Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-03-09

WASHINGTON. March THE official
statement Of Representative Cannon OF
Illinois, tho chairman Of the house ap-
preparation. committee, summing up
the appropriations for the Fifty-tifth
congress, shows an aggregate appropr1-
alton by the entire congress of 81, $780,
S9O,016 and for the session just closed
total of 1913, ,658, 400, with authority for
contracts subject to future appropria-
tons amounting to $4,000, 900. Chair
man Cannon says:
The appropriations made at the ses-
sion of congress just closed amount ap-
proximately to $673, ,65s. 400 and show an
apparent reduction of $2l9. 9.573, 900 under
the appropriations made at the preced-
ing session. This is attributable to the
large expenses
Occasioned by the War With Spain
that were provided for during the pre-
ceding session. The entire appropria-
tons madS by the Fifty-fifth congress
aggregate 1865. 1870. .0l6.28. Of this
$4S2. .562. 0S3 Al is directly chargeable to
our late war orincident thereto. Deduct
ing this charge from the whole amount
of the appropriations the remainder.
81 ,OS4 ,327. .632.S1, represents the ordl-
nary appropriations made by the Fifty
fifth congress.
The appropriations made by the pre-
ceding congress. the Fifty-fourth.
amounted to 81 ,044 $50. 213.S7. A COM
parison shows an increase in ordinary
appropriations made by this congress
over those made by that congress OF
$50, 747,O ,OOO"
Mr.. Dockery's Comment.
Mr.. Dockery, the ranking Democratic
member Of the house appropriations
committee. in reviewing the work Of
the last congress-. says:
This congress easily surpasses all its
predecessors in the stupendous aggre-
gate of its appropriations. 1t was
thought that the Fifty-first congress.
commonly known as the billion dollar
congress-, had, in point of extravaganza
of appropriations, touched limit
which would not be reached or, at least,
surpassed by any of its successors.
This congress. however, has far eS-
ceeded the appalling total Of appropria-
tions then made and it will be relnem
bered that the billion dollar congress
was followed by overwhelming disaster
to the Republican party at the ensuing
election.
War Appropriations Cheerfully Made
"Confronted with war with SPAN.
requiring the imposition of additional
taxation. it is obvious that rigid econ
omy should have been applied in all
other directions to the expenditure OF
public money. The people were willing
tional treasury made necessary by the
Spanish war but it is fair to presume
that they expected their representatives
in view of the cheerful disposition man
fe.sted to meet these added burdens. to
limit the ordinary appropriations to the
necessities of wise and economical aG-
ministratiOn.
These expectations have not been
realized. The result is an actual def
cheney in current revenues amounting
on the first of this month to $99.lJ9,-
554. 80"
"This deficiency, rs shown by recent
conservative estimate BY Chairman Can
non. vt the appropriations committee.
will probably reach sl59.OOO,CO0 on the
3Oth Of June next.
1T ie almost certain therefore that
the government will be compelled, dur.
ing the calendar year 1900. TO :sce HI
actual treasury deficiency. The S462,-
100000 OF income arising from the sale
OF bonds under this administration and