The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-29
10y threc Of the regular blls--lh0 ,n-

cay three of the regular bills--the IN. |
uian, legislative and stindry civil
The reduction In the case of The Indian
act Is only apparent, and not actunl. In
me last indian appropriation act the sum
OF sl'o0o,ooo was appropriated to meet the
hist annual instaiimcnt due on account
oil the purchase of the Cherokee outlet,
anu an estimate was submitted ia tho
present congress IN u Ike sum TO meet
tbs. second installment Oh the sumo ac-
count. Hut subsequent to the submission
of the estimate, and after the appropra-
tion had been made by the house, II was
held 10y the secretary of the treasury thai,
under the legislation rutlfying the treaty
whereby the purchase was made from the
Indians aud regulating the payments
| ton was made TO meet the Obligations
arising Hereunder; ana upon this con
| struciion of The law the sum Of 81 $50 100
! has alreody been paid this year from the
treasury on that account. If this amount
were added, as 1t should he for purposes
of compa son. to the sum total of the
indian appropriation act for this session,
| II would be seen that Instead of a rc,ilIc-
ton the bill this session makes an actual
| increase OF $2S7.Ti55j over the act passed
| ut the last session.
! The apparent reduction Of sS79ss in
| the ease Of the legislative act IL more
| than accounted for in the omission of
| $40 100 which vas carried in the last leg
| islative act for the expense of collecting
| ter for the mex, iiscol year, under the de-
| clson of the supreme court declaring the
| income tax to he unconst tut.onal.
| The reduction of si3.537,,s,S.2l which APP
| pears in the sum total OF the sundry civil
| act this session, as compared with that
T! passed at the last session. is almost Off
! set by the sum of s5,2's .s3.os. appropri
utcd in that act AT the last session 20 pay
| the sugar bounty uillcr leg Station enact
! cd during the Fifty-iirst consrcss) and
| by the excess OF sS.op2.blS to meet contracts
| al.
appropriated for river aud harbor CON
tract works in tho bill Of the present SEES
| sion.
! In considering the sum total of appro-
| priafious made at this session. ii may be
| noted that the river and harhor act, APP
| rrorr.a'ing specifically, as stated above
| si2,''2l SEQ. was passed, whereas 10 bll for
| river and hat0or works WIS passed ~ the
| last session. But in this connec, Oh IT
| must he borne N mind that in order 10
meet contract Obligations authorized 10y
previous congresses for river aud harbnr
works, the sundrv civil act for tn, las
| session Appropriated $ll,2S7,li5, while At
| this session the sundry cvil act carries
| for such objects only S3.2si.S9
CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.
In addition to the large aggregate OF
| s5l5, 769 500. 40 of specific appropriations
| made at this session the sundry civil net
| made at this session, contract liabilities,
| the sum of the specific appropriai tons
| to he met at the next and succeeding ses
| sions of congress, are atnori2ed as iol-
| lows.
| River and hnrbor act. for riv-
| ers and harhors ............... S59 SID, i04 81
| Sundry evil act, for public
| buildings light houses and
| revenue cutters ..............,. l46.0oC on
| Fort icut.on act, for defcnses
| and armament .......-......... 4,le5.Wb On
| Naval act, for new warshTs... l2.9o,Goo 90
! District of Columbia act....... l2i.cy1 o.
| Total .. .............s7s24 "a, $50 n
| The river and harhor act in addition to
| specific appropriations made on its lace,
| makes an indefinite appropi alton ioi the
! purchase. under contamination, OF the
/ property OF the Monongahcla Navigation
| company of Pennsylvania estimated at
/ not less than sS.o0cu)o. AS stated before,
| the sum of 81 $4,000 has recently been paid
out of the treasury on account Of the pur-
| chase of the Cherokee outlet. whici: sum
is not included either in any of the r.gu-
| lar annunl appropriation hliis or IA the
| estimates 1i permanent annual appropri-
| atoms set out In the foregoing tab.c. Adt
these sums on account of the purchase Of
| the Cherokee outlet. the purchase of the
! Monongaheia Navigation companys prop
crty, and the nddt onal contract .inhil'-
| ties amounting in all to $s29ol. iSo.al, TO
made in the bills and the permanent an
| uual appropriations as estimated, and we
haze tho enormous aggregate of s59s,s5i,-
| 30l 10 appropriated and authorized by con-
tracts to he expended by the legislation
| of this session of congress
The total ordinary expenditures OF tnti
| government have never approached so
large sum in any one fiscal year during
| our whole history, .Ncept Tor me ~
! three fiscal years of the EVIL war. as has
been appropriated and authorized by the
present session of congress. The tot"i
assessed va!i alton OF property IN no 't'e
of the South Atlantic states Is equdl TO
this vast sum of expenditures authoflzen
mt this single session of congress
4 1t is not unfair TO charge Inc present
session of congress with this Il .;autic siln,
3 la, |, aC rnafacfNf1If