The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-02
OVER SI,OOO,OOO,OOO
rxDOUs TOTAL OF APPROPRI.
ATOMS By CONGRESS.
LIVINGSTON GIVES FIGURES
,,,,RMAN CANNON's SHOWING CON-
FIRMS 1T.

,,,. statement shows Total Appro-
riations at Present Session of
30 oe,3 .s37. Not Including 18TH
tan Canal, River and HarboS and
p,t1ic Building Contracts, All OF
..t.b Are EnormOus-He Figures
-, expenditures for Ensuing Fis-
wear of Only S60,OOo,OOO which
s.o 600. 600 Less Than the Esti-
mated Revenue.
washington, July chairman Can
non Of the House Appropriations Com
-.t++aa to-day presented a statement
of the appropriations made at the pres
o,+ session of Congress, showing
to+aj of S75O. O63, S37. not including the
49, amounts that will be required for
tbe isthmian canal, and public build
mos and river and harbor contracts. In
his statement Mr.. Cannon says in part;
"An analysis of this table shows that
.ha total estimated expenditures fore
ooet nv the executive departments ag-
greqated $776.S 4S,31S; that the total APP
nronriatfons made, exclusive of $780,
1eoo0o toward an isthmian canal, ag-
oreeate $3.50, O63, S37. The appropriations
made in the regular annual bills, for
ordinary expenses of the government,
ravable during the fiscal year 1908, ag-
oregate $685., SOP 7O5, which, together
with the sums carried I'M
der nermanent appropriations, and
exclusive of the amount required by
tho sinking fund makes a total of $685.
A2S925 In the nature of things, and in
the LIGHT of past experience this entire
sum will be expended, but will probably
he reduced in the neighborhood of 10
nor cent The revenues of the gov
arnrr ont as now estimated, on the ba-
s,s Ct the revenue reduction legislation
enacted at this session amount to $64O,-
,20G}O The expenditures to be made
under the appropriations of this session
will ret exceed $500, 600, 900, or sum
approxim&tine $40,0 coo less than the
revenues which we expect to derive un-
der the revenue laws as revised by this
Congress
MIR LiNingstOn's Figures.
REPRESENTATIVE Livingston of Geor-
ga. the ranking Democratic member
Of the Appropriation Committee sub
mitted statement showing, with the
inclusion of the isthmian canal river
and harbor and other prospective eX-
pendituTes. appropriations of over ST.
100000 600 during the past session. In
part he saws:
The direct appropriations made at
this session of Congress, including the
Isthmian. canal appropriation, reach the
,c TO of eSOO 100 S97
this sum should be added the further
amount of $259,379215, to include con-
tracts authorized to be entered into in
addition to the specific appropriations
which are made. These contract au-
thOriZations are in the nature
OF prcmissory notes of the
government, - issued by this
session of Congress. to be met and
iiquidated in the future, and consti-
tute as much part of the appropria-
tons chargeable to this session as are
the specific appropriations made, and
which are to be expended, not at once,
put throughout the coming fiscal year
The two sums aggregate 81, O59, ST., :
O92 The appropriations, including au-
thorized contracts, of this session ex-
coed those, including contracts, of the
last session by $270, 79S, 102.
4 Comparison With 1896.
The last session of the Fifty-third
congress- for the fiscal year 1885, was
Democratic in both branches and the
government was administered by Mr..
cleveland. 1t, therefore, affords fair
ground for the purpose of comparison.
The difference between the total then
and now amounts to the startling sum
OF $ooS,S81. 16S, or more than as much
again as it required to conduct the
affairs of government under a Demo-
cratic Congress and executive"