Little Falls herald., 1899-03-10
RESULT OF THE WAR,
CHAIRMAN CANNON EXPLAINS THE
HEAVY EXPENDITURES

Authorized by the Recent Congress-En-
tire Appropriations Made Foot Up
More Than Billion and a Half-Mr.
Dockery's tement-Democratic Com
nitteemau Declares the Extravaeance
Most Appailins-should Have Been
More Economical in Voting Regular
Appropriations.
WASHINGTON. March 6.-The official
statement of Representative Cannon Of
Illinois, the chairman of the house ap-
preparations committee, summing up
the appropriations for the Fifty-ffth
congress, shows an aggregate appropri-
alton by the entire congress of 81 $780,
690,016 and for the session just closed a
total of $673, ,659 400, with authority for
contracts subject to future appropria-
tions amounting to $7O,000,O 900. Chair
man Cannon says:
The appropriations made at the ses-
j
proximately to $673, ,658. 400 and show an
apparent reduction Of $219, STA, ,OO0 under
the appropriations made at the preced-
ing session This is attrlbutab BILE to the
large expenses
Oceasi"ned by the War With Spain
that were provided for during the pre-
ceding session. The entire appropria-
tiors made by the Fifty fifth congress
aggregate 81 ,56o, 800, ,0lG.2S OF this
$iS2, ,j62 .OS3,47 is directly chargeable to
our late war orincident thereto. Deduct
ing this charge from the whole amount
Of the appropriations the remainder.
81 ,US4 .327 ,G32.Sl. represents the ortll-
liarv appropriations made by the Fifty
fifth congress.
The appropriations made by he pre-
cetiing congress. the Fifty fourth,
amounted to $lOl4. $50, 2.,33.6,,. \ COM
appropriations made by this congress
over those made by that congress Of
$50 TT 900"
MIR. 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. It was
thought that the Fifty-frst congress,
commonly known as the billion dollar
congress- had. in point of extravaganza
of appropriations, touched a limit
which would not be reached OF. at least,
surpassed by any Of its successors.
This congress, however, has far ex-
ceeded the appalling total of appropria-
tions then made and it will be re1nem-
bered that the billion dollar congress
was followed by overwhelming disaster
to the Republican party at tho ensuing
election. =: - =; =: 81
War Appropriations cheerf"!ly Made.
'Confronted with a war with Spain,
requiring the imposition Of additional
taxation. it is obvious that rigid econ
ony should have been applied in all
other directions to the expenditure of
public money The people We're willing
to meet all the demands upon the na-
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.
ifested to meet these added burdens, to
limit the ordinary appropriations to the
necessities of wise and economical ad-
ministration.
':These expectations have not been
realized. The result is an actual def
cheney in current revenues amounting
OH the first Of this month to 500, 159,-
554. so" ,.--. -r.szs,z;:aa2 ,;a2?:.s:g:: .:..::.gg::s:=