The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-07-24
Faxes Reduced by the Democratic
House from 1875 10 1875,
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The following is the substance of interview "
between the Washington correspondent of the New
York Times and Senator Window, of Minnesota
chairman of the Senate Committee Appropria
lions, published in the Times of June 6, 1873
Correspondent-Haye 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 have carefully
amined all the bills since the adjournment. The
total for last year was $143 7 1882. The total for
this year is 172 069 5S941 TIE increase this gear u.s.
therefore S2S. 752, 26S.49. These aggregates
cover all the regular appropriation bills
Correspondent-Is this chargeable to the
extravaganza of this Congr
Senator WindoIn-No it IS nanny ehargeable to
the demagogusm of the Forty-ourth Congress in
making pretended Savings" for political effect
when they were only creating deficiencies"
Correspondent-Is it true that no reductions in
expenditures made until after the Democratic
party got control of the House of Representatives?
Senator Windom-By no means Expenditures
had been descending scale almost ever since
the The finance reports show that in 1868
they were 1929 068 and that under the admins
tation of President Grant they constantly re-
duced until for the year ending June 80, 1876, they
only $164, 1857 513 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 ex-
pendtures, but really took no money from the
Treasury the expenditures for 1876 were as we
have seen, only 56,s10957. The total reduction
In expenditures during Grants administration was
therefore $73 104131, making annual average re-
duction of $9,138,o16 The reductions made by the
Republicans the last year (1s76) were s1471s,991.
DEMOCRATIC PROFESSIONS AND PERFORMANCES
IRREcoNcILABLE.
Correspondent-How do you reconcile these facts
with Democratic professions of economy?
Senator Windom-Excuse me ; I have un-
dertaken the impossible task of reconcilng Demo-
cratic performances with Democratic professions,
aud certainly shrink from such an effort in this
ease | think no one believes that their vaunted
economy is anything but sham to secure votes 1t
was well understood by everybody who gave atten-
6on to the subject that their boased reductions in 1876
effected by denying appropriations indispensable to
the public serpice By posponing necessary public tcorks
by repudating national obligations By withholding large
sums for deficiency bills and when all these and other
desperate expedients were exhausted, the figures
themselves we're manipulated that they lost their
proyerbia truthfuness and became the most men
dacous partisans. This sort of deception could be
carried on for year two with some success but
il could have but result. Already the logic of
events and the imperative necessities of the Govern
ment have exposed the trickery which was then de-
nounced and, by compelling increase Of nearly
$29,0000O0, have uncoverned the demagogism of
1876 by which it was sought to carry the Presden-
tal election under pretense of economy and reform.
Correspondent-Ha you read the speech Of Mr..
Atkins, chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
lions of the House of Representatives, published in
the Record of June % in which he endeavors to
show that there has been real increase last
years appropriations and in which he charges the
Senate with violent opposition to the retrench
ment and economy which the House inaugurated,"
and if So will you please tell what you think of
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