Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-11


priations made by the Fifty-nfth Con-
gross thnn he made the day after ad-
iournmeit. lie places the total appfo-
c,Ia,inna FOR The entire Congress at 81
icG, SsO. ole and the appropriations au-
thorixed for future congresses under
Inc continuing contract system TOT bat.
tIcshipH. river and harbur Improve
mcnts and public buildings at s'V'VVp'-
900.
The total appropriations made ny thc
last session Mir. Cannon places at S,s,-
"a 100 showing nn apparent reduction
OF ssiD. s,a.gli below the appropriations
~ Inc preceding session. AIR. cannon
attributes this reduction to the extra
ordinary war expenses OF the ptcccdihh
session OF the total appropriations tui
the congress he says that the sum or
Sisi. $685. s5 ~ directly chargeablc 10 th.
war with spain. He thus shows that
The ordinary expenditures for the two
years covered by the congress were
81 o. $50, s13. and this sum exceeds the
total appropriation of the Fifty-toutth
congress- by f3g.5i0.05s.
This excess II accounted for ~ iol'
lows For payment Of pensions. 81.
$4,000. for the postal service to meet
Increased demands Of commerce, SIG
Gig,hsi. for river aud harbor Improve
| mcntp. 1l,i0i ,ieS; for constructing new
Ahipn. tG0s0. s3s: FOR beginning the work
| Of the twelfth census. t.0oo.ooo' Tor the
| Paris cxposition.si 10000. for new pun.
lie buildings. ss.o0oo0o. FOR payment OF
| Judgment against the government un'
/ der the bowman act. and for the
French apollntlon claims. sS,ioOoOo' To-
tai. No.gsfbid.
CANNON CoSGRATuLATEs.
MIR. Cannon congratulatcs Congress
and the country on this showing and
also upon the fact that notwithntnnd-
ing the war close attention was given
20 the ordinary expenditure OF the
government which II. he thinks. un.
usual. lie cites the defeat Of the pro-
vision for the construction of the N.c-
arnguan canal. which the Senate at
tempted a. got through In connection
with the rundry civil Appropriation bill
na an instance ~ the success Of this
watchfulnoHa ON the part OF the
"If." he says ON this point. "thc son.
ate bill or any measure proposed had
been enacted. the United States would
have paid ti,oOo0Oo for "A worthless con.
ccHaiun and would have been committed
By law 10 the construction OF cunnl
along the NicaraEuan routc,nnd under
such conditions n would have beer
COMPELLED, before We threw a Hpadcfu
nf earth or In any way began actun
construciion.to have acquired by ucap
from Nicaragua and Costa i,ica th'
territory whctron to construct the
canal and the right to construct H.
To this remark he adds the follow
ing such legislation would have dc'
inycd aud embarrassed the construction
OF an iHihmian canal. The United
states cannot nffOrd 10 enter upon thu
great work until Il has acquired BY
treaty zone u territory wherein &
construct the same. Fortunately th'
House Of Representatives resisted III,
.nnrtment OF the proposed LEGISLATION
and the contest between the Senate
and House resulted finally In the unil
practical provision possible. viz tl'
AUGMENTATION OF a million dollars Il
enubie the President To make full N,
comnioto liberalization Of the lHthniu-
with IA view To the future construction
~ IA canal nrrnsa the snme pgrticuiar
IN inc Panama and Nicaragua routes
and TO report 10 CongrcAa the result
with his recommendation In IN
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