Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
SESSION APPROPRIATIONS
Chairman Sayers Compares Them With
Those Of Prior Sessions


Chairman Savers Of the House commit
tee on appropriations has made a statement
showing the appropriations of this session
Of Congress and comparing them with the
works of prior sessions. The appropriations
made during the extraordinary session and
the first regular session of the present
Congress. including permanent appropria-
tons. show a reduction Of SOS S85, $50 10
under the appropriations made at the last
session Of the last Congress; and deduct.
ing the amount Of the river and harbor
bill. S1.473.1 S0. which should be done for
the purpose of comparison, inasmuch as no
river and harbor bill was passed by the
last Congress at Its last session. the re-
duction Is $4O.8O9. 1870.
The bills. including deficiencies. as passed
by the House made q reduction under the
estimates submitted to Congress Of $32,57l,-
1SS.62; they were increased. as reported
from committees to the Senate, $13,372,-
977.34: they were increased. as passed by
the Senate. $16225. 62; and as they be-
came laws. including miscellaneous, they
appropriated less than the estimates, s29-
994. ALTO; more than as they passed the
House. 1870 So less than as they pass
ed the Senate. 1885. $50. 70: and less than
the laws for 1894. including permanent ap-
propriations. SIS S35, $3.50. TO-
as compared with the laws passed at the
last session Of the last Congress, the fol-
lowing reductions are shown In the table:
BY the agricultural bill, $101, A7G94; by the
army bill, $6S2. 755. 10: by the legislative
&c. bill. which carries. in the MAN. the
great salary list of the government $751;
5O7.02; by the Military Academy bill, $28,-
0S3.04; by the pension appropriation BILL
$14.949. $50; by the sundry civil BILL S75O6.-
535. 10; on account Of deficiencies $40 458.-
440.6O; on account of permanent appropria-
lions dnciuding s1l: 100000 for sugar bounty,
which Is abolished. and s450.000 expenses
under election laws that are Repeatedly
sl4, 39S. $685.. Total reductions, S4s,624,-
221.T2
The bills showing increases over the last
laws are as follows: The diplomatic and
consular bill, S6 i73. 20: the District of Co.
lumbia bill 1871. 1853. 60; the fertilization
bill, s216.9l9; the Indian bill. 81. AIS, 4Os IL
the naval bill, So, 90, 06o.34; the post Office
bill. g, 232, 2SJ.33; the river and harbor bill
(totaD, 81, 473 $50; miscellaneous $50 500. So
Total Increase SO, 1855. 232.02
Net reduction by all Of the bills. including
Deficiencies and permanent appropriations,
SIS S35. 9s9.70
During the present session Of Congress
the salaried list of the government has been
reduced by more than 600 In number and
100000 in amount.
A subtoined statement shows that Of the
appropriations made At this session. $685.
I23. AL were required under laws passed
during the Fffty-frst Congress; that only
s4.514.lel were appropriated by the first
session Of the Fifty-frst Congress under
those laws; that Of the appropriations made
during the two sessions Of the last Con-
gress $40 736,6lS were the result Of those
laws. and that only $127, 800, III were ap-
propriated at both sessions Of the Fifty
first Congress under those laws which II
passed entailtng such enormous Obligations
upon Its successors