The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
A WASTE OF MONEY.
Both Cannon and Sayers Con-
denim Appropriations.
DEMAND GETTING OUTRAGEOUS.
The Chiefest of Sinners Is Usually Any
Party That Happens to BE In Power.
Impossible to supply sufficient Reve-
nue. by Present Mode.

appropriations committee of the house,
and Mr.. Sayers Of Texas, who is at the
head of the minority of that committee,
have prepared their reviews Of the ap.
preparations of the congress that ended
and they were printed in The Congress
sional Record this morning.
Mr.. Cannon makes the total appro-
priation submitted to the president for
his approval at the last session, includ.
ing the general deficiency, which failed
in conference, $5lS, ,l03, 458 or $25, $685.
276 less than the estimates submitted to
congress by the executive. The appro.
priations for the first session were
S515, $40, 1914, making total for the
congress of $l,O43, ,437018, which he
says is $49,947,Sl2 more than the ap.
preparations for the preceding congress.
The increase. he points out, includes
Notifications, $l2, ,563, ,467 for river and
harbor works, including contracts there.
for, S2,476, ,506; for public buildings
none of which were authorized by the
Fifty fourth congress, $9,343, 1894 for
the postal service, 81, ,454,3 ,305; for the
naval establishment $S,947, ,523, and on
mainly to meet interest and sinking
fund charges for the bonds issued by
the Cleveland administration, S24,.
9S3, ,744.
"The appropriations are" says Mr..
Cannon. ''in my Judgment in excess of
the legitimate demands of the public
service. But this fact, while greatly to
be deplored, is not, in my opinion, prop.
erly chargeable to the action of either
of the great political parties of the
country. 1t is the result of conditions
accruing out of the rules of the house
and out of the rules, practices and So
called Courtesies of the senate, together
with the irresponsible manner whereby
the executive submits to congress esti-
mates to meet expenditures for the con-
duct of the government, IL the appro.
priations made by congress have been
extravagant and beyond the revenues of
the government, how much more so
have been the estimates of the eXecu-
tive? The record shows that in no in.
stance during many years past have the
appropriations made by congress meas
ured up to the full amounts recon-
mended and asked for by the admins
tration.
ut is hoped, and l believe, that the
coming president, with his long expert.
ence as a distinguished member of the
legislative branch of this government.
will exact of his cabinet counsellors
some degree of wholesome effort in the
direction of intelligent recommenda.
tion of public expenditures to the end
that congress may not to have strive
unaided and alone toward bringing out
public expenditures within the sum of
our public revenues.
In discussing the remedies for keep
ing down appropriations, Mr.. Cannon
makes the following pertinent sugges-
tions:
THE remedy for this evil is for the
great committees of the house and sen.
ate on the judiciary, claims and war
claims, to formulate an intelligent
measure that will provide tribunal of
final jurisdiction, whittier these claims
may be sent for full and intelligent con.
sideration. By such a measure those
who have honest and legitimate claims
against the government can be paid"
Mr.. Cannon says there are too many
appropriation bills. Instead of IA
there ought not to be more than ten,
some being consolidated.
Mr.. Sayers in his statement makes
the total appropriations of this congress
$54, 1877 in excess of the Fifty third
congress; $l6, 1892, ,470 over the Fifty
second congress, and S7,757, ,90S in ex.
cess over the Fifty.frst congress. He
says:
1.-The present congress, organized in
both branches by the Repu ublicans, has
made or sent to the president for his
approval, including the general def
cheney bill as agreed upon, appropria-
tions in excess Of those made by the
Fifty.third congress, which was con-
trolled by the Democrats, to the extent
of $54, 1882. The principal elements
of this increase are on account Of forti-
fcations, river and harbor works, the
postal service and the naval establish
ment. In addition to this enormous in
crease in direct appropriations, this con.
gress at its first session authorized con-
tract liabilities for river and harbor
works, Notifications, increase of the
navy and other public works amounting
to $40, ,Sl6, ,4S0.
At least two.thirds of one. half of this
large sum remains to be provided for by
future congresses to that extent con.
stitutes fixed charge against the rev.
enue of the country, which, by reason
of extravagant appropriations, now falls
short OF SO, 100000 month OF meeting
the expenditures of the government.
After discussing in detail the in.
| Creases he concludes:
1.-THE appropriations made for the
support of the federal government have
grown to such startling proportions
within the last dozen years as to render
it l.nigh impossible to devise means
of raising revenue wherewith to meet
the expenditures.
eff the new administration Just
about to cross the threshold of power
carries out its pledges by giving to the
country a protective tariff, it will ut
terly fail to produce the means of meet
ing expenditures, if they are to be main.
tanned on the existing high plane, un-
less, peradventure, the protective tariff
measure should be supplemented with
a tax on coffee and tea and perhaps
other taxes Of an equally enormous
nature"
| Session of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 0.-The senate
adjourned until Wednesday. Most OF
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