The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-28
REEDS CONGRESS.
Representative Dockery Shows
Wherein Chairman Cannon
Erred in His Statement of theAppropriations
of the Ffty-frst Congress, and He Shows
it Mott Conclusiyely.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 27.-Repre-
/ sentative Dockery, of Missouri, who made
statement of the appropriations before
Mr.. Cannon submitted his statement and
apology, has been reviewing Mr. Cannon's
work and has made comparative showing
of the appropriations made by the Fiftieth
Congress and the Fifty-frst, or Reeds.
MIR. Dockery, in explanation of his tabu-
lated statement says: sHfhese totals are
final and accurate, and disclose the enorm-
GUS aggregate Of 81 00S, 773, l29. 55 as the cost
OF Reeds Congress, being $3.50, 9O9, 269.75 in
excess of the appropriations of the Fiftieth
Congress. In other words, an average an
nual burden Of about IS. 10 on each one of
our 63 DOC, 900 Of population. 1t is also well
to remember in this connection the in
creased expenditures of thes F1ftieth Con-
gress over those OF its Immediate prede-
cessors were only ST, 621 ,369.29, while the
average increase for each Congress during
twelve years OF Democratic control in the
House, beginning with the Forty fourth
Congress, was only about $4,000, 900.
Chairman Cannon in his review of the ap-
preparations telegraphed to the country
under date of the 18th inst, states their
total at S9SS, 440, 1855, or $40 AGA, 900 less
than the amount given byme An analysis
OF his review reveals discrepancy of 800
46S, 900 in three items of the appropriation:
back pay and bounty to soldiers, the sugar
bounty and the amount carried by the di-
rect tax DILL. The provision for the pay
ment OF the bounty and back pay is indeti-
mite, no special amount being therein ex-
! pressed, so much therefor as is necessary
is hereby Appropriated is the language of
the law, ana it was thus enacted by the
Fifty first Congress, the Democrats dis
senting and insisting that specific sum
should be stated, and it had heretofore
been the practice. Mr.. Cannon's estimate
entirely disregards the provisions of the
law. Secretary Window estimates 81 1885,
0O0 as necessary to meet this liability for
the currentan and ensuing fiscal year. have
therefore included this amount in nv esti-
mate. The discrepancy as to the amount
necessary to pay the sugar bounty is
S3,OOO0OO. The original estimate of the
internal reXenue bureau called for S.. 600.
COO to discharge the liabilities imposed by
the Mckinley bill, but the revised estimate
of Commissioner Mason is not less than
slO,OC0,00O. This appropriation is indeti-
Mite and permanent and l have accepted
the latest estimate of the officials charged
with its disbursement
The remaining item of the controversy
is sl5, ,OO0 appropriated by the express
provisions of the direct tax bill Mr. Can
non's estimate wholly ignores this liability.
although it is in no sen Sc indefinite or un.
certain, as the books of the treasury de-
partment reveal the exact amount due to
each state. Indeed, the governor of New
York last Friday collected the amount due
that state and the balance due the other
states will be paid at an early date. l am
therefore unable to admit the omissions of
this very large item of appropriation from
the appalling aggregate of expenditures
authorized by the Fifty first Congress.
unless the purpose was to coerce the total
below the billion dollar limit. II this was
the intention, the footings Of the items of
appropriation forbid such result They
aggregate and must remain S1,O0S,-
I13, 1880, war footing as to expenditures
in time of nrnfnnnd neaca .