The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-07
APPROPRIATIONS
NEARLY TWO BILLIONS
Statement Of the ApprOpri.
atoms ade--- War Taxes
Lightly Reduced

Washington. b. C., March g. Rep.
reacntaufc cannon. chairman of the
house committee au hpnr-r-.lt'ona, and
Representative Livingston. She senior
democratic mcmher of the committee.
have prepared q statomcnt Of tho oppro-
priatiou of tho nfly-sixth congress which
win % printed ia th- Record tomorrow.
Both place the totuf appropriation at ST.
4io.8i5io placiue the first session az Saq,-
l6o.s6l ana f0r The second at SI29sl go.
Mr Cannon publishes 4 table showing
the expenditures OF the previous congress
az s.scs2i1G7 ana Mr. Livingston makes
comparison with the nfty-tourth cons
greaa which appropriated si,0HCp2i8 ln
his statement Ak Canp>d says.
~The appro ufatlil-s OF thc session juet
closing seereRatt as oeariy ue can be as-
ceataiucd at this TIME s129ellcs3. This
sum includes Si23,12ess for The postal SER
vice and SisN0goW for tho sinking fund.
The Increased appropriations nude at the
FIRST session ~ this congress is less than
s9oe00o and ,his sum is moro then ac-
counted for De- the increasa of Sl0,12ii5Q
made on account OF the postal service and
Dy Ns5qGl iu the hiI that provides for
the mainteuancc OF oar navy ana for
the construction. armor and nrmamont of
the new ships " thc navy one large
itom is the appropriation OF S5,25o0lo au-
thorlzed by legislation at the arst session
OF this congrcss Tor the ST. Louis oxp0-
Hiflon.
The total appropriations made at the
two sessions Of this. the nfty-sixth con-
grcss, are sl2S.l50O92 less Than the APP
preparations made during the two regular
sessions Of the preceding congress.
The new revenue law passed az this
session Will, IL IS estimated, reduce taxes
for the coming fiscal year $f.0Oo0o0.
bringing our total estimated income for
the coming fiscal year. including postal
revenues. TO $6g5e30i2. OF the total op-
propmations made az this session at least
sao.ooooo0 VIII not rs the light Of past eS
perience. be expended This considerable
margin between actual expenditures and
appropriations made by congress Indicate
a sum total of expenditures during the
fscai year 1869 OF not exec ding SGo99ii.-
Css
This sum includes S53000o00 on account
OF the sinking fund, requirements FOR the
nscal year 1902, which. of course under
the terms Of law win be met only 20 such
extent ~ surplus revenues IN The treasury
may Hermit After meeting the fullest
ordinary requirements Of the public SER
vice under the appropriations which have
boen made, there viii remain sufficient
revenae for 1902 10 meet not less than /
S0o0o.0O0 Of the requirements OF the
ainlslng fund
The large deficiencies provided for the I
fiscal year 1893 boy the first regular session Z
OF the hfty-nfth congress as amounting
10 S2i9.s $50, We're almost IA their eu- /
tirety 20 cover the expenses OF military /
and naval during the fiscal year, 1899 and /
1870. incident 70 the war with Spain.
Tho most marked Increase Indicated in (
the appropriations for ordinary expenses
OF the government made for two years
1901 ana 1902 az the two sessions of thls
congress over those OF the two precedng
years provided for by the FiftyFirst
congress Is for the postal service. 1bc
necessity OF these increasing appronria-
tions to meet larger business demands Is
referred 10 as "a cause for congratula-
duced Si2S,lJ0o9l by this congress under
f}ose provided for by MS predecessors
and this haf rondere possible a reduction
81 tax and In the sum of Sn 100000,
With continuance of the wise admin
now enjoyed by the country
thsfe is every reason 90 expect further
reduction Of expenditures aud especial
~ 81 taxes
Ar Livingston says:
'Thc Fifty-Fourth congress was the
Inst one that appropriated support OF the
government 20 The btginuing Of the Span
ish was
The Fgfty-sitSth congress is the FIRST go
appropriate for the support of tho govern
ment since the ciose OF the Spanish war
The dincrence between the appropriations
made by tho Fifty-sixth and those made
BY the Fifty-Fourth congress Is SH5.iS2-
272
During tho session inst closed the do-
mands of the people, through their rep
resentatlvos for the Nicaragnan canal
have gone unheedcd; for new public
thcy have been persietentiy de-
pied TIE river ana harbor bin has been
pcrmittod 20 fah The payment OF just
claims of honest people against the gov
ernment has not been provided for.
Il is douhiless conceived 20 he wisdom
aH {iie pase of tbe ieeanFahp of the do
it party ia congress ana the admins
tratiun IA have denied these juat de-
mands of the people IA order 20 provide
for this re-lncrease in expenditures that
f. almost wholly required III order 10 sup
port che announced military and more
than has beeninaugurated under the pol
icy 81 the republican party,
Notwithstanding the heavy taxation OF
~ people and The enormous sums that