Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-13
TRUTHFUL FIGURES.
A Comparison That Will Hurt
Republicans.
Messrs. Sayers and Dockery Make q
Statement That Should be Read
by Every Tax Payer.

The Republican party will find it
very difficult to break down the force
of the statement regarding the con-
dition of the Treasury and the ex-
penditures o. the present Congress,
compared with previous congresses,
recently made by Messrs. Sayers and
Dockery, the most active and best in
formed members of the Committee
on Appropriations OF the House of
Representatives. The cream of this
statement is in the comparison OF
expenditures between the Garfield
Arthur administration, the Cleveland
administration, and the Harrison ad-
ministration. They show that the
annual aud permanent appropria-
tons Of the first, or Garfield-Arthur
administration were 1868, ,575, ,729.37, ,
and the per capita average was 1878.
Taking up the Cleveland administra-
ton they show that the annual ap-
propriations were $372, 1851 ,616.52, and
that the per capita was reduced from
the Garfeld-Arthur administration
45 cents. The Harrison administra-
tion is much more expensive one.
This administration, in it's annual
appropriations at the first session o.
the 5lst Congress, put out public
money to the enormous fig.
ure of 1882, ,227 ,667.34, and in
creased the per capita to $7.53.
Upon this basis 1t may readily be
seen that the appropriations under
President Cleveand's administra-
ton were over one hundred mil
lion dollars below those of the Gar
field Arthur administration, and that
the Harrison administration appro-
priated three hundred million dollars
more than the Cleveland administra-
ton, and nearly five millions more
than were appropriated by Garfield
and Arthur. Coming down to the
appropriations of the present Con-
gress, the report nails campaign lie
started by the Republicans. The
Harrison organs have held the appro-
priations up to the public gaze and
shouted extravaganza, but they failed
to go to the bottom and show why
the Democratic Congress was com.
PEELED to make such heavy appropri'
ations. The statement, however
goes to the mud sills and turns on the
light. The appropriations for the
present session amount to $507, 7,7O1,'
$50 81, being $l3, ,245, 1890 in excess
of the appropriation of the first ses'
sion of the Fifty-firat Congress, and
$33, ,529, ,291 SO less than those of the
second session of the same Congress
Commenting on this point the state
ment says, and it is every word true
"The increase of the apprOpria
tions over the first session of the las,
Congress is due to the legislation o
that Congress. The Fifty-first Con
gress not only achieved the unenvi
able distinction of the billion-dollal
Congress, but its legislation imposed
upon succeeding Congresses liabili
ties which involve appropriations o
such magnitude that the governmen
will soop be compelled to seek new
sources of revenue, whilst at TIN
same time it will he a matter OF ex
ceeding difficulty for its successors t.
bring the total of appropriations be
low the billion dollar limit. Indeed
this statement is obviously tru
when investigation discloses that o
the whole amount appropriated .
this session $79,527 ,6O2.62 was mad
necessary by the legislation of tn
Fifty-tirst Congress.
"If, therefore, we deduct from tn
total appropriations of this session
the liabilities imposed by the legisla
ton of the billion dollar Congress
the agg egat would only he $428
173,77795, ing $66, ,2s2, 47070 les
than was rppropritItd at the frs
session of the Fifty-tirst Congres
and $ll3, ,O56, 1914 60 less than was al
propriated at the second session {
that Congress.
"Upon a comparative basis, there
fore, the account MS between tn
- present session and the Fiity-fir
'bngress stands as follows: Appr'
priated by the Democratic party
this session, $42S, ,l73, ,777.95; appropr
ated by the Republican party at Il
the first session of the last Congres
: $494, ,456, 248 60, and at its second sc
sion, s541, ,23O,672."
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