The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-23


fectly plain l will state 1t in this way:
The ten great appropriation bills which
provide for the annual support Of the
GoVernment-we have other permanent
and extraordinary appropriations also
are the Agricultural, the Army, the
District o. Columbia, the Navy, the Leg
lslatiVe, EXecutlVj and Judicial, the
Military Academy, the POstOffice and the
SOndry Civil. There was appropriated
by thes9 bills for the Fl cal year ending
June 80. 1856, the sum o 1852, 400 779 18
while the appropriation III tde by the last
session OF Congress Oh the same bills
and for the same pUrpOsr for the fiscal
yeSr ending June 30, 1887, was $l46.
OO4 583 Al, or $6,406. 1875 43 less than for
the preceding year. That is the fact-I
don't know what comment you want to
make on 1t. Instead OF the apprOpria-
tions being larger 1t Is
SIX AND A HALF MILLIONS LESS.
"There is an annual increase In the
amount appropriated for the POstofice
Department, on account of the contln-
ned extension and growth of the Postal
Service. The appropriation made at
the last session for that purpose was
$54, 1865, 1853 20, For the preceding year
II was f53 700 800; for the year pTeced-
Ing that $4,000, 400; and for the y ar
preceding that-which was the fiscal
year 1883-4-it was $44, ,480520. The
PostOtlice Department is doing well.
The new contracts for supplies, Star
Routes, &C., are considerably lower
than formerly, and have cut down the
expenditures wonderfully. II will thus
be seen that the increase in the expen-
dltures OD account of the Postal Service
from the year 1884 to 1885 was "a $40.
$50, and from 1885 to 1856, 81 660 $50.
while from 1886 TO 1887, which is the
current fiscal year, the increase Is only
1864 873, The vast difference you see
"a GOO 600 less than the increase before
under R pu lean Administration"
"Bnt the most entertaining feature
in this Republican charge of extrava,
gance," continued Mr.. Carlisle, twill
become visible when you contemplate
WHAT THE REPUBLICAN SENATE DID,
As compared with the action of the
Democratic House. The appropriation
oils a. they passed the House Of Repre-
sentatlVes at the recent session, includ-
Ing fOrti1catiOns, pensions and rivers
and har60rs, amounted to $247 400, ,554
Bat the same bills as amended and pass.
ed In the Republican Ssnste apprOpria-
Ted $40 S83 $50, being an increase of
$l3,564 5l4. Tne House refused to con.
cur IN most of these amendments, and
the bills, as finally passed by both
Houses, after a prOtracted struggle In
conference Committees, appropriated
only about $3,000,000 in excess of the
original amounts proposed in the House.
You see II we had agreed to the amend.
ments of the Republican Senate we
would have had $l3 30O0 900 more than
We have got now"
How about the statement of the
Ohio Republican platform that the
APPROPRIATIONS WERE IN EXCESS OF THE
REVENUEW
lido not like to speak unklndly even
of my political opponents, and will sim
ply say they were suffering from sad
deluslon." Then he gathered himself
together and put several extra hundred
weight on the safety valve, SO that the
escape" should be gentle and not the
least noisy. 81 can safely say" he re-
sumed, after his eff)Tt, "that 1t Is almost
absolutely certain that the revenues for
the current fiscal year will exceed the
expenditures, including payment OF In
terast upon the public debt and $47, ,00O,-
OOO or $4S 100000 upon the principal as
q sil klug fu0d, by at least $30O0O,OOO or
900 OOOOOO II will be good deal more,
think, but that Is q good deal, and is
not deficiency by any means. The fact
Is that while the expenditures are being
decreased the revenues of the govern
ment are being constantly increased.
Every week 1t is better than 1t was be-
fore; every month is better than it was
before"
just at this point Mr.. Carlisle leaned
back In his Chair and said, by Wsy of
parenthesis, as If the thought mad lust
flashed upon him: by the way, here
are some facts up
THE PENSION BUSINESS
Which may 20 new to yOu-they GER
tslnly were unknown to me until MT.
81, ford, the Congressional Librarian,
called my attention 10 them. They have
always deen fighting in Europe. They
have had great many wars there. We
have had but one war to which we are
paytug pensions. Y, we are
paying to-day for pensions
fully one-third more than all
the other ciViljz nations of the
earth are paying Our payment of pen.
slons to soldiers and sailors this year
will be $76 10000. while the aggrag gate
paym NJ of all the other nations of the
world cOmbined is considerably less
than $50 COO COO"
"hT. Carlisle" the Eoquirer b. oke in.
will you let me- add TO thoso Ggurgs
that this $75 COO eco yesr is pait o on
ly one half Of our cOuntryP"
No; have nothing Of that kind to
say. Democrats and Republicans alike
were eager in voting these appropria
tions."
Some remarks made by you, Mr.. Car
Isle,
ABOUT THE NAVY
In your brief speech at the reception
lately rendered you in Newport have at
tracted great attention throughout the
country. Can you open the subject
again2"
1T is inexhaustible. You could not
handle 1t In volume. A few figures
will give you simply the text. Then
you can examine 1t for yourself. |
Since 1868, which was three years after
The close of the war, Cong5e has
appropriated for the construction, re-
pair, armament and equipment of YES
sells for the navy more than $75 100000 |
"a sufficient amount to have construct
ed a respectable navy of first clsss YES
sells. 1t Is estimated by very good naval |
authorities that nearly, if not quite, |
of these appropriations have
been substantially wasted. That is a |
big sum Of money to waste during a |
period of eighteen years; and remember |
that not dollar of this $75,000O0O was
Tor the annual naval suppOrt-that was
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