The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-02-22
SHAM DEMOCRATIC SAVING.
The Boast of Saving s15,OOO,O ,OoO by With
 holding Pensions.

The Boast or Saving S1 ,0OO,OO0 by With holding Pensions.
 The democratic newspapers contain
 the annual claims of the democratic
 leaders that they are etfecting great
 economies in the appropriations, Dem
 ocratic economy means deficiency. The
 cheese-paring methods are for bun
 combe. They are species of check
 kiting. Democratic economy consists
 in the postponement of the payment of
 obligations. This has been made clear
 in striking manner by Congressman
 Cannon, of Illinois. who called atten-
 tion to the fact that some of the items in the urgency deficiency bill are below
 what the treasury department certified
 would be necessary; and yet for the sake of gaining cheap credit for econ- omy, the house neglects to appropriate the full amount. knowing very well that a supplementary bill will have to be passed. Already democratic news papers are being filled with accounts of the millions to be saved," and yet not single one of the appropriation bills has become law. At this early stage, when only seven months of the fiscal year have ended, congress is already passing urgency deficiency pills"
 Mir. Savers, the chairman of the house committee on appropriations, recently gave out an interview, nearly a column in length, showing how his committee was gong to save $50, GOO, ,0OO on the ap- propriation bills Of this amount, he said, sl5,000, ,0O0 is to be in pensions. Instead of this being an honest it is an exceedingly discreditable, not ro say disgraceful, act on the part of the dem- ocratic leaders. The pensions bureau has been engaged ever since this ad- ministration came into power in de- priving veterans of their pensions by methods denounced by decision of the supreme court of this district as wholly without warrant or authority of law"
 There are 100000 claims pending, and there are nearly 100000 of these which have been adjusted and ready to go on the roll But to make fictitious show of economy the claims are held up huu tnOuSdnuS OI uatneS now on the rolls have been suspended, and then the democratic leaders have the assurance to tell the country that they have saved s15, ,O00,OOO on pensions
 Mir. Savers says another large say ing" has been made in the amount to be appropr lated for river and harbor contracts. The treasury department has been engaged all this year in hold ing up contract work on the rivers and harbors, notwithstanding million of have been seeking work. Every dollar appropriated in the sun dry civil bill for this work merely goes to pay contracts on which the govern ment is already liable. No new work is authorized by the committee on ap- That will come later in she regular river and harbor bill, re- ported by another committee. Hence, t makes no matter what the commit tee appropriates, it is in no sense a sav- ing. The contracts are already made md the aggregate of liability fixed, and the cutting down of s, 900, 00O from che appropriation for work on these contracts does not save the government ! single penny. It simply delays the work, hence the saving" which is an- other piece of subterfuge like that on pensions. Chicago Inter Ocean.