St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
Uncle Sans Needs Require a
Tremendous Amount Of
Money.
Taxation Must Be Increased
or a New Issue OF Bonds
Made.
An Attack on the Civil Sepy-
ice Law by a Mis-
SOurlan.
Another Interview Between
Foster and the Hawaiian
Commissioners.

w ASHlNGION, rep. {. - IN marked
contrast with the interest taken in the
proceedings of the house yesterday, was
the lack of attention paid to the business
of today. And yet the house yesterday
accomplished nothing. Today it made
fair progress with one of the great APP
preparations. That Legislative bill ap-
propriates upwards of $21, 100000, yet
aside from review of the condition of
the treasury by Messrs. Dingley and
DOckery-divergent viewS-and an at
tack on the civil service law by Mr..
DearmOnd, the proceedings were unin-
tereStIng. The senate amendments to
the Harter bill of lading bill were con-
CURED in. The house then proceeded
in committee Of the whole to consdera-
ton of the legislative appropriation bill.
Mr.. Dingley said that the appropria-
tons made by this congress would reach
1,039, 100000, against $9SS, ZOO made
by the Fifty-first congress, an increase
of s50,000,000. If there should be no
tariff legislation to disturb the revenue
for the fiscal year 1894, it would un-
doubtcdly reach $405, 100000, and the
expenditures should not exceed $780,
000,O00-and would not, if the river aud
harbor expenditures should not exceed
S15,000,000, which was S2.000,000
aore Than WAS Ever Expended.
If they should go up to S33 600, 900. as
contemplated by the action of the house,
then there would inevitably be def
cheney next year. The tariff legislation
foreshadoWed would undoubtedly di
minISh the revenue. unless the duties
should be made low enough to enor-
mously swell importationS. The wool
and woolens bills passed by the house
at the last session would surrender
81, 500, 900 revenue on wool and SIG, 800, 900
OH manufactures of wool. on the basis
of the impOrtationS OF the last calendar
year; and il would require all enormous
increase of impOrtationS of WOODEN
goods to make good the loss.
Mr.. DOckery estimated a probable de-
fciency to June so, 1894. OF SIC. 996, 800.
The estimated deficiency was based on
appropriations. and revenues i'll the
actual expenditure for that fiscal year
were likely to reach the limit of the
liabiIitieS-that was to say, 1923, 1l0,246
This was entirely exclusive of the So
000,0 probable inadequacy of the de-
fciency estimate which had been sub
mitted for the current fiscal year. In
deed, this estimate Was much more
likely to he within the limits of actual
expenditure than in excess of the eX-
penditures. Taking the statement of
the secretary of the treasury. the con-
clusion was Irresistible that public ex-
penditures must be materially reduced,
taxation increased, or new issue of
bonds made to meet
r Impending Liabilities.
The bill was then read for amend
ment, and amendments offered respect
lively by Mr.. Wheeler to reduce the
compensation of members of congress
to $1,000, and by Mr.. Miller to re-
duce the compensation Of the president
to S25, 900, were rejected.
Mr.. Dearmond DEM }. Missouri, offered
an amendment providing that until the
places in the classified service shall be
distributed among the adherentS of the
several political parties, in proportion
to their respective members, its shown
by the vote cast at the last presidential
election, no applicant, unless he is an
adherent of a political party which has
not had its fair proportion of employees
in such service, shall be eligible to eX-
animation or appointment under the
civil service law. Mr.. Lodge made Il
point Of order against the amendment,
which was defended by Mr.. Dearmond.
MI. Williams inquired whether the
members would mol give the mugwumps
a chance. MIR. Dearmoni replied that
they were largely i'll favor now. If
they were not, let the mugwumps wait
until the stalwarts had a chance.
Laughter. II there was anything sub
Stantial in the civil service law, there
could be no reasonable objection to his
amendment. But the chair decided
otherwise, and -yuled the amendment
out of order. Mr.. Picker made Wig
orous attack against the provision of the
bill providing for commission to in
Quire into the working of the executive
departments, and without d1spOsing of
the paragraph the committee rose and
the house adjourned.