New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-30
DOCKERY COMES TO GRIEF.
HE ENCOUNTERS CHAIRMAN DINGLEY
WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS.
THE MISSOURI ECONOMISTS" FIGURES IN
TENTED TO SHOW THAT THIS CONGRESS
Is WICKEDIY EXTRAVAGANT EASILY
inv TELEGRAPH TO THE Tr1EuNE.1

Is wICKEDI.Y EXTRAVAGANT EASILY
DISPOSED OF.
fBY TELEGRAPH THE TE1EuNEl
Washington. April 29-In the opinion OF Mr. DOCK
cry of Missouri. neither President Cleveland nor
cncrotarv Carlisle nor any other Democrat who mas
denied that the current revenues OF the Government
during the last three years nave beeh hdu'p"'''c
TO meet It's current expenditures Is an lh'e"se"t
Domocrat" This was a bold declaration for the
cautious Mlssouran to make. but he did make II
to-day without qualification or reservation lie also
made a Gear statement Of another fact when the
Administration and its partisaHs ore always anx-
ions TO ignore. which Is that the surplus IN ire
Treasury to-day consists OF money which mas peeh
borrowed s.nce Mr. Carlisle became Secretary OF inc
Treasury II was pity that Mr.. Dockerys stock
If candor became exhausted when he had gone thus
far. and that he then proceeded to make wholly
uncandid and misleading statement OF the appro-
nriotions made and TO he made at the present ses-
sion
Mr. Dockery took as the text for his speech a
hill 10 authorize the building OF q new lighthouse
on Long Island for the consideration Of which Mr.
Mccormick Of New-York asked unanimous con-
sent (Which It is proper here TO remark that ne dd
M, obtain although he succeeded In showing that
in the opinion CT the Lighthouse Board ana otncr
authorities as well OF navigators ana persons
Interested IN shipping the proposed WORK IS Ihdis-
nensabe to the safety OF tens of thousands OF
every year.. Lighthouses are not required In mat
mar, Of Missouri from which Mr.. Dockery nails
and he has never yet been able TO understand why
they should be needed to light the pathway OF COM
merce between the haTbor OF New-iork ara foreign
and domestic ports However. ihat is only one o'
a vast number Of thing. Mr.. Dockery has never
tried or been able to understand. He didn't care
,,cb about Mr. McCormick's bill. but he did care
n good deal about getting into The Record GER
tain "nggers" he had complied In an attempt "
show that this Congress has been wlcNeCy extrava-
CANT not 10 say prodigal. In voting appropriations
for the support Of :h@ Government
II was apparent that Mr.. Dockory felt annoyed
because Senator German yesterday had stoeh
march on him. so 10 speak. and that ne had deter
mined 70 star,e the country with statement when
would completely eclipse that OF the Maryland
statesman II he had had the fed all 10 himsef
Dockery might have mode something Of an IN
preston but. unfortunately for him. CHAIRMAN
D.ngcy. Of the Ways and Means Committee, vas
nresent and on the alert. There Is no man In Con-
gross who IS more thoroughly familiar Win the
financial operations Of the Government or the re-
sources and liabilities Of the National Treasury than
he is and II did not take him long TO dfpoS" OF
Mr. Dockery and his figures. He repeated what
everybody OF ordinary intelligence has KNOW" Tor
sovo-,l vears-that the current revenues are mad
eouate TO meet current demands ard he recalled ana
emphasz,d the fact that the House 81 Representa-
,ves had rassed nearly four months ngo-'vcfy Dem
ocrat voting In the nCgatvca bill 10 replensh the
revenues and that combination OF so-oa.ei
"gound- money" Democrats. Popusts and free-sliVHr
Democrats aided by a handful OF free-sLver Ke-
nublicans in the Senate hal refused even 10 con-
s,der that measure. Mr. Dingley then went on 10
d,ssect Mr. Dockery's statements In regard 70 the
onnropriatlons and he clearly showed errors amount
ing TO more than tiOr)o0p In the latters Aggregate
Mr.. Dockery said that the deficit OF the Treasury
in the year 1924 about sGs0o0o for The next
wear about 100000. and for the current year 1t
was likely to be about s25o0.co The revenue OF
the Government ne said. was not equal TO IT'S eA-
penditures tSlght Republican applause)
Mr. Dock.ry-I confess don't understand this
demonstration by my friends from Pennsylvania
tW A. stone) and Minnesota tMr. Tawney.
Mr. stone-Bccause rs the first time that con-
fession was ever made on that side OF the House.
Mr. Dockery-I never knew II 10 be denied. The
Record" will show. and | challenge contradiction.
that no Democrat ever said that the current rev
enues Of the Government within the term named
were sufficient to meet the expenditures.
Mr. Mahon Rep.. Penn why don't you pass the
Dinglcy revenue bill?
Mr. Dockery-"We don't want 10 pass any pro-
hibltivc revenue measure" Continuing. he said
that the direct appropriations made by The House
at this session OF Congress amounted 10 f05,0'?cD
That would probably be increased before The bills
became laws by the OF $4,000. Besides that.
made the bills authorized contracts to be- made
for the expenditure Of the further sum OF N3.I 90,
making the total amount Of appropriations for this
Congress $1jeyj,Ot In round numbers In view or
this condition OF the Treasury Mr. DOckery said.
1t seemed TO him that. without any partisan feel
Ing on the subject. the House ought to determine
that money should he voted for no projects unless
they were absolutely Indispensable.
Mr. Mccormick stated that the work was inds-
pensab.e. Shelter Island lay In the route or travel
through and into Long Island Sound and 10000 per
sons daily passed over the route lie was. ne SAID;
daily In receipt OF messages urging action and
since the bin was introduced one or two wrecks
had occurred there
Mr. DIngey Rep. Mane) said he had not tx
pccted TO Interfere IN the consideration OF the bill.
even 10 make a suggestion. but he was not Wiling
70 have Mr. Dockery's statement go 10 the coun-
try unqualified by an explanation which was neccs-
sary to make II accurately represent the condition
o: ihngs Since July l. 1893. he said. the Treasury
deficit amounted to Si3sDn.0 besides which there
was 100000 OF Pacific Railroad bonds paid. max
00,0ol. The Government needed more revenue. and
the House had passed bin which would produce
not TO become "A law. But TO the figures gwen
by Mr. D6ckery. 1t should be stated that the total
included Not"ceD OF sinking fund. making the net
total OF expenditures to be met about $3.50 O0D 900
The revenue would not be sufficient to meet that
leading to an Increase OF zoo coo in The bonded
lures, Mr.. Dngley further explained. included those
OF the Postofce Department which were mot by
pcnditures which would have TO be- paid by taxa
ton. would be about 100000 1t was undeniaby
true Mr Dngley said. that more revenue was
as well az IT could. In view OF the needs OF the
Government and Of the country.
Mr. Sayers Dem.. Tex. docs not the gentleman
from Maine mink that any comparison OF the
amount Of appropriations made at this session OF
Congress with that at either session OF the last
| Mr.. Dinglcy-Certainy; and I thought so when
the gentleman from Missouri made his statement.