New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-09
MORE THAN 4 BILLION.
OF THE Lid EN-
CEEDED ONLY BY THE LID CONGRESS.

CEEDED ONLY BY THE LID CONGRESS.
AMOUNT OF MONEY VOTED AND CONTRACTS
AUTHORIZED ny THE BODY WHICH HAS
JUST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or CHAIR
MAN SAVERS AND COLONEL
HENDERSON REVIEWED
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNEl
Washington. March S.-A postnumous issue OF
THE Congressional Record" ~ the Lilo Con-
gress. which will appear TOMORROW morning. Viii
contain two statements respecting the total ap-
propriations voted by that Congress. one mas
been prepared by Chairman Savers Of the Com
mttee Appropriations OF the House Of Repre-
! sentatives and the other by Colonel d. +. Hen
derson OF Iowa who stands a the head Of the
Republican minority Of the same committee
Both statements agree in giving the total amount
OF the appropriations Of the late Congress as they
have been compiled by the clerks Of the Appro-
| priations Committees Of tire House Of Representa-
tives and Senate respectively. but in other re-
spects they widely differ from each other Chair
man Sayers prefaces his remarks with this state
| ment:
| Appropriations reduced. Under those o. the
| List Congress s45.34iIls 90. under those % the
| Lid Congress, SIG. 1886 W
He puts the total appropriations Of the Liza
Congress at 1890. 33s.69l. the amount reported by
the clerks Of the Appropriations Committees but
| in conversation with Tribune correspondent to-
day he admitted that this total should be in
! creased by the amount Of the addition 10 tho per
manent annual appropriation on account 81 inter-
est on the new per cent ioan. which wi GER
| tainlv amount - g. 49, 500 and may be a much
| larger sum This item. Of course was not in
| cluded in the estimates submitted to Congress by
! the Secretary Of the Treasury in December. 1894.
| which estimates form a part % the statement
| made by the clerks ~ the Appropriations Com
mittees. The actual total therefore. according 10
Chairman Saveis's statement and admission.
amounts 10 1892 S3l, POI And he saws that this
total Is s4534 AIS less than the tota, appropra-
lions Of the List Congress and s36.'65,s06 less
than the total OF the Lid Congress. II this Is an
the total Of the List Congress amounted TO 81 OBS,
I72 7Os and that Of me LID Congress 70 N02s =
5e7 l47 or course both Of these totals are greatly
exaggerated Chairman Sayers accepts the total
OF the LID Congress as figured by the clerk OF
his own committee and the clerk OF the Senate
Committee on Appropriations. but he coolly ig'
| nores and disregards the totals for the List and
LID Congresses, as figured by the same clerks
| Of the same committees. which does not seem to
be quite fair Their total for the List Congress
was $685. H7ls3 and for the LID Congress IT was
ST. O2I 1o4 547 Having accented the total az given
nv the clerks for the LID Congress Chairman
Sayers was bound 10 accept the totals given by
| the same clerks (who have had many years ex-
perence) for the List and Lid Congresses, but
he seems not to have done IT, and putting the best
face upon II that ne can. he is abe only 70 claim
that the Lid Congress. with an enormous de-
felt staring 81 in the face. appropriated only
S4414 0ss more than was appropriated by the List
Congress when the revenues were supcrabun-
dant and that II did actually appropriate sH21
25S less than the Lid Congress when "EconO~
mist" Holman was at the head Of the Appropria-
tions Committee NJ the House OF Represent tives.
which had a Democratic majority Of more than
two-thirds
Colonel Henderson shows that the only Billion
Dollar Congress" was the LID which appropri-
ated the enormous sum Of sl.o2I.lo4,5i1. or about
sas 700 ooo more than the List Congress. and
about s3s 500 900 more than tine Congress which
has inst expired Colonel Henderson Justly says
that the question IS not so much what is the
s,,oun, nf the appropriations as ii is Are these
concentrations needed? In cstima tingAthe work
~ the IJIId Congress In respect 10 appropria-
,ions" he continues 1T is entirely proper 70 add
70 tho total appropriations the authorized con-
,racts flor they constitute a mortgage upon the
nture, and when these are considered. amount
ing to s2l $50 7s4 they bring the grand total OF the
LIIId Congress up TO N,0l2,o25.45' %.
He notes the fact that nearly sl6ooo"o OF the
appropriate for the next hscal year are maze
Immediately availablc'-that is. the money may
be expended before the beginning OF that year.
! His statement shows that. III accordance WIN
laws enacted by the LilId Congress there VIII De
a increase Of more than 700 persons I" the
| payrolls Of the Government but 1t does not snow
the net increase or decrease in the total amount
Of salaries and wages. He says that so soon ms
the war was over the Republican party pesah ~
reduce the number Of officials removed 'he direct
burdens from own people ana cut OUT oS '"e
roots the annoyance attending the WORKINGS o'
the internal revenue laws especially those "h'ch
pried into the private affairs OF our ciuzehs' inv
policy OF the LID Congress has reversed All 'n'
and the recreation OF an army OF omcia's anu We
tectives TO explore the workings Of our own people
has been reorganized."
What Colonel Henderson has to say on the sub
ject Of pension appropriations and expenditures
in comparison with appropriations ana e~peho-
lures for other objects deserves to be reproa"'e'
here. He says:
The appropriations for pensions IN tne IN, Ia
Congress amounted to 1913. 700; In the LllIu
Congress they amounted to $2s2963lso oecI ,I
Of SO. 305560 Here Is where the presen, AdiIills
tration and the Lilo Congress nave peen su'|e''
full in paying some attention 10 the reducuon ol
revenues and the terribly straitened conditioh
OF the Federal Treasury. Everything eise mas
been generously provided for swelling the appro-
priatons giving liberal contracts extending mo
the future, making appropriations immediateI!
available: but when IL comes to pensions n re-
ducon is made OF $40 100000. made possible ny an
oppressive system carried on by this Administra-
ton. which has brought a reign OF terror into the
ranks Of the crippled soldiers Of the Union their
been kept up since March 4. 1893 by this Admins
tration. as II had been previously done by Presi-