The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-04
A BILLlON-DOLLAR SESSION.
Statements of the Representatives OF the
Two Parties ae to the appropriations
Made by Congress.

Two Parties ae to the Appropriations
Made by Congress.
Washington, July 1.-Chairman
Cannon, of the House of Represent
atives, today presented a statement
of the appropriations made at the
present session of Congress, showing
a total of S75O,O63,837, not includ-
ing the large amount that will be re-
quired for the isthmian canal, and
public building and river and harbor
contracts. In his statement Mr.. Cau
non says in part:
Gan analysis of this table shows
that the total estimated expenses
forecast by the legislative department
aggregated $776,348,318; that the
total appropriations made, exclusive
of $5O,130,000 toward an isthmian
canal, aggregate $07O,OG3,837.
The appropriations made in the
regular annual bills for the ordinary
expenses of the government, payable
during the fiscal year 1903, aggre-
gate $595, 5,502,7 which, with great
or sums carried under permanent
appropriations and exclusive of the
amount required by the sinking fund,
makes a total of 65,428,925. In
the nature of things and in the light
of past experience this entire sum
will never be expended, but will
probably be reduced in the neigh
borhood of 10 per cent. The reve-
nues of the government as now estl-
mated on the basis of the revenue re.
duction Legislative enacted at this
session amount to S640,520,630. The
expenditures to be made under the
appropriations Of this session will
not exceed S6OO,OOO,000, or sum
approximating s40,OOO,OOo less than
the revenues which we expect to de-
rive under the revenue laws as revised
by this Congress
Representative Livingston, OF Geor-
gia, the ranking Democrat of the ap-
preparations committee, submitted
statement showing, with the inclu-
sion of the isthmian canal, river and
harbor and other prospective ezpend
itures, appropriations of one billion
dollars during the past session. His
statement says in part:
"The direct appropriations made
at this session of Congress, including
the isthmian canal appropriation,
reach the astounding aggregate of
S8OO,193,837. To this sum should
be added the further amount of $780,
273,2l5 to include contracts author
thorized to be entered into in addi-'
tion to the specific appropriations
which are made. These contracts
authorized are in the nature of prom
isory notes of the government, issued
by this session of Congress, to be
met and liquidated in the future, and
constitute as much part of the ap'
preparations chargeable to this ses
sion as are the specific appropriations
made, and which are to be expended,
not at once, but throughout the com
ing fiscal year.
"The two sums aggregate $780,
577,O52. The appropriations, in
cluding authorized contracts, of this
session, exceed those, including con
tracts, of the last session by S2'O,-
798,1O2.
"The last session of the sd Con
gress for the fiscal year 1896 was
Democratic in both branches, and
the government was administered by
Mr.. Cleveland. 1t therefore affords
ground for the purpose of comparl
son. The difference between the total
then and now amounts 70 the start
ling sum of $550,SSl,76S, or more
than as much again as it required to
conduct the affairs Of government
under a Democ attic Congress and
Executive"