Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-05-08
FAIR COMPARISON
B,tTaen the Appropriations Of This
Congress and
rTT LAST ONE, MADE BY SAYRE
r.v,, POminsn. Member Of he COMMITTEES
o, Aogropuaions-Ths Comparison IS Very
Favorable To The Body Now Sitting.
S53 OOOOOO Saved 70 the Treasury.

,v,sp1NeroN, ID. c., May TN view
.ss f,.t that the regular annual ap-
----fation bills are now 10 such q con-
MI, az 10 warrant an estimate OF the
~, .vnenditure which will De author
-.. Inc uresent session Of Congress,
Savres. of Texas, a prominent
-,.bsr of the Appropriation Com
nee. in conjCction with mo CLERK oI
W COMMITTEES, has prepared LOT tne
.,f-be Speaker "a statement OF the
..-,,--ations made by these olllS-
Ssvres to-day made the following
1,rrsration of this statement
MA qnpropriations at the nrst ses-
-,of fbe Fifty-6rSt Congress aggre-
- S4g2,Q6I,o9S. This ala hoV Iu-
do an appropriation Tor sugar
- $40 600. 600 and for dependent
-.t.rs. $50. 36., sos, making the sum
s,s .--.6O5 which the present Con
NJ. mpst provide for because OF laws
..b were enacted during the hrSt
..,. no the Fifty-6rst Congress.
o.- estimate of the appropriations 10
made al tre present session OF Con
I'D" said Mr.. SayreS, ''lS S4S3. e2o,-
~ Nome of the regular appropriation
!. have become laws and but two ur-
E.. deficiency bills amounting TO
-s0 ,55 have passed; and 10 may 0e
nmed thatthis total may be increased
diminished before the several olIS
htc1me laws.
1 ..rrma king the estimate, | believe that
4 ,.,s made a liberal allowance for all
,,rar exoenditures. The appropria-
III. Of the short session OF the last
,yrsss amounted 20 S541, ,44L672, aud
+ w..' be- borne in mind that there was
4 river and harbor Dill passed during
f. session. while the pending river
hqrbOr biu involves an approprla-
las reported 70 the House OF S2l,-
IN 1-5 NV reason for adopting as a
n.sof comparison with the eXpeudl-
a 20. Of this Congress the apprOprla-
h., made az the short session oi the
-7.second Congress IS that 10
j ,,ms necessary then, as now,
sDD-opriate SAG, 367, COS on account
+. rarsi3Ds aud sugar bounty which
fra not provided for ia the appropria-
f1s of the first session OF the last
trrress. Supposing that the appro-
atoms of the short session OF the
resent Congress do not exceed those OF
D present session prOportiOnately they
aggregate. excluding the river and
-bor bin $40. SEQ, 4Q9 OF compared
-r the appropriations Of the snort
ss,on Of the ffty-frst Congress aggre-
a-.og S5I.44I642, heiug n difference
no-e than $50, O)0 in favor Of the
ast session OF the present Congress.
Dc total appropriations ot the
Mty-frst Congress were SI,UO1-
oo0 000 and this statement which ] have
,feDared shows that the total approprl-
Mons 20 be- made by the present Con-
rfess will be less by about sea, 600, 600
aau those OF the Fifty-6rSt Congress.
Ihe estimate of revenue for the next
& aicaI year submitted by the Secretary
tI the Treasury is S455, ,00O,0 900, which
j mean a deficiency in revenues as
tsn73rcd with expenditures for this
s,ion. S4s5, 500, 499, includes provis-
't, ior the sinking fund of SIS, 600, 600.
O course, i'm view of the expected detic-
.arcv in revenue, the operations OF the
la " relative 10 the sinking fund must
a suspended during the next year as IL
j been already during the present
War. 20 the extent OF about $40,
b.
Mr.. Reed commented on the above
Hatement In his characteristic manner
j follows: "Al the above estimates
: as misleading as Democratic plat
rm They cover only the items
ssed upon by the House, and are ar
bed 40 by pinching the honest expen-
lures OF the government IN such
n Hsdion as makes even Democrats smile
thlng themselves, for they know that
Hs Senate must increase them or Starye
2 government. The Senate is a CO.
81 nate branch and not 20 be Ignored,
appiy for the county. After the needs
the country are really provided for,
. a, is after the bills have really passed
,h the sanction OF both Houses; when
- at time comes we shall SuOw where
are. Until then there is no real
as01 why Gov. SayreS should not put
rtb any guesses he may want to make,
\ the pu0lic should not mistake them
"a facts"