Gilpin observer., 1904-05-05
QUESTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
During the Closing session of the Sen

Mr.. Allison. chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations. submitted
series of tables. prepared by the
clerks of the appropriation commit
tees, showing an increase Of $28.000.-
900 over the appropriation for last se.'-
sion. He gave the. principal items of
increase as follows:
For the navy. $16.0000O0; on ac-
count of the postal service. including
rural free delivery. $4,000. 900. He also
stated there is an increase Of $8.832,-
900 in the permanent annual appropri-
ations, the chief items being $1,000
900 for the bank note redemption fund
and the next most important item be-
ing 81, ,250, 900 for the irrigation reclaim
alton fund.
Mr.. Allison also spoke Of the in
crease in the deficiency appropriations
the principal item in that connection
being the loan of $4.6O0.00O made to
the st. Louis Exposition. Replying to
an inquiry from Mr. Aldrich. he said
that outside the loan to the exposition
the cost of that institution to the ma
tional treasury. including the cost OF
the government exhibit. Is about &c.
100000.
Speaking generally, Mr.. Allison said
the appropriations were in the maiA
for the conduct of the government and
he expressed the opinion that thee
would not be criticised. He also re-
ferred to obligations assumed and said
those of this year are less than for
many years previous.
Mr.. Allison said that the obligations
cid ty,rY n
the present session amounted to $24.-
100000
Mr.. Culberson presented a review Of
appropriations for the past twelve
years. covering the last administration
of Mr.. Cleveland and the Mckinley
and Roosevelt administrations. He
said the total expenditures under the
Roosevelt administration had been ST.
$40 100000. or $211 100000 greater
than the four years of the Mckinley
administration and $3.50. 900. 900 great
er than in the four years of the Cleve-
land administration.
These increases he subdivided as
follows:
Civil administration. $3.50. 900. 900:
naval. $-31, 100000: military. $2S4.-
100000. He also said that for 1905 the
total appropriation on account OF the
military, including pensions, would be
1887 100000, and said that excluding
the expenses of the Boer war. the
military expenditures of the United
States for 1903 were $32 900. 900 more
than those of Great Britain for that
year; $13l 900, 900 greater than those
of Germany, and $139,0O0,000 In ex-
cess OF those OF France.
Replying to Mr.. Allison. Mr.. Cor
hn t,I NJ
this session at $781 900 900 and the OBJ
legations incurred at over $24.o00. 900.
or more than $500. 1000, 900 all told, not
including the appropriation for the
Panama canal. He said the figures.
were amazing, and predicted that it
would be impossible to make expendi-
lures at this rate without increasing
taxes. He attributed the rapid in
crease to the ambition to make Of the
United States "a great world power"
and said that we had reaped no har-
vest except the loss of life and demor-
alization in every branch Of the gov
ernment service. !
Mr.. Allison characterized Mr.. Cut
bertsons tables as "old and worn out"
as at the time covered by the tables
the conditions OF the country were
totally different from the present con-
ditions. He said the extraordinary ex-
penditures Of the Mckinley admins
tration had been due to the Spanish
war. which was forced upon the Presi-
dent. He combatted also the state
ment that the expenses of the military
establishments were greater than
those OF the European nations, saying
that pension expenditures could not
properly be included in such esti.
mates.