The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-08-25
A FORTY MILLION CUT.
THIS CONGRESS HAS MADE A
MAGNIFICENT RECORD.
A Rebake for Republican Profiigacy
and Reeklessness. Glance at
Appropriations.


and Reeklessness. Glance at
appropriations.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S-Chsirman
Savers. of the house committee on
appropriations, has completed an
official statement of the amount APP
propriated by the session of rengress
Just closing, as compared with the
past sessions. The statement repre-
seats tue views Of the Democratic
majority in the committee and in the
house on the economy of government
expenditures. Mr.. Sayers's state
ment has the caption: Expenses
reduced S2S,s35,9S9; no contracts
authorized to burden future con
crosses; six hundred offices abolish
ed
The appropriations made during
the extraordinary session and the
first regular session Of the present
congress, including permanent ap-
preparations, show reduction of
SIS, s35, $3.50 under the appropriations
made at the last session of the last
congress; and deducting the amount
of the river and harbor bill, SILL
Alb, $50, which should be done for
the purpose of comparison, mas
much as no river and harbor bill
was passed by the last congress at
its last session, the reduction is $40,-
309, l69.
The bills, including deficiencies,
as passed by the house made a re-
duction under the estimates sub.
mitted to congress of $32,5 1885,
They were increased as reported
from committee to the senate 3d.
372,977. They were increased as
passed by the senate SIG, 225, 997 and
as they became laws they appropri
ated, less than the estimates, $780,
1914, All; more than as they passed
the house, $3.50, l40; less than as
the passed the senate, So, S55, $50, and
less than the laws for 1874, includ-
ing permanent appropriations, $685.
S35,9S9.
The secretary of the treasury in
submitting the annual estimates to
congress in December last stated
that he had included therein no
amount for the payment of the
bounty on sugar, but that if the law
authorizing its pay ment should not
be repealed it would be necessary to
add to the estimates for 1895; for
permanent appropriations, the sum
of $ll 100000. But in July last the
commissioner of internal revenue es-
timated that the sum required to pay
this bounty. if not repealed, would
he SIS, 100000 for the fiscal year
1895, and 100000 for the fiscal
year 1896.
The expenditures made for the
bounty on sugar have been as fol.
lows
Fiscal year 1892, $7,550,02S; fiscal
year 1898, $9,569, 532; fiscal year
1894, $13.073,S79.
The postofiice bill makes the usual
increase incident to the growth of
the country and its commercial in
terests, the number of postofiices
having in creased from June 80,
1890, to June 80, 1894, by 7,404; the
number of post routes by 4,514; the
miles of annual travel in transport
ing the mails by 74,6l5,375; the
length of post routes by 26,737
miles; the annual revenues from the
service by $15,09S, 155, and the total
annual expenditures by $l7,952, 300.
The sundry civil bill carries S.
100000 toward payments under
contracts for river and harbor works
authorized under laws passed dur
ing the Fifty first and Fifty. second
congresses.
To finally equip and complete and
arm the so new vessels of the navy
built or authorized it is estimated
that there will yet have to be appro-
priated the further sum of 1923, 0S0,-
974 making total of $1l, 062, 1853
which the new navy as now. author
lied will cost. OF these 80 new ma
val vessels only three were author
lied by the present congress, and
their total cost is limited to $780,
600.
The present congress and the last
congress authorized the construe
ton Of no new public buildings.
A subjoined statement shows that
of the appropriations made at this
session, $65, AL was required under
laws passed during the Fifty first
congress; that only $34,574,191 was
appropriated by the first session Of
the Fifty first congress under those
laws; that of the appropriations
made during the two sessions of the
last congress $l75,736,61S was the
result of those laws, and that only
1927, 309,111 was appropriated at
both sessions of the Fifty first con-
gress under those laws, which it
passed entai'ing such enormous obi
cations upon its successors.
During the present session of con
gress the salaried list of the govern
ment has been reduced by more than
600 in number and over 100000 in
annual cost, and more salaries have
been reduced than increased. Mr..
Savers attaches elaborate tables to
the statement, which give in great
detail the points he has summarized
herein,