Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-01
EXPENDITURES BY
PRESENT CONGRESS
chairman TaWney of House COM
mittee on Appropriations Pre-
sents Annual Review.
TOTAL AMOUNT S1,o08,so4, 1894
o,amcs Democrats While Rep. Fitz-
Gerald says That the Republican
Party is Responsible.

washington, May 3o-Thc conference
.st Of the great government supply
measures acted upon by Congress, was
agreed to by both houses today. II car
,ies oil appropriation of $50, los SiS. of
which sl2.d76,T50 is to begin work au-
rhorized by the public buildings bill
tbe authorizations of which aggregate
over ss3Oo0,0oo.
The bin itself was only briefly dis
,usse1 I'm the house. but ii furnished an
opportunity to Messrs. TaWney of Min
rosetta and Fitzgerald of New York.
hairman and ranking minority mem
&r respectively. of the committee on
appropriations. to make the usual
Tatenents regarding the state of the
national finances.
TAWNBY SUMS UP
Representative Tawney of Minnesota
chairman of the committee on arpro-
pr1ations, today presented to the house
his annual review of fiscal appropra-
lions and expenditures The keynote
Of his speech was sounded in the de-
claration that tho insistent demands
OF the people and of the public service
result in an increased aggregate when
the majority To maintain a policy or
greater economy We're frustrated by an
obstructive and recalcitrant minority"
Mr., T0Wney In opening said:
THE annual expenditures OF our gov
eminent exceed those of any govern
ment in the world. The work of an
alyzins the estimates for them. of in
curing into their necessities, together
with the needful inquiry into the meth
ods Of the departments in administer
ing and in expanding previous appro-
priations is rapidly becoming the most
important duty and the most predictions
task to be performed In connection with
the legislative department of the gov
eminent: a task whose magnitude is
not appreciated nor is the labor neces-
sary IN It's performance understood. II
requires constant application from the
beginning until the close of the session
and the most careful discrimination 10
prevent needless appropriations for the
FEDERAL government or unauthorized IN.
preparations for the exercise of govern.
mental functions belonging to the states
or for the doing Of that which belongs
exclusively to private interests"
BLAMEs THE DEMOCRATS.
Referring to the Democratic hlibuster
which marked the last third of the pres
ent session, Mr.. Tawney said
IT Is a matter of sincere regret that
10 accomplish political purpose or
gam some partisan advantage. the mi
, nority in this house deemed itself ius-
: tilted in disregarding its responsibility
pursuing the policy II has followed
Almost two months under the lead
'e'hnlp of the distinguished gentleman
rom Mississippi tMr. Williams): a pol
10y which made it necessary FOR. the
majority IN order to transact any pub
"a Hfataf ,..sIn
under which non-partisan questions In
RELATION to the appropriation of pup
NC money could not be considered with
mat freedom OF discussion and action
mat otherwise would have enabled this
house TO prevent many of the increases
mat We're finally agreed TO. AS TO the
result of this increase the aggregate
Of appropriations made at this session
Is larger by many millions than II
would otherwise have been.''
INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.
Mr.. Tawney said that review of the
demands upon Congress this session
showed that the estimates of the estab
llshed public service and for nrevious
authorized public works for the next
fScal year We're more than Sl56. 00O. 900 in
excess of appropriations made for the
same period during the last session OF
me Ftfty-ninth Congress, and that
these demands did not rest In fact lpon
the necessities Of the public service but
were supported mainly by official re-
concentrations TO Congress, backed by
the approval Of the press Of the coun>
try and they consisted largely OF in
creased compensation to the civil and
military branches of the public SER
vice"
ME- Tawney stated that the total APP
proprlations Of the session to he $751;
oa6'bta, He said the total revenues OF
,he government estimated 10 Congress
ny the secretary Of tho treasury are
placed at 1878, 1893 oil, that IN addition to
me authorized expenditures OF 1851 $685.
e'- Tor the operation Of the government
curing the net fiscal year. appropria-
uons are also made as follows;
AGGREGATE OF 81, OOS, sO4 s94
IN deficiency acts. exclusive OF So. 1885,
,oo for public buildings, authorized nj
ms session. i4,b20, 223; for require
lnents at this session. S44 $50, 223 for re-
Iulrements OF the sinking fund, t5S-
uVV,OOO, for redemption of national bank
notes S25,OOo,o00; for construction of the
dafama canal bonds TO be lssued).
W.. GOOQ' for miscellaneous and spe-
ga objects, Sl.0O0,000 including $3.50,
600 for the relief of storm and food
sunerers I'm the southern states, and
,iodOCo for the payment of claims OF the
roman Catholic church In the Philip
plne Islands; making n grand agRro-
gate for the next fiscal year Of Sl0Os,-
Ma. Tawney said that the estimates
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