The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-05
TALK In THE SENATE.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation BIZ
Made the Pretext for Several Po-
litjcal Speeches
Allison and Hale Crlticise the President
and Are Answered by Blackburn
and Beck.
washington speeial.l

Tho Senate took up the conference report on
the sundry civil appropriation bill on tuesday
and was addressed at considerable Length 10y mr..
Allison in explanation of IL and in "A general DC
tense OF the action OF the Senate Appropriation
Committee and the Senate itself as contrnsted
with that OF the House. He criticised the PIesi-
dent veto Of the bill for public building at
Sioux City. He then proceeded TO anhlyze the
sundry civil appropriation BILL nearly every item
ton of Cabinet officer. general review OF the
situation regarding all the other Appropriation
bills followed, the Senate additions 10 each
being explained and defended as necessary
for the proper conduct Of the Government.
Among other matters Mr.. Allison referred 10
thu p nsion appropriation bill, which the Senate
had increased by 1l,4 $4,000 because the pension
bu eau hal estimated that that amount woald
be necessary ca ~ out the House Ir1yision
that widows Of soldiers should draw pensions
from the date OF their husbands death, not from
the date Of the application. AS 70 the river ana
harbor bill, he explained how the TN OF TINS
session is the second bill that mas pa7set IN
four years. Pre- sident Cleveland having vetoed
river and harbor BIZ! aprroI rating SA,oov,-
Oo0. The Secret ary Of War had only est.
that The t eSet 81 reported that o
100000 could be spent economically on these
great national works. II there had been river
covered some S12OOOOOO and the river and har-
Dor bill of this year instead Of being s22 OOOOO0
would have been only SlO,OOlOOJ or sl2OOO,OOO;
Not only that, but the deficiency bills passed
aud 10 DO passed at this session for the expen-
ditures Of the last fiscal year amounted 70 about
sis, coo. That made a total OF S5oOuO,OOo
that had been forced into the appropriation bills
of this session.
The total appropriations for the current fiscal
year, not including what are called the "perrna-
nont appropriations, would amount 70 $685.
100000, but including the permanent appropria-
tons they would amount 20 S42O,OO,ODO and the
estimated revenue would DO S4EOoJO,voJ, or
only S2OOOO,000 more than the expenditures.
Mr. Allison also furnished a table to show that
the expenditures of the Government for the four
years OF Mr.. Cleveland's administration exceed
nv A a
Of Mr. Garields and Mr.. Arthur's administra-
tions. He mentioned this fact in reply 70 Mr..
Humans recent speeches characterzing the
appropriations Of Congress IS monstrous.
Mr. Hale attacked the civil service record OF
the administration, which lac said nd prosH-
tuted its offices 20 the uses Of party politics as
no other administration had ever done. No
previous administration had ever so used It's
power 10 break down malcontents in its own
party, and the speaker referred TO testimony
taken in Pennsy lvania by the committee or
which he was Chairman TO show that men were
rewarded with patronage to pay them for de-
sorting Mr.. Randall
Mr.. Beck said that with the exception of two
years we had Democratic House Of represent
atives during all the time covered by the state
ments submitted by Senator Allison. which had
taken very great care that oil administrations
should be economical. What had been spent
since the Democratic administration came into
power had been well expended, and tho people
knew what had been done with the money.
Prior TO the Democratic administration hum
dreds of millions had been spent and we got
nc. hing. The Democrats had had star
routes no post-traderships, and no venality hut
re spending annually SO, 100000 for p nsons,
and II the President had not vetoed the de-
pendent-p pension bill it would have been $780,
OO00O0, perhaps S200,OOOO00. The increase of
this years approx riations over those Of last
year were accounted for, perhaps, entirely by
the deficiency and the river and harbor bills, the
| guns and ornaments. Take the S20,0O000 OF
surplus, add 10 IL 81, 100000 from the river and
! harbor and SS00l,0O0 from tie deficiencies
chargeable 70 former years, and that made
| 100000 OF surplus. Teen the S50OOt,0O0 OF
sinking fund might very well be added, tnd that
would make $1,000 OOO OF surplus. We had also
bought $50, 0CO, 900 of bonds. Every bond bought
diminished the interest paid from The perma-
nent annual appropriations, which embraced the
interest on the pubic debt. Mr.. Beck conpii-
mented Senator Allison for his fairness and zeal
Chairman Of the Committee on Apprcpria-
tiocs, declaring that all matters in that COM
mittee had been determined upon their merits
and not with regard TO partisan consderat ons.
Mr.. Hale said that every particle of the tesi-
mony taken by the committee before the
world. 1t had been taken with open doors and
the reporters invited 70 be present He
asked why the Senator from kentucky had not
brought some member Of the administration
before the committee, as he was entitled 10 do,
10 explain disclosures that were bought forth.
The witness designated as q tramp was gen.
tleman, 10 who's reslectability the Senator's
from Indiana would tes ify if present.
Mr. Blackburn said the whole case before the
committee when in New York in reference TO
three men. One of these was deaf doctor, who
could not hear tie perjury OF the two other wit
nesses-two brothers. Both Of these sugar
thieves ought 10 have been born III the peniten-
tiary instead Of being put into high and respon-
sible positions by the Republican administra-
ton. There stood those two brothers swearing
10 the transfer of real estate-which affected the
whole question-and the deaf fellow, who they
swore bought it, swore point-blank that they
lied from beginning to end. The same character
of,testimony was taken in Baltimore and Phila-