The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-12
S5l5,759,Slo.49 APPROPRIATED
That Was the Result of the Ses-
sion Just Closed.
Chairman Cannon Says the Bond Issues
Makes the Amount of Appropriations
Larger Than 1t Would Otherwise Have
Been-Mr. ssyers Gives His Side OF the
Story.

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Chsirman
Cannon, Of the House appropriations
committee, and ex Chairman Sayers to.
day made public 9 joint statement con-
corning the expenditures authorized by
this Congress, discussing them from the
Republican and Democratic stand points
respectively.
The total OF appropriations for the
session including permanent annual
appropriations is s5l5. 75s, s20.49. Mr..
Cannon's statements begins.
THE appropriations charged to this
session include Sis, 1854, 100 under per-
manent laws. of which amount $50 600.
600 Is for sinking fund and $40. 500, 600
1or Interest on the public debt. or
$685. GA 40 more than was included at
the last session of Congress In the state
ments OF appropriations and Is on &C.
count Of the increase of S162. BIS, 400 in
the bonded Indebtedness Of the country
By the present administration up to
Feorusry, 1895, the interest and sinking
fund charge on account of the later
boad issue OF 800, 900, 600 in February,
1885, amounting to 81, 400, 900, not being
included in the estimates OF permanent
appropriations.
The increase in The principal OF the
interest bearing debt of the country
under the present administration
amounts to S262, 315, AGO. which entails
an snnual interest charge of 81. 492 .6l3,
and to meet the sinking fund obliga-
lions the further sum OF S2,623 1854.
During the administration OF Mr.. Har-
rison the principal of the INTEREST,"
haaFinO daht
and the annual interest charge $40, 327,.
TIC.
The regular annual bills" says Mr..
Cannon, Including deficiencies, as
passed by the House, made reduction
in the estimates submitted by the exec.
utive OF sec, OS3, 19l. 81; that they were
increased by the Senate S22. 900. 442. 80,
and that as they became laws they ap-
propriate Sl0,636, 624.06 less than as
passed by the Senate. SI3,2s3. SIS "a
more than as they passed the House and
So, 1874, 373.43 less than the estimated
requirements Of the administration.
The regular annual appropriations,
including deficiencies, made at the last
session Of Congress amounted to $685.
636. 1896 81, and included no river and
harbo bill. Excluding the river and
harbor act passed at this session, the
HoNse appropriated only 1878, sos, Os2. IS,
or more than $40, 900, 600 less than was
appropriated by the last Democratic
Congress-"
Mr.. Cannon criticises the Treasury
Department because 1t has "expended
ST. 377 ,440 for the present year in COL
leoting the revenue from customs, es.
mated at Sl65. 900, 900, whereas for the
last fiscal year Qs92) under President
Harrison's administration there was
collected under the Mckinley act Sl77,-
452, 600 customs revenue at o total cost
OF only Sc, COZ, 5I7."
Mr.. Sayers in his statement says of
the total appropriations for the session.
This sum exceeds the appropriations
made during the last session Of the
Fifty-third Congress by Sls, ,299,S3,
and those OF the first regular session OF
that Congress by S25,529. 1886. 1. Is
less than the appropriations by the SEC
ond session OF the Fifty second Con-
gress by only S3.744. 53S 72, although at
the latter session sac, 1852, 494 SIS moro
WAS appropriated for pensions than at
this session. 1t is more than those by
the first session of the Fifty-first Con-
yress by S21.S03, ST. 81.
THE Senate organized this session
By g combination OF Republican and
Populist votes, placing she control of
committees in She hands of Republicans.
By Its amendments to appropriation
bills the House proposed to increase the
total by S22 900, 442 80. BY conference
between the two houses this aggregate
increase was reduced to 81, 1883. 1884.
The appropriations made at the second
aession OF the Fifty first Congress ex-
ceeded those made at the first session Of
the same Congress by SAC. 1877, Gle. Ga, or
Tomato increase should be made at the
next session then the appropriations
will not be less than 5000, 0OO."
Contracts authorized by this session
he estimates IS follows: "Rivers and
hsrbors. $50 .616, 404; public buildings,
light houses and revenue cutters,
81 ,406. 600; defenses and armament,
81, 95.076; new wArships, Sl2, 900. 900;
District Of Columbia. s124, 900; total.
SIS 241. $780,"
In conclusion, Mr.. Sayers says: III
the present Congress had rigidly re.
fused authority for additional contracts
and had appropriated only TO meet the
INN edtass or nscAl year requirements
under existing ones the next Congress
and administration would have been in
3 position to largely reduce sppropria-
lions and expenditures and the admins
trAtion Of the Government could easily
have returned to an economical method
OF expenditure. This, however, has not
been done; and the majority in Con-
gress must be held responsible for this
grave declaration in public duty"
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