Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-24
CONGRESS AND FINANCIAL CONTROL.
New York evening Post.

ike IL is known to any other government
in the world, civilized or uncivilized. No
where else is the power to spend made so
independent of the obligation to tux in
order TO spend. In every other system
there is either single man, minister of
finance, or single committee--on the
budget-that gives with the right hand
only what is taken in taxation by the left.
But our plan is to let one set of men lay
the taxes, and guess within S20,000000
how much they will produce, while an
other and entirely distinct and irrespon-
sible set of men make appropriations, and
guess how much they will amount to.
This system has always been the as
constituent of foreign observers, and the
concern of not a few even of those who
live under ii and suffer from it, But its
vices have been concealed from the public
view, owing to certain favoring circum-
stances. The steady and enormous expan-
sion of the country has generally driven
up the revenue above the most wanton
spending. Just look at the surplusr'
has been the sufficient answer to all crit
les; I'VE guess your chancelors of the
exchequer would be glad enough IL they
had as much to the good" But the events
of the past three years have stricken the
scales from many eyes. The system has
been exposed for just what ii is--a hap
py-go-lucky, irresponsible system. without
sense or safeguards, that is foolish and in
defensible in good times, and, in bad, is
imbecile and dangerous to the last de-
gree.
o,arr,;no .I.a a.. ne ~. n1 a.e;s, "nu
troll seen in the last session of Congress
and to be repeated in this? The COM
,,a'.so y ~ inse Mas ea"sna III an rlii-
'' eo",u w ralse slnsie aoi'u l
' ~ an, enoush NE r.N.hues were
th;s eoat az uee.i ~ u ,ne hnee VI
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',a ttet "s lo noo . nos ueiperatsiy
ns J.; ue.e', Vi p'o'oououo; In !,, sun" ,,ii
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a"au WIN ,nel app..opiia'ioiis, "ni,i,'
al oii :ne,' o"n shoMins' IN aeeoluanee mitn
W. W.. a"s's ~ anu iatuS,'n
fo;an % 20 oon 400 e'e M, "no,nei Az
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W. ,,, .A',i.eu' shouM sussest 70 tne
nios' nlu .i hnu h'ihhAhru OIL lem
o $500 &c. aoii,e, 70 "i'hs "i'h i's
esS,ci v. ihaheai eoh'ioi. =, -.
Wv, :iie one nAeu iacl IN an tnis
u.sl"sss -. una. any represent mn p9us
VIII poMer ~ sptnu MONEY WIN sleha u
. "niess iieiu III cnech. ~
- ~. III" W, W .a,S vi ciiiiiate VI
institu'io.s' waste Is tne very III" Oh
pelns lol w congresses, paliiainenls,
.or s. soinn,, .,,. uoaius' win ppwee
~ ~ u'puieI p','ne iunus; any VI ail VI
.ntm, nheleeNeu' Wo1,u run riot WIN
pupio n,anev, Us our oonsless uoes, uii-
80 soiie noit VI nooh Meie pul III .iicir
gams. .o tii ~ las' noM i"fins se ~,
m o.ei ,ie ieIAisss eA'rnN '"h.e VI tne
oouit! Iouhcii' 10 oee"use ',iat oouy
NJ, s" : " ~ s'nIe n,i"ne' voi. .,,
hne ioheon Scloo, poa.u Is III tfoupie
o,ef we ruct lhat ITO Narious eoiilhi,tees
az eIenu,hs nloie iiohes 'haii 'hes huse
~ spenu' iere nsalli 'he eNh Is
ihck OF centraiizcu ana resnohsiple
nlinnci"i co''troi' ne iiouse Oh oohi-
hrn'lE pil'eu. w prNhte hleh,ner rah
~ ~ hi'.ch as priiS III money piii' ine
ile"s"is coh'rols esers,nihG. livery
si"'i' VI MONEY gus manu- ny III manu- WIN
~ '"Iitspoiuiis t"A; ne eiianceior vi
'.e eAeheque, naS "pspiu,e roh'roi pom
Vi income anu oulso. ohuer ms scrutiny
anu au.horiy the .H.iin"tr ~, are r,siug
GU uoWn anu heP. oo"h, Inc ",hplt'oi
Oh the treasury is 10 SHOW as large Il
surplus us possip,e WIN us igh. ,aAatioh
.s possinpe. Nnhou' sueh priuie oh lts
nenG, Tue oon,liiols Wo"iu ne as spend
tnTiit us our oohsress'
but now i've we sot a,oiis so Wen IN
thepast IL our system rs IN wrong! Wei'
our SYSTEM Always uetectNe, mas YET pceh
pet'er IMAM II now Is. II mas ulstihctiE
chafseu ior .he WORST III the ihst rev
years. mt Is tne most alarhllhg tnihg
III the situatioh. hirtE years ago we had
sembiahce OF hnahciai control IN Con
sfess. bowh 10 inc close oi the war the
power 10 approximate was hnrlcssed, as
II should be, WIN the power to tax. The
ways ana means committee had charge,
not oiliS Oh revenue, put OF eNpehui-
lure mt IN ioo' the separate appro-
prlhtiohS committee was formed, thus put
Ing asunurr Whut sho,lih nc joined Tor
ever. Liltle ny httie the power even OF
inns comihittee mas peen Undermined. III
pq-,crol opnropriotion hills. Tho chair
mon of other committees are all the while
fighting to get control of bill carving
the spending of money. Already there