The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-05-06
CONGRESS- ADIOURNS.
Tired of Talking the Statesmen Pass
a Few Bills and
Quit,

a Few Bills and
Quit.
Washington, April SO.-The hous.
and senate Thursday agreed to adjourn
at 2 o'clock. President Roosevelt an
rived at the capitol at 11:25 to attend
to official duties incidental to the adj
Journment of congress. Nearly all the
members of the cabinet a preceded
him. a number of bills We're passed
last night and today received the presi-
dents signature.
Both houses began business at 1880
today in continuation of Wednesdays
legislative session,
TIL senate agreed to the conference
report OF the emergency river and har-
Dor bill.
hilison's Figures.
Allison. chairman of the committee
on appropriations, submitted a series
of tables showing an increase of $751;
10000 over the appropriations for last
season. He gave the principal items of
Increase as follows:
For the navy SIG. 900, 600: on account
of the postal service, including rural
free delivery, $4,000, 900; for the bank
note redemption fund, s 5000, 900; irriga-
ton reclamation fund, s., 500. 600,
Senator Allison spoke OF the increase
in the deficiency appropriation and said
the cost of the ST. Louis exposition to
AiF l d'tSulS, llClllllE lne
government exhibit, was about six and
a half million dollars.
senator Allison said the obligations
aside from the appropriations Incurred
at the present session amount to SEA-
600, 900.
CulDerson presented a review of ap-
propriations for the past twelve years.
lie said the total expenditures under
the Roosevelt administration nave been
$3.50, 0O0, 600, or $2ll, 900, 900 greater
than -four years of the Mckinley adj
ministration, and $833, 900, 900 greater
than the four years of the Cleveland
administration.
Mr.. German placed the total appro-
priations this session at $751; 900. 900,
and obligations incurred at over SEA-
$1,000, or more than $500, COO, 900 all
told, not including the Panama canal.
The Philippine bond bill was taken
up, the house bill being substituted for
the senate measure. The house agreed
to n number of conference reports on
bills of minor Importance and on a
bill establishing n government for the
Panama canal zone.
The bill to ratify and amend the
agreement With the Shoshone or Vino
River Indians OF Wyoming, which was
under consideration when the house
recessed last night, was lost, ITO to
126.
The Appropriation Question.
The republican and democratic views
of the appropriations made thus far
by he ifty-eighth ngr We're pre-
Sented to the house today by Chairman
Heinenway of the appropriation COM
mittee and Representative Livingston
of Georgia, ranking democratic mem
Der of that committee. Good govern
ment housekeeping is the caption
chosen by Mr.. Hemenway to represent
his views. "A congress that has done
nothing but spend money" is the head
ing Of Mr.. Livingston's summary.
After reviewing the expenditures for
the next fiscal year MI. Hemenway con-
cludes
The expenditures of our govern
ment in their aggregate, as exhibited
by the appropriations congress. are
large and by an minimizing person,
and especially by misguided n%eNspap-
ers, are denounced as extravaganza, and
yet, according to the best authority,
our national government is the most
economically administered In the CIV
ilized world'.
A table to s~ubstantiate this state
ment is given showing the per capita
expenditures of leading nations. The
highest given is New Zealand, where
the per capita expense is 5000, the
lowest the United States viii. Il per
capita showing of 1897.
The total appropriations made by this
congress aggregate, according to
Hemenway, $751;, 574, $40. OF this sum
500, sol. S43 to pay deficiencies for prior
fiscal years and $50, 500, 600 is set aside
for application to the sinking fund.
This leaves Il total appropriation for
the expenses of government for 1905 Q.
$G9S, 2T2, 7S6. The total estimated reven-
ues for period are $704, 4I2, $50, or an ex-
cess over appropriations or authorized
expenditures of $6,199, pa. Continuing,
Mr.. .HemenWay says:
Big Surplus in Sight.
"EXperience has demonstrated tn, [
one year with aIother the actual ex-
penditures Of the government are about
3 per cent. less than the a]ppropria-
tons made, and anticipating that the
coming fiscal year will not prove eX-
ceptional it is safe to assume the APP
parent surplus will be augmented by
not less than $35, 900, 600, thus atfording
q safe margin of at least $40, O0O, 600 to
may arise, and that may have to be
provided for next session, and also at
fording q considerable sum to be de-
voted to the sinking fund"
MI. Livingston in his statement COM
pared the expenditures of q democratic
congress with republican congresses,
and added:
Il do not question the honesty of
these vast appropriations, either in
their aggregate amount or in their de-
tails; but / challenge the wisdom of
the policy of the party that has made
these enormous expenditures neces-
sary through increase OF the military
and naval establishments, the main
tentance of which is at the expense of
needed internal improvements, such as
the river and harbor works and pub
lie buildings. During the session which
is Just about to close, the representa-
tives Of the people have been denied
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