The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-19

The appropriations of the first session of
the Fifty-second congress in the lower
house. where the Democrats have major
ity of Isl, amount to $5O7. Ill, 1894, which
is more than 81, 600 600 greater than the
appropriations of the first session of the
last congress-.
The Democratic national platform
adopted at Chicago reads as follows: 1--WE
pledge the Democratic party, if it be in
trusted with power, to relentless OPPOSE
ton to the Republican policy of profligate
expenditure"
This RELENTLESS opposition" is expressed
in the expenditure of $44. 3O2, $50 more than
''the Republican profigacy." To keep
down the aggregate as much as possible
the expenditure of $41,212, 12l has been
authorized by contracts. for which no APP
preparation was made.
Adding the contracts and making COM
parison with the first session Of the last
congress, including the contracts which it
authorized, and the excess Of expenditures
authorized at the recent session is $102,.
270,3sO.
penditures nearly twice as great az those
passed by the previous congress.
Director Holman was always a notori-
Gus demagogue. and, true to his past
record. in order to make q showing of
Democratic reduction and retrenchment
in the total for the session, Mr.. Holman
compares that total with the figures for the
second session of the Fifty-first congress
instead of tho figures for tho first session.
Holman is utterly disingenuous in this
comparison, for he knows that many ap-
preparations will have to be made at the
next session which were purposely refused
by the House at the last one. These in
clude bills for indispensable Lighthouses, for
public buildings. for pensions. The appro-
priations for the government service were
cut down below its needs 30 severely that
Mr.. Allison declared in the Senate it
simply meant $19, 0O0,0O0 deficiency bill
at the next session. Nearly $4,000, 600
have been fastened upon the treasury that
do not appear on the face of the appro-
priation bills. and these contracts Mr..
Holman ignores.
At the first session of the Flfty-frst
congress the Republicans appropriated
$3S. Gil. 449 for deficiencies purposely
created by the previous Democratic House.
AT this session the Democrats appro-
priated $14,O65, 600 for deficiencies. Here
is a difference of s24. OOO, 900 more in favor
of the Republican House, bringing the
real difference, including contracts, up to
$126, 900, 600 in favor of the Republicans.
That is, allowing for deficiencies and con.
tracts, the Republicans at the first session
of the Fifty-first congress appropriated
Size, OOO, 600 less than did the Democrats at
the first session of the Fifty-second con-
gress. And among the. appropriations
made by the Republicans was $1,000, 600
for the census, tho refund of the direct
tax, a large amount for the completion of
naval vessels authorized by the Democrats
in previous congress, and for other such
purposes.
The Democratic House. pledged at the
start to economy. opposed a grant Of
100000 to the Worlds fair, and YET
voted for a most extravagant river and
harbor bill.
Ex-Speaker Reed silenced the Demo-
cratic war cry of ga billion congress"
when he remarked that ''if the Republic
ans were rascals, because at the first ses.
sion of the last congress they appropriated.
including contracts. $462,o6s. s7l, what is
to be said of the Democrats who appro-
priated, including contracts. 1854, 1885, 251
at the recent sesson?'