Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-19
Appropriations This Year Increased
Over Last Year s2s,7J2,265.i0
Taxes Reduced by Republicans From
1865 to 1873 Over $3.50, 900 900.
Taxes Reduced by the Democratic
House from 1873 10 1878,
100000, 900!

The following Is the substance OF an " interview "
between tho Washington correspondent OF the New
York Timrs and Senator Window, OF Minnesota,
chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tons, published in the Tines Of June @, ISIS:
Corrcsponicnt-liavc you compared the aggregate
appropriations made by this Congress with those OF
las: year, and, IL so, how do they cOmpares
Senator windom-Ycs, sir l have carefully cx-
amined all the bills since the adjournment. The
total for las; year was Sii33l. .:23.o2. The total for
this year Is s;7a.oOo.5s9.Ai. The increase his year is,
therefore, s:s.75:,:65.i9. These aggregates
cover al! The regular appropriation bills.
Correspoadent-Is this increase charscablc to the
extgayaganeo of this Congress?
Senator windoin-No; III mainly chargcablc to
the dcmasosuism OF the Forty.fourth Congress in
making pretended savings" for political effect
when they were only creating " deficiencies"
Corrcsponden,-Is 1t true that no reductions in
expenditurcs were made until after the Democratic
party go; control OF the House of Representatives,
Senator windom-Dy no means. Expenditures
hal been on n descending scale almost ever since
the war. Tho finance reports show that In 1865
they were :aAso,oij,0Ss and that under the admins.
tra,lon Of President Grant they were constantly re.
daeei, until for the year ending June 30, 1876, they
were only SlGi,sj1,si3; or, after making the proper
deductions for that year, for payments made upon
the Geneva award claims aud for the Department
hostages (which latter counted in the nominal cx-
penli,ares, but really took no money from tho
Treasury the expenditures for ls7G were as we
have seen. only siJG,sl0,oj3. The total reduction
In expenditures during Grants administration was
therefore S.3.i0il3l, making an annual average re.
due:ion Of so,i3s.OiG. The reductions made by the
Republicans tho last year tls'G) were sii,'is,0oi.
DEMOCRATIC Professions y PERFORMANCES
EXTRAORDINARILY
Corresponlout-IIow do you reconcile these facts
with Democratic professions Of economy?
Senator windom-Excusc me; l have never un.
deI:aken the impossible task Of rcconciling Demo.
cratic performances with Democratic professions,
aud certainly shrink from such an effort in this
case. I think no one believes that their vauntea
economy is anything but a sham to secure votes. 1t
wss we'll understood by everybody who gave atten.
ton to the subject tina. iheir tod'toi reductions IN 1876
ucre Effected By denying appropriations indispensable 70
he puIie scrrice BY pOstpoaing necessary pubic corts;
IN rcprdiaiing national obligations; By Withholding large
ns-ss for deficiency bills and when all these and other
desperate expedicnts were exhausted, the figures
themselves were so manipulated that they lost their
proyorbial truthfulncss, and became tho most men.
daeious ~rartisans. This sort of deception could be
carried on for a year or two with some success, but
1; eoG!l have but one result. Already the logic Of
events and the Imperative necessities of the Govern.
mca, have exposed thc triescry which was then de-
noaneed. ant. ny compelling an increase OF nearly
s29.O00.OO0. have uncoycrncd the dema-ogism Of
1876. by which Il was sought to carry the Prcsidcn.
tial eleetiOn under nrptcusc of economy anil reform.
CorrvspcGdcnt-llavc you read the speech Of Mr..
Adkins chairman OF the Committee on Appropria.
lions Of the liousc of Representatives, published In
thc Record of June -, In which lac c~ndcavors TO
show that therc has been no real increase over last
years appropriations. and in which he charges the
Senate with violent opposition" TO the =" retrench.
men, and economy which the House iaaryura.ed,"
and go. will you please tell me what you think OF
IL