The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-09
Mr.. HOLMAN'S REVIEW.
The Indiana Representative Gives
Congressional Figures.
THE ECONOMIES" OF CONGRESS
The Noted Cheese Parer Pares the Truth
Down Pretty Thin Henderson Of Iowa
Ciphers Much More Accurately-Ex-
cuses which DO Not Excuse.

WASHINGTON Aug. a.-By authority OF
the House, Mr.. Holman OF Indiana prints
q speech In the Congressional Record to-
day, dealing with the appropriations
made at the last session of Congress from
the Democratic standpoint. Mr.. Hol-
mans statement differs materially from
that made by Senator Allison last week.
He says: The appropriations made at
this session OF Congress, including per-
msnent appro priations, show q reduction
OF $33, ,891 under the appropriations
made at the last session OF the last Con-
gress, or areduction equivalent to $1OO, 900
TO each congressional district IN the
United States, but for the purposes OF
comoarison the amount of the river and
harbor bill, e2l, 1853, ,6lS, should be deduct
cd from the appropriations oi TINS ses-
Dor bill was passed at the last session OF
Congress, against the appropriations OF
which those made at this session should
logically be contrasted.
Without the river and harbor bill, the
appropriations OF this session are $54, ,682,-
900 less than the whole appropriations
made at the second session OF the Fifty
This is how Mr.. Holman reaches bis
conclus.ons: Second session of tho
Fifty First Congress; Total as stated In
official tables, e525, ,01S,872. Add amount
estimated by treasury under indefinite
items In sundry civil act for pay and
bounty claims, $685., 900; add amount esti-
mated by treasury, 40 required under In.
definite appropriation to refund direct
tax, s15, ,227 BOO. Total, $541, Oh, ,6Y2.
First session: Total rs stated In ofiicial
tables, e483, ,39s, ,b10 Add expenditures
reported by the treasury under indefinite
items In sundry civil act for pay and
bounty claims, n, ,362,059. Add expendi-
nent appropriations made during the last
Congress and not included in official ta-
bles, s29, ,605, ,87s. Total, t494, ,456, ,24S Total
appropriations Fifty-First Congress,
81 ,o35, ,6S6, ,921. Average appropriations by
the Fifty First Congress for each Of its
two sessions, SSH, ,s+a,A ,A6o.
The total appropriations made at this
session amount to t507, ,701 $50, including
the river and hafbor bill, being s33, ,520,.
pol less than those made at the last ses-
sion OF Congress, and, deducting the
river and harbor bill, the reduction 10
e54, ,6S2 900, and I'm contrast with the aver
age appropriations the two sessions OF
the last Congress, tao reduction is elo,-
142,030.
Mr.. Holman states that e79,b27, ,eo2 OF
the appropriations made at the session
just ended were pursuant to laws (such
as sugar bounty, pensions, etc. enacted
by the preceding Congress. He says: "In
other words, but for laws enacted during
the last Congress the appropriations at
this session would be f79, ,527 COZ less than
S42s, ,17s, III, or Slis, ,o5s, ,se4 less than the
appropriations of the last session and
e66, ,2S2, 40 less than the appropriation
OF the first session OF the last Congress.
Mr.. Holman says that the Fifty Second
Congress has authorized the construction
OF no new buildings; that its appropria-
average OF the Fifty First Congress; that
more offices have been abolished than
were created, and more salaries reduced.
He adds: al admit that the results OF
the present session OF Congress will not
fully meet the expectations OF the Demo-
cratic party, but there are facts that the
country will consideB in comparing the
appropriations of the present session
with those OF 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 re-
trenchrnent, and asserts that the House
In these circumstances has done fairly
well, although the government would be
administered as efficiently and more hon.
estly II the reduction had been thrice a.
great M IL was.
Representative Henderson OF Iowa, the
senior Rspu blican member OF the House
appropriation committee, reviews the ap-
preparations OF the past sessions as fol-
lows: The appropriation bills as they
passed the House at this session, without
including any contracts or re-appropria-
tions, etc., are t21 ,sS5, $40 greater than the
appropriations OF the first session OF the
Fifty First Congress as they passed the
House. Include appropriations for PEN
sions, purposely left for the Senate to
add, and they are s33, ,s4s, ,104 greater.
The appropriations q, the first session
OF the Fifty-Second Congress without
contracts, ETC., exceed the average OF the
last Congress ss,74o.35s. The appropris-
tions OF this session, including au-
thorzed contracts exceed tho aver
age appropriations OF last Congress,
with contracts, etc, ts7, ,912 ,339. The APP
preparations and authorized contracts,
etc, OF this session, exceed the same of
the first session OF last Congress sio2 no.
The appropriations OF the first session
OF the Fify-second Congress, without
contracts, ETC., exceed those OF the first
session OF the fifty-First Congress, with
out contracts, etc, tf5, SO, 500.
Total appropriations without contracts
this session, f507, ,701 $50; total appropria-