The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-03-21
SAUK CENTRE, MINI.
BY CHAS. F. HENDRIX.
SUBSCRIPTION $l.5O PER YEAR.
WHAT IT DID, AND DID NOT.


Republican extravaganza in national
affairs has been stock argument OF
the democracy for years, and it was
used with deadly effect in it's application
to the Fifty-hrst congress over which
Speaker Reid presided. That session
was dubbed the Bullion Dollar Con-
gress," and the figures were paraded in
season and out of season. and contrasted
with the revenue plank in the democrat
&c national convention which pledged
the party to an economical administra-
ton of national affairs. How hollow
the professions OF that party were, is
made manifest by recently prepared
linois, who was chairman of the COM
mitee on appropriations of the Fifty
first congress-. He shows that the two
succeeding congresses, both democratic
bodies, not only exceeded the amount
expended by the republicans in 1902,
and that too in the face of largely de-
creased appropriations for pensions. but
that revenue legislature so far ieduced
the revenues of the government as to
create enormous deficiencies where sur
pluses existed before, making necessary
the sale of bonds for current uses. The
bonds were ostensibly tor the purpose OF
maintaining the gold reserve, while in
fact the proceeds were devoted to max
up the deficiency in current expenses.
The following is the report of MIR. Cam
non.
II avail myself of the opportunity to
present, for the information of the house
and the country, statement of the ag-
gregate OF appropriations made by
this congress-the first half of Cleve-
lands administration-as compared
with the aggregate of the appropria-
tions for the. F;ttv-frst and Fifty-second
congresses, respectively, under Har-
rlsons administration. For this pur-
pose, insert comparative statement,
which has been carefully complied and is
correct.
From this statement it appears that
the appropriations of the Fifty-irst con-
gress, made when Mr.. Reed was speaker
of the house and the president and the
senate were republican, were-in round
number-$9ss,O 100000, while appro-
priations tor the Flfty-second congress,
when the house was democratic and Mr..
Crisp was speaker, were-in round num-
bers-$1 OPT 100000, and the appro-
priation for this congress, with presi-
are-in round numbers-$99O,O 100000.
Moreover, the late sale of the 3O-year +
per cent United States Londs-the paw
ment of interest upon which is perman-
ent-swells the total appropriations for
this and the next fiscal wear by $4,000
600. making the grand total actually
appropriated by this congress-in round
numbers-$993, 100000. This exceeds
the appropriations made Dy the Fifty
first congress called by our democratic
friends tie "billlon dollar corgress"-in
round numbers. by $5,OOO.OOO.
"This congress, Furthermore, in adCli-
tion to the actual increase of appropria-
tions, has authorized public works, to be
done under contract, leaving the next
congress to nave appropriations there
for, as follows:E By tortifcatron act.
$325,OOO: by sundry civil act. $685.
900; bv { District of Columbia act.
$261. 746; by naval appropriation act
$14,715, 900; total, $21 $3.50. 764. Thus
the appropriations and authorizations
of this congress are seen to be-in round
numbers-$1 OF 100000.
1.-THE appropriations for the public
service, as rule, make dry reading; but
to the careful student OF phblic ques-
tons they tell more of the policies OF adj
ministrations and.Eparties than can be
gathered sfrom. tvolumes of words and
protestations.
Il call attention that the appropria-
tions of pensions to the defenders of the
republic in war. and to their widows
and orphans, by this congress, under
Cleveland, are $42,129,612 less than
those made bv ::the Fifty-frs congress,
the last two yearslunder Harrison. This
$40, 100000 decrease gives in figures
the tangibleiresult OF an unfriendly, nay,
60 further, and::say uniust-administra
ton of the pension lawssunder Ceve-
land.
1.-THE conditions of the country was
far different underii Harrison's admins
trations from swhat 1t has been. and is
now, under this administrations. Then
there was universal adyersity. Then
under wise revenue laws. the people
cneertully contribute to the support of
and were glad when the treasury poured
from it's full Golfers the necessary money
literally and wisely to carry on the
government, and after all there was
done. surplus was still remaining to
anticipate the payment OF the war debt.
Now, our people are out OF employment,
values are shrinking, people pay their
taxes into the treasury y great effort,
and find such payment oppressive. The
surplus has disappeared from the treas
ury. The debt OF the government, in
stead OF decreasing, is increasing, and
asing not to MAINTAIN resum Dtion,
as is claimed, but TO pay current ex-
penses.
- his ADMINISTRATION has issued and
sold United States bonds time and time