Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-09
OF THE LAST TWO CONGRESSES
Statement Of Nj. Allison, Chairman
Of The Senate Committee.
HOLIDAYS pIrrrnENr TOTALS.


WAaHINGToN, d. C., March S.
The controversy Ito the comparative
expenditures Of tho "Biilion. Dollar
COngrets" and .he last one Is still on,
and though the clerks OF the commit
teu on appropriations Of the two
houses have completed their state
ments, they 10 not agree. The Senate
committee confines itself 10 the absO-
Lutte appropriations made, while the
House committee In tho total appro-
priatiOns Uf the biliiun.dollar Congress
includes what II SHOWN as indepon-
dent appropriations, made neorssary,it
IN claimed, by the legislation VI tnnt
Congress.
Senator Allison, chairman Of the
Senate committee, prepared u state.
ment that shows that this apprOpfia-
lions for the FIRST session Ut the Fifty
first Congress amounted 20 si63,3 vs,-
$40, aud Tor the second session $780,
Si6s2, mixing u grand total for that
COngress Of sgss, 4l7,l02. rhe appro'
priations Tor tue Hrs. session
Vt Congress just Undoi he shows
Ms follOws: For the hrht session,
s507, 900, 1856; Tor tnc second session,
s5lO, 22l, s0l, making total Of sl,O.6,-
92,Ui7. This shows an Increase in the
appropriations by the last Congress
over the Republican Congress Of $751;
i1i,O65. The real question for the
people TO consider, says Allison, II
whether the appropriations are In
excess vi the rovUnu es Of tins govern.
ment, anu ne answered by saying that
they were not when the sinking fund
was excluded. With all these appro-
prinliOns ne linus the revenues OF the
government sufficient to meet them.
Mr.. Holman, chairman Of the House
committee, In the remarks which he IL
preparing for publication Ia the Con-
1TesSaJaul Record concerning the APP
pIoprlauoas OF the Fifty-seeond Con-
grtss, shows the appropriations OF the
session Just closed amount 10 s5lO,2li :.
sBl. From his point Of view the
appropriations Of the Fiiiy.tirst Con.
gress aggregated ,C3S,GS6,02l, and
those OF thc FIity.secOui Congress
amount to 81 ops, So, 02g, or $500, 0I4
less than those VI the Fitty-iirst Con
gress. Mr.. Holman will present a
statement OF this appropriations made
by tho Filty.seoOnd Congress ai
charged against II under permanent
appropriations, in accordance with the
requirements OF law enacted by thu
| FiIty.hrst Congress. These included
sums aggregating In all sl6l, l72, OiO.
Mr, Dockery OF Missouri, n member
OF the committee ON appropriations. h u
also prepared statement which
ngrees with Mr.. Holman as TO the mp
propfiations OF the present Congress
compared with those OF the last. III
further says the appropriations of tn,
last Congress, exclusive OF pensions
were $50, B97,675 less thar the appro
fpriations Of the Fiity-flrst Congress
With reference TO the probable Ge
ficiency at the end OF the fiscal year
he says:
1t cannot be stated with absolut
accuracy whether the treasury de
flcieucy will be greater or less thar
IS, 1907, 5I2, for the reason that there ar
certain amounts carried In appropria
tion bills which In their expsndituf,
can be somewhat regulated by tn
executive departments, but II the,
move with ordinary dispatch the dc
iiciency Will probably not DO less thai
the amount stated.