The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-02
WOULD COST MONEY.
Eenate Committee Changes
Will Not Be Made With
out Opposition.
CONDUCIVE OF EXTRAVAGANCE
Similar Changes in the House
Increased Expenses rs
! Cents Per Capita.

WASHINGTON. July "A question,
which is engaging no small share OF at
tention among senators who ara look
ing forward to the business OF the next
session Of congress is that concerning
the effort which it is well understood
will be made to have the appropriation
bills distributed among number OF
committees in the senate as IN the
house. There has not been congress
since the house made the change from
the system of having one committee
handle all the appropriation bills when
a similar change has not been agitated
in the senate, but the more conserva-
tive senator's have 50 far succeeded In
preventing the movement from gaining
formidable headway. The agitation
has begun much earlier than usual Tor
the next congress and was in working
shape when the last session adjourned.
1t is coupled with a general desire
among the new members to secure
more satisfactory representation on the
committees generally and includes
among its promoters sufnclent num-
ber of senators to cause the cOnserva.
tives to feel no slight degree OF appre'
hension over the possibilities.
Older Men Opposed.
The older men in the senate will, as
class, oppose the innovation, and
they too have been getting their forces
into line. The opposition will be based
largely Oh the ground that the change
If made will have tendency to pro-
mote extravaganza in>expenditure, and
the experience of the house will be
pointed to in support Of the contention.
There are members in both houses who
assert that the change made III method
in the house has been productive of very
marked increases in the annual appro-
priations and they quote figures to
show that this has been the case. The
first change there was made in 1880,
when the appropriations for the ex-
penses of the agricultural department
were first put in an independent bill,
and that measure placed in the hands
of the committee on agriculture, and
the river and harbor appropriation bill
put into the hands of an independent
committee. Previous to that the appro-
priation bills, save that for the pay
ment of pensions (Which is excluded
from all calculations) amounted to 81. SO
per capita Of the population OF the
United States. During the next four
years during which no further change
was made, there was slight increase,
but it was Lot regarded as OF sufficient
importance to excite remark or to
afford good ground for opposing the
proposition when it came up in the
Forty eighth congress-, to take the
army, the diplomatic and consular, the
Indian, the military academy, the navy
and the postoffice bills from the COM
.mittee on appropriations, and give
them to the various house committees
having charge OF the kindred subjects.
Increased IS Ccnts Per Capita.
The change was accordingly made.
The new system was vigorously at.
tackled at the beginning of the Fifty.
second congress and calculation,
which has been unearthed since the
present agitation for a change in the
senate was inaugurated, was made by
the house experts, showing an increase
in the appropriation under the new
system of over 70 cents per capita, ex.
elusive of pensions.
This the opponents Of the distribu.
tion plan claimed, as they do now, was
the result of divided responsibility.
The same statement showed that up tc
that time the incrase figured on q per
capita basis had amounted in the aggre.
gate to $l74, ,693, 240. Estimates made
to the present time bring the figures
up to 5000, 100000. In view of these
facts, said senator, few days since,
who opposed the similar change in the
senate, would we have had shortage
in the treasury and been compelled
to borrow money to meet running ex.
penses if the change had not been made
from the old way of doing business in
the house, and if this had been the re
suit with only one Of the houses doine
business in this way, what might WE
not expect if both houses should adopt
it. Before this change was made ir
the house, the senate had never beer
known to reduce house appropriation
bill. but it has happened frequently
since.
Prctically = Lottery.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The Eureks
Tobacco works, operated by A. Becl
& Co., of Chicago has been notified by
the postoffice department to cease send
ing through the mails their bags o.
smoking tobacco, or to remove from
them certain cards that offer prizes t,
purchaser of those containing q giver
number. The department holds tina
the scheme is practically lottery.
Balfour aud Chamberlain Re-elected.
LONDON, July 2.-The Rt Hon. A
j. Balfour, the firss lord OF the treasury
and the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
the secretary of state for the colonies
were both reelected without opposition