New-York tribune., 1894-04-06
GUAM DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY
,or,,rR DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED.

,r,Y SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS CON-
-REp1rBLICANs ONCE MORE EXPOSE
,,, CHEAP DEMAGoGY OF SUCH
rprc-Ks-THE POsTOFFICE BILL
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
u,,sb,nston. April 5.-The bill ITO provide for
..ar urgent Deficiencies furnlshed the text
rvelv and instructive debate In the House
p.rres,n atves to-day 1t IS the fifth bill
.ba same sort that has been passed by that
-, Once the beginning of the first session OF
.v,s Congress and the total amount carried by
lh'' a.. hills Is 4571.577 AS Mr.. Cannon. OF
,,u,,s said in the course OF the debate TO-
..bis breaks the record" In reply 10 Mr..
nn,d Chairman Sayers. OF the Appropriations
.,,,ttee. said that the total deficiencies for
Itch provision must be made at this session
"Iu amount to $12 100000 or s140Oo,0O0.
n, Reed expressed his surprise at this state
., IN view oc the fact that the chairman Of
40, committee In the last Congress had been
...,,ar,5 81 to speak. because he had allowed
,xo anpropratons Of that Congress to exceed
.nnse Of the List Congress. With such liberal
o,,rcpria lions II seemed strange that there
h,,ld be such large deficiencies.
This little speech provoked a reply from Judge
uolman. who undertook to prove that the aggre-
D0fQ
osesed those Of the LID Congress. during which
80 was chairman of the Appropriations Com
,nstee. His figures and statements were chal-
,u,c.i by Messrs. Dingley and Henderson, Of
Iova. who showed that he was in error. Cen
r,l Henderson's speech was a strong and pithy
ana He took up the several items in the pend
IT,, hill which carries total Of 81, 255, and
,owed that in many cases the amount to be
n,roDriated added to that which was appro-
STATED al the last session OF the Lid Congress
f,r the current year. made a total which
caeiei the estimates transmitted 10 Congress by
tbq secretary of the Treasury in December
800 that in other cases the two sums made
,o,aI exactly equal to the estimates while in a
few cases the total fell below the estimates
These examples furnished crushing and unde-
r3ahle proof OF the fact which everybody who
has observed the proceedings OF Democratic
Congresses learned long ago. that the cutting of
epproprations below the estimates In which
Democratic majorities constantly indulge is SIM
ply and solely weak artifice by which they hope
10 deceive the country. The trick is so old
and has been exposed 50 often that 1t seems
almost waste Of time to discuss 1t again. and
vet Il Is absolutely necessary 10 do SO often
as a Democratic committee brings forward an
appropriation bill.
The bill as passed to-day contains some new
legislation affecting the Census Bureau, the life
OF which Is to be prolonged from December T.
1894 to March T. 1895. The lists Of men who
seryed in the Army and Navy during the Civil
War and or the WIDOWS OF tnJSe VINO nave OleO
are 10 be turned over TO the Pension Bureau
and not published The census report the
fisheries is 10 be Incorporated In the agricultural
report; and an abstract OF the entire census to be
brought within the compass Of 25O pages Is TO
be prepared and edition of 100000 copies pub
lished
As soon as the bill had been passed. Chairman
Henderson OF the Committee on POstoffices called
up the PostofIice Appropriation BILL which fur
nshed another striking example a the Demo-
cratic propensity 10 cut appropriations in order
70 make a show Of sham economy. This bill
appropr.ates nearly $500 900 less than the esti-
mates submitted by the Postmaster-General
This so-called saving is effected by cutting the
estimates for transportation of mails on railroads.
postmasters' compensation and pOstal-car service.
OF course the money will have 10 be appropriated
in a deficiency bill. The postal service will not be
crippled. because the pcstnasters pay them
seves out Of the receipts of their respective
Offices and the railroad companies will continue
20 furnish postal cars and transport the mails,
knowing that the money TO pay therefor will be
Appropriated at the next session. If not at this
one Therefore there WIFI Re no saving" and the
refusal Of the Postoffice Committee to recon-
mend adequate appropriations is simply another
piece Of cheap demagogy.
The bill not disposed Of to-day.