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 Sepv-
ice Law by a Mis-
sourian.
Another Interview Between
Foster and the Hawaiian
Commissioners.

w ION, IGp. J. - III MAJ ACU
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
the treasury by Messrs. Dingley and
Dockery-divergent views-and an at
tack on the civil service law by MI.
Dearmond, the proceedings were unin-
terestlng. The senate amendments to
the Harter bill of lading bill were con-
Cured in. The house then proceeded
in committee Of the whole to considera-
ton of the legislative appropriation bill.
Mr.. Dingley said that the appropria-
tons made by this congress would reach
81, 039, 100000, against S9SS, 1000 made
by the Fifty-frst 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-
doubleday reach $405, 000.000. and the
expenditures should not exceed $780,
00O,U0O-and would not. if the river aud
harbor expenditures should not exceed
SIS, 100000, which was S2.000.000
More 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-
minlsh the revenue. unless the duties
should be made low enough to enor-
mously swell importati0nS. The wool
and woolens bills passed by the house
at the last session would surrender
s.. 500, 900 revenue on wool and SIS, 800, 900
on manufactures of wool, on the basis
of the impOrtations of the last calendar
year; and it would require all enormous
increase of importationS of WOODEN
goods to make good the loss.
Mr.. Dockery estimated probable de-
ficiency to June 50, 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
| liabiities-that was to say, 1928, ITO. 246.
This was entirely exclusive of the So
000,0 probable inadequacy of the de-
iiciency estimate which had been SUBJ
| mtted 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-
Denditures. Taking the statement of
the secretary of the treasury. the con-
elusion was Irresistible that public eX-
penditures must be materially reduced,
taxation increased, or new issue Of
bonds made to meet
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 Oem.) J. 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, as 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 10y Mr.. Dearmond.
Mr.. Williams inquired whether the
members would not give the mugwulnps
chance. Mr.. Dearmond replied that
they were largely in favor now. Ii
they were not, let the mugwumps wait
until the StalWartS had 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 a commission to in
quire into the working of the executive
departments, and without dlSpOSing of
the paragraph the committee rose and
the house adjourned.