The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-07
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
APPROPRIATION MADE BY FIRST
SESSION OF FIF~TY-SIXTH
CONGRESS
SENATOR ALLISON EXCUSES IT
Asserts That the Increase Was Nat
uraI and Deems II Expedient to
Add a Few Words In Defense
of His Party.

WASHINGTON, June S.-A carefully
prepared statement of the appropriations
of the session were made tonight by SEN
ator Allison, chairman of the committee
on appropriations, and Chairman Cannon.
of the house committee on appropriations,
in accordance with custom. The state
ment says:
The appropriations made by the first
session of the Fifty-sixth congress
amount to sos, ,729, ,476. This sum includes
S131, 1,274,155 estimated to be on account of
or incident to the late war with Spain,
and deducting 1t from the remaining
amount, $57S, ,321 represents the ordin-
ary appropriations made for the support
OF the government during this session.
1t will be observed that after deduct
ing the amounts estimated to have been
appropriated on account of or incident to
the war with Spain for the ensuing the
current, and the last fiscal years (Which
cover the period since the beginning of
the Spanish war;, the appropriations for
the five fiscal years, including the two
Immediately preceding the war, are as
follows 1897, $515, ,S45 1874; 1898, $52S, 1856 079;
1899, $592, 81, ,6SS; 1860, $554, ,278, $780, 1901,
$57S, ,4S2, ,321.
This shows an apparent excess in the
regular appropriations al this session for
the fiscal year 1901 of $49 TAI, ,242, over the
appropriations for the fiscal year 1898,
which Immediately preceded the Spanish
war. The chief increase in ordinary ex-
penses for 1901 over those for 1898, are:
Increase of the navy, $7,0S1, GIG; pensions,
$3,9Sl $50; postal service, exclusive of
newly acquired territory, $17. 49,, 900;
twelfth census, 100000; permanent ap-
preparations dncluding S2,O0O,0OO for the
requirements of the sinking fund and 4.-
100000 for redemption of national bank
notes., &c. 634, GEO. The total of these in
creases is $50,022, S2S
INCREASE EXCUSED.
THE increase in federal appropriations
need no Defense and but a word of ex-
planation
"The amount for the department of ag-
riculture is only proper compliance with
the natural demands of the agricultural
interests of the country.
For pensions the amount simply rep
resents the natural increase of the pen
sion roll.
For the increase of the navy the ex-
cess over the appropriations of 1888. ia
| necessary for the construction, arrnor.
armament and equipment of battIeships.
cruisers. gunboats and torpedo boats
| heretofore authorized, and is nc more
| than Is absolutely necessary toward plac-
| ing the navy exPeditiously in the proper
| condition universally demanded by the
people for the national defense.
Much of the natural increase is at
! tributed to the increased volume of bust
ness in the treasury. war and navy de-
| partments, incident to the war with
| Spain, although no part of it is included
| in the table which is submitted of in
, creased appropriations on account of the
| war.
Under permanent appropriations,
aside from sG,OoO0oO for interest OH the
war lean, two considerable increases ap.
pear-one for $4,OU00OO for the rede1np
| ton Of circulating notes of national
banks out Of funds deposited with the
| treasury for the purpose--the transaction
being purely one Of bookkeeping and in