The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08
congressman Said to Be Moving in the
Matter.
LIST OF THE PENDING APPROPRIATIONS.
The Total Nearly as Large as That Of the Fifty.
First COngreSS-Reed Critieizes the
Statement.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON. May T. Representative
Blount, chairman of the Foreign Affairs
Committee. was moving about among the
members in rather mysterious way to-day
in an endeavor TO obtain the sentiment on
the proposition Of annexing Hawaii. Just
why Mr.. Blount should suddenly take an
active interest in this matter is not apparent.
1t is the opinion of some that the State De-
partment is about TO initiate negotiations
with the Hawaiian Government looking to
annexation before making any oyeTtures to
ascertain the sentiment of the members Of
Congress. Mr.. Blount expressed himself
as favorable to annexation. IF we don't
get those islands some other nation will
gobble them mp from under our nose. and
then we will have peek Of trouble"
said he.
Estimate of Appropriations.
Representative Sayers Of Texas, mefn-
Der OF the Appropriations Committee, in
conjunction with the clerk Of that committee,
has prepared for the use OF the Speaker
statement-of the appropriations made by
the regular annual appropriation bills. In
explaining this statement to-day SayerS
said the appropriations of the first session
of the Fifty-frSt Congress aggregated S492,-
so, ,09S, without including the appropriation
600 for dependent pensions, making $40, ,367,-
COZ which the present Congress must pro-
vide for. "Our estimate of the appropria-
tions of the present session, said Say ers, lis
S4S5, $40. 499 1t may be assumed, however,
that this total may be increased or dimin-
ished before the several bills become laws.
| believe that this estimate makes a liberal
allowance for all proper expenditures.
Supp0Sing that the appropriations OF
the present session OF Congress do not eX-
ceed those of the Senate pr0portionately,
they Will aggregate. excluding the river and
harbor bill, S460, $40 499 as compared with
the appropriations of the short session of
the Ffty-frst Congress aggregating S54i,-
1912, being a difference OF more than
$4,000, 600 in favor of the first session of the
present Congress. The total appropriations
of the FlfIy-frst Congress were S1,00S,-
000, geo, and the statement l have prepared
shows that the total appropriations TO be
made by the present Congress Will be less by
about $4,000 0,000 than those Of the Fifty
first Congress- The estimate OF the revenue
for the fiscal year, submitted by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, is S455, ,000,0 ,000 which
Will mean deficiency in revenues as COM
pared with expenditures oil about SoO, OO0, 0UO.
The estimate Of our appropriations this
session includes q provision for sinking
fund of S4S.0O0,00O
Guesses Not Facts.
Reed Of Maine, commenting on the above
statement, said "All the above estimates
are as misleading as the Democratic plat
form. They cover only the items passed
upon by the House and arrived at by pinch
ing t5e honest expenditures Of the Govern
ment in such way as to make even the
Democrats smile among themselves, for they
know that the Senate mustincrease them or
staTYe the Government. There is no real
reason why Governor Sayers should not put
forth any gueSses he may want 10 make. but
the public should not mistake them for
facts"