The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-09
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'"Strenuous' Government Needed
$500, go, 600 More Than &
#as Necessary Under Cleveland.
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WAs1i1NdTo on, March g. tatemcntsl
were Issued to-day Tor publ ion IN the
Congressional Record by Mr.. Honnin--5
way, late chairman of the Houso COM
mittee on Approprlat lions. and by Mr.
Livingston, the ranking member Of the
minority ontthc Same committee, relating
to the appropriations W the session Of
Congress Just closed irho statements as
TO tho total approprnt lions for the se SCI 81
slonEngrce, being 1918, ,914. for the fs--s
cal year ending juno 80, 1905, as against
S7S1,172, 375 for tho previous year.
I; Mr., II mlnway5 In his tatemcnt says:
;,,""Ifain advised BY those N ost competent
/ 70 Judge that tho deficiency In the rcy--.5l
stilcs 81 tho government forstiie current
y fiscal year will y not exceed S1o, o0O.0 300
4 rliis deficiency Ii broGgtit about by suri- X
foreseen expenditures In two directions
namely t1S 900 900 on account "a Of now
+ ships for tho navy, the construction Y Of
which has been accelcra ted in "a degree
not anticipated when the expenditures
Z OF the government during the current fiscal
& year were forecast and also IN the prob
8ablc xcess OF i've or six million dollars
OF expenditures for the postal service
HOtCCMALHoElIOp " USos 80
L excessive ~ expenditures on n account OF
& tho postal service are largely ttrlDutablof
4 10 the rapid Installation OF the rural free
delivery seryic e. if 83 5s 4 4sst X
IS What Big Stick Costs.
Mr.. Livingston 3 makes a. comparison
for the four years of the last Cleveland:
SAdminlstration and tho four years OF the
administration jus taclosed, showing that,
EinlS1 S03- 1896 the Sapproprla lions were So
Oi6i343. 1853 and during the years ! 003-1 sos
Il they were S3,1b3, 1884, 292. He says that
THE difference between the appropriation
for 1906 land the predicted revenues isl
500, Sss, 3g9 10 broad enough expanse be-,
tween the buckle OF Expenditures and the
tongue OF revenues to startle the plain
and common = people, who ben r the bur 3
4 dens9 Of taxa ton. !" al VI h Ky
\. MI. Livingston says that under four
+ years Of Roosevelt the grand total "A q
expenditures for the army and navy ana nm
Y foftlficatio was s. 03.l 20, 1903 against ~
tration OF only s2o5, O4s. 343. aSs Mr. & 1iy-7
ingston IT, concludes: x" Con- rasting M 81
CIeyeland's administration as of3appro-j
Il priations with tina t OF MI. aooscyelt, we
K find that a. strenuous goyernme Mt domi-
mated by the policy OF a. big tick costs
under Mr.. roosevelt 1920, q 2 32o more for
the army; 1888, 1874 ,157 more for the navy
sl3477,563 more for forti cations ana iot
the three combined mil tnry plir poses,
Y 3l0S, 074, O60 moro than did the same OBJ B
i iects under Mr.. cleve Gland 81 last a. four.
\ wears Of on Ice; Il gum large EN- ougll 10
erect a public building In every city and az
town in the Fcountry,5w with noug b TO spare
to improve every hnr dor and wat erway,
SO B nee essarys for the promote lon 4 q 8olr
4 Gent TO construct 100000 miles Rof per-
" saat "a ,r,n "a thrr,1rhoiit the who'll e land