Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-15
ASKING F0R MOaS MONEY.
4 Drift Toward Extrayagance In
 the Departments.

The Estimates Show aa increase of Nearly
 S500,O0o for the Civil establishments
 The President Alone Reduces Expenses
 WtsuINGroN. Dec. j.-Thc most SerloU, question for the Democrat ic House to face at once is the de mand of the various departments of the Government Tor more money Tor the ensuing fiscal year than they called for thls year. The eS, inmates of appropriations now be fore the Appropriation. Commit lee for reyision show that tul tine fiscal year 1888 the entire civil eS- 1 tauiiahment calls for &2i .S12,i9l. .o1, as against @2l l,3S3. .OSI, ,SS for the fiscal year 1881, an increase oi nearly llalf million dollars. The Secretary of the Treasurer wants SJOl ,3j9.20. as against S30l ,0lll9 this year. The various offices in the department vary greatly Ill their ideas of economy. The su- pcrvising architect effects q saving 0f $500. Second Auditor Day wants an increase of S1 ,50O, and l first Comptroller Durham asks for ~50O more than he lad last year, while second Comptroller May 'nard agrees to save Sl2, ,O0O. Reg ister Rosecrans and Comptroller Trenholm each want sI00 more for their offices, and the Light house Board calls for s2O,00O more. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing shows decrease of $500.
 The estimates for the Depart ment of Justice confirm the popu- far belief that the Attorney-Geueral is doing nothing to bring his office out of the condition in which Brewster left it. Mr. Garland salls for ~l59, 10 for the next fiscal year, as against rl40, l9O for the present year. The only promi- nent officer of the department who does rot get in an estimate for an increase Of salary is Solicitor of the Treasury McCue. The Solici, tor General wants an increase of 5000 in salary. The Solicitor of Internal Revenue, who already gets si, 900, wants 5000. The of flee is held by Mir. Chesley, Repub- lican. The Examiner of Claims, employed in the State Depart ment, wants 5000, an increase of sl ,50O. Here are a few specimen bricks: Six assistant attorneys at Si ,OO0 each, in lieu of two at 5000 each, three at S2, 300 each. and one at 5000, an increase Of SS ,J00 sub. mitted- total, S2i 900; law clerk and examiner of titles, increase Oi $500 submitted; twelve clerks of class 1, increase of seven, Sli, i,400. The messengers are increased. The onIy reduction is of four copyists. The contingent expenses are in- creased from $ 1000 to Sl ,50O. The appropriation for books is doubled, from Sl 900 to 5000.
 The Interior Department proper also makes a bad showing of econ omy. The Bureau Of Education, |, humbug that ought to have been abolished. calls for ST ,420, as against Sil,42U, for the present year, an increase of S2,0O0. As siStant Secretary Muldrow, who was doing nothing before Lamar took hold of him, is not satisfied with i,JOO; he wants an even 5000, while Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Fairchlld is satis- fled with S4,OOO. and does ten times as much work and one hundred times as well. MT. Lamar wants five times as many messengers as Secretary Manning for five times less work. For law clerks to as- Sist other law clerks be wants S2, 150 each. He wants S72,000 for stationery. He wants private secretary, supposed to be l.. e. C, Lamar, Jr., in addition to a stenog- rapaer, William Andrew Jackson Parks. Commissioner Ol the Gen eral Land ONic", wants ~99, ,lSO, as against S93. 10.SO which Mir. Ran dall gave him last year.
 The Commissioner of Agriculture wants the earth, and although pr. Luliug had >20,000 to throw away, tor which Comptroller Durham sued him, yet Colman wants >606,6So, as against the -553, 715 for which he struggled with the Hon, William Stee Holman last session.
 Mir. Baysrd wants 4152 l3O,