Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-06
lieyed that his opinions were shared by
Mr.. Riddleberger.


Mr.. Riddleberger.
FOLGER'S APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES.
Secretary of the Treasury Folger trans
mitted to Congress to-day estimates of
the appropriations required for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1885. The amount
estimated as required for all the expenses
OF the government is $2S3, 125, ,305, which
is $22, ,323, 2S2 less than the aggregate of
the appropriations for the present fiscal
year, and $57, 154, S57 less than the sum
called for in the estimates submitted last
year. The appropriations for the pres
ent fiscal year, including deficien-
cies and miscellaneous, are $3O5, ,448.-
oSI, the estimates on which those
appropriations were based, calling for
S34O, $50, 162. The estimates submitted to-
day are divided as follows: Civil estab-
llshments, so, ,O45,663; foreign intercourse,
$1,569.601; military establishment. S27.-
100, l52; naval establishment, $22, ,747, ,751:
Indian affairs, SIS, 466, $40; pensions, $40
OOO,OOO; public works, $17, ,760, ,214; postal
service, $2,95S, Ill; miscellaneous, $25,-
29j,96o; permanent annual approDria-
tons, $l15, 147 ,O37. The estimates in all
the above cases, except for pensions, for
foreign intercourse and permanent
annual appropriations, are for larger
sums than those appropriated for use
during the present fiscal year. The ap-
preparation for pensions for the present
year amounted to $S6,576, ,2S7; for foreign
intercourse, $2,177,9S4, and the perma-
nent annual appropriations to $117,-
529,02l. The estimates which show
increase over the amounts appropriated
last year, are as follows: Civil establish
ment $547, ,216 increase; military estab-
ment $l,615,055 increase; naval establish
ment$6, 767, ,314 increase; Indian affairs 81
Az ,423 increase; public works 81, ,7S9, 1868
increase; ;postal service 81, ,942, ,0S7 increase:
miscellaneous, $1,162,911 increase. The
increase IN the estimates for the naval
establishment is due to provisions for
completing steel cruisers, monitors and a
dispatch boat. The increase in the esti-
mates for public works is owing princi-
pally to an item of $S,025, 500 for
improving rivers and harbOrs and to an
increase in the estimates for public build
lngs from Sl,59l 800 to $3,S47.967. The
other additions, however, are $211 900 for
buildings for national museum and
S5o6, 13S for a new naval observatory. The
increase in the estimates for the postal
service is to cover a deficiency in the
revenues of $2,95S, Ill.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Democrats of the House of Repre-
sentatives will probably hold another
caucus early next week to consider ques-
tons of policy and to shape the course of
the party with respect to the legislation
at this session. Among well informed
Democrats no secret is made of the fact
that the object of the last caucus had in
view in arranging to have the rules
governing the House i'll the Forty
seventh Congress apply to the present
House only until two weeks after the
Committee on Rules shall have been APP
pointed, was to have an early report from
that committee embodying the changes
in the rules which the leaders of the party
deem essential to eXpediting business.
An important question which will be pre-
sented to that committee for con-
sideration is whether the changes
IN the rules which were made
during the Forty-seventh Congress
and which the Democrats in that Congress
opposed as intended to gag the minority,
shall be repealed. Some prominent Demo-
Gratis are not in favor Of striking out these
rules, taking the ground that they should
not restore to Republican minority what
was taken away from the minority by a
Republican majority.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Ex-Clerk of the House Mcpherson has
prepared an exact tabular statement of
the members of the House; showing that
1t is composed of 1876 Democrats, rs Re-
publicans, five Readjusters, three indie
pendents, the latter being Messrs. Lyman,
OF Massachusetts, York, of North Caro-
lima and Ochiltree, of TeXas) and one
Greenback-Labor Representative. There
are two vacancies, one in the Second
Mississippi and the other the Seventh Vir-
ginia Districts.
President Arthur will make the Missis-
sippi river improvements, the Hennepin
canal and other public works the subject
of special messages to Congress. Refer
ence to these subjects was omitted from
the regular message with view of treat
ing them more in detail in supplemental
communications.