The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-04
TREASURY WILL
SUFFER DEFICIT
Republican Congress Made
Appropriations in Excess of
Estimated Revenues.
Globe Special Washington Service,
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WASHINGTON, D. G.. Nav Ger
sIoerlng the legislative record o4 +ha
republican majority in congress- dur
ing the session just closed and tairino.
INTO account the present condition. nf
the United States treasury. the Ranrb-
mean administration appears NOT ~
nave made the best possible nranara-
IONS Tor going before the people in
eIie coming political campaign. In the
toce OF a sure treasury deficit in the
n0edI year which will begin on the
"a % udy OF next July, and despite the
+Aot tllaI the treasury surplus is lass
.lidH TWO and a half millions Of dol
. la - the party in power increased the
amount or the appropriation bills bv
more than $57,OO0,0OO, over the extrav-
asdht record of the last session of the
Fifty seventh congress.
EVen at that, the Republican marty
leaders had hard work throughout tba
session to restrain their colleagues
from still greater raids upon the
treasury. Many members .connIainad
oltterly against the policy, declared at
the beginning of the session. bv which
+. they were to be prevented from getting
appropriations for local objects and
even the leaders were fairly itching +o
get their hands into Uncle SANS
strong box for the benefit of their own
particular constituents.
Afraid, Yet Ventured.
Despite the seriousness of tba si+,,o
lloh' the humOr of it was always an
parent to unprejUdiced lockers on: the
majority party wanted big appropria-
tiohs, Dut on the eve of national
electlon 1t was afraid; and it wound IN
Dy exceeding the appropriations Of the
Iast preceding session by nearly $50
The treasury statement for the last
DAY OF April was bad one It showed
ue!lclt Tor the month"; condition
Whlch mas not existed IN any April for
many years. Ten months Of the cur
rent hscal year ended April 60 and in
Jour OF those months there was an ex-
cess Of disbursements over REGENTS
Inc July deficit was to be expected.
Tor the government always spends
more IN that month than if receives
on account of the large number Of new
appropriations becoming available at
the beginning Of the fiscal year. But
IN the other three months the deficit
was without precedent in the last eight
or nine years.
The Republicans came into power in
1897 partly through the denunciation Of
the Democratic administration bv the
republican stump orators for causing
bankrupt treasury" The condition
of the treasury, for which the Demo-
Gratis were assuredIy not responsible as
party, was made a campaign issue.
NOW the same situation cOnfronts the
Republicans. The state of the treasury
has not been caused by hard times,
but by extravaganza in appropriations.
Promise Not Kept.
AT the beginning of the late session
OF congress 1t was announced that ap-
preparations would be cut to the bone,
put this policy was not carried out,
and the Democratic leaders declare
that the burden of responsibility rest
Ing on the Republican majority is all
the greater because it made these ap-
preparations in the face of a sure de-
felt in 1905.
Senator Allison himself predicts a
deficit for the next fiscal year. SO
does Secretary of the Treasury Shaw,
and Representative Hemenway, chair
man of the house committee on apprO-
priatiOns. In short, the Republican
majority during the late session DELHI
erately appropriated money which the
government does not expect to possess.
The Republicans have oVerdraWn their
bank account.
Representative Livingstone, of Geor-
gia, said in his minority report from
the house committee on appropriations
that the vast sums Of money appro-
priated by the late session were not
for the benefit of the masses Of the
people. The Democratic leaders say he
was right. The great increases were
for the army and navy. The grand to-
tai Of appropriations made by the last
session for the fiscal year which will
begin next July is 1871, 574,62 Yet
the Republican leaders themselves es-
innate that the governments income in
the same year will be only $704,472,-
060.72. Walter E. Clark