Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-14


Total. s52l, s66, 7@s 81 Total sii3, ,59S, ,4s7 A
l his shows an actual reduction secur-
ed by the untiring efforts of the demo-
cratic houses OF the forty fourth and for
y fifth congresses oi SSS.27U, 80 Al
But great as this reduction was Tor a Pc
ricd Of three Years, it does not represent
all that WAS sought to be accomplished,
for it should be borne in mind that the
reductions above shown are not as great
IL wtrr demanded by the democratic
h,u-e, but only represent the concessions
tn1t the house WAS able TO secure from q
protesting republican senate. whose COM
n:ttcc on appropriations, continuously
struggling Tor an Increase OF ;ipprOpria-
t"E-. ana thwarting he house at every
stop III Its honest efforts q; reduction, was
presided over then, as now, bv the gen.
tcHan whose interview YOU have called
attention TO; 50 that il there be ANYTHING
TINS record OF retrcnchment for which
that senator may justly claim credit. it
i ILL., partially successful but persistent
efforts Ia resist every attempt of dem
urratic house to reduce the current eX-
p"u~e> ut the government. It must be
rcrollect"d also that the democracy have
not As Yet secured control OF both bran
chc> OF congress. and can hardly be
made lrly responsible for such failure
OF reductions as the senate NAV have re-
fused - acccde to. There can certainly
he no Injustice in Incorporating lust here
a record OF the reductions proposed BY
the democratic houses OF the forty fourth
and forty fifth congresses. for the fiscal
years l>11-s-9. and coupling therewlth
..i .,..t.pta,,, ,f ,,,,,, nv
secured by a republican senate Exam
ming IN detail the history OF the eleven
great appropriation bills. namely, tor
m !itary academy, Notifications. consul
lar and diplomatic, navy. post office. In
/ dams. army, legislative, executive and
iuticjal. slrndry civil. river and harbor,
;"ai pensions, we find the following:
fur rh" ti-c-' year ended Jane 30 ISL
I. slUtfr- "i departments ..... S9rp. 80 5i3 -
Ap.r' H. Il passed hou-. ........ H. O-p -l5 to
+ -,,ir '.- - iucrc-srh hy the een
Appr'n, - rr,.uc, i; hv rho house I5 20. ,.j6 y
! l'rr' IL s.. year ended june So I>1>-
I'm, H. IL '"FHrm" sisi -. 0"j II
Ari". ."7 - rH-sed house ......- l3i 80, ,5ol 3!
. i. iT u~ tErrrasct 10y senate. H> H>S SeJ -
ti'l' u IL reduced by house. l4r, 81 90 e5
i"r ,tr -rs N,tr sna.. June Sc, - d., .,
hrir NJ IA passed house ......... u. So ,.%9 -
Apul IL n= increased by senate lil -! 2G3 II
Aul.rn n- !c !ucri by h"u-...... li5 ,2l3. 933
/ II might here be remarked that in this
| wears appropriations is to be found an
jtrm Of Sj.5OO, 900 for the payment OF
! the fishery award. which is. IN no sense,
fairly embraced in the net ordinary eX-
/ penditure> of the government. but which
i. nevertheless. included in the above
statement. Taking the aggregate TOR
the three years lS11.S-9, we find that the
democratic house, as it originally pass
rh these bills. made the following reduc-
lions. namely: If the bills had become
laws as they passed the house, there
would have been 4
SAVING OF Sl43.106 .O03 n
under the amounts estimated rs neces-
Sary by the republican secretaries. whilst
there would have been also Il saving OF
SIl4,1Ss.S29 O. tor the three fiscal years
IN11-S-", under the three fiscal years
lS14-;5-6. But this is not all tor whilst
these unquestiOued facts. from official
sources. show attempted savings by the
democratic house OF over one hundred
and tou teen millions Tor like period
OF republican rule, it also shows that
REPUBLICAN SENATE ADDED S5l,lsS,.
UlS 53
to these eleven appropriation bills,
against the earnest protest Of the demo
cratic house. Now, taking these same
: bills rs they finally passed both houses
tor the years lS11-S-9, we find the tol
lowing reductions, namely: The saving
secured by the democratic house undel
( the department estimates was SLY ls7. +.
4"9 -, and under the appropriation:
! Tor ln74-j-G, it aggregated SSs,2I0,
236 A.. as before stated, whilst the in
crease secured by the republican senate
over the bills as passed the house, attel
Il most desperate struggle. was SO
5lS. .:I95 IL. so that the very pertinen
question remains tor the distinguishes
- senator. the chairman OF the committe'
! on appropriations, to answer, how do hi:
: professions Of economy tally with th'
stubborn figures, which prove min
}, and his republican associates OF
l. the floor OF the senate and G
2 the house of representative t
9 have labored earnestly to iasten NOR
l. than iiitv-one millions of dollars upol
l. democratic house bills. and who sue
i rcedcd in increasing them over twenty
c sIN millions of dollars? In some OF tn
:. statements here given TO you. l hav
y dealt in round numbers, leaving OIL tn
fractions. but should you desire 1t go
r., are at liberty t. use the tabulated state
II ments from which these estimates hav
., been taken. and in that connection
O. NAV assure YOU that the sources OF II
6. formation from which these tables hav
n been made are not to be questioned, q
IS they are. so tar as they relate to eNpei
ditnres. taken from the official report
ID of the treasury department, and SO IL
IS ~ they relate to appropriations, are "'
/ tanned from the records OF the appropr
st alton committee.
y Rrp-What torce is there then, in tt
Il point the republicans are trying to mai
c- against the democracy upon the score
he delicieucv bills, which, 1t is chargcd.a IA
he larger in the present fiscal year th;
AS heretofore?
So Mr.. H-No more than there Is in al
IL other of the campaign mlsreprcsent
nd tIons that are being manufactured
their campaign committee and Sc
H. broadcast throughout the country. III
he appropriations made by congress co
es stitute the law by which the several d
M partments of the government are to
conducted No deficiency can occur
of long as the law Is observed. The a
~ peaT,ncc of a deficiency is general
ed proof conclusive that the officer charg
rst with the administration OF the depa
ats ment in which the same appears n
cs, passed outside OF and violated the la
an it must he remembered that the exec
.rs ton of all laws during these years h
he been ntrusted to republican hands, a