The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-28
NO SURPLUS.


The surplus 10 the treasury has dwindIed
during one year Of republican administra-
ton from $rfo,ooo,ooo to less than $4o,-
ooo,nco aud the spoiiation OF public funds
everywhere contemplated by the party In
power will not be long IN reducing the
"yaunied surplus TO feminiscence. Ex-
Speaker Carlisle has made careful sur
vcy Of the financial outlook for the Plum
Dea,sy which shows the reckless extrava-
gance Into which Metropolitan party pur.
poses to plunge the country. Mr.. Carlisle
detailed the new pension legislation with
the enormous expenditures involved which
was given 10 the readers Of the Ptas DIAL
er some days ago in en Interview with
Representative Morrill,, chairman Of the
pension committee. Summarized II IN
cludes the repeal Of the limitation OF ar :
rcarages act, SAT-. 100000; service pension
bill. Sf44,ooo,ooo; the bill TO pension ex-
prisoners Of war al the rate Of 81 per day
for each day Of imprisonments, $1,000
900; the dependent pension bill now un
der discussion Ia the senate, $5o,ooo,ooo !,
the bill increasing pensions Of certain class
from $50 TO S71 per month (which has al
eady passed the House, 100000. Other
pension ilIs,Including one to pension army
nurses at the rate Of sss per month, $3o,-
100000. "The bills enumerated" said
Mr.. Carlisle, "wlll, II passed, add $7oS.ooo.-
600 to the $iosooo,ooo now expended for
pensions. Besides these pension bills
there Il bin to refund the direct tax, $I7,-
600 600; the bill TO subsidize owners of
South American steamships companies for
period OF ten years, $6,ooo,ooo the first
year and $i.ooo'ooo each year thereafter;
a bill which has already been reported TO
the senate appropriating $4,000, 900 for
coast defences, Of which $7I,ooo,ooo are
to be expended during the ensuing year,
and blu sppropriatlng 100000, 600 for
the construction Of vessels and naval
armament. Then their Is me Blair educa.
tionai BILL which Is on the eve Of being
passed by the senate, $77,ooo,oco. and the
French spolIatlon claims, which will GER
tslhly be allowed by the present congress
and which some estimate as high as $4o,-
100000"
"what Is ti.e present condition CT the
national finances"
.Even II there should be no reduction Of
revenue by revision Of the tariff or the
repeal OF The tobacco tar. the secretary Of
the treasury estimates.in his official report
the total receipts of the government from
all sources for the next fiscal year at
$38s 200. 900. and he estimates the total
expenditures already provided b. lay, In.
cludIng the sinking fund, at $34r 100000,
leaving surplus Of S45,ooo,ooo. But II
already apparent that The appropriations
or the ordinary expenses Of the govern
mens for the next fiscal year will be large.
ly In excess OF the secretary's estimate.
Il has been stated on the floor Of the
House bY republican members OF the ap-
propriatlons committee that s44s,ooo,ooo
viii be required 10 meet the regular de
mands Of the government, and II this Is
correct there will be deficit of $4,000
600 instead Of surplus. suppoaing none
Of The extravagan. appropriations ! have
mentioned are made
do you think many OF them will be
passed."
.sOf course I, Is impossible for me TO say
what bills win be passed, but they show
what wide range the republican treasury
raids ars taking. and one thing Is certsin
and the country ought to understand II,
they will be passed II the republican party
desires to pass them. Il controls the
senate, the House and the president, and
such rules have been formulated that DEM
ocrats can neither defeat nor delay any
measures which the majority may see
proper to pass. Pension bills are privi
legged and can be taken up any day and
passed. II repeated pledges made TO
soldiers and other classes by the republican
party are not redeemed at this session Il
viii be simply because the leaders Of the
party in their inner eouciences neither de-
sire nor purpose to redeem them. All OBJ
structions are cleared away and II when
this session closes any republican notes
have gone TO protect Il VIII be because the
leaders have deliberately declined to honor
them. The time and opportunity have
arrived and the republican party must
take the whole responsibility for action or
nonactiou. Il Is true that the passage of
these bills, or any considerable pert of
them, would make II absolutely necessary
to impose additional taxes upon the people,
but the republican party knew t.iis just
as well when II made It's promises to
soldiers as Il knows II now and therefore
\ cannot shlrk the responsibility on that
ground. All through the last campaign
the democrats insisted that the redemption
Of promises made by the republican party
would bankrupt the treasury and require
large increase either In taxation or the
public debt. The day Of reckoning has
come. cleveland PlaiadaaIer.