Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-20
Expenditures Of 1876 Reduced by Re-
publicans Below the Previous
Year SIl.7IS. s-st-.e~
Appropriations This Year Increased
Over Last Year S2S, 752, 26S.49.
Taxes Rednced by RspubIicans From
1868 to Is75sOver s25o,oOo.OOo.
Taxes Reduced By the Democrafic
House from 1873 10 ls7e,
5000, 900, 0Ooi

The following IL the substance Of n interview
between the Washington CORES pondent Of the New
York Tyuses and Senator Windcm, of Minnesota
chairman of the Senate Committee Appropria
tions, published in the 7smes of June g. 1878 4
Correspondent-Havey you compared the aggregate
appropriations made by this Congress with those OF
last year, and, if so, how do they compare
Senator windom-Yes sir II have carefully ex-
amined all the bills since the adjournment. The
total for last year sl43 1892 The total for
this year is sl72 O69.5S9il The jnveass Aa yeer is
therefore, S2s.752. 265 40. These aggregates
cover all the regular appropriation bills
Correspondent--Is this increase chArgeabls to the
extravaganza of this CongressY
Senator windom--No; it is mainly chargeable to
the demagoguism of the Forty fourth Congress in
making pretended Savings" for political effect
when they were only creating deficiencies"
Correspondent-Is it true that reductions in
expenditures were made until after the Democratic
party got control of the House of Represenatives3
Senator Windom-By no means. Expenditures
had been on a descending xsle almost since
the war. The finance reports show that in 1868
they were s22ssl5 oss and that under the admins
tration of President Grant they were constantly re-
auced, until for the year ending June 30 1876 they
only s164, s57 s13 or after making the proper
deductions for that year, for payments made upon
the Geneva award claims and for the Department
hostages (which latter counted in the nominal K
penditures, but really took no money from the
treasury the expenditures for 1876 we
have seen, only sl56sl0,957. The total reduction
in expenditures during Grants administration was
therefore s73.Ioi131, making an annual average
duction Of s9l35,016. The reductions made by the
Republicans the last year (1s76) were $147ls.99l.
DEMOCRATIC PROFESSIONS AND PERFORMANCES
IRREcoScILABLE
Correspondent--How do you reconcile these facts
with Democratic professions Of economy
Senator Windom-Excuse me; have never I'M
dertaken the impossible task of reconcing Demo-
cratic performances with Democratic professions,
and certainly shrink from such effort in this
case think no one believes that their Wanted
economy is anything but sham to secure votes. II
was well understood by everybody who gave stten-
ton TO the subject that their Joased reductions in 1876
Effected ~ denying appropriations iadipnsatie "a
the public service; BY poaponing necessary public works
~ rpudiatino national obligations By withholding iayy,
susss for deficiency bill and when al these and other
desperate expedients were exhausted, the figures
themselves were so manipulated that they lost their
proverbial truthfuness and became the most men,
iarious partisans This sort Of deception could be
:arried on for year or two with some success. but
II could have but result. Already the logic OF
and the imperative necessities of the Govern
ment have exposed the trickery which was then de-
nounced. and, by compelling an increase OF nearly
S29 100000, have uncoverned the demagogism of
1876 by which it was sought TO carry the Presden-
al election under pretense Of economy and reform.
Correspondent-Have you read the speech Of Mr..
Atkins chairman of the Committee Appropria-
lions of the House OF Representatives published in
the Record OF June -, in which he endeavors TO
how that there has been real increase over last
years appropriations, and ia which he charges the
senate with violent opposition to the " rctrcnch
rent and economy which the House inaugurated,
- il 30. will you please tell what you think OF
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