The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-09
FIfIY-FIEIH CONGRESS-
Authorized the Expenditure Of Over
Billion and a Half.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS PROTEST.
Nr. Dockery, thanking Democratic
Member OF tho Appropriations Com
mittee, Charges Extravaganza Ex-
ceeding "Billion Dollar Congress"

mittee, Charges Extravaganza Ex-
ceeding "Billion Dollar Congress-.
Washington, March 6.-The Official
statement of Representative Joseph Il.
Cannon. OF Illinois, the chairman of the
house appropriation committee. sum
ming up the appropriations of the Fifty
fifth congress, shows an aggregate ap-
propriution by the entire congress of ST.
566.S9O,016, and for the session just
closed total of S6I3.65S, 400, with au-
thor.ty for contracts subject to future
app opriatons amounting to SIO,WO,OOo.
Chairman Cannon's statement proceeds:
preparations made at the session
just closed show an apparent reduction
OF $2l9,5I3.OOO under the appropriations
made ut the preceding session. This is
attributable to the large expenses o;'-
clSonrd by the war with Spain, that
were provided for during the preceding
ScSsi' II.
Th' entire appropriations agcrcEat,
ST., $500 OOlG.2S. or this sum SlN2,.
5G2 oS3.41 is directly chargcablc to oar
lat war with Spain or incident thereto
Drducting this charge from the Who'll"
al 'ount of the appropriations. the rr.
i'iIUh'T' Tl,'ot'o- ''Nb-'Ni' I'p''N'I''H
tie ordinary or normal appropriations
Indie by the F1fty-ifth congress.
Ihr appropriations mad" by the pre-
ccGlhS congress, ti' flitF-ioUr'h'
amounted To Sl,Oii,1S0.2I3.SI. \ com
rar'Noh SHOWS an increase III oroiharH
app 'oprulions made by this congress
over thoS, made by that congress oi
$50, ~. coo. but this apparent Increase
Is ;'o"" lhan accounted Tor hH increase"
under 'lSht items alone. namely; f"r
pensions. NlWo.ooo; for the postal ser
wee, Nld."","'o; 'or rivers ana EHf-
borS' in"'udin" YORK under c"n,m -
previously d&'A"rI@'d' %'''""ooo; .or
new ships FOR the navy NG,on',"oj' for
| beginning the work oi IN" 'W'li'h r'r
suS, Si'W"'Uoo; tor III" IarIS rNp"Sil'nh'
Nl,-uU,o"o; Tor nrW nuhhr hulIiIhgS' IN
cludin- the buildings Tor the department
or justice ana Tor IN" "lt" ANA rhr''H!
construction -: IN" now government
prlrtin. "iire' about S',"H'"''' ANA Tor
| payments q! Judgments ehi'l'd ,a'A,l
th' government on account "l ft'h'h
sro'la'l"hS ana nhdtr IN" bowman act
S5.iuu,ooo.
Mr. borkrry' "t MISSOURI III" ranking
Democratic member or IN" house appr"-
| printlonS committee. made the Iol'"WlhG
statement, giving the Democratic view
ne congress easily SurpaSseS All NS
predecessors in the stupendons aggregate
oi its appropriations. III was thongh'
that the Flfty-hrst congress, commonly
known as the 'billiOh dollar congress,
had, III point or extravaganza OF appro-
priatiohs, touched limit which would
not he reached, or at least surpassed,
Dy any OF Ns successors. lnis congress-
however, has far exceeded the appalling
total or appropriations then made, ana II
Will he remembered that the billion dol
lar congress was loiioweu nE ovcrwheim-
Ing disaster to the Rcpublicah party.
"Confrontcd with n war with SPAN,
requiring the imposition OF additional
taxation. 1t is obvious that rgid economy
should have been applied IN MI other
directions IN the "Nprnditur" ol puhlc
money. The people were willing !" meet
all tn" demands upon IN" national treas
ury mad" necessary hy the Srah'Sh war;
but 1t is fair to prrSun" that they "N'
pcct"d their representatives IN view "I
cheerful dispositions manifested 10 meet
these added burdens, To limit n" or
binary appropriations to the n"c"@SItirS
ot wise ana economical administration
These expectations nav" not been r"
allied.
"Thc result is an actual drh'ich'y II
current revenues. amounting on the hrS'
OF tins month to N'E' i"','"i'o' ms de-
hcicncy. ns shown by recent ronSrrva'
NV" estimate 10y chairman cannon "'
the appropriations committee VIII PROB
ably reach Sl"9'oo'ooo On IN" 'oth "i
Jun" next.
1T is Impossible To 's'imat" WIN ~
solutc accuracy the treasury deficiency
for the coming ilscnl year. me secretary
OF the treasury, III ms allinal report
made in December last estimated II IL
about S5l .uoo'o.o nut IL Is no" apl'arcii'
that 1t VIII not be less ihah Nloo'o'o'ou"
II Is almost certain therefore, 'nh' inc
government VIII he coihpeIi'd during IN,
calendar year looo TO race an actua
oi ,n'"i,c "i'S'ne .'o'' ."c N'', W "'"',
uhd'r 'i's "on,'ii'S''".,o.' ann '"". W