The Lamar register., 1904-05-04
QUESTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
During the Closing Session of the SEN
ate,

ate.
Mr.. Allison, chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations. submitted
a series of tables. prepared by the
clerks of the appropriation commit
tees. showing an increase OF $2S,OO0.
900 over the appropriation for last ses-
sion. He gave the principal items OF
increase as follows:
For the navy. $16.000.000; on ac-
count of the postal service. including
rural free delivery, $4,000. 900. He also
stated there is an increase OF $S.832.-
900 in the permanent annual appropri-
/ atoms, the chief items being $1,000
900 for the bank note redemption fund
and the next most important item be-
ing 81, $50 900 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 $4,000 900 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 $6.-
100000.
Speaking generally. Mr.. Allison said
the appropriations were in the main
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
aside from appropriations incurred at
the present session amounted to VA
600. 1000.
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 tho
Roosevelt administration had been w.
$40, ,OO0. 600. or s211 100000 greater
than the four years of the Mckinley
administration and $SS3. 100000 great
er than in the four years of the Clevo-
land administration.
These increases he subdivided as
follows:
Civil administration. 100000 900;
naval. 1921. 100000; military. $685.
100000. He also said that for 1905 the
total appropriation on account OF the
military. including pensions. would be
1887, 900 900. and said that. excluding
the expenses of the Boer war. the
military expenditures of the United
States for 1903 were $32. 1000. 900 more
than those of Great Britain for that
year; $131,0O0.0 900 greater than those
of Germany, and $139.0OO,00O in ex-
cess OF those of France.
Replying to Mr.. Allison. Mr.. Cor
man placed the total appropriations OF
this session at $7S1, ,OO0. 900 and the OBJ
legations incurred at over $24.000.0 600,
| or more than $500, 100000 all told. not
| including the appropriation for the
Panama canal. He said the figures
were amazing. and predicted that 1t
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.. Gull
| bertson's 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 ssti.
| mates.