Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Party Estimates of the Appro-
priations Made by Present
Congress
HEMEnwAY DEFENDS CONGRESS
Declares That the Appropriations Were
All Necessary and That United
States Government is Economically
Observation-Disclosures Finds Fault
With Naval Expenditures.

lican and democratic views of appro-
priations made thus far by the Fifty
eight congress We're presented to the
house today by Chairman Hemenway
of the appropriation committee. and
Representative Livingston. Of Georgia.
ranking democratic member of that
committee. Good Government
Housekeeping" is the caption chosen by
Hemenway to represent his views. "A
Congress That Has Done Nothing Bu.
Spend Money" is the heading Of Liv-
ingston's summary.
After reviewing the expenditures for
the next fiscal year, Hemenway con-
cludes:
The expenditures Of our govern
by the appropriations of congress, are
large and by unuhinkink persons and
especially by misguided newspapers.
are denounced as extravagant, yet. ac-
cording to the best authority our ma
tionai government Is the most econom-
ically administered of any in the civ
ilized world
A table to substantiate. this state
ment Is given, showing the per capita
expenditures of leading nations.
The highest government is New
Zealand where the per capita expense
is $30.S0; the lowest Is the United
States, with Il per capita showing OF
$5.97.
The total appropriations made by
this congress aggregate. according to
Hemenway, s7s1. 1.574.629. OF this sum
s26.sol.S .S43 is to pay the deficiency for
prior fiscal years and 56,506,O0o is set
aside for application to the sinking
fund. This leaves a total appropriation
for expenses of the government for the
year 1905 of s69s,272,7S6. Total esti-
mated revenues for the period are
propriations or authorized expenditures
of s6,1a9,274. Continuing Hemenway
says: Experience has demonstrated
that one year with another actual ex-
penditures of the government are about
s per cent less than the appropriations
made by congress. and. anticipating
that the coming fiscal year will no.
prove an exception to this practically
established rule. 1t is same to assume
the apparent surplus of revenues over
expenditures will be augmented by not
less than 35.000.000, thus affording a
safe margin of at least $40,000.000 be-
tween revenues and expenditures with
which to meet all legitimate deficien-
cies that may arise and that may have
to be provided for next session; also
IA III IL
voted to the sinking fund"
Livingston in his statement COM
pares the expenditures of the demo-
cratic congress with the republican
congresses and adds:
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 dominant party that
has made these enormous expenditures
necessary thru increased military and
naval establishments, maintenance of
which is at the expense of needed inter
nal improvements, such as river and
harbor works and public buildings.
During the session which is just about
to close the representatives of the peo-
demands OF their constituents all along
this line, and yet appropriations for the
army show an increase over what it
cost in 1895 of s54,000.000, and the navy
a still greater increase of $69,000,000
Whatever may have been the sins of
commission of this congress, they are
as nothing compared to it's sins of
omission. denying consideration to all
Legislation looking to the welfare Of the
great masses of the people"
The Senate Views.
Allison, chairman of the committee
OH appropriations. submitted a series OF
tables, prepared by the clerks of the
appropriations committee. showing an
increase of $2S.000,000 over the appro-
priations for the last season. He gave
the principal items of increase as fol-
lows:
For the navy, $16.000.000.
On account of the postal service, in>
Guiding rural free delivery. $s.000,000.
For the bank note redemption fund,
S5.00o.000.
Irrigation reclamation fund, $2,500,~
600.
Allison spoke of the increase in the
deficiency appropriations and said the
cost of the st. Louis exposition to the
national treasury. including the cost of
the governmental exhibit, was abou,
S. 500. 900.
Allison said the obligations. aside
from the appropriations. incurred at
the present session amount to $4,000
coo.
Culberson presented a review of the
appropriations for the past twelve
Years He said the total expenditures
under the Roosevelt administration had
been $2,G4O.OOo,o0o. or s211,o0o,o00
greater than the four years of the Nc
Kinley administration, which were
$3.50, 900, 900 greater than the four years
of the Cleveland administration.
German placed the total approprias :
tions Of this session at $1S1,000,000 and