Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-09
Watchdog Holman's Account
of His Stewardship.
A Saving of Many Dollars to
Uncle Sam.
The Democratic Retrenchment Policy
Is success.
Appropriations of the Session OF Con-
gress just Ended summarized--A
Big Reduction in the Pub
lie Expenditures.
Px the Associated press.l

By the Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.--By authority
of the house, Holman will print speech
in the congressional record tomorrow,
dealing with the appropriations made
at the last session of congress. from a
Democratic standpoint. He says:
"The appropriations made at this ses-
sion OF congress, including the perma-
nent appropriations, show a reduction
OF $S3, ,529, ,291 over the appropriations OF
the last session of the last congress, or
a reduction equivalent to 500, ,000
to each congressional dietrict in
the United States; but for the
purposes of comparison, the amount
of the river and harbor bill, S21, 153, ,21S
should be deducted from the appropria.
tions of this session, for the reason that
no river and harbor bill was passed at
the last session OF. congress, against the
appropriations of which those made at
this session should logically be con.
trasted. Without the river and harbor
bill, the appropriations of this session
are $54. .682, 300 less than the whole ap-
preparations made at the second session
of the fifty-frst congress"
This is how Holman reaches his con-
illusions: For the second session of the
fifty-frst congress tire total. az
stated in the official tables, is $525, ,018,- :
872.75. Add the amount estimated
by the treasury under the indefinite
items in the sundry civil act for pay and
bounty claims, s9S5,000; add the
amount estimated by the treasury as re-
quired under indefinite appropriations
to refund direct tax, $15 ,227 900, and
the total is $541, ,290, ,672 The fret ses-
sion total, as stated in the official tables,
is $463, 1893 $40; add the expenditures
reported by the treasury under indefi-
mite items in the sundry civil act, for
pay and bounty claims, 81 1861, ,059; add
the expenditures reported by the treas.
ury under permanent appropriations
made during the last congress, and not
included in the official tables,
| $29, ,695, ,878, and the total ia
| $494, ,456, ,24S. This makes the total
appropriations sof the fifty-firet
fcongrgss, 81 ,635, ,6S6. .92f. an average ap-
preparation by the Fifty-First congress,
for each of it's two sessions, of $517, ,843,-
400. The total appropriations made at
this session amount to $507 ,70l $3.50, in
cluding the river and harbor bill, being
$33 ,529, ,291 less than those made at the
last session of congress, and deducting
the river and harbor bill, reduction of
$54 1852, 300, and in contrast with the
average appropriations for the two seq
sions of the last congress. the reduction
is $40, ,142. .080. 1
Holman states that $79, ,527, ,602 of the
appropriations made at the session just
ended, were, pursuant to laws, such as
sugar bounty, pensions, etc., enacted by
the preceding congress. He adds: "I
admit that the results of the present
session of congress will not fully meet
the expectations of the Democratic
party, but there are facts that the coun-
try will consider in comparing the ap-
those of the last congress-
Representative Henderson, of Iowa,
the senior Republican member of the
house appropriations committee, re-
views the appropriations of the
past session as follows: The ap-
preparation bills, as they passed
the house at this session, without in
Guiding any contracts or re-appropria-
tions, ETC., are $2l, 1856, ,820 greater than
the appropriations of the first session of
the fifty congress, as they passed
the house. Including the appropria-
tions for pensions, purposely left for the
senate to add, they are $33, ,S4S, ,104
greater. The appropriations of the
first session of the fifty second
congress-, without contracts, etc.,
exceed the average of the last
congress $S, FAC, 1858. The appropriations
and authorized contracts, etc., of this
session exceed the same OF the first ses-
sion of the last congress $102, ,270 $3.50.
The appropriations of the last session OF
the fifty-second congress, without con-
tracts, etc., exceed the first session Of
the ffty-frst congress, without con.
tracts, ETC., SAT, 1882, 800; the total appro-
priations, without contracts, of this
session are $507 ,70l $3.50; the total appro-
priations of this session, with author
| lied contracts, are $500, 339, ,251.
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