The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-08
REPUBLICANS LAVISH
Representative Livingston Tells
of Congress- Appropriations.
LAY BURDEN ON FUTURE
CALLS STATEMENT OF MAJORITY
OF COMMITTEE UNFAIR.

Washington, July Representative
Livingston of Georgia, the ranking
minority member of the house commit
tee on appropriations, today made the
following statement as to appropria-
tons from the standpoint of the mi
nority:
In submitting a statement Of the
appropriations made at this session of
the Fifty-sixth congress. 1 beg to call
to the attention of the house and the
country the fact that notwithstanding
the enormous appropriations for 1900
on account of the Spanish Cuban war,
the army and navy appropriations for
this session are S50,000000 in excess of
those for the last session. The state
ment / submit shows also that in
every department of the government,
beginning with the agriculture and
ending with the permanent apprOpria-
lions, we have increased at this ses-
sion the amounts authorized at the
last session. And when to the aggre-
gate we add the amounts that should
have been appropriated at this session
but which have been deferred for no
good reason. or at least for reasons
that need explanation on the part OF
those in control, amounts which must
/ be appropriated at the second session
of this congress, such as that neces-
sary to complete the Nicaraguan canal
4 (the bill having passed the house,. car
/ rying authorization of an expenditure
/ of S141 600 600, and also that usually
appropriated for rivers and harbors
SIG, 600; and for public buildings and
I grounds, S3,OO0,OOO: for outstanding
/ claims. estimated at $4,000 600; if.
say, we add S170, 600 to the sum
/ stated in the table, $709, 100, 49, we
would have a grand total Of $S79, 729,-
! 476 for this session alone. And thus
/ the total shown in the exhibit is not
! quite complete or fair, considering
/ that such large amounts that must be
met are withheld for the newt session
submit that, to be fair, we should
! let each fiscal year take care of al
necessary approximations. and not IN
| load this year on the fiscal year 100.
things that should be provided for and
included in the fiscal year 1901.
Increase in Pensions.
"And I call attention also to the con
slant and gradual increase in the ap-
preparations for pensions, and likewise
to the legislative, executive and Ju
dicial appropriations. These items
could not have been affected to an!
great extent DIV the SpanlSh-CuDaI
war. Tt shows, indeed, an increase, a.
before stated, all along the line, de
spite the fact that the committee OF
public buildings and grounds and com
mittee on rivers and harbors all mat
ters before them, with two or three ex
ceptions, and all accounts and claims
have been practically barred from con
sideration at this session"
Burden of Future Years.
Mr. Livingston then gives a larg
table showing the appropriations 70
the years 1897 to 1901 inclusive, ant
continues:
1T should be borne in mind that il
the case of the above noted appropria
tions for the navy the authorization
for the eight new warships 1.-TWO battle
ships, three armored cruisers aDt
three protected cruisers) involves al
ultimate expenditure for construction
armor and armament, of something
like $50, 900, 600, not one dollar of whicl
is now appropriated for, and does no
| figure in the navy item, but must b
met in future years.
1.-THE dominant party attempted {
commit this congress at this session
and doubtless will renew their effort
at the coming session to commit tn
government to what is known as tn
ship subsidy scheme. which involve
the sum Of $12O, 600 to be expende
throughout term of years"