People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-09
December about $4,000 600 q, reveru. .,,,,

NVuiu HNfO UGH VOlecteu upon imported sugars
II the duty had been maintained, has gone into
the pockets Of the people and not into the pub
lie treasury, as before II there are any who
still think that the surplus should have been
kept out OF circulation by boarding Il In the
treasury, or depositing II In banks with.
out interests while the government con.
tinued 10 pay the very banks interest
upon the bonds deposited as security for the
deposits, or who think that the extended per.
sion legislation was apublic robbery, or that
the duty on sugar should have been maintained.
am content TO leave the argument where Il
now rests while We wait 10 see whether these
criticisms will take the form OF legislation.
The revenues OF the fiscal year ending June
30, 1892, from oil sources, were As5, sSs 200 %
and the expenditures for all purposes were
Sl5,9jS sO55j, leaving balance OF 1854 ISs6s
There was paid during the year upon the pub
iedebt AO57O, 1875. Thesurplus in the treasury
and the bank redemption fund, passed by the
act OF July IA, 1891 to the general fund, fur.
nished In large part the cash available and
used Tor the payments made upon the public
debt. Compared with the year 1891. our re.
ceipts from customs duties fell on si2 06e 2il o.
While our receipts from internal revenue in.
creased Is, 2si,s!3l3 leaving the net loss of
revenue from these principal sources SS3,7sI..
ilLS The net loss Of revenue from all sources
was Sc, 675, 9Rsi.
The revenues estimated and actual, for the
year ending June 30, 1893, are placed by the
secretary al s463, 80, $50 a, and the expendi.
lures at ;4jl, SSj, $50 a, showing a surplus OF
receipts over expenditures Of 5000 600 The
cash balance IN ha Al.
scal year IL is estimated will be so 1872, s7 .O2
so lar as these figures are based on estimates
OF receipts and expenditures for the remaining
months Of the current fiscal year. there are
not only the usual elements OF uncertainty bu,
some added elements. New revenue legislation
or even the expectation OF II, may seriously re.
duce the public revenues during the period OF
uncertainty and during the press OF business
adjustment to the new conditions when they
become known. But the secretary has very
wisely refrained from guessing as to the effect
OF possible changes in sur revenue laws since
the scope OF those changes and the time Of their
taking effect cannot in any degree be forecast
or foretold by him His estimates must be
based upon existing laws and upon a continu-
once OF existing business conditions except so
far as these conditions may be affected by
causes other than new legislation.
The estimated receipts for the fiscal year
June 30, 1898, are 1890, l9l, 1855 80, and the esti
mated appropriations 1857 96l, So .S3, leaving an
estimated surplus Of receipts over the ex
penditures OF s32SG)03005 This does not in.
clude any payment 10 the sinking fund. In the
recommendation Of the secretary that the sink.
ing fund law be repealed / concur The re.
demption OF bonds since the passage OF the law
TO June 30, 1852, has already exceeded the re-
quirements by the sum Of $500, ol0, 6sL 49, The
retirement Of bonds in the future before ma
turlty should be matter OF convenience not OF
compulsion We should not collect revenue for
that purpose, but only use any casual surplus
To the balance OF 3.,S60,0]JO5 Of receipts over
expenditures for the year 1894 should be added
the estimated surplus at the begin.
ming OF the year, SCOPE, S71O2 and from this
aggregate there must be deducted, as stated by
the secretary, about Ai 900, 900 OF estimated un.
expended appropriations.
The public confidence in the purpose and abil.
ity OF the government TO maintain the parity of
all our money issues, whether coin or paper,
must remain mistaken The demand for colo
in Europe and the consequent calls upon us
are in considerable degree the result OF the
efforts OF some Of the European governments
to increase their gold reserves, and these ef
forts should be met by appropriations upon our
part The conditions that have created this
drain OF the treasury gold are in an important
degree political and not commercial. In view
OF the fact that general revision Of our rev
enue laws in the near future seems TO be
nrOhahla II tVn1tld ha fbat
should be part of that revision rather than OF
temporary nature.
During the last fiscal year the secretary pur
chased under the act Of July IA, 1890 81, 1856 7is
ounces OF silver and issued in payment thereof
Sl, sos in notes The total purchases since
the passage Of the act have been l2l, 47a, $751;
ounces and the aggregate OF notes issued.
sll67o35e0 The average price paid for
silver during the year was "a cents per
ounce, the highest price being sl.O2I
July |, 1891 and the lowest 1888 March q, 1892
In view OF the fact that the monetary confer.
ence Is now sitting and that no conclusion has
rs yet been reached withhold any recommen
dalton upon this subject
THE WAR OFFICE
The report OF the secretary OF war brings
again 10 the attention Of congress some impor
tant suggestions as to the reorganization OF
the infantry and artillery arms OF the service
which his predecessors have before urged that
they be pressed Our army is small but its or
ganization should all the more be put upCS the
most approved modern basis. The conditions
upon what we have called the frontier" have
heretofore required the maintenance OF many
small posts, bur now the policy OF concentra-
ton is obviously the right one The new posts
should have the proper stragetic relations to
the only frontiers" we now have those OF the
seacoast and OF the northern part Of our south
ern boundary do not think that any question
OF advantage in localities, or states, should de-
terlnine the location OF the new posts. The
organization and enlargement OF the bureau of
military information which the secretary has
Effected is work the usefulness of which will
become every year more apparent The work OF
building heavy guns and the construction OF
coast defenses has been well begun and should
be carried on without check
JUSTICE
The report Of the attorney-general is
by law submitted directly to congress,
but / cannot refrain from saying that he
has conducted the increasing work OF
the department Of justice with great profes.
sional skill he has in several directions Sc
cured from the courts decisions making in
creased protection to the officers Of the United
States and bringing some classes Of crime that
escaped TO punishment in the tribunals Of the
United States, where they could be tried with
impartiality.
The numerous applications for executive
clemency presented in behalf Of persons con-
victed in the United States courts and given
penitentiary sentences have called my atten-
ton to fact referred 10 by the attorney-gen-
eral in his report, namely that o time
allowance for good behavior for such
prisoners is prescribed by the federal
statutes only where the state in which the pen.
itentiary is located had made no such provision.
Prisoners are given the benefit OF the proyi-
sions OF the state law regulating the peniten-
tiary 10 which they may be sent These are
various, some perhaps too liberal and some per.
haps too illiberal The result is a sentence for
five years means one thing II the prisoner Is
sent to one state for confinement and quite q
different thing II he is sent TO another. l rec
and fsrntf "a -