Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-20

an extremely difficult task TO perform AMI in its
execution he displayed a genius la manipulating
figures only equaled by his courage in dealing with
the facts which stood in his way. From his prede
cesscrs, Messrs. Randall and Holman his committee
had inherited accumulation of unpaid national
obligations and postponed appropriations" 30 i'm
PeIiys in thei. character that they could
poned. and withheld BY the Forty fourth Congress
were credited tothe Democracy q so much nloney
.saYed. but the time had come when pom ion Of
then must be provided for, though temeet them
e11aI to, If not Il excess c those mad By the last
Eepubcsn Con gres. With an actnd Ncyf use Of
12876p 2654s stsring him in'the face thethai rman
6ffhe House nittee still felt TITO be hs duty
t*feformer" even under such diacourAQin46ir cum
n4nqes. to prove than. after "a this con5n1ss had
achieved another :" triumph NJ fetro6dkn ent"
which said triumph, would hiss been slff ersnder
fthenaughty Senate had not St6dd in the'vsy.
inoclATrc ~za1u,pH Of nrR rEsr"
sCorfespondsnt- -Giys me "a iaea Ofkki these
"rcforlne - prove that actual incress&4 s2S,-
s52265 40 Is t3QHph for retreucb me
Senator Windops-1tis the snp}st prclein the
counting = AL the sppropr ATOMS made <hsR po
1itica opponent and BY counting ont enough of their
to bring their total below his. BY this one sim
pie rule Mr.. Atkins is able 70 seommend his own
party for economy, aud to condeinn she last Repub
hcan Cougress for extravagance. RxE
Correspondents But how does this ruIewcrk wren
applied to their own party friends in the Forty
.seAator WINDOW Il am glaa Won have ealed INV
attention to that for IL enables % sho you ONE
OF two Specimen curiosities in Democratic "econo
my" Perhxpsthe most striking Of these c,iriosf
ties is their mode of Grating and handling sde6-
very large arbitrary reductions made in the
appropriations. The heavy reductions which had
already been made by the Republicans, rendered 10,
impossible TO accomplish an honest REDUCTION which
l.. - IL - u.
poses it designed to serve. They ust be made
however at any cost, for party etnergenci
il. In making these forced and rbitFary reduc-
tions, "dedciences' were created amouniugto many
millions of dollars To meet only portion Of
them, the Forty -Hfth Congress durng It's first year.
has been compelled to pass nine deficiency bills AZ
gregating, stated by Mr. Atkins. $15b34,672 So.
Nearly all Of these immense "deideuciesr were
rendered necessary by the unwarranted reductions
made under the lead Of Mr. Randall IN 1873 and
there are many millions more to hear from before
we get through with those marvellous feats Of
omy, performed Tor political purposes. Mr.. Randall
and his party took credit for having saved the
entire amount of that reduction though it was well
known by the initiated that from Sl5,000000 to
$40 100000 Of il only postponed for deficiency
bills after election. These defcecies came down on
the present Congress- when they could no longer be
postponed, and over $l5,000.000 of them appro
priated. Then there was a dilemma How shall
the account be stately To what Democratic Con-
gress shall these many millions be chargedf, 10
charge them to 1877 1873 would expose the
fraudulent pretenses OF those years and TO charge
them TO this CbpgcE would never do So they
were simply counted ont. Mr. Randall and the
party have been credited for the reduction which
created them, and Mr.. Atkins declines TO count
the $l55OOO00 in his totals. A very convenient
way to dispose of many millions. Thus this
huge sum is made the football between these two
economists and both take credit for saving that
amount TO the Treasury. If you will glance over
Mr.. Atkins statement you will ind several other
IN, oil al lint hay
are quite excusable in proving the props ton e
had in hand-aamely, that acf,sni bnreue If
S2s.7J2. 265. 40 means rstreschn'emt Having
worried the stubborn and honest deures ia vain n
induce them TO prove that difficult pro Ios ton the
chairman Of the House Committee. evidently not
gratifed with his success, draws sigh, and con
cudes: Had there been economic accord between
the two houses-in other words. had the Senate not
added $16ooO,ooO TO the appropriation bills az re-
ported 10 the HoHse-the grand result would have
been . still greater triumph for retrenctment' !"
Ii must be admitted that increase Of Se9o0o,0O0
is not very brilliant triumph for retrenchmcnc
but notice the peculiar phrase0lOgy by which the
failure make it "stl greater is charged upon the
Senate Had the Senate not added Sl6,000,000 TO
the appropriation bills az reported 10 the House -
Now, Mr.. Atkins own figures show that Sl,sll.636
Of the $4,000 900 added by the House, itself 10
the bills "ss reported" by the committee before they
even reached the Senate. | submit that this is hard
ly fair, ia proving that addition OF $29. Co.,
900 was really reduction.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS CALL SENATE ExTRvA-
'fs at GAHcE" Ht4 tIli-t
Correspondent.-What amount WAS added by the
Senate 10 the bills as they passed the House, and
what was the character of the addition
Senator Windom.-rhe total Of such additions is
S139254 Az No part of this amount was extrava-
gance but the whole in compliance with some
obi cations of the Government which could not be
hoDorably evaded or in the line Of economical ex
pendtures.
This will very clearly appear by a reference to tl
items constituting the additions. The following are
the amounts added by the Senate to the several
bills
Sundry civil bill $40, 300 4f2
River and Harbor DILL. SifTN
Army Dill So"if
fOst-Omce Dill ooV'
Naval Dill .lISs
PENSION Dill 49,
Military Academy bill ........................ Siit
Legislative Executive and Judicial........... sOi1<
Consular and Diplomatic $500
To1i 5s,0ii@
Glance at the items which make up these several