Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-23
NET ORDINARY EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL



A Democratic House of Representatives
| voted the appropriations for the six fsca
years beginning with 1877 and ending will
| 1882. Your correspondent has tabulatet
the official figures, showing the exp9ndi
| lures during those six years, and comparing
| them to similar statement covering the SIX
preceding years for which the sppropria
tions were voted by Republican House Of
| Representatives. This comparison has never
been made before, and the results will be
/ found interesting and suggestive, and will
be found worthy of the serious considera-
| tion of the people during the Congressional
campaign throughout the country.
For convenience and brevlty the two pc
rfods of six years will be called the Repub
licsn period and the Democratic period.
In the first place, the comparison shows
that while the expenditures during the r >
publican period were 81, $50 257, ,459 50, they
were only 81, ,528, ,909, ,504 20 during tht
Democratic period, difference OF $151, ,347,
| 955 80. That is to say, the average annua
expenditures during the Democratic period
were $25, 224, ,662 SO less than during the
Republican period.
The extravaganza of Republican Con-
crosses as compared to the management ot
Democratic Congresses is even more clearly
indicated by comparison Of the details o.
expenditures.
The civil and miscellaneous expenditures
which include the salaries of the civil lis
and ali such expenditures as those provided
form the sundry civil bill and private bills
were S424, ,951 sos So during the Republican
| period. and 1855, ,377, 800 81 dur ng thC
DemocraStc period-a difference of S69, ,574,
O08 %, OF .sa annual average Of $l1 ,595, ;
668 03. This is remarkable contrast, tht
significance Of which no one at all acquaint
ed with public atfaiEs can fail to understand
The War Department expenditures dur
ing the Republican period were S239, 600, :
789 II, and during the Democratic period
$231 ,816, AIS A, difference or 81, 1874 373 z;
In favor of the Democrats in spite OF the
increased expenditures in recent years fol
internal improvements.
One of the most significant contrasts wat
that noted In the expenditures In the Navy
Department. which were $132, ,600,6l7 sc
during the Republican period as compared
to $91, ,706, ,066 % during the Democratic
period-a difference OF $43, 1874. .55I q, or an
annual average of 81, ,3l5, 1853 "a!
The Indian expenditures were $43, ,4S4,
108 % during the Republican period, and
$37, 30S. .762 I6 during the Democratic period
"a difference of So, ,175, ,346 O6.
1t thus appears Dat exclusive OF the pen
sion expenditures ard the interest on the
public debt. the excess Of expenditures
during the Republican period over the ex
penditures made during the Democratic pc
riod, was as follows
Civil and miscellaneous .....-.S 695H.008 p
War Department .........-- - I,l54,3I3 z:
navy Department. t...-,........... 45'o54,Sod =
InoIans. -....-..-.........' o'4o'o4o U'
Total. Sl26, ,628. .479 OF
A comparison of the two periods in regard
to the amount of revenue received by the
government and the surplus revenue gives
very striking result.
The revenue during the Republican
period was 81, ,956, 129, 1862 IS, and 1taripg the
Democratic period 81 ,S9S, ,425, ,SO3 I Y, or, II
other words, the receipts of the {, >oTaTn
Anent during the former period were sly 7e4,
G)9 "A larger than during the latter K "a
de spite the fact that the Republicans Ia,
the advantage of the larger reyenue. tba
Dem ocrsts during the period they had CON
troll OF the House secured to the govern
ment by their economy a much larger snr-
plus revenue. The surplus during the
Republican period was only s275 $50 :
4O3 20, as compared to $685., sic. .299 Al dur-
ing the Democratic period, or a difference
OF $93, ,653, 1896 Is in favor Of the latter. al
though the receipts during that time were
nearly $5S, 900, 900 less than during the r.
publican period. In other words, IL the
revenues had been as large during the
democratic period as during the Republican
the surplus revenue would have amounted
70 over $40, 100000, or $15l, 600 900 in ex-
period.
Such is the story told by the official figures
OF the Treasury Department.