Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-12
TWO VIEWPOINTS.
From Which to Look at the Bus.
mess Done by Congress.
COMMENT BY CANNON AND sAYREs

The Illinois Statesman Explains That In
crease Of the Debt Added to the Appro-
priations. which, After All, He Figures
~ Les. Than Those Of the Last Demo-
cratic ConSress-The Texas Reviewer
Holds Different View OF the Case.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-Chairman Can
non, of the house appropriations commit
tee, and ex-Chairman Sayres, have made
public joint statement concerning the
expenditures authorized by this congress,
discussing them from the Republican and
Democratic standpoints, respectively. The
total appropriations for the session. includ-
ing permanent annual appropriations, is
$5l5, 159, S20.4a. Cannon's statement be-
gins: 1.-THE appropriations charged to this
session include sl19, O5i, 100 under perma-
nent laws, Of which amount $4,000, 900 is
for the sinking fund and $50, 500, 600 for in
terest on the public debt, or s., $50, GA. 40
more than was included at the last session
of congress in the statements of appropria-
tons.
Because Of Increase of the Debt.
This is because of an increase of 1862 315,-
40Oin the bonded Indebtedness of the coun-
try by the present administration up to Feb
ruary, 1895, the interest and sinking fund
charge on account Of the later bond issue
of slGo, oOo, OoOin February, 1886, amounting
to si,400,OO0, not being included in the
estimates of permanent appropriations.
The increase in the principal of the inter
est bearing debt Of the country under the
present administration amounts to $262,
315, 400, which entails an annual interest
charge Of 81, 492 ,616, and to meet the sink
ing fund obligations the further sum OF
Sa,623,l54''
Senate Made Large Additions.
"The regular annual bills" says Can
non, Including deficiencies, as passed by
| the house made reduction in the total
estimates submitted by the executive of
Sc, OS3, l9l 81; they were increased by the
senate -, $40, az, 30; and as they became
laws they appropriated $40, 636, 6a4 .O6 les:
than as passed by the senate; sl2, 2S3 SlS "A
| more than as they passed the house, and
Sl3, 1884 ,3a13.43 less than the estimated re-
quireincnts Of the administration.
Figures u Saving of $40, 900.
"The regular annual appropriations, in
GLIDING deficiencies, made at the last ses
sion OF congress amounted to S3S3, 635, $50.
~. and included no river and harbor bill
| Excluding the river and harbor act passed
ut this session the regular annual bills as
passedbythe hous, ,ppropriateioniys}7 49,
| o05, 0S2a5, or more than $40, 900 OO0less thar
was appropriated by the last Democratic
| congress"
| No Increase OF Salaries.
| The bill establishing salaries instead o
| the fee system for officers of United States
courts, he says, will save s1,O00.OoO annu
| ally and minimize frivolous and malicious
| prosecution, and special attention is called
| to the fact that congress made no increas
of salaries Of employees in the government
| departments. The following table of ap
| preparations is given:
4 fhty-nrst congress-. ; gSS.4lI.lS3.3
Fifty second congress-. Leg IA, 54s9
| fnty-tnlru congress. VS. <aJ-@ooo
Fifty fourth congress. SIS, 80, $50. 4
| Some Statistics in Revenue.
The revenues for three fiscal years O
the Harrison administration, ended Jun
30, 1892, are given as 81, 15O, 63l, PA; ex
penditures, s99s, l322, sol. For the two com
plete fiscal years of Cle1eland's admins
tration-revenues, $6l1, liz ,094; expendi
lures, s723, 720,57s.