Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-04
tHE ACTUAL FACTS.

fHE ACTUAL FACTS.
penditures Under Republican and Par
TALLY Democratic Control Of the Gov
eminent.
In late speech Senator F. n. 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 costrol
OF National affairs on March 4. 1881. and con-
cial and executive branches up to March l.
1885. and of the legislative up to March 1. 1873,
which first met in December, 1875 The House.
Of Representatives has been Democratic since
March Z, 1875, during the Forty-fourth, Forty
ninth Congresses, and wss Republican dur
ing the Forty-seventh Congress. The Senate
ing the Forty sixth Congress, when the Dem
ccrats had a small majority. The executive
branch passed into Democrstic hands on
and Forty-third Congresses. from March 4.
1869. to March 4. 1875. six years. being Repub-
iican in both the House and Senate, made the
appropriations for the expenditures of the
six fiscal years, 1871 to 1876; inclusive. The
Forty-fourtn, Forty-fifth. and Forty-sixth
Congresses, from March 4. 1875, 20 March 4,
1881. six years, with a Democratic House and
Republican Senate. except in the Forty sixth
penditures for the six fiscal years 1877 to 1882
inclusive, The Forty-seventh Congress, Re-
publican in both branches. made the appro-
priations for the expenditures in the fiscal
years 1888 and 1884. The Forty -eighth and
Forty ninth Congresses, from March 4. 1883
to March 4. 1887, Democratic in the House and
Republican in the Senate, made the appro-
priations for the fiscal years. 1885, 1885 and
the figures from the final official recordsmade
in the Treasury Department about the last of
year. and after all the expenditures for each
fiscal year have been audited and determined,
being the final record of net ordinary expen-
The net ordinary expenditures for the six
fiscal years 1871 to 1876 during full Republican
control amounted to the sum of s., $50 351
459. SO, and for the six fiscal years 1877 to 1892
with Democratic House. amounted to ST.
SIS, 909, 5o4 20 thus showing reduction by q
nual saving of S25. pa .659.23 Is including the
expenditures for pensions and interest on the
P . aeot during td the two periods ana we
House in six years of 1926 sls, 23a. Is. or an
nual saving Of $2l, 1876 373. 2115. What were the
The record shows them to be as follows:
In civil and miscellaneous expenditures, S51-
In War Depar1tam sa1 f. s 81 Isl
dian service, Sc. lie. 348.O6 in premiums on
loans and purchase of bonds. sls6l9, 4s5 s.;
81 These items a SHOWN de en
gate saving of $3.50, 663. l06.07 in six
years unuof d democratic House. In wnaC
item Of expenditure was there an excess suf-
flcient to reduce this sum to Sl5l ,347. 955.3 SO?
The excess of expenditures for pensions to
our eouptry's wounded and disabled heroes
and their widows and orphans dur ng 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 1873 3l5, 49, S. the ex-
act sum making the reduction. Now COM
pare the same expenditures for the fiscal
years 1888 and 1884 under a Republican Con-
gress with those for the fiscal years 1881 and
1882 under Democratic House and we find
that the expenditures were for 1888 and 1884
$509. 534 381.s 81, and exclusive of pensions and
interest on the public debt were Ss74, 354, 07O.-
IA, and were for 1881 and 1852 $5ls, 694. 327 49,
and exclusive of pensions and interest on the
public debt were $3.50, 703, 905 e., thus showing
an apparent reduction in 1888 and 1884 over
945.29: but an actual excess of expenditures,
excluding pensions and interest on the public
debt of So 1853, 1854 81. not considering the fact
that there was no appropriation for rivers
and harbors for the year 1884.
and Mow ss sven Tor I
those fer the fiscal years 1885 and 1896 under
Democratic House again, and we have for
pensions and interest S274354, 070.44, and for
1885 and 1886 $500. 7l0. 0736l, and, excluding
pensions and interest, S2SI, 236 $50 65 thus
in total expenditures of Sc, S24 .30S 20; but ex-
Guiding pensions and interest, an excess of
preparations in 1885 for deficiencies not pro-
vided for IN 1884 The Republican press and
leaders have made great clamor over the
alleged ano pretended extravaganza of the
appropriations for the fiscal year 1887, made
by the present Democratic House of the
Forty-n ninth Congress at the las. session. and
have attempted to make the impression upon
the people that the present Democratic Ad-
ministration was extravagant and wasteful
expenditures for any fiscal year may be until
the expenditures have actually been
IN the tire clo s The eapedtares
may be more or less than the APP
preparations. and, il more, the deficiencies
will, during the ensuing session, be provided
1857. we can only take the appropriations
already made, as a basis for comparison
Now. compare the ordinary expenditures for
the fiscal year 1884 under Repu bcan Con-
gress with the appropr atoms made at the last
session for the present fiscal year 1887. The
aggregate appropriations for 1881 are $264.-
7S3519.59 for all objects and purposes. Now,
deduct from this aggregate the several appro-
priations not incident to the necessary opera
tons of the Government and not made in 1884
and not ord mary in their character as fol
lows for paying Alabama awards s., 769,0l5 g.
For a new navy, $50 5000; excess of pensions
over 1884. $20.645 97l.94; for rivers and harbors
deduct these sums, amounting to 1885,.
1922, from the total appropriations and we
have $40. 3a4, 692 81 Deduct the same from
the net ordinary expenditures Of 1884, which
were S244, l26, pa 80. and we have the sum of
$23, 731, 55l.96 as the saving or reduction by
the appropriations for 1887 over 1884. This
clearly shows the falsity of the Republican
clamor and the actual economy of the pres
emit Administration. In this calculation no
account has been taken of the interest on the
publ debt. which is gradually being reduced
and will be less this year than in 1884. Max
ing proper reductions for the decreased in
terest, and we will still have Il saving of near
$2O,000,00U Thus the records show reduc-
ton, saving in the ordinary expenditures of
the Government in the enormous sum Of over
$I100JD.000 by the Democratic House OF Rep
resentatives, and establish the Democratic
principle economy in the public expense