Evening star., 1900-11-29
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS
REPRESENTATIVE BINGHAM SAYS
THEY WILL BE MINIMIZED.
All Bills Carrying Money Will Also
Re Reduced to the Lowest
Figure.

Representative Bingham Of Pennsylvania,
a prominent member of the House commit
tee on appropriations, and chairman of the
subcommittee which has charge of appro-
priations for the District of Columbia. says
that there will probably be disposition on
the part of the appropriations committee and
members of the House generally during the
coming session to minimize appropriations
all along the line as far as possible.
There are SO many matters of general
legislation carrying appropriate tiOns TO be
disposed of during this session. said Gen.
Bingham to a Star reporter today, that in
the matter of the appropriation bills every
effort will be made to cut down the
amounts carried to the lowest possible fig
| ure. This will apply to all the bills which
will be handled by the committee. the Dis
trict of Columbia bill included. OF course,
no effort will be made particularly In the
direction of cutting the District BILL but
inasmuch all the bills are to be shaved
as far as possible, no exception can be
| made to this bill. and the measure must
take its chances with the rest. We will
watch all appropriations, including those
applying to the District, with great care.
Any proposed feature of the bills which can
possibly be dispensed with will probably be
put on the shelf
Doubt About the Shipping Bill.
There seems to be some doubt after all
concerning the passage of the Payne-H Han
ma shipping bill. / am of the opinion that
there will be considerable opposition to this
measure because of the very large amount
of money that it purposes to carry. ]
think ii will require some notifications be
fore the House will consent to its passage.
do not think 1t will be regarded as a
party measure, and its adoption, if it is
| adopted, will be the result of an entirely in
dependent vote. l think something should
no fnr MOI arfh IA m
whether this bill Is the proper one to pass
] am not prepared to state at this time
| desire to study the measure very closely pe-
| fore committing myself on the subject.
THE disposition Of the Congress, l think.
will be to reduce some of the war taxes.
and how fill the gap in receipts
| thus created, especially with large army
| to maintain is very perpexing problem.
| on a basis of from 10000 to 1900. but the
unsettled condition of the Philippine propo-
| sition, together with the large amount of
unknown possibilities in connection with
China, makes the army proposition mat
| ter Of very great Importance. OF course.
when we reorganiZe the regular army it
will be put upon much larger basis than
the present one Of about $1,000. The re-
| organization scheme may Increase that
number very largely, and yet in the in
crease not make 1t an army Independent of
| the volunteer force The proposed statute
may be so framed that should the occasion
arise, the President might make within his
discretion either a decrease or an increase
| in the volunteer forces.
II think We will pass reapportionment
bill. 1t will depend entirely upon the basis
| Of representation whether the membership
OF the House will be increased. but J think
there will be disposition to allow that
membership to remain as close to its pres
| ent figure as possible
Thinks Quay viii Win.
| In speaking of the senatorial contes, now
In in the state pf PounSvIvansa
Gen. Bingham said:
II have every reason to believe that
| Senator Quay will win. All his friends who
know of the count. including the members
| of the state house and senate, say that Col.
Quay will be reelected I am content to
accept their judgment in the matter, be-
cause l think it was the Quay management
of the state, under the state central COM
mittee, which gave us the very large vote
| cast in Pennsylvania at the recent election,