an
propration OF t2uOOu in anticipation Of the
Sqndry Ciyl bill. and Rogers gets 81 200 Of the
hdiltonal he asks 70 run the White House with
twice the number of clerks Grant needed.
Inc largest single, appropriation ia 1878 900.
given 10 the state War, and Navy Department
building in advan'e OF thu regular appropria-
ton. IN" committee, In order 20 give tho
House Committee On lnvnlis Pensions a clerk
- the total of the bill.
On the whole, the Committee on Appropria-
lions has i"alt very easily with the eNif.va-
Ean'" of the senate. II II goes on as IL has
begun II Will not save enough on the c-timate-
- keep the sinking fund intact let alOue any
Display OF real economy.