St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-09
The Watch Dog Of the Treas
ury Figures a Little on
Appropriations.
Republican Lies Regarding
Democratic Extravaganza
Are Torn to Tatters.
Appropriations Of the Fifty
Second Smaller Than
the Fifty-First.
Republican Enactments That
Forced Democrats to Make
Appropriations.

Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Sly aulhori ty
OF the house of representatives, Mr..
Holman will print a speech in the Con-
gressional Record tomorrow dealing
with the appropriations made at
the last session of congress
from the Democratic standpoint. Mr..
Holman'S statement differs materially
from that made by Senator Allison
last week. He says: The ap-
preparations made at this SEES
sion of congress. including permanent
appropriations. show a reduction of
$50, 529,291 under the appropriations
made at the last session of the last con-
gress. or reduction equivalent to
100000 to each congressional district
in the United States. but for the pur-
poses of comparison the amount of the
river aid harbor bill-S21, 153, 613-
should be deducted from the appropria-
tons of this session. for the reason
that no river and harbor bill
was passed at the last session of con-
gress against the appropriations of
which those made at this session
should logically be contrasted. With
out the river and harbor bill the
appropriations of this session are
s54,6S2,9O9 Less
than the whole appropriations made at
the second session of the ffty-fisrt con-
gress. This is how Mr.. Holman reaches
his conclusion: Second session of the
ffty-first congressional, as stated
i'll the official tables, S525,O1S,672.
Add amount estimated by treasury
under indefinite items in Sundry civil
act for pay and bounty claims, 1885, 900.
Add amount estimated by treasury
as required under indefinite ap-
preparations to refund direct tax,
SIS, 900. Total, S541, 230.672. First
session: Total as stated in official
tables, s463, 59S,5lO. Add expenditures
reported by TREASURY under
dGG;7 OFT items for in now sun dry
county claims 81, 362.o59. Add expendi-
lures reported by the treasury under
permanent appropriations made during
the last congress. and not included in
official tables, S29,695,67S; total, 1884,
456, PAS.
Reached a Billion.
Total appropriations Fifty-first con-
gress, 81, 035, 6S6,92l. Average appropri-
ations by the Fifty-first congress for
each of its two sessions, $5i7. S43, AGO. The
total appropriations made at this session
amount to S507, 70l. $50. including the
river and harbOr bill, being $50, 529, 29I
less than those made at the last session
of congress. and, deducting the
river and harbor bill, the re-
duction is 54,6S2, UO9, and in
contrast with the average appropria-
tons for the two sessions of the last
congress, the reduction is $40, 142, OSO.
Mr.. Holman. states that S79. ST.
6O5 of the appropriations made
pursuant to laws (sueh h9 as sugar BOUNTY mt,e
pensions, etc. enacted by the pre-
ceding congress. He says: SIN other
words, but for the laws enact
ed during the last congress, the
appropriations at this session would be
9,527, 602 less than they are, and they
would amount only to S42S, 173, TIT, or
S1l3, 056, 1914 less than the appropriations
of the last session. and SCI, 49,, 40 less
than the appropriations of the first SeS-
sion OF the last congress-"
No New Buildings.
Mr.. Holman says that the Fifty-sec-
Ond congress has authorized the con-
struction of no new buildings; that its
appropriations were 2 per cent less
than the average Of the Fifty-first
congress; that more offices have
been abolished than were created, and
more salaries reduced. He adds: II adj
NIT that the results of the present ses-
sion of congress will not fully meet
nf hn 4
party, but there are facts that the
country will consider in comparing the
appropriations of the present session
with those of the last congress. He
charges enormous activity on the
part of powerful Hobbies, the union
of the administration and the
senate against the house in its efforts at
entrenehment. and asserts that the
house under these circumstances has
done fairly we'll, although the govern
ment would be administered as suffi-
GENTLY and more honestly if the reduc-
ton had been thrice as fast as it was
Henderssn's Homily.
Representative Henderson. of Iowa,
senior Republican member of the house
appropriation committee, reviews the
appropriations of the past session
as follows: "The appropriation
uiiio, do lNeS pdSSeu Tic mouse at
this session. without including any con-
tracts or reappropriations, ETC., are S21,-
SS5, $50 greater than the appropriations
of the first session of the Fifty-frst
congress as they passed the house.
Including appropriations for pension
purposes left for the senate TO add, and
they are S33, S4S, lO4 greater. The ap-
preparations of the first session
of the Fitty-second congress. with
out contracts, exceed the average
of the last congress IS, TAO, 35S. The APP
preparations of this session, including
authorized contracts, exceed the aver
age appropriations of the last congress,
with contracts, ETC., SCI, 9l2, 40. The ap-
preparations and authorized contracts
ETC., of this session exceed the same of
the first session of the last congress
Sl02, 270,3S0 The appropriations of the
last session Of the Fifty-second con-
gress without contracts, ETC., exceed
the FIST session of the Fifty-frst
congress without contracts. etc., So
6S2,500. Total appropriations without
contracts this session S507, 701 $3.50. Total
this session with author
lied contracts S564.339, Psi.