The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-08
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
A BIG OUT IN EXPENSES TO BE
MADE BY CONGRESS.

A Saving CT at Least sos, 100000 to
Be Made by the Present Con gress
over the Appropriations of the
Famous Billion Dollar Aggregation.
sone of the Leading Items.
WASHINGTON, May TN view Of the
fact shat the regular annual appropriation
bills are now in such condition as to war
rant an estimate OF the total amount Of ex-
panditure which will be authorized at the
present session Of congress, Mr.. Ssyers of
Texas, a prominent member of the appro-
priations committee in conjunction with
the clerk of the committee, has prepared for
the use of the speaker a statements Of the
appropriation made by these bills. Mr..
Savers to-day made the following explana-
ton of this statement: THE ap-
priations at the first session of
the Fifty-flrst congress aggregated
1892, 961 ,O9s. This did not include an
appropriation for the sugar bounty, S10,-
900, 0O0, and for dependent pensions, $780,
367 Cos, making the sum Of SAG 1867 sos,
which the present congress must provide
for because Of laws which were enacted
during the first session of the Fifty-f1rst
congress. Our estimate Of the appropria-
tions TO be made at the present session OF
congress =" said Mr.. Sayers, lis $485 800, 499.
None of the regular appropriation bills
have become laws, and but two urgent de-
fciency bills, amounting to 81 ,068, 305, have
passed, and 1t may be assumed that this
total may be increased or diminished before
the several bills become laws. In making the
estimate l believe that have made liberal
allowance for oil proper expenditures.
A COMPARISON.
"The appropriations at the short session OF
the last congress amounted to $54l, AL ,672.
It will be borne In mind that there was no
river and harbor bill passed during that ses-
sion, while the pending river and harbor
bill involves an appropriation as reported to
the House of 81, 290,975 Ny reason for
adopting as basis of comparison with the
expenditures of this congress the appropria-
tions made at the short session OF
the Fifty-hrst congress is that
it became necessary then as now
TO appropriate $46, 1861, sos on account of
pensions and the sugar bounty, which were
not provided for In the appropriations Of
the first session Of the last congress. Sup
posing that the appropriations of the short
session of the present congress do not ex-
coed those of the present session proportion
ately, they will aggregate, including the
river and harbor bill, $500, $50, 499 as COM
pared with the appropriations OF the short
session of the Fifty-hrst congress aggregat-
ing S541, AL ,612, being difference OF more
than $50, 900, 900 in favor Of the last ses-
sion of the present congress. The total
appropriations of the Fifty-first congress
were 81, 00S, 900 900, and this statement,
which l have prepared, shows that the total
appropriations to be made by the present
congress will be less by about S63 ,000, 900
than those of the Fifty-frst congress. The
estimate for the revenue for the next fiscal
year submitted by the Secretary Of the
Treasury is 1856, 900, 000 which will mean a
deficiency in the revenues as compared with
the expenditures Of about $50, 000, 900. The
estimate OF our appropriations for this
session - 1886, $40, 400 y includes provision
for the sinking fund Of GAS, 900. 900. OF course,
in view Of the expected deficiency in the
revenue the operations of the law relative
TO the sinking fund must be suspended DUR
ing the next year, as 1t has already during
the present year to the extent Of about
$40. 000, 000."
Ex-Speaker Reed ridicules Mr.. Sayers
estimate and says it is as misleading as q
democratic platform, and that it will be well
70 await final action upon the appropris-
ZION bills before making comparison.