Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-06
TALK In THE SENATE.
The sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Made the Pretext for Several Po-
litical Speeches.
Allison and Hale Criticise the President
and Are Answered by Blackburn
and Beck.
Washington special.l

The Senate took up the conference report on
the sundry civil appropriation bill on Tuesday,
and as addressed at considerable length by Mr..
Allison In explanation OF IL and ia general de-
tense OF the action OF the Senate Appropriation
Committee and the Senate itself as contrasted
with that of the House. He criticised the Prest-
dents veto of the bill for a public building at
Sioux City. He then proceeded to analyze the
sundry civil appropriation bill, nearly every Item
OF which, he said, was inserted at the sol cita-
tion of Cabinet officer. general review OF the
situation regarding all the other appropriation
bills followed, the Senate additions to eacn
being explained and defended as necessary
for tho proper eonduet of tha Govarnment
Among other matters Mr.. Allison referred to
tho p nsion appropriation BILL Whicn lhe eenate
had increased by s., ,476,OOO because tbs pension
bu.eau ma estfInstsd TINT that amount would
be nee sssary TO ca ~ out the House provision
that widows OF tolGisrs should draw pensions
from the date Of their husbands death, not from
the date of the application. As 70 the river and
harbor bill, he panied how th9 LII OF TINS
se ,tion is The second bill that has passed in
four years. President Cleveland having vetoed
a river and harbor bill ePpropriasting SLIM
mated for SlO,OOO,000, but had said
that the chief Of engineers reported that S4O,-
100000 could be spent economically on tnese
great national works. II there had been a river
and harbor bill passed last year IL would nave
covered some 1000, and the river and har- M
Dor bill of this year, instead OF being 00o
| Not only that, but the deficiency bills passed
! aud to be passed at this session for the expen-
ditures Of the last fiscal year amounted 70 about @
1 -.
that had been forced into the appropriation DinS
| of this session. . 49,,
wear not including what are called the perma-
| nent appropriations" would amount 10 $50,
OOOOoO but including the permanent approPria-
| tions they would amount to S42O,OO,OOO, ana the
estimated revenue would be SAC, OOo or
| only $40 900 more than the expenolJuIes. ..
| Mr. Allison also furnished table to show tnat
| the expenditures Of the Government Tor the 1oul
| wears of Mr. Cleveland's administration exceed
by S95 900 the expenditures for the four years
Of Mr. Garfelds and Mr. Arthur admlnisIIs ll ~. Is.
Thurmans 3 recent speeches characteriztng th'
appropriations Of Congress as monstrous.
Mr. Hale attacked the civil-service record o
the admini stration which he said had prosti
tuted its Offices to the uses OF party politics a.
no other administration had ever done. ~
previous administration had ever so used IL
power to break down malcontents in its owl
party, and the speaker referred 10 testlnon
taken in Pennsylvania by the committee Q
which he was Chairman to show that men wer
rewarded with patronage to pay them for dc
serting Mr.. Randall.
Mr. Beck said that with the exception OF wv
wears we had Democratic House Of Represent
atives during all the time covered by the stett
ments submitted by Senator Allison, which ha
taken very great care that all administration 1uo
since the Democratic administration came int
power had been we'll expended, and the peopl
knew what had been done with Ine niTme, n,e;
dreds OF millions had been spent ana we &c
nothing. The Democrats had had no sta
routes, no post-tfadersIhps, anu no Nenr1heyl ~
wsre spending annually 500, OO,0O0 for pensions
and if the President had not vetoed the d'
pendent-pension bill II would have .ReeA.s1SV
this years approx riations over those OF lai
wear were accounted for, perhaps, entirely
Guns and ornaments. Take the S9O,UyO,UUU z
surplus, add TO it Sl2 100000 from the river an az
harbor and ss,OOOOOO from the dehciencit
, chargeable TO former years and tnat lnae ma
S4O 01O 900 of surplus. Then the S50,OOO,OOO
? sinking fund might very well be added, ana IN
> would make $4,000, 900 of surplus. We had al
boupht $50 600 900 of bonds Every BOND Doug
diminished the interest paid from the perrn
nent annual appropriations, which embraced y
interest ON the public debt. Mr.. Beck comp
> mented Senator Allison for his fairness anu ze
: as Chairman Of the Committee on ApPropri
3 ticns, declaring that all matters In that COZ
n mittee had been determined upon their meri
l. aud not with regard to partisan considerat OF
Mr. Hale said that every particle OF tne yes
mony taken by the committee was Deiore 7
world It had been taken & Titn IN open ps nrssent
n asked why the Senator from kentucky mad y
~ broupht some member OF the adminlstratl
II before the committee, as he was entlueu 70
,f TO explain disclosures that were DrouBnt IoI
The witness designated as tramp was y
l. tleman TO who's respectability the oenat'
70 from Indiana would testify II present;
MFR Blackburn said the whole case before
committee when in New York IN reference
the sugar trust turned upon tne tesIl.nony
n three men. One Of these was dear doctor, Y
=. could not hear tie perjury OF the Two otneI ~
10 nesses-two brothers. Both OF these SUI
in thieves ought to have been born IN the penit
! tiary instead of being put into high anu RESP
" tion. There stood those two brothers swear
to the transfer of real estate-which affeeted
whole question-and the dear IehoW' wno
x swore bought 1t, swore point blank thaI
?" lied from beginning to end Inc same chaI pS ~
of testimony was taken III DhIiloie "HN
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