Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-08
CANNON'S REPUBLICAN THUNDER
SAYS DEMOCRATS WEIRD VERY EN-
TRAvAGAsT.
spent More Money Than the nee"
billion Dollar Congress-rhe Fig
ures lie Gives in His Estimates
The Dond Issue brought IN
wAsHINGroN. MARCH, Z


Representative Cannon OF illinois, on
behalf OF the Republican minority OF
the house committee on appropriations,
has prepared the following statement,
which will be published tomorrow as
a part of the congressional record
1t says: 81 avail myself of the OPP
portunity to present. for the informa-
ton Of the house and the country. a
statement of the aggregate appropria-
lions made by this congress the first
hafl OF Mr.. Clevelands admlnistra-
ton as compared with the aggregate of
the appropriations for the Fifty-hrst
and Flfty-second congresses, respect
lively, under Mr.. Harrison's admlnistra-
tion. For this purpose | insert COM
parauye statement which has been
carefully compiled and Is correct
1t appears that the appropriations of
the Fifty-first congress when Mr.. Reed
was speaker of the house, and the
president, house and senate We're Re
publican, We're in round numbers $685.
600 900. while the appropriations for the
FIfty-second congress, when the house
was Democratic and Mr.. Crisp was
speaker was in round numbers Sl,O27,-
100000, and the appropriations for this
congress. with the president, house and
senate all Democratic, are in round
numbers 100000 900, Moreover that
the late sale of thirty-year per cent
United States bonds, the bonds, the
payment Of interest upon which is per-
manent, swells the total appropriations
for this and the next fiscal year by
S2,9O0,000 making the grand total ac-
pnfanAnptntaI tNig nnnnrRgg
In round numbers S0930OO,O0O This
exceeds the appropriations made by
the Fifty-iirst congress, called by our
Democratic friends the Billion-Dollar
Congress-" in round numbers by 5.0OO,
0OO This congress. Furthermore, In ad-
dition to the actual Increase of appro-
priations has authorized public works,
10 be done under contract leaving the
next congress to make appropriations
therefor, as follows:
BY cert!fication act, S325,000; by sun
dry civil act, $6,3S5,0O0 by District of
Columbia act, $26O6i; by naval act, s14,-
$4,000; total, S2l, Csc, 7G4. Thus the APP
preparations and authorizations of this
congress are seen to be in round num-
bers, Sl,0l50O0,0O 600.
The appropriations Of pensions to the
defenders of the republic in war and to
their widows and orphans by this con-
% CSC NlthNA -AA# View dAF NA-f-
1856 less than those made by the
Flfty-second congress the last two
years under Harrison.
This Si2,OOO,O0O decrease gives In fig
ures the tangible result Of an unfrlend-
ly-I will go no further and say I'M
Observation-Disclosures Of the pension laws
under Cleveland.
THE condition of the country was
far different under Harrson's admin
istratlon. Then the people were pros
porous. Now there is universal ad-
versity Then the people cheerfully
contributed to the support Of the gov
ernment from their abundance and a
surplus still remained to anticipate the
payment Of the war debt. Now or
people are out OF employment, values
are shrinking and the people pay their
taxes into the treasury by great eff
fort, and find such payments oppres-
sive. The surplus has disappeared from
the treasury The debt of the govern
ment, instead of decreasing, Is in
creasins, and increasing not to main
tain resumption, as is claimed but to
pay current expenses