The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
IN THE SENATE.
Both Parties Submit Statements of
appropriations Made.

Appropriations Made.
Washington April 2s.-The senate be-
gan business promptly at 1880 today
in continuation of Wednesdays legisla-
tive session and Immediately after
wards agreed to the conference report
on the emergency river and harbor bill.
The Philippine bond bill at the in
stance Of Mr.. Lodge was taken up and
read at length, the house measure be-
ing substituted for the senate measure.
Mr.. Lodge said he would not attempt
to press the bill at this session of con-
gress as he was aware that there would
be opposition to certain features of It.
He also said that he was anxious to
guard against the admission of Chi
nese immigrants into the Philippines
and that the purpose of section was
not to change the United States immi-
grafton laws in the Philippines, but
merely to shift their administration to
the Philippine authorities. Mr.. Allison,
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations submitted a series of tables,
prepared by the clerks of the appropri-
alton committee showing an increase of
SIS, 100000 over the appropriations for
last season. He gave the principal
items of increase as follows:
For the navy $16,000,000; on account
of the postal service, including rural
free delivery IS. S.O00, 900. He also stated
{ that there is an increase of IS. .S32. 900 in
the permanent annual appropriations,
the chief item being $5,0OO,0 600 for the
{ Ddnk nOLe redemption LuDQ ana lLt
next most important item being ST.
ESQ, GOO for the irrigation reclamation
fund.
Mr.. Allison also spoke of the in
crease in the deficiency appropriations,
the principal item in that connection
being the loan of $4,600s000 made to
the St. Louis exposition Replying to
an inquiry from Mr.. Aldrich he said
that outside the loan to the exDosi-
ton, the cost of that institution to the
national treasury including the cost
of the governmental exhibit is about
/ $1,000, ,0O0.
Speaking generally, Mr.. Allison said
the appropriations were in the main
for the conduct of the government,
| and he expressed the opinion that they
would not be criticized. He also re-
ferred to obligations assumed. and
said those of this year are less than
for many years previous.
While Mr.. Allison was speaking, Mr..
I&ittridge presented the conference re-
port on the Panama canal bill, and 1t
was agreed to without comment. The
house resolution fixing 2 o'clock to-
day as the hour for final adjournment
of the session was presented and was
adopted without being referred to a
Resuming. Mr. Allison said the OBJ
LEGATIONS aside from appropriations
incurred at the present session amount
to $24,000,000. Mr.. CulbersOn pre-
sented a review of appropriations for
U
last administration of Mr. Cleveland
and tie Mckinley and Roosevelt ad-
ministA Aations. He said the total eX-
penditures under the Roosevelt ad-
mfnistration had been $2,640,0OO,0 900.
or $211.0OO,000 greater than the four
wears of the Mckinley administration,
and $SS3,00O,OOO greater than in the
Ifour years of the Cleveland admins
tration. These increases he subdt-
vided as follows:
civil administration, s16O,OOO,OOO;
naval, 100000; military, S2S4,-
100000. He also said that for 1905
the military, including pensions, would
be 1887, 100000, and said that exclud-
ing the expenses of the Boer war, the
military expenditures of the United
States for 1903 were $32,O0O,OOO more
than those of Great Britain for that
year; S131,0OO,OO0 greater than those
of Germany. and S139, 100000 in ex-
/ cess of those of France.
Replying to Mr.. Allison, Mr. Cor
man placed the total appropriations
of this session at $781, 100000, and
the obligations incurred at over SEA-
100000, or more than $500. 100000 all
for the Panama canal. He said the
figures were amazing, and predicted
that 1t would be impossible to con-
tinue expenditures at this rate with
out increased taxes. He attributed
the rapid increase to the ambition of
the president to make of the United
States "a great world power" and
said that we had reaped no harvest
except the loss of life and demoralI-
zation in every branch of the gov
| ernmental service.