The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-09
WORK COMPARED
of This Session of Congress Will
the Last.
Holman of Indisra Makes Comparisons Of
tbs Appropriations Ead--1hey Are
Lower for This session.

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-By authority of
the House Holman will print q
speech in the Congressional Record 20
morrow dealing with the appropriations
made at the last session Of Congress. From
Democratic standpoint he says:
THE appropriations made at this ses-
sion of Congress, including permanent ap-
preparations, show a reduction of
S33, I29, 1875 under the appropriations Of the
last session of Congress- or u reduction
equivalent to 100000 TO each congressional
district in the United States, but fer pur-
poses of comparison, the amount Of the
river and harDor bill, s2l. 1873, 6lS, should
have been deducted from the appropria-
tions OF this session, for the
reason that no river and har
Dor bill was passed st the last
session Of the Congress, against tue apDrO-
priations of which those made at this SEES
sion should logically be cOntrasted. With
out the river and harbor bill TIE appropris-
ton this session is sol, 6S2 9O9 less tnan the
whole appropriation made at the second
session of the Fifty-frst Congress"
This is how Holman reaches the con-
clusion: Second session of the Fifty
first Congressional stated in ohicial
tables, s525, OILS, 672.75; add the amount
estimated by The treasury unasr
civil act for pay Of county claims 1855, QUO;
add the amount estimated by the treasury
as required under the definite appropria-
lions to refund the direct tax, SIS pr, 600 :;
total, S54l, 24O. 612
First session. Total as stated in official
tables S463, 39S, $40. Add expenditures re-
ported by treasurer under indefinite items
of sundry civil act for pay and bounty
claims, 81, 1862, O59; add expenditures re-
menent appropriations made during the
last Congress and not included in official
tables, $2g, sos, 67S; totai sA14, 80 24S. Total
appropriations by the Fifty -nrst Congress
for each of its two sessions, $517 s43, 49,
The total appropriations made at this
session amount TO S507 101 800 including
the river and harbor Dill, being s33, 529, 2J1
less than those made at the last session OF
Congress, and the deduction of the river
and harbor bill reduction, 1863, 90J and
in contrast with the average appropria-
lions for the two sessions, aue last Con
gress has reduction Of SO, IA, 030.
Halman states that S19, 2y1 6O2 of the
appropriations made at the session Just
ended were pursuant to the laws, pension
(such as sugar bounty, etc., failed by the
proceeding Congress.
He adds: II admit that the results Of
the present session of Congress will fully
party, but these facts the country will
consider in comparing the appropriations of
the present session with those of the last
Congress-
Representative Henderson of Iowa. q
Republican member of the House Appro-
priation Committee reviews the sppropria-
lions the past session as follows:
The appropriation bills as they passed
the House at this session, without includ-
ing any contracts of appropriations, etc.,
are S2l, $50, $50 greater than the apprOpria-
tions of The first session of the hfty-hrst
Congress as they passed the House. In
Guiding the appropriation for penBions
purposely left for the Senate to add on,
they are sos, SAB. 104 greater. The sppro-
priations of the first session of
the tifty-second Congress without
contracts, etc. exceed the average
of the last Congress IS, 40, 35S.
The appropriations and authorized
contracts, ETC., of this session exceed the
same of the first session Of the last Con-
gress $102, 27O, $50. The appropriations OF
the last session of the Fifty-second Con-
gress, without contracts, ETC., exceed the
first session of the Fifty first Congress
without contracts, ETC.. SIS. So, COO. The
appropriations without contracts this SEES
sion are S5O7. 7O1 $50. The total appropria-
tions OF this session with authorized con-
tracts are 500, $780, Psi.