The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-20

Ex.Congressman Cannon and Senator
Allison have fired a broadside ct the
Democratic critics OF the late Congress,
which will doubtless bs very effective,
I and ought to close the mouths Of the
self constituted watch-dogs Of the Treas
try who are "deploring the extrava'
Cance" of the Republican majority. The
leaders of the majority who are frantic
ally shrieklng that the extrayagant ap'
propriations have bankrupted the Treas
ury have failed to tell the public that
the great appropriations were made
necessary by the debts incurred by the
Cleveland administration, but Mr.. Gan
non does 1t in statement which he hal
prepared for the public, from which We
extract the following facts and figures
During tho FlItieth Congress, covering tho fS
cal wears Of IsS0 1880, the total appropriated io
Hsrictlture, army, diplomatic and consular
District OF Columbia, fertilization, Indian, lcgls
Guiding deiicIencIesl, poatollce, rivers and hat
boTs and suudry civil was SSiS.sl 80. 10 Lnii
odd deficIenSies, exclusive Of pensions, s2i,
Slj 9Oi; miscellaneous, S0i26 81: Permaueh
annual appropriations, S2'EsJ I ~, Rvlng l,
covered In the Fifty lpt CougreSI embrlcinl
ne hScai years OF iS9l.lS92, and result IN thu
grand total OF SgSs 10. The net apparent In
crease OF the last Congress over the one before Il
Is Sl7O,it6,2G9. =. 49,. n.,,.o,
says that there should be added 70 the approprl
atoms OF tho Fiftielh Congress and deducteC
from the appropriations Of the Fifty INST Con
gress the sum Of 1897 10 meet me knoWE
deficiency for payment Of pensions In the ap
pFOpTlations mad0 by tho former Congress
"a Mt. Cannon cites the fact ulat during
the first two years Of President HarrISOn's I'D
niniStratlon over s26S 900 900 Of the treasury sur
Mus was applied 10 paying the pubic DEBT
while during the EAme period OF the Cleveland
administration but il,hSG.5OO was applied. IL
conclusion Mr. Cannon says:
TVYlse legislation, appropriation and admins
tration have, gone hand IN hand togetnsE 10
answer liberal appropriations wisely m9he ant
aiuIulSlered. II was the policy OF the pas
Congress 10 decrease taxation and 70 avoid tue
accumulation Of surplns revenue. ~ me treas
and the near future will show the wisdom ofoul
policy. We can afford 10 await tho operation Of
that legislation"
Equally strong is the showing made
in Senator Allison's statement. He
proves by the records that a large pro-
portion OF the appropriations were to
cover deficiencies left by the Cleveland
administration. Particularly is this true
regarding the pension appropriations,
One item OF increase ($22,6Gs. S23) wal
due to the expansion and growth of the
postal service throughout the country
another was to pay the enormous ex'
penss Of taking the census, an item
which comes but once in ten years
another was for the Worlds Fair; an
other for the payment Of French spolia-
ton claims. Notwithstanding all these
necessary increases, aud others made
necessary by Democratic deficiencies,
the deficiency appropriations were
81, 726, 284 less than those of the Fiftieth
Congress, and the miscellaneous appro'
priations OF the late Congress show a
decrease of $O.l5O,22l over those OF its
predecessors.
Demagogues who are bowling about
Republican extravaganza are careful to
neglect stating these facts, but the truth
will be made known to-the people,
nevertheless.