The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-09-24
Sound Views of Carlisle.
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY EI.ooUENTIY SET
FORTH BY THE SPEAKER.

the Speaker refutes the charges of ex-
travagauce and other accusations made
against the Democratic Administration
and House of Representatives in the
Ohio Republican platform. The fol
lowing arc the most interesting of the
facts set forth byMr. Carlisle:
THE FIRST YEAR OF DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1So6--and that is the only entire
fiscal year which has elapsed since the
Inauguration Of the present Admins
tration-the ordinary expenditures of
the Government were reduced S25, 630-
7S5 below those Of the preceding year.
There were, however, some extraordi-
nary expenditures, to wit, in the pay
ment of pensions to Union soldiers.
That increase over the amount expend-
ed for the same purpose the previous
year, was S7,302, 500. So you will see
that, Notwithstanding this increase, the
net saving as compared with the las
year of Republican Administration
was S17,743,706-quite goodly sum-"
WHERE TIE SAVINGS WERE MADE.
"We saved in the diplomatic aud
consular Service, S4,107,2 ,2SS; in ex-
pendi,ures in the Treasury Department
S3,530,359.39; in the Judiciary De
partment, S636,OO2.1S; in civil ex-
penses In the Interior Department, ST.
673,041.92 in the War Department,
SS,346, ,425.73; in the Navy Depart
ment, S2,113,191.93 IN the Indian
service, S453,33646; in the customs
service, that is, in collecting customs
revenues, S2,960,727 and in the
Internal Revenue service, S437,3O3 81.
There was another reduction which,
perhaps, ought not TO be credited to
the Administration, but it was a re.
duction none the less, and that was in
interest upon the public debt through
payment of the principal That saw
Jog for the year in question was $780,
no.
INCREASED PAYMENT OF PENSIONS.
"Under the administration of the
present Democratic Commissioner of
Pensions the expenditures on that ac-
count were, as before stated, S7,302,-
500 Sd in excess of the expenditures
for the same purpose during the pre-
cedng fiscal year This resulted from
the fact that there was larger number
of claims adjudicated and allowed dur
ing that year than in any preceding
year, although the Commissioner had
$50 clerks less in his office than his
Republican predecessor, Dudley. We
cut off $50 clerks
DECREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
CURRENT YEAR.
"The ten great appropriation bills
which provide for the annual support
of the Government-we have other
permanent and extraordinary appro-
priations also-are the Agricultural,
the Army, the District of Columbia,
the Navy, the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial, the Military Academy,
the Post-otfice and the Sundry Civil.
There was appropriated by these bills
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1886, the sum of 81 l52,490,779.lS, while
the appropriation made by the last
session of Congress IN the same bills
and for the same purposes for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1887, was
S146,0O4, ,5S3.14, or S6,4S6, 1854 less
than for the preceding year. Instead
of the appropriation being larger, 1t is
six and half millions less. The in
crease in the expenditures on account
of the postal service from the year
1884 to the year 1885 was S4,54O, $50,
and from 1885 to 1886 S4,660, $50,
while from 1886 to 1887, which is the
current fiscal year, the increase is only
S664,S73. The vast difference you
see-$4, 100000 less than the increase
before under Republican administra.
ton"
REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL LEXTRAvAGANCE
''The appropriation bills as they
passed the House of Representative
at the recent session, including Fortifi
cations, Pensions and Rivers and Har
bors, amounted to 47,490,554. Bu
the same bills as amended and passed
in the Republican Senate appropriated
$3.50, 0,SS3,350, being an increase Of
S13,564,5l4. The House refused tc
concur in most Of these amendments
and the bills, as finally passed by bott
houses, after a protracted struggle il
conference committees; appropriated
only about $3,000,000 in excess of tn,
original amounts proposed in tn,
House. You see if we had agreed t.
the amendments of the Republican
Senate we would have had Sl0,0O0, ,OOl
more than we have got now
| NO DEFICIENCY THIS YEAR,
81 can safely say that it is almost alb
solutely certain that the revenues TO
the current fiscal year will exceed tn
expenditures, including payment of in
terest upon the public debt, and SAT,
100000 or 4S,OOO,OO0 upon the prin
cipal as sinking fund by at least $50,
100000 or S35,000,000. 1t will be
good deal more, | think, but that is
good deal, and is not deficiency b,
any means. The fact is that while tn
expenditures are being decreased tn
revenues of the Government are bein
constantly increased. Every week
better than il was before; every mont
is better than it was before"
REoLAIMING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Since the beginning of the Forty
eight Congress laws have been passe,
forfeiting and resorting to the publ
domain 50,4S2,2 acres of land prev
ously granted to railroad companie
and to States for railroad purposes l
some few cases. All the acts providin
for the forfeitures of these lands pre-
vide expressly that they shall be rt
stored to the public domain and sha
be held for the benefit of actual sci
tiers only under the Homestead law
The territory embraced by these foi
FIXTURES is 7S,S7S square miles-mor
than twice as large as the State c
Kentucky. In addition to this tn
Democratic House of Representative
at the last session passed bills forfeitin
3,843,094 acres, which the Senate ha
not yet concurred in. There are ais
on the calendar of the House, with ia
vorable reports from committees, bill
forfeiting l3,067,2l4 acres more, whic
will be passed at the next session
The area covered by all those bills