The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-14
Pledges of the Party Carried Out to
the Letter.

Democratic Representatives are pre-.
pared to return to their districts and
make an aggressive fight on the re-
cords OF the Congress which has now
come to a close. The tariff law will of
course be the main issue in the com.
ing campaign, but there are other
questions which the Democratic ora.
tors will not suffer to pass unnoticed
Congress has done more than enact a
tariff law. The Democratic party had
pledged itself to do other things, and
chief among its promises was one
pledging the people that it would re-
duce governmental expenditures.
In a statement prepared by Con-
gresham Dockery Of the appropria.
tions committee it is shown that the
public expenditures have been de-
creased more than $50, 900, and
that the total expenses for the two
years will be below 81 900, 600, 900
instead of above, as was the case in
the Reed Congress and the Fifty.
| second.
In the statement which Representa-
tive Dockery has prepared the revenue
to be derived under the new tariff bill,
including the postal receipts, is esti-
mated at $4a6,42h74S, and the ap-
propriations for the session, $4oo,-
66S,36o. From the appropriations
must come sinking fund deduction
Of $4,000, 900, leaving the liabilities
for the current year, $44s, s,66S,3oS,
and an estimated surplus at the end
of the year of SI9,779,34o. 1t must
be remembered that of the $4oo, ,ooo,-
900 which has been appropriated
more than sos, 900 was entailed
by the Reed Congress. In the Reed
Congress the appropriations were
$55, 900 more than $1,000, ,ooo-
900, and in the Fifty-second Congress
a6,ooo,o 900 more than 81, 900, 900.
900. The appropriations by this Con-
gress will be $4,000, 900 less than
$1,000, ,ooo,o 900. The appropriations
this session, $4,000, 900 less than the
last session of the Reed Congress,
$4,000. 600 less than the first ses-
sion of last Congress and Sac, 900
less than than the last session of the
last Congress.
Among the measures passed by the
House which are now on the Senate
calendar are bills for forfeiting 49,
ooo,ooo acres of land not earned by
railroad corporations, electing Senators
by direct vote Of the people and the
Hatch anti option bill.
Bills which have passed both Houses
are Repeal Of the Federal elections
law, repeal of the Mckinley law, re-
peal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act, law authorizing States
and Territories to tax greenbacks, law
providing pensioners shall not be sus-
pended under twenty days notice,
seven bills reported by the joint Con-
gressional commission reducing the
annual expenditures OF the govern
ment more than $sco,ooo
Under the new tariff bill just pass
ed 100 items have been taken from
the dutiable list and placed on the
free list Among these are lumber,
wool, salt, binding twine, grain, bags,
copper, plows, reapers and all agri-
cultural implements. In seven classes
goods have been reduced from IS to
100 per cent below the Mckinley
law. In IIa classes the reductions
have been from 50 to 7j per cent
below the Mckinley law: in $40
classes from IS to so per cent below
the Mckinley law, and in 23S classes
the reductions have been less than IS
per cent below the existing law.
Eighty.tw classes remain unchanged
and ffty-three classes have been in
creased, among which are many
articles of luxury.
Chairman Sayres of the House COM
mittee on appropriations has complet-
ed an official statement of the amount
appropriated by this session of Con
gress as compared with past sessions.
The statement represents the views OF
the Democratic majority in the COM
mittee and in the House on the
economy of government expenses.
Mr.. Sayres' statement reads as fol
lows:
The appropriations made during
the extraordinary session and the first
regular session of the present Con-
gress, including permanent approprla-
ticns, shows reduction of $aS,835,-
$50 under the appropriations made at
the last session of the last Congress,
and deducting the amount of the river
and harbor bill, $II,373,ISo, 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 S4o,3o9,Io9.
AS compared with the laws passed
at the last session Of the last Congress,
the following reductions are shown;
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