Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1888-08-31
The Expenditures Under Democratic
Rule Said to Exceed Those of
Former Administrations.
The House Takes Up and Considers
the Bill Relating to the Okla
hOma Lands.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.

offered by Mr.. Hoar last Friday with an
amendment thereto offered by Mr.. Ed
munds, calling on the president for copies
of all remonstrances made by his direction
against unfair treatment by the British
government Of American citizens, etc., was
agreed to. The senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the conference report on
the sundry civil service app ropriation bill
and was addressed at considerable length
by Mr. Allison i'll explanation OF it and in
ageneral defense OF the action of the SEN
ate appropriation committee and of the
senate itself as contrasted with that of the
house. He referred to the distinction ap.
parently made by the president in ap-
proving bills for public buildings in demo-
cratic states and disappearing similar bills
in republican states. When Mr.. Allison
had gone over in e general way the differ
ences between the two houses on the sun
dry civil bill, he said he would not let the
opportunity pass without making some OBJ
servations on all OF the appropriation bills.
1t was a singular thing, he said, that
nearly two months OF the current tlscal
year had gone by without congress
reaching conclusion on several i'm.
portant appropriation bills. This was in
no sense the fault of the senate committee
on appropriations or of the senate. He
proceeded to state in detail the additions
Which the senate has made to the various
appropriation bills and to defend and
justify them as necessary for the proper
conduct OF the government and as having
been urged upon the senate committee
on appropriations by the various heads OF
departments. This was in reply to the
statement recently made by Mr.. Mills in
public speeches. He stated that the total
appropriations for the current year (not
including what are termed the s.perma-
nent appropriations would amount to
$S06,0O0OOO, but including the permanent
appropriations they would amount to
S42l 100000, and that the estimated rev.
enue would be S$s440,OOO,O0O or nearly s19-
100000 more than the expenditures. The
expenditures OF the government for the
tour years OF Mr.. Cleveland's administra-
ton exceed by S95O00O0O the expenditures
1or the four years OF Mr.. Garfield and Alr
Arthur's administration. He mentioned
this tact in reply to Mr.. Thurman's recent
speech characterizing the appropriations
OF congress as m0nstrous. Mr.. Hale said
that one by one the illusions about the
present administration faded; one by
one its pretentions were exploded.
The speech OF the senator from Iowa had
exploded the assumption that the present
administrator was an economical one.
Mr.. Beck explained and defended tho
democratic expenditures. When money had
been spent for navy we had got navy
to show for it, Prior to the democratic ad-
mlnlstrati0n hundreds of millions had been
spent and we got nothing. We (the demo-
crats) had had no star routes, no post
traderships and no venalty that we knew
OF, but we were spending annually 100000
OOO for pensions, and if the president had
vetoed the dependent pension bill about
which there was such howl it would have
been $150,OOO, ,O00-perhaps S2OO,OoO,OOO.
The increase of this years appropriations
over those OF last year were accounted for
perhaps entirely by the deficiencies. the
river and harbor bill and the guns and
armament We had more lighthouses than
AOAiAA0AAy: AAO ScolOSlcdl survey cost
more than it did last year. Take the S2o-
100000 Of surplus, add to it 10000, 900 from
the river and harbor bill and s8OOOOoO
from the deficiencies chargeable to former
years and that makes $4,000, 1000
OF surplus. Then S5O,O0o,OOO Of
sinking fund might very well
be added and that would make 100000 900
of surplus. We had bought S5O,OOOOOO Of
bonds. MIR. Beck reviewed the general
financial situation and complimented Sen
ator Allison for his fairness and zeal as
chairman of the committee on appropria-
tions. declaring that all matters in that
committee had been determined upon their
fairness and merits and not with regard to
partisan considerations. Mr.. Blackburn
took Mr.. Hale to task because of his ar
raignment Of the administration and called
attention to the testimony taken before
Hale's committee to toinvestigate the civil ser
vice law. He charged that Hale didn't dare
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