Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-21
APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERNAL

REVENUE EXPENSES.
An animated discussion occurred in the
House last Friday over the Senate amend
ment number - for revising the appro-
priatiOns for the expenses of the Internal
Revenue service. The House Committee
on Appropriations appropriated the sum Of
S2,OJO.OOO ~ the proper amount. The
Committee of the Whole, its action being
afterward sanctioned by the House, re-
duced that to 81, 900, 900. The Senate at
the instance of Commissioner MILLER,
(which by the way wa indiScreet in MIL
LER, seeing that he represented . Demo-
cratic Administration while the Senate is
Republican, restored the original figures,
ST. 600
Mr.. TowNsIEND of Illinois moved
that the House adopt the Senate amend
ment desired by Internal Revenue Com
missioner JOS. :. MILLER. Commissioner
MILLER's letter was read, which says
among other things:
The amount appropriated for the said year end
ing the Sth instant was S2lO0.OOO While the
amount thus expended during the present fiscal
year has by economy been kept down To the sum
OF l,Si9.OgS above stated, and while I propose to
use my best cndeayOr to further ecOnOmiZe dur
ing the coming year. n far rs the true interests
Ofthe service will permit YET it is desirable that
the enforcement Of the law should not be OBJ
Structed by a want OF funds for that purpose; and
Is the moral effect upon those inclined % violate
the law Of belief on their part that the Office
has been crippled by a failure Ia appropriate
sufficient moneys To carry ont its provisions il had,
/ respectfully beg YOU tO urge upon the Senate
Committee on Appropriations the restoration in
making Il enc Sausc Sum reported by the House
committee. desire 20 say further that the eSti-
mate Of the Secretary Ofthe Treasury was based
upon the expenditure for the year ending June
S6 ISS5. which was SI.9S&5g7.4i. You will see by
this that the sum as appropriated by the House
would fall short over SSSOU should the expenses
for the coming year DC u great rs for the fiscal
i year ISIS.
But as the amount asked by Mr.. MILLER
is nearly Sol, 900 more than was expend-
ed last year, and So, 900 more than WAS
! spent in the fiscal year 1875 by his Re-
publican predecessor, Commissioner EVANS,
it was warmly opposed by Congressman
|CABELI, Of Virginia, RANDALL, of Penn
~sylvania, and others, rs being inconsistent
with the Democratic idea of reform. TWAS
urged that as 926 officials had been discharg-
ed, 81, 900, 600, S51, 900 more than was ex-
pended last year, would be amply sufi-
cient to meet all expenses. When the vote
WAS taken only 5 ayes were heard, while
he noes were lbs.
If we read some of the remarks o fMeSsrs.
CABELL and RANDALL, we can easily see
why the House atdOwn SO squarely on the
Senate amendment. Says Mr.. CABELL:
The gentleman from Illinois instead Of reeiting
Inc expenditures last fiscal year. Just passed. re
lied the expenditures under the Republican adj
*ninistmtiOn. the expenditures Of the fiscal year
h8E& And what were those expenditures
Those expenditures were in rOund numbers
$4,000. But now comes the gentleman from IL
inOis f1Ir. TOwnShendl applanding i'm one breath
be Commissioner OF Internal Revenue for his ne
renehment aud saving economy, and in the
&ther demanding more money than was expend-