The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-08
REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE.
LIVINGSTON PRESENTS THE MINOR
ITY SIDE OF 1T.

The Republican Statement Did Not
Take Into Consideration Appropri-
ations That should Have Been
Made at This Session-These VIII
Amount TO TI7O,O00, 0O0-Mnny In
! crensed Expenditures Tint Cannot
Be Attributed TO the War.
Washington, June IRE preventative
Livingston of Georgia, the ranking mi
nority member of the House Committee
Fon Appropria tons, to-day made the fol-
lowing statement as 10 the appropriations
made by the first session of the Fifty
sixth Congress- from the standpoint of the
minority:
Notwithstanding the enormous appro-
priations for 1900 on account of the Span
ish Cuban war, the army and navy APP
preparations for this session are So. 0O0,-
eco in excess of those for the last session.
The statement / submit shows also that
in every department of the government.
beginning with the agricultural and end
ing with the permanent appropriations,
we have increased at this session the
amounts authorized at the last session.
And when to the aggregate we add the
amounts that should have been appropri-
ated at this session, but which have been
deferred, for no good reason. or at least
for reasons that need no explanation on
the part of Nose in trol-amounts
which must be Appropriated a the Sc
cond session of this Congress. such as that
necessary TO complete the Nicaragua canal
Che bill having passed the House. car
ryiug AUTHORIZATION OF an expenditure OF
an ID al hut
prlated for rivers and harbors, $4,000 900;
and for public buildings and grounds
100000; and for outstanding claims es-
timated at 100000 00-if | say we add
$4,000. 0C0 To The sum stated in the table
500 ,729. 476. we would have a grand total
of SS79 9,476 for this sission alone. Thus
the total shown in the exhibit is not quite
complete or fair considering that such
large amounts that must be met are with
held for ihe next session. | submit thai,
10 be fair, we should let each fiscal year
take care of all necessary appropriations
and not unload this year on the fiscal year
1902 things that should be provided for and
included in the fiscal year 1901.
Not Affected by the Wnr.
I cali attention also to the constant
and gradual Increase in the apDrooria-
lions for pensions, ard Ike wise to legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropria-
tons These Items could not have been
affected to any great est Mt by the Span
ish Cuban war 1t shows indeed an in
crease. as before stated. all along the
ne, despite the fact that the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds have
held back all matters before them and
the Committee on Rivers and Harbors
oil matters before item. wi, h two or three
tXcepti MS ana all accounts and claims
ave been praciiea ly barn ed from con-
deraiien at this sess on
Mr.. Livingston then gives a large table
81 wing the appropriate MS for the years
1877 70 1901 irclus We and continues:
1t should be borne in mind that In the
case of the above noted appropria lions
Tor the navy. the authorization Of the
eight new battleships. involves an ulti-
mate expenditure for construction armor
and armament Of something like $50 000,-
900, not one dollar OF which is now APP
propriated ana does rot figure in the navy
item. but must be met IN future years
The dominant Tarty attempted 70 com
NIT his Congress al his session, and
doubtless will renew their efforts at the
coming session to commit the government
20 VIA Is known IS the ship subsidy
scheme, which involves The sum Of SID
10000 to be EXPENDED throughout period
OF years "