The record-union., 1893-03-09
Friends.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.

special 10 the RECORD-UNION.
WASHINGTON, March S.-The contro-
versy as to the comparative expenditures
of the 'Billion-dollar Congress" and the
last one is still on, and though the clerks
of the Committee on Appropriations of
the two houses have completed their
statements they do not agree.
The Senate committee confines itself to
the absolute appropriations made, while
the House committee, in the total appro-
priations of the "Billion-dollar Con-
gress," includes what are known as in
definite appropriations, made necessary,
it is claimed, by legislation of that Con-
gress.
Allison, Chairman of the Senate COM
mittee, has prepared statement that
shows the appropriations for the first
session of the Fifty-first Congress
amounted to S463, ,39S, $40, and for the sec
ond session, S525. .0lS, ,6S2, making a grand
total Tor that Congress of $685., ,4l7, ,lS2. The
appropriations for the first session of the
Congress just ended he shows: For the
first session, S507, 500, lS6, and for the sec
ond session, S5l9 22l, SCI, making total
of 81, ,026, so. .047. This shows an increase
of appropriations by the last Congress
over the Republican Congress of S3s, 404,-
065. The real question for the people to
consider, says Allison, is whether the
appropriations are in excess of the reve-
nues of the Government, and he an
swered by saying they are not, when the
sinking fund is excluded. With all
these appropriations he finds the revenue
of the Government sufficient to meet
them.
Holman, Chairman of the House Com
mittee, in the remarks which he is pre-
pairing for publication in the Congress
sio7.GL Record, concerning the appropris-
tions of the Fifty-second Congress, shows
that the appropriations of the session
just closed amount to S5l9, ,22l ,S6l. From
his point of view the appropriations of
the Fifty-first Congress aggregated ST.
035, $50, ,92l, and these of the Fifty-second
Congress amount to 81, ,O25, So, ,029 or S.
S62, ,S72 less than those of the Fifty first
Congress. Holman will present state
ments of the appropriations made by
the Fifty-second Congress, as charged
against it under the permanent appro-
priations in accordance with the require
ments of the law enacted by the Fifty
first Congress. Those include sums as-
gregating in all AZ, ,O4O. Judge Hol-
man states that if these appropriations
were not made as required, the total ap-
preparations of the Fifty-second Congress
would have shown a reduction of more
than Sl63, 100000 than the appropriations
by the Fifty-first Congress.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, member Of
the Committee on Appropriations, has also
prepared a statement which agrees with
Holman as to the appropriations of the
present Congress compared with those Of
the last. He further says the appropria-
tions of the last Congress, exclusive OF
pensions, was $50, ,627, $50 less than the
appropriations of the Fifty-first Congress
With reference to a probable defici-
ency at the end of the fiscal year, be
says: "It cannot be stated with absolute
accuracy whether the Treasury deficiency
will be greater or less than So, 767, ,542, fol-
the reason that there are certain amount.
carried in the appropriation bills which
in their expenditure can be somewhat
regulated by the executive departments
but if they move with ordinary dispatch
the deficiency will probably not be les:
than the amount stated.'