The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-08-08
The One Price House Of Wichita Es:
to be Enlarged to Make Boom to
Show its Immense Stock.
The Steady Bun Of Trade Which is
Constantly Turning towardsthis
Large Firm Demands It.
IT MUST BE DONE AT 0NCEI


Senator Windom-Nine It was Thought at on,
time that it would be necessary to classify and mum
Der them, as it was feared there was not enough
letters to indicate them in that way.
Correspondent-Why was it necessary to divide
the amount into so many bills?
Senator Windou,-Our Democratic friends of the
House knew that the people would understand these
deficiencies" to be refutation of their former loud
pretenses Of retire ,chment end hence they reluc-
j family doed out in detschE.ents such amounts AZ
they were compelled to appropriate from time to
time.
THE EMPTY BOAST OF DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY
Correspondence notice that ut q recent banquet
given in New York TO Speaker Randall Hon. A. 8.
Hewitt is reported to have said that Mr. Randall
and his friends in the Forty -fourth Congress ac-
compshed saving in the entire Congress of $54,-
100000 and that it the fruit of putting men in
power who able to do the work set for them to
do. Allowing for all the Deficiencies it amounted to
100000 clear saving" &c. (See New York World
of the Sd instantly Now, Senator, you have been q
member of the Appropriation Committee for many
years. What do you say to this boast of Democratic
economy, in comparison with the alleged Republican
extravaganza?
| Senator Windom-It is my turn to ask you a cues.
ton. Don't you think this boast of having saved
only $23000,000 ain the entire Congress- is great
| letting down from the claim made by them IN the
Presidential campaign that they had saved S4O-
| 0OO Oo0, ~ o,, ,oc.;o~s rrL:. -,
ooVoU ~ one session Inns modest claim now
noueI W oliy aoout .il,SooVv ior tnss session,
~, whioh sney INSISTED tnat tney mad saved 4ooO,-
600. By their own conf there to hare been
only about % per cent of truth their economical pre-
tensions In 1876. 1t will be noted also that Mr.
Hewitt admits that it required about $3l 900 900 to
niaAe W tno ueheiehcies crea.ed py tne pretended
retrenchments and reforms of the Forty-third Con-
gress. In looking over the tables and statements in
Mr.. Atkins speech, notice that he makes the de.
ncienS'es appropriated SINCE 100 100 so that
ne anu f. neml., are substantially In accord on that
poin.: ~ you VIII Permlt me 70 turn the tables and
ques,'on YOU ioI mon,ent, should IKE 10 ask TX
anythlng could well be more dlsgracefIi in the
cucis .. scat party imam 10 30 before tne people
VIII 'ne p.e.ense oi havlhE s"Vel over SaoooouVo
wnen, IN Iact, they knew that s'uooVoOo OF that
'un' "ou'o nave 70 pe nadc up py aencienoy Diiisf
Correspondent-Were the s2300O,0O0 which Mr.
Hewitt claims to be clear saving" by the Forty
fourth Congress an actual saving, only post
ponement OF appropriations, and failure to provide
properly for the public service, &C.?
Senator Windom-SOme portion of it was doubt
less saving, but by far the largest part not.
On the 18th of August, 1876, after carefully analy-
zng every item every appropriation bill for that
year ana comparing eacn one Win IKE items In the
ps 1or Ine previous year stated on the hoor OF
sno to ooo 90 .ne o oo,n pletenuea re-
u.oJi VI ny fo,ooV,oVV couIc IN any
sense De cH.ed SAVING OF money 10 the treasury"
anu .n,' .n's sum zen ar Dsio% the re,renchment
enecteu W ,ue preceulns hePuoIlcah congress.
now iepei' una. s:aienent, anu an prepared at any
n'1 T. 70 Drove !. oey onu oouot.
liz ne ilgtu PostpoIenlehe Oh appropriauots ror
puDiio oeiu !1s whcn Meie uhaer way IN 1872 as
soial,sre o Win .ns pfeceuns year amounted 70
D. .ne Poe. poneent VI surveys OF puonc
anus " 99f.ov, 'e iaiiuIe 70 spPropriate money
~ ~ q pny on Vi .ne ooua. Oh 0lans 70
$1,000 dneio "ele numerous o'ner items
49,, ..as. ~ Ieny .I VI INT 1,araceer,
wu ,a. "ele mercy s,pneu, no. saved Iney
si 100. no. uehoien:Is, ou1 siiLpy PostponementS
XII TIL .a y, az IPo iutuie TINE 70 sven inc
sH... o oo 'ois nay Jus1 Iainel, aiount-
!. - wese s,nA.l part OF sIen
p.poasonss i a ~ ~ ~ .He Cnc e@r 100 De.
i". VIZ. I'm Sii,'"oVV' which - ohe-nsu OF
" t i'I M cals 70 oe inc 'olai savings OF
-, IL. .S' &c o.,n 20 ~. o.o anu io., wo
Ia I'VE 'rn Soo,ovo % 1uo ac.uAi saving Ior
. .a ,o,c W. many o'neI i'euy u reuuo-
.auo Ia ao.o Mnio aie IN Ii? Possioie sense
'Vius 70 ~, eno ooe WHICH II oeducted nom
.no siioOV, woui1 VIE ou' tne wuoie OF inc
p.eu dou o'ono"ny Vi WHICH ~ iucn Dode''ns nAs
'een uono
CorrespOndent-Does the amount of appropriations
slways indicate the exact cost of administering the
Government daring the year for which they arc
nader
Senator Nindom-It does not There are alvavH
large unexpended balances from various sources
which come over from one year to another These
a unexpended balances, after standing two wears
subject to use are carried to the surplus fund.-
which means they are returned to the Treasury It ia
therefore, the annual expenditures rather than
the appropriations" which show what it really
costs to carry on the Government any given wear
The exception to this rule is when "deficencfosr
Are created which makes the Expenditures of ono
year appear less than they really are. In such case
he Expenditures Of the next or succeeding year
will show proportionate increase An instance Of
his kind is found in the apparently reduced expend-
lures of 1877, which will he fully balanced by tho