The morning call., 1893-03-09
WHO SPENT THE COIN.
A Congressional Controversy
Purely for Political Effect.
The Only Thing Definitely Known
Seems to Be That This Is
BilIiOn-DOIIar Country.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON, March S.-The controversy
as to the comparative expenditures of the
"billion dollar Congress-" and the last one is
still on, and though tie clerks Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations Of the two houses
have completed their statements they do not
agree. The Senate Committee confines IT.
self TO tie absolute appropriations made,
while the House Committee in the total ap-
preparations of the "bili0n dollar Con-
gress" includes what is known as the in
definite appropriations made necessary. it is
claimed, by the legislation of that Congress.
Allison, the chairman of the Senate Com
mitlee, has prepared a statement that shows
that the appropriations for the first session
of the Fifty-first Congress amounted to
S463. 398, $40, and for the second session to
1925, ,6S2, making grand total for that
Congress OF 1888, All. 1872. TIE appro pria-
lions for the first session of the Congress
just ended shows, he says: For the first
session S507, GEO. 1S6, and for the second
session S5l9, ,S6l, making a total of
SLOPE, 800, 047. This shows an increase in
appropriations by the last Congress over the
Republican Congress of S3s, 4O4.O65.
The real question for the people TO con-
slider, says Allison, is whether the appro-
priatons are in excess of the revenues of
the Government, and he answers it by say
ing that they are not, when the sinking
fund is excluded. With all of these appro-
priations he finds that the revenues of the
Government are sufficient to meet them.
Holman. chairman of the House commit
tee, in the remarks which he is preparing
for publication in the Congressional Record
concerning the appropriations of the Fifty
md hnt, hot ho
lions for the session just closed amount TO
S519, 22l,S61. From his point of view the
appropriations of the Fifty first Congress
aggregated s1,O35, 6S6, 92l and those of the
Fity-second Congress amount to 81. O25.-
S22, 029. or 1852, S72 less than those of the
Ffty-frst Congress. Holman will present
the statements of the appropriations made
by the Fifty-seCond Congress as charged
against it under the permanent appropria-
tions in accordance with the requirement
OF the laws enacted by the Fifty first Con-
Gress. Those include sums aegregating in
all S154172.O4O.
Judge Holman states that IL the appro-
priations had not been made as required.
the total appropriations of the Fifty-second
Congress would show a reduction of more
than S163,00O,000 from the appropriations
made by the Fifty first Congress.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, a member of
the Committee on Appropriations, has also
prepared statement, which agrees with
that of Holman as to the appropriations of
the present Congress compared with those
of the last. He further says that the appro-
priatiOns made by the last Congress, exclu-
sive of pensions, are SIS, 627.5S less than
the appropriation OF the Flfty-irst Con-
gress.
With reference to the probable deficiency
at the end of the fiscal year, he says: 1T
cannot be stated with absolute accuracy
whether the treasury deficiency will be
greater or less than S5,767,542, for the reason
that there are certain amounts carried in the
appropriation bills, which, in their expendi-
ture, can be somewhat regulated by the
executive departments, but if they move
with ordinary dispatch the deficiency will
probably not be less than the amount stated.