The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-06
BIG APPROPRIATIONS.
The Fifty-ffth Congress Authorized
$l,636, 800, LOG Expended,
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS PROTEST

Mr.. Dockery, Ranking Democratic
Member of the Appropriations Com
mittee, Charges Extravaganza Ex-
ceeding "Blllion Dollar Congress"
Washington. March 6.-The official
statement of Representative Joseph G..
Cannon. OF Illinois, the chairman OF the
house appropriation committee, sum.
ming up the appropriations Of the Fifty
fifth congress. shows an aggregate APP
preparation by the entire congress OF ST.
JGG, ,Sg0,016 and for the session just
closed a total Of SGI3 Cos, 400 with au-
thority for contracts subject 90 future
appropriations amounting to STO,OOO,OOO.
Chairman Cannou's statement proceeds.
Appropriations made at the session
just closed show an apparent reduction
of S2l9, 9,5I3,OOO under the appropriations
made at the preceding session. This is
attributable TO the large expenses oc-
casioned by the war with Spain, that
were provided for during the preceding
session.
The entire appropriations aggregate
81 56G, $50, 0,016.2S. OF this sum S4S2,.
j62 OS3.47 is directly chargeablc TO our
late war with Spain or incident thereto.
Deducting this charge from the whole
amount of the appropriations, the re-
maiuder, S1,OS4 327 .632Sl. represents
the ordinary or normal appropriations
made by the Fifty-ffth congress
The appropriations made by the pre-
ceding congress. the Fifty-fOurth,
amounted to 81 1,O44. $50, ,2T3ST. A com
parison shows an increase in ordinary
iut
over those made by that congress of
500, ,T47,0OO, but this apparent increase
is more than accounted for by increases
under eight items alone, namely: For
pensions. S4,OOO,O00 for the postal ser
vice, S16,OOOO0O; for rivers and har-
bors. including work under contracts
previously authorized. S3,G00,OOO; for
new ships for the navy, S6.OOO.O .OO0 for
beginning the work of the twelfth cen
sus. 81 900 900; for the Paris exposition.
81 100000; for new public buildings, in
cluding the buildings for the department
Of justice and for the site and partial
construction of the new government
printing Office, about $1,000. 900, and for
payments of judgments rendered against
the government on account of French
spoliations and under the Bowman act.
So. 100000.
Mr.. Dockery, Of Missouri, the ranking
Democratic member of the house apprO-
priations committee, made the following
statement, giving the Democratic view:
THE congress easily surpasses all its
predecessors in the stupendous aggregate
Of its appropriations. 1t was thought
that the Ffty-frst congress, commonly
known as the "billion dollar congress-"
had, in point of extravaganza Of appro-
priations, touched a limit which would
not be reached, or at least surpassed.
by any of its successors This congress,
however has far exceeded the appalling
total of appropriations then made. and it
will be remembered that the billion dol
lar congress was followed by overwhelm-
ing disaster to the Republican party at
the ensuing election.
Confronted with war with Spain.
requiring the imposition OF additional
taxation, it is obvious that rigid economy
should have been applied in all other
directions in the expenditure OF public
money. The people were willing to meet
all the demands upon the national treas
ury made necessary by the Spanish war,
but it is fair to presume that they ex-
pected their representatives, in view Of
cheerful dispositions manifested to meet
these added burdens, to limit the or
dinary appropriations to the necessities
Of wise ana economical administration.
These expectations have not been re-
allied.
THE result is an actual deficiency in
current revenues, amounting on the first
of this month to 500 109, ,5545O. This de
fciency, as shown by a recent conserva-
tive estimate by Chairman Cannon, OF
hn n Ia mill h
ably reach S159000,OOO on the Both Of
June next.
1T is impossible to estimate with alb.
solute accuracy the treasury deficiency
for the coming fiscal year. The secretary
of the treasury, in his annual report
made in December last. estimated it a.
about S31 100000, but it is now apparent
that it will not be less than 100000, 1000.
1t is almost certain, therefore. that the
government will be compelled during the
calendar year 1900 to face an actual
treasury deficiency. The S4G2. .OO0, OOu
of income arising from the sale of bonds
under this administration and that OF
President Cleveland will then have been
exhausted and the treasury will pass
from the condition OF a borrowed sur
plus to an actual deficit. Such a condi-
tion must be met either by increased
taxation, by the issue Of treasury Ger
tifcates or by an additional bond issue,
Notwithstanding this deplorable
treasury condition, which has been call.
ed over and over again to the attention
of congress and the country, appropria.
tions have been made which in many
cases have not been warranted by the
interests OF the public service, or whith,
If proper in themselves, should have been
postponed until the national income
should be ample to meet all its liabilities
without the necessity of bond issues.
1.-The time has come to reform the
scale of national expenditures. The
reckless improvidence Of the outgoing
congress will at least serve the good pur.
pose of arousing the people and Of caus.
| ing them to send representatives to the
national capital who will reduce the bur
dens imposed by riotous appropriations u
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