Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-03-07
SESSIONS APPROPRIATIONS.


SESSIONS APPROPRIATIONS.
Representative Cannon, chairman Of
the House committee on appropria-
tlons, and Representative Livingston,
the senior democratic member OF the
committee, have prepared statements
OF the appropriations Of the Fifty sixth
Congress. Both place the total at 81 ,440. :
062, 545 at the first session $40, $50 1862,
and at the second S729,911 683. Mr..
Cannon publishes table showing the
expenditures of the previous Congress
at 81 SOS, 212, 637, and DIR. Livingston
makes comparison with the Fifty
fourth Congress, which appropriated
81, 044. S0,27S.
Mr.. Cannon says the appropriations
| of the late session aggregate about
1929, OIL ,6S3, including 1923 7s2 .6S8 for
the postal service and 100000 for
the sinking fund. Tee increase over
the appropriations made at the first ses-
sion of this Congress is lCss than $40,
600, 600.
The total appropriations of the Fifty
sixth Congress are $l2S, 100, 092 less than
| the appropriations made during the two
regular sessions of the preceding Con-
gress.
| The new revenue law passed ct thi:
session will, 1t Is estimated, reduce
taxes for the coming fiscal year SAL ,000..
900, bringing our total estimated income
for the coming fiscal year, including
postal revenues, to 1915, 633, 042.
OF the total appropriations made oil
this session ct least $4,000, 900 will
not, 10 the light OF past experience, be
expended. This considerable margin
between actual expenditures and sp-
preparations made by Congress indicste'
a sum total OF expenditures during the
fiscal year 1902 of not exceeding $685.
Oil, 683. After meeting tho fullest or
binary requirements OF the public SER
vice under pres snt appropriations there
will remain sufficient revenue for 1906
10 meet not less than $30,000,000 OF toe
requirements OF the sinking fund.
The DEFICIENCIES provided for during
the fiscal year 1893 by the first regular
session OF the Fifty fifth Congress
amounting to $349 ,772 389. were almost
entirely 10 cover the expenses during
the fiscal year 1899 and 1900 incident
to the war with Spain.
Mr.. Livingston says tho Filty.tourth
Congress was the last one that made sp.
preparations for the support OF the Gov
ernment prior to the beginning of the
Spanish war. The Fifty-sixlh Congress
is the first to appropriate for the sup.
port of the government since the clos
OF the Spanish war. The difference be
tween the appropriations msde by the
Fifty-sixth Congress aud those made by
the Fifty fourth Congress amounts to
1896 .482 272.
"DurinS the session just closed u
says Mr.. Livingston, "the demands oil
the people, through their representa-
tives, for the construction of the Nicsra.
qua canal have gone unheede0; for new
public buildings they have been per-
sistently denied. The river and harbor
bill has been permitted to fail. The
payment of just claims of honest people
against the government has not been
provided for.
Notwithstanding the heavy taxation
! OF the people aud the enormous sums
that are collected each to be poured
into the federal treasury, the public
works and internal improvements OF
every character throughout the coun-
try have practically been denied by this
Congress.
"The most casual examination of this
table makes comment practically M
necessary. 1t shows that the army for
each of the two years prior to the
Spanish war cost little over 500, 900, 900
and but little more than SAC, 900 600 for
the two years covered by The Fifty.
fourth Congress, while for the army for
each of the two years since that war,
1901 and 1902. it costs nearly $l15, 600,
900, or $3.50, 600, 900 for the two years,
exclusive OF deficiencies that have been
provided for in large Gums out OF ap.
propriations made for expenses Of the
Spanish war during the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress.
"The navy cost for the two years
1898 SIS, 562 900, while for the years
1901 and 1902 these appropriations
amount to nearly Sl44 100000.
"For the payment OF pensions the
appropriations chow an Increase Of
nearly IS 100000 for the two years.
"In word, this table shows that the
price to the people OF the policy of this
administration that has been thrust
upon them by the republicso party lie
in round numbers $400, 10000 within
period OF two years, and the half that
is contemplated has not yet been put
in operation.
"The ship subsidy measure, that has
been deferred, but not abandoned, will
cost $3.50. 100000 more to say nothing
ofthe lesser schemes that are proposed"