The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-09
GOVERNMENTAL EXPENSES
Comparing the Expenditures of
the Two Congresses.
TWO STATEMENTS MADE.
Those Presented by the Two Houses
Do Not Agree.
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'WO STATEMENTS MADE.
Senator Allison Prepares One and Sena.
tor Dockery and Judge Holman the
Other-The Latter Agree in
Every Way.

WASHINGTON, March s.-The contro-
of the ''BilIion-dollar Congress- and the
at one is still on, and though the clerks
of the Committee on Appropriations of
the two houses have completed statements
they do not agree. The Senate committee
confines itself to the absolute appro-
priations made, while the House commit
| tee in the total appropriations of the
'Billion-dolla Congress- includes what
is known as independent appropriations,
made necessary, it is claimed, by the leg
! islation OF that Congress.
| Mr.. Allison, chairman of the Senate
committee has prepared a statement that
shows that the appropriations for the
| first session of the Fifty first Congress
amounted to 1858, 39S, $40 and for the
second session S5z5, 018, 692 making a
grand total for that Congress of 1888, AIT, :
| 1872. The appropriation for the first ses-
sion of Congress just ended ne shows:
| For.the first session 1907, 600, 1856, for the
second session $519, 221 ,661, making the
| total 81 ,O26, 500, 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 Mr.. Allison, is whether
| the appropriations are in excess of the
| revenues of the government, and he an
sWers by saying that they are not, when
the sinking fund is excluded with all
these appropriations. He finds the reve-
rues of the government sufficient to meet
them.
Mr.. Holman, chairman of the house
committee, in his remarks which he is
preparing for publication in the Con-
gressional Record concerning the appro-
priat1ons of the Fifty second Congress,
shows that the appropriations of the ses
sion just closed amount to S519, 21I 1851.
From his point of view the appropriations
OF the Fifty-frst Congress aggregated
81, O35. $50, 921, and those OF the Fifty
second Congress amount to S1,025,
S22, O29, or 1885,, S72 less than
those of the Fiftyfrst Congress.
MIR. Holman will present a statement
of appropriations made by the Fifty
second Congress as charged against it
under permanent appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the requirements of law
enacted by the Fifty-first Congress.
These include sums aggregating in all
$154, 172, 040. Judge Holman states that
! If the appropriations were not made, the
required total appropriations of the Fifty
second Congress would show reduction
of more than S163, 000, 600 over the appro-
priations by the Fifty first Congress.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, member of
the committee on appropriations, has al
| so a prepared statement which agrees
with MIR. Holman as to appropriations of
| the present Congress. Compared with
those last year ne further says that the
appropriation OF the last Congress exclu-
sive OF pensions, are $50, 627 ,675 less than
the appropriations of the Fifty first Con-
gress. With reference to the probable
deficiency at the end of the fiscal year he
says:
s'It cannot be stated with absolute
accuracy whether the treasury deficiency
will be greater or less than IS, 767, 542 for
the reason that there are certain amounts
carried in the appropriation bills which
in the expenditure can be somewhat reg
ulated by the executive departments, but
| if they move with ordinary dispatch the
deficiency will probably not be less than
the amount stated.