Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
The Other Side.

4SSPH0sSutBIlN0 AiEIu&SbOu0 lOH j.
the ranking minority member of the
house committee on appropriations.
made the following statements as to
appropriations from the standpoint
of the minority:
In submitting a statement of the
appropriations made at this session
of the fifty-sixth congress, I beg to
call to the attention Of the house and
the country the fact that notwIth-
standing the enormous approprIs-
tions for 1900 on account of the Span
ish-Oubsn war, the army and navy
appropriations for this session are
$50, 600, 900 in excess of those for the
last session. The statement I sub
NIT shows also that in every depart
ment of the government beginning
with the agricultural and ending
with the permanent appropriations,
we have increased at this session the
amounts authorized at the last ses-
sion, and when to the aggregate 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 legislation on the part of those
in control, amounts which must be
appropriated at the second cession of
this congress, such as that necessary
to complete the Nicaragua canal (the
bill having passed the house,, carry
ing authorization of an expenditure
of $141, 000,00 and also that usually
appropriated for rivers and harbors,
$16,OOO,OOO; and for public buildings
and grounds, $4,000, 1000; for outstand-
ing claims, estimated at $4,000, 1000
if, I say. we add $17O,OOO,OOO to the
sum stated in the table, TOT. 729, 476,
we would have grand total of $685.
729,476 for this session alone. And
thus the total shown in the exhibit is
not quite complete or fair, consider
ing that such large amounts that
must be met are Withheld for the next
session. I submit that, to 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.
And 7 call attention also to the
constant and gradual increase in the
appropriations for pensions and like
wise to the legislative. executive and
judicial sppristions. These items
could not have beee affected to any
great extent by the Spanish Cuban
war. It shows, indeed, an increase,
as before stated, all along the line,
despite the fact that the committee on
public buildings and grounds have
held back ali matters before them and
the committee on rivers and hsrbors
all matter before them with two or
three exceptions, and all accounts
and claims have been practically
barred from consideration at this
session"
Mr.. Livingston then gives large
table showing the appropriations for
the years 1897 to 1901 inclusive and
continues:
It should be borne in mind that in
the case of the above noted sppro-
priations for the navy the authorize
tons of the eight new warships two
bstt1eships, three srmored cruisers
and three protected cruisers) involves
an ultimate expenditure for construc-
ton, armor and armament, of some
thing like $50, 1000. not one dollar
of which is now appropriated and
does not figure in the navy item but
must be met in future years.
1.-THE dominant party attempted to
commit this congress at this session
and doubtless will renew their efforts
at the coming session to commit the
government to what is known as the
ship subsidy scheme which involves
the sum of $12O,OOO,OOO to be ex-
pended throughout term of years.
A Life and Death Fight.