St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-08
SHAVING THE SCORE.
Interesting Statement Con-
cerning Congressional
Appropriations.
Savers. Of Texas, Exhibits an
Encouraging Contrast in
Figures.
peep-Water Channel Item Re-
tanned in River and Har-
bor Bill.
Representative. Castle Elo-
quently Defends the Big
Project.

WASHINGTON, May Tn view of the
fact that the regular annual appropria-
tion bills are now in such condition as
TO warrant an estimate of the total
amount OF the expenditures which will
be authorized at the present session of
congress. Mr.. SayerS, of Texas.
prominent member of the
appropriation committee, in con-
junction with the clerk of the
committee, has prepared for the use of
the speaker a statement of the appro
priations made by these bills. Mr..
Sayers today made the following CX-
PLANTATION of this statement: The ap-
propriations at the first session of the
Fifty-frst congress aggregated 1892
96l ,O9S. This did not include an apprO-
priation for sugar bounty-Sl0, ,000.00O-
and for dependent penSiOnS-S36, ,361, ,605
making the sum of SIG, ,367, COS which
the present congress must provide for
because of laws which were enacted
during the first session of the last con-
greSS. Our estimate OF the apprOpria-
tIons to be made at the present session
of congress" +" continued Mr.. Savers, us
S4S5, $50. .4G9 None of the regular ap-
preparation bills having become laws
and but two urgent deficiency bills.
amounting 10 S1.06S. sos. having passed,
1t may be assumed that this total may
be increased or diminished before the
several bills become laws. In making
the estimate, believe that have made
Liberal Allowance
for all proper expenditures. The ap-
propriauOnS at the short session of the
last congress amounted to S541, AL. 1862.
1t must be borne in mind that there was
no river and harbOr bill passed during
that session, while the pending river
and harbor bill involves an apprOpria-
ton, as reported to the house, of S2l,-
29O. g15.
My reason for adopting as basis of
comparison with the expenditures of
this congress the appropriations made
at the short session of the Eifty-tirSt
congress is that it became necessary
then as now to appropriate SIG, ,367, ,605
on account of pensions and sugar boun-
", which was not provided i'll the SeS-
sion Of the last congress. Supposing the
appropriations of the short session of
the present congress do not exceed
lnOS6 OF Tie senate p1OpOrIlOndtelE,I ,IneE
will aggregate, excluding the river and
harbor bill, $46O, ,499, as compared
with the appropriations of the short
session of the Fifty-tirSt con-
gress aggregating S541, ,441,627, be-
ing a difference of more than
$50, ,00O, 600 in favor of the last session of
the present congress. The total of the
Fifty-frst was S1,OOS, 100000, and this
statement which | have prepared shows
that total appropriations to be made by
the present congress are less by about
S63, O00. 600 than those of the Fifty-frst
congress.
The estimate of revenue for the next
fiscal year is S455, 100000. which will
mean a deficiency in revenues
as compared with expenditures of
about $4,000, ,O0O. The estimate
of our appropriations for this ses-
sion S4S5, ,S20, ,49J - include provision
for the sinking fund of S4S,00O,000. OF
course, in view of the expected def
cheney in revenue, the operations of the
law relative to the sinking fund must be
suspended during the next year, as it
baS been already during the present
year, to the extent of about S10.C00,000.