The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-04
THE ACTUAL FACTS.

THE ACTUAL FACTS. !
A Compar son of the Net National Ex-
penditures Under Republican and Par |
TALLY Democratic Control of the Gov |
ernment.
In late speech Senator F. M. Cock
rell, of Missouri, gave the following
conclusive statistics regarding the Ma
tional administration of public affairs
under the different parties:
The Republican party assumed tho control
of National affairs on March :. 1851, and con-
tinued in uninterrupted control of the judi
cial and executive branches upto March I,
1886 and OF the legislative up to March 4. 1873,
the beginning of the Forty fourth Congress,
Of T RepresentatiVes re Sc @ M has been Democratic since
March l. 1875, during the Forty-fourth, Forty
fifth. Forty-sixrh, Forty-cighth and Forty
ing the Forty-seventh Congress. The Senate
has been continuously Republican except dur
ing the Forty sixth Congress, when the Dem
ocrats had small majority. The executive
branch passed into Democratic hands on
March 4, 1855. The Forty first, Forty-second
1853, to March 4. 1873 Six Years. being Repub.
lican in both the House and Senate, made the
appropriations for tho expenditures of the
Forty-fourtn, Forty-f1fth and Forty-slxth
Congresses, from March 4, 1875 to March 4
1881. six years. with Democratic House and
Republican Senate, except in the Forty sixth
Congress. made appropriations for the ex-
penditures for the six fiscal years 1877 to 1882,
inclusive; The Forty-seventh Congress, Re-
publican in both branches. made the appro-
priatlons for the expenditures in the hscal
years 1888 and 1884, The Forty-eighth and
to March 4, 1881, Democratic in the House and
Republican in the Senate, made the appro-
priations for the fiscal years 1885, 1885 and
In the comparisons shall give shall state
the figures from the final official records made
ese o
year. and after all the expenditures for each
fiscal year have been audited and determined.
being the final record of net ordinary expen-
ditures for such year.
The net orai1ary l1, ,ss sessgenditureS for the six
control amounted to the sum q 81, $50 257.-
459 So and for the six fiscal years 1877 to 1882,
with a Democratic House, amounted to ST.
fus f siI s 6g
nuai saving of SIS, 224. 5923 1-6, including the
expenditures for pensions and interest on the
public debt during the two periods, and we
still have a total saved by Democratic
House in six years of S128 slS 23a. 2S or an an
naa I,a saying ~ OF 81 ls What were the
The record shows them to be as follows:
In civil and miscellaneous expenditures, $5l-
in Navy Department, Dc ~ s4s, 81 s5i.s7: in In In.
dian service, So. 17o, ,3i60 0S; in premiums on
nsssssI sas sss PSss dsS sS
| sJ4,s66.79. These items shown an aggre-
| gate saving of 23o,6s3. I0307 in six
item of expenditure was there an excess suf-
hcient to reduce this sum to SIS, ,347 955.39?
dhe Of for Psns1pns to
and their widows and orphans during, these
| six years of Democratic supremacy in the
| House over the expenditures for the same
| objects during the SIX preceding years Of
Republican control was s79.3l5 150. 6S. the ex-
act sum making the reduction. Now COM
ire ho aor NV frrro fn~ fhe
| years 1888 and 1884 under a Republican Con.
| gress with those for the fiscal years 1881 and
1852 under Democratic House and we lind
| that the expenditures were for 1883 and 1884
| $500. 534 3S1.S7. and exclusive of pensions and
interest on the public debt were $274, ,354, ,070.-
IA, and were for 1881 and 1852 $5l8 694. 32T .18,
and exclusive of pensions and interest on the
| public debt were 1858, 703, 905 81, thus showing
an apparent reduction in 1888 and 1881 over
945.29; but an actual excess of expenditures,
excluding pensions and interest on the public
debt Of s2O659, 1si 81. not considering the fact
and harbors for the year 1854
Now compare such expenditures for 1889
| and 1884 under Republican Congress with
those for the fiscal years 1885, and 1886 under
| Democratic House again, and we have for
1sss and 1sst sSos 81, ssi g. and excluding
pensions and interest. sssl. l.sss5se.ss. I us thus
in total expenditures of ss.Ss4 .3oS IS; but ex.
| Guiding pensions and interest an excess OF
S6,Ss2, 1921 which was caused largely by ap.
vided for IN 1884. The Republican press and
leaders have made a great clamor over the
appropriations for the fiscal year 1881, made
BY the present Democratic House of the
| Forty-ninth Congress at the las. session, and
the people that the present Democratic Ad
ministraton was extrayagant and wasteful
We can never know what the net ordinary
expenditures for any fiscal year NAV be until
|
in AI the treasury s closed. The The e8pedisnre
preparations, and. if more, the defhcence:
will, during the ensuing session. be provided
this Se in
alresdy made. as basis for comparison
Now. compare the ordinary expenditures fol
the fiscal year 1884 under a Republican Con
session for the present fiscal year 1857 The
aggregate appropriations for 1887 are $,64,
7S3,5i9.59 for all objects and purposes. Now
deduct from this aggregate the several appro
priations not incident to the necessary opera
tions of the Government and not made in 1Ss
and not ordinary in their character. as fol
lows for paying Alabama awards s., 76s ,0l5.
For new navy. S35 0,e01; excess Of pensions
not appropriated for in 1884. s14, 473.O). Now
deduct these sums. amounting to SA. 1888.
sss he tsta beeSHsPP tsa ans
we were G st ias asparS and we have @ the Ss sum
| 90, ,iol.o0i.So as tHo sdNIuR OF rtuuctlOu Dl
the appropriations for 1887 over 1884. Thi
clearly shows the falsity of the Republ:ca,
clamor and the actual economy OF the pres
| accoun, has been taken of the interest on tn,
| public debt, which is gradually being reduced
and will be less this year than in 1881. Max
ing proper reductions for the decreased in
terest, and we will still have saving of nea
$50, ,000,00G. Thus the records show a reduc
tion, a saving in the ordinary expenditures o
| the Government in the enormous sum of owe
$500 900 by the Democratic House of Rep
| resentatives, and establish the Democratic
principle economy in the public expens
! that labor may be lightly burdened."