St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19
NATIONAL EXPENSES,
Statements Regarding Appro-
priations by Messrs. Can
non and Allison.
Amounts Given in Detail and
Reasons Put Forward in
Explanation.
Applications Rapidly Filing
For Relunding g Of Direct
Tax.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Re-
covering--W ashington
General News.

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General News.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-BefOre the
FiftY-first congress adjourned authority
was given Senator Allison and MIR. Can
non, chairmen respectively of the senate
and house committees Oh appropria-
tionS. 10 prepare statements for inser-
ton i'll the Record showing the amounts
appropriated by the last congress. and
the increases or decreases of appropria-
ton compared with the Fiftieth con-
gresS. These statements have been care
fully prepared, and show in detail how
the public money has been expended.
The statement prepared by Nr. Cannon
shows the amounts apprOpra ed during
the Fiftieth and Fitty-tirSt congresses
under the several bills to have aggre-
gated as follows. During the Fittieth
congress, covering the fiscal years of
1SS9-1o90, the total appropriation for
agriculture, army, diplomatic and con-
Sular, District of Columbia, fOrtifica-
ton, Indian, legislative. military acad-
emy, navy, pensions Gncludlng defc-
cIencleS). pOstOtfice. rivers and harbOrS.
and sundry civil was S548, 8,Sll ,445.
10 this is added deficiencies, eX-
elusive OF pensions, 1888, 901; miscel-
laneOuS, $50. At, ,657; permanent annual
appropriations S224. .33l, ,S54, giving q
grand total of S2l7, 1863, ,S59. The same
Items are covered i'll the kIfty-tirst con-
gress, embracing the fiscal years of 1891
1892, and result in the grand total of
1888, 40, l29 The
Net Apparent Increase
of the last congress over the one before
it is Sl7O, ,446. 269. Mr.. Cannon. IN an ap-
pendiX to these figures, SAWS that there
should be added to the appropriations of
the Fiftieth congress and deducted from
the appropriations of the Fifty
first congress the sum of So
321, ,907 to meet the known def
cheney for payment of pensions in the
appropriations made by the former con-
gress. Mr.. Cannon then argues against
increasing the number OF committees
having charge of appropriation bills,
and says the system of distributing the
appropriation bills among various com
mitteeS is vicious and tends TO eXtrava-
gance in appropriations. He thinks
one committee of the house should be
charged with the preparation of the
INDUCES the hope that the incoming
Democratic predecessor and commit the
general appropriation bills to one COM
mittee. He cites as an example of the
unWiSdom of having many apprOpria-
ton committees the Indian appropria-
tiOn bill of the past session, prepared by
aud under the parliamentary control of
the committee on Indian affairs, and
adds: The senate placed upon the In
dian appropriation bill, by way of
amendment. an item of legislation and
appropriation giving to the ChOctaW
and Chickasaw Indians, in round num-
beaS,
Three Millions of Dollars
for supposed equity in certain lands in
the Indian territory, which equity the
secretary of the interior states does nOt
exist, and which, if it does exist. is OF no
value. This amendment was carried in
the senate and house. In my opinion
the result can only be explained by the
action of the minority. on the suppOSi-
ton that they were not responsible. and
| am satisfied it would not have been
accomplished if the Indian appropria-
tion bill. with all the other general ap-
preparation bills, had been under the
parliamentary control of one committee
on appropriations.
Chairman Allison, in his statement,
gives SOUl6WNdL Ill utUdll lilG ItdSOIlS
which operated in the several appropri-
alton acts to increase expenditures au-
thOriZed by the present congress over
those of its predecessor. He says an
increase of Ali, 473 under the agri-
cultural appropriation act was caused
by the establishment of agricultural
experiment stations, and the trans
fer of the weather bureau from
the war department. In the army
appropriation bill the small increase of
S32 OS5 was for the expenses of recruit
ing, and in the diplomatic and consular
service reduction of $40. 80 was made.
An increase of s637, $40 for the District
of Columbia was for the police depart
ment, street Improvement and public
schools, and under tOrtificatiOn an in
crease of 1902, IA was for continuing
the construction of
Mortar Batteries
for the defence of Boston, New York,
San Francisco and other f1arbOrs, and
for the new gun factory at Watervilet,
n, Y. In the Indian bill an increase of
S7,307, 146 was made to carry into effect
recent treaties negotiated with various
Indian tribes. An increase of 81, ,456.-
633 under the legislative, executive and
judicial branch of the government was
for clerical force in the various depart
HOhlSs uldluly III CuC pcISlOH OlHCe. All
increase of $500, 900 was made i'll the in
ternal revenue, principally OH account
ofsthe expenses of inspection of sugar
upon which bounty is to be paid. The |
appropriations for the military academy |
were less than those made by the last
congress by $780, ,449. The navy appro-
priationS show an increase OF S14,O42,-
344 for new ships for the navy and the |
improvement OF plants at the navy |
yards. Pensions show an increase of |
S113.312, ,35l, including deficiencies made |
by the Fifty-firSt congress over the |
Fiftieth congress. This increase was |
caused in part by the failure of the |
present congress to make sufficient ap-
preparations for pensions for the year |
1890, leaving deficiency of S25. .321, ,9O7 |
to be provided for. An increase of S22,- |
66S,343, under the postoffice bill, was
due to the growth and expansion of the |
service throughout the country. The |
Dor improvements, was due to enlarged |
appropriations for some of the principal |
Works of Improvement
in progress, such as the Mississippi and |
Missouri river improvements. The in |
crease for sundry civil expenses of S15,- |
$50, 499 was for the river and harbor i'm |
provements; expenses of the eleventh |
census; public buildings; government !
printing office; home for disabled vol
unteer soldiers; military posts: for |
artificial limbs for soldiers; for the |
worlds fair: for the Iife-saving service:
for recoinage of silver coins; quarantine |
service.
The deficiency appropriations, exclu-
sive of pension deficiencies, we're ST.
126 2f4 less than those made Inv fha Eif