Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-05-05
MATERIAL FOR THE CAMPAIGN
Last Day OF Congress Given Over Largely
TO Partisan Presentation OF Alleged
Facts aud Figures.

Washington, April 29.-The republi-
can and democratic view Of appro-
priations made thus far by the Fifty
eighth congress were presented to tho
house by Chairman Hemenway, Of the
appropriations committee, and Repre-
sentative Livingston, Of Georgia, the
ranking democratic member Of that
committee. Good government house.
keeping" is the caption chosen by Mr..
Hemenway to represent his views. "A
congress that has done nothing but
spend money" is the heading Of Mr..
Livingston's summary. After review
ing the expenditures for the next ifs
cal year Mr.. Hemenway concludes:
1.-THE expenditures Of our government
In their aggregate as exhibited by the
appropriations Of congress are large
and by unthinking persons and es-
pecially by misguided newspapers are
denounced as extravagant. and yet, ac--
cording to the very best authority our
national government is the most eco
nomically administered of any in the
civilized world" A table to substan-
tiate this statement is given showing
the per capita expenditures of the
leading nations. The highest given In
New Zealand, where the per capita ex-
pense is $3O.3S, the lowest is the United
States with a per capita showing Of
$7.9?.
Mr. Allison, chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations, submitted .
series Of tables, prepared by the clerks
Of the appropriation committee, show
Ing an increase Of s2S.000,00 over the
for last season. He
gave the principal items Of increase
as follows: For the navy. $16,000,00
on account of the postal service, in
Guiding rural free delivery, $4,000, 900.
He also stated that there is an in
crease Of $S,S32. 900 In the permanent
annual appropriations, the chief item
being S5,000,000 for the bank note re-
lcmption fund, and the next most i'm
portant item being s2,25O, 900 for the
irrigation reclamation fund. Mr.. Al
ison also spoke of the increase in the
deficiency appropriations, the principal
TEN in that connection being the loan
If s4.COO,0O0 made to the st. Louis ex-
position. Replying 10 an inquiry from
Mr.. Aldrich he said that outside the
oan to the exposition the cost of that
Institution to the national treasury in
,luding the cost of the governmental
exhibit is about s6,5O0,O00. Speaking
Mr.. Allison said the appro-
,riations were in the main for the
conduct Of the government and he ex-
pressed the opinion that they would
lot be criticised. He also referred to
he obligations assumed, and said those
If this year are less than for many
ears previous. Mr.. Allison said the
obligations aside from appropriations
at the present session amount
o s24,OOO,OOO.
Replying to Mr.. Allison, Mr.. German
'laced the total appropriations of This
ession at $751; 100000 and the obliga-
ions incurred at over $24,O00,000, or
more than $SOO,0OO,0O0 all told not in
luding the appropriation for the Pan
ma canal. He said the figures were
and predicted that 1t would
re impossible to continue expenditures
t this rate without increasing taxes.
lie attributed the rapid increase to the
of the president to make OF
he United States "a great world
over" and said that We had reaped
% harvest except the loss of life and
generalization in every branch Of the
Governmental service.
Mr.. Culberson presented review OF
for the past L. years.
overing the last administration OF
lr. Cleveland and the Mckinley and
Roosevelt administrations. He said
he total expenditures under the Roose-
cit administration had been $780,
10 900. or $211, 100000 greater than the
our years Of the Mckinley admins
ration and $SS3,000,000 greater than
, the four years OF the Cleveland ad-