Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-19

cessors, Mcssrs. Randall and Holman, his committee
had inherited an accumulation Of unpaid national
obligations, and postponed appropriations" so I'm.
~pcritiyc in their character that they could nolongcr
be cvadcd or delayed. These vast sums thus post
poned and withheld by the Forty.fourth Congress
were credited to the Democracy as so much money
" saved" but the time had como when n portion OF
them must be provided for. though to meet them
would swell the total appropriations to an amount
equal to, II not in excess of those made by the last
Republican Congress. With an actual increase OF
S2S,752.a65.iS staring him In the face, tho chairman
Of the House committee still felt II to be hh dsty rs
T." fsfmiuri" sMf unisr Inih in.czirirs df'um,
urnsBs to Eftre thit. Ahsr all, this Congts had
achieved another triumph for rctrcnchment,"
which said =" triumph would have been still erandcr
II the naughty Senate had not stood In the way.
A DEMOCRATIC "TRIUMrn OF INFRINGEMENT"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mo an idea Of how these
" rcformcn - prove that I'M actual increase Of SaS,.
so, 1855 80 Is n F" triumph for rctrcnchment."
Senator Windom-It Is the simplest process In tho
w~orld-whcn YOU understand Il. II Is done by
counting IN all the appropriations made by their po.
litical opponent, and by counting ont enough OF their
own to bring their total below his. by this ono sim.
pie rulo Mr.. Atkins Is able to commend his own
party for economy, and to condemn tho last Rcpub-
lican Congress for extravaganza.
Correspondent-But how does this rule work when
applied to their W party friends In the Forty.
fourth CongrcS3
Senator Windom-I am glad you have called my
attention TO that, for II enables mo to show you one
or two specimen cufositlcs IN democratic ecoho-
my" Perhaps the most striking Of these curlosl.
ties Is their mode OF creating and handling def.
~cicncies.' Under the lead Of Mr.. Randall In 1876,
very large arbitrary reductions were made In the
appropriations. The heavy reductions which had
already been made by the Republicans rendered II
impossible to accomplish an honest reduction which
would DO sufficiently stunning for the party pur-
poses II was designed TO serve. They must be made,
howeycr,at any cost, for party emergencies demanded
II. In making these forced and arbitrary rcduc-
tions. deficiencies were created amounting 10 many
millions of dollars. To meet only q portion Of
them, the Forty.nnh Congress, during Its irst year.
has been compelled TO pass nine deficiency bills, az.
grcgnting. rs stated by Mr.. Atkins. Slj,1Ji,6.2.52.
Nearly all OF these immense deficiencies" were
rendered necessary by the unwarrantcd reductions
made under tho lead OF Mr.. Randall In ls'6, and
there are many millions more 10 hear from before
we get through with those marvellous fcats OF econ.
omy, performed for political purposes. Mr.. Randall
and his party took credit for having saved =" the
entire amount of that reduction, though II was well
known by the initiated that from Si5,0Oo,00O to
s20,OO0.O00 Of II were only postponed for deficiency
bills after election. These dcfeiecies came down on
the present Congress, when they could no longer be
postponed. and over slo,oco,oooo OF them were appr9,,
priated. Then there was u dilemma. HOW snaii
the account be statcdf To what Democratic Con-
grcss shall these many millions DO charsedS 10
charge them TO 1871 or 1873 would expose the
them to this Congress would never do. so they
were simply counted OIL. Mr.. Randall and the
created them, and Mr.. Atkins declines TO count
tho SijJJOO,OOO In his totals. A very convenient
way TO dispose Of so many millions. Thus this
huge sum Is maio tho football between these two
economists, and both take credit for saving that
amount 10 the Treasury. IL YOU win glance over
Mr.. Atkins statement, YOU will find several other
fea,s in book. keeping almost equal 10 this, but they
are quito ~excusablc In proving the proposition he
had in land-namely, that an actual Increase Of
S.S,752 ~ nicans rc,rcncLmcat. Having
worried tho stubborn and honest figures In vain to
induce them TO prove that difficult proposition, the
arm ~ VIZ ''""0' 'V"' ~
crltihcd with his success, uraWS n slen, anu con-
clulcs. " Had there been economic accord between
W, 49, J, -.I,t.. hit. =. -.
uuucu si"too"iu" I" ~ "PT''l.'"'"n 80" y
ported 10 the H0Hsc-thc grand result would nave
becn n still greater TRIUMPH for rctrcnchmcnt.' \"
n mnst Inc admitted that an increase of S,gOOO.OO0
H.. ..lt.i, ,bo
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