The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-03
DINGLEY Bill A law.
This Is What Senator Hale
Expects to See.
SAYS CLEVELAND WILL SIGN 1T.
Democrats Won't Obstruct and Some
Silver Republicans VIII Vote For It.
Senator Cannon differs with Him.
Appropriation Bills.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Senator Hale |
has expressed the opinion that the sen.
ate will take up, and he hoped, pass the |
Dingley bill at the session to begin next
Monday.
"We ought to have it," said he, "for
the treasury reports show the great
need of more revenue. While would
not attempt to speak for all of them, l
am satisfied that some Of the silver Re-
publicans will give their assistance to
the passage of the bill, and cannot be-
ieve that the Democrats would put any
unusual distractions in the way of the
necessity of the measure. Furthermore
am quite pursuaded that Mr.. Cleve-
land would not veto the bill if it should
be presented to him."
Senator Cannon of Utah, who has
reached Washington, and who was ON
of the Republican silver senators VIII o
joined the Democrats last session in de-
feating the consideration of the Dingley
tariff bill and who subsequently bolted
the st. Louis convention, says that the
reasons which induced him to vote
against that measure at the last session
are accentuated now by the discovery
that some of the interests which last
session favored its immediate enact.
ment are now opposed to it. This, he
says, is especially true of the wool in
| dustry on the ground that present
enactment of the Dingley bill would
| delay the enactment of a satisfactory
| tariff measure containing adequate pro.
| lection for the woolgrowers and in the
end might defeat complete tariff re.
| vision on protective lines. He is not
inclined to believe that serious effort
will be made to pass the Dingley bill at
this session.
Chairman Cannon of the appropria
tions committee, in speaking of the
work of his committee, said: Through
the courtesy of the treasury department
the committee on appropriations has on
hand advance copies of the estimates
covering all the bills over which that
committee had jurisdiction. The vari.
Gus subcommittee no doubt will make
considerable progress in analyzing
these statements before congress meets
on next Monday.
"It would not be proper for me at
this time to speak of the details of any
of these estimates, but as published re.
Gently the estimates for Notifications
100000. At the last session of congress
there was an important departure from
the methods of appropriations for forti
fications by giving to the secretary of
war authority to enter into contracts
for material and labor for the construc
ton of gun and mortar batteries at the
important ports of our Seacoast to the
extent of So, 500, 900. Just what the de.
partment has done in the way of acting
under this authority has not been de.
veloped.
"The committee possibly will be en-.
abled to have the pension appropria.
tion bill ready to report to the house on
the first or second day OF this session.
They expect to have the legislative bill
in condition to report by the middle OF
last of the first week of congress"
"What in your Judgment will be the
policy of the committee touching lib
eral appropriations for the public serv-
ice?"
ut is perfectly well understood that
the revenues received by the govern
ment are not equal to the expenditures
and that the expenditures have been
and are being paid from the proceeds OF
money borrowed at interest Keeping
this condition in view, in my judg.
ment, the congress will provide by ap.
preparation for an effective public serv.
ice, taking care, however, to avoid OK.
travagance and limiting appropriations
to the requirements of the government
economically administered"
The comparative statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the United
States shows that during November
1896, the total receipts were $25. 81 i. .696,
and the expenditures. $32, $3.50, ,720. The
receipts for the five months of the fscal
year amount to $l3l 500, ,489, and the ex.
penditures, $17l, ,597 1886. The deficit
for the month of November therefor is
$8,050,024. and for the FIVE months
$50, ,946, ,846, as compared with $I5,869.'
837 for the corresponding five months
of last year. The receipts from the
customs during November amounted tC
$9,9S0,3S from internal revenue. 3d..
104 1928, and from miscellaneous sources
$2,l75, ,482. This is loss in customs as
compared with November, 1895. ot
81 1924, ,929, a gain from internal revenue
Of $64, 744, and gain Of $6S4,379 FROM
miscellaneous sources.