The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-11

cceded to executive, business. and when
tho doors were rc-opened, adjourned.
In the House.
The sundry civil bill created quite,a
stir in the house to-day. 1t was OK.
plainod that tho appropriation carried
BY tho bill is $4,000 900 less than that
carried BY existing law. Mr.. Cogswcll,
OF Massachusetts, asserted that the bill
had been reported prcmRturely to shut
many needed appropriations. and thus
reduce tho amount carried by the bill
Tor party purposes, pending a prcsi-
dental election. H0
Dir. Dingley, OF Maine, created some
surprise by stating. that the much
abused billion dollar Congress was not
entitled to the name, for tho cxpendi-
lures authorized by it would not exceed
S700,000,O00.
After tho reference OF few senate
bills and tho granting OF dozen leaves
oil absence the house went into commit
tee OF tho whole (Alr. Lester, of Iowa,
in the chair on the sundry civil appro.
prialion bill, general debate being lin
tied to five hours.
Mr.. Holman, OF Indiana. stated that
the amount appropriated BY the bill
was SO, loI, 1871 against an estimate OF
So, 1880, and an appropriation for
the current year Of S3S S,395, 1863.
A PARTISAN MEASURE.
Mr.. Cogweil, OF Massachusetts, said
that the bill was supposed to carry ap-
preparations for the sundry civil ex-
penses OF the government ior the fiscal
year 1893. Ii this session should be the
average length OF long session this bill
was fully three months in advance OF its
usual time. Whether it was reported
thus prematurely in order to shut out
appropriations for expenditures which
Congress might see ii to authorize, and
thus reduce the amount the bill carried
for party purposes, pending 4 Presiden-
tial election and in utter disregard of
public interest, was for the majority of
the committee reporting the bill to ex-
plain. 1t was claimed that the bill re-
duced the expenditures carried by the
existing law some Sl3,000000 But this
reduction had been made by refusing to
the country the appropriations which
were absolutely necessary. II lie was
to put Il motto at the heading OF this
bill, it would be: no saving. but post
poncment; no economy, but increased
expenditures in the end"
Mr.. .Dingley, OF Maine, attacked tho
bill rs not conforming to the require
!nents OF law and as paving the way to
large deficiency appropriations at the
second session. We were now within
two months OF the close OF the present
fiscal year for which the billion dollar
Congress had appropriated, and it was
impossible now 10 say-withiE very
small amount-what that Congress had
expended. What had it bcenP Had it
been billion dollars? No; almost
!S:3O0,000,0O0 short Of q billion dollars
Mr.. Dockery inquired whether the
gentleman meant to say that OF the
billion and eight million dollars ap-
propriatcd BY the last Congress butS700,-
100000 would be expended before the
close OF tho present fiscal year?
Mr.. Dinglcy denied in the first place
that any such amount had been appro-
nriatcd, and in the second place as
serted that the expenditures OF the
Fifty-iirst Congress would not exceed
S7G0,000,00O. :.aE 2.
The committee then rosc and the
house adjourned.