The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-30
MIR. TAWNEY'S ANNUAL REPORT Appropriations of Pres
 ent Congress.
 SCORES MINORITY TACTICS Representative Fitzgerald Makes Caustic Speech in Reply. He Reviewed The Appropriations of the session From A Democratic stand point And Arraisned The Re- pubs Mercilessiy.

Washington, May zJ-NePioS0A
 Tawney of Minnesota, Chairman or the Committee on Appropriations. tooay presented to the House his annual re- port of fiscal appropriations ana eA- penditure. The keynote of his speech was sounded in the. declaration that ..the instant demands of the people ana of the public service result in an m creased aggregate when enacted lh.o law and "the effects of the majority to maintain a policy of greater econo- my were frustrated by an oostructlVe and recalcitrant minority.
 Mr. Tawney in opening saio
 'aThe annual expenditures of our gov ernment exceed those of any govern ment fin the world. The work ol analyzing the estimates for them oi inouiring into their necessities to' gether with the needful inquiry into the methods of the departments m administering and expending previous appropriations. is rapidly becoming the most important duty and the most pro digious task to be performed In con nection with the legislative department of the government.
 Referring to the Democratic fillibus- ter which has marked the last third o' the present session, MT. Tawney saio slf IS a maEIGE OI BtHCCEG AS6ASh NN-' 10 accomplish a political purpose or gain some partisan advantage, the minority in this House deemed itseh Justified in disregarding its responsi- bflity by pursuing the policy It nat followed for almost two months; under the leadership of the distinguished gen tleman from Mississippi. (Mr. Williams) a policy which made 1t necessary fol the majority. in order to transact any l...k Y~sKIa n A. cedure under which partisan ques- tions in relation to the appropriation of public monies could not be con sfdered with that freedom of discus sion and action that otherwise would have enabled this house to prevent many of the Increases that were final i tv agreed to- As tho result of thes' 1 increases the aggregate of apprnprta l tiona mad eat this session Is larger D; many millions than 1t would otherwis have been.
 Excessive Approprfations. Mir. Tawney said that a review o | the demands made upon Congress a | this session showed that the estimate for the established public service ant for previously authorized public work for the next fiscal year were more thai S156, ,0o0. 900 in excess of appropriations made for the same purpose during tn | ldHt SCSoAOh OA StAS AA~Ns
 Mir. Tawney stated the total approp riations for the session to be $S51,O ,OSS, | 670. He said the total revenues of tn government estimated to Congress b, | the Secretary of the Treasury ar placed at Ss73,123.011; that in addition | to the authorized expenditures O ss51.Oss.s7o for the operation of tn government during the next fisca | Concentrations are aigO rnadA A follows:
 l In deficiency acts, exclusive of SIP. | 466,7 for public buildings authorize at this session $44.529.223; for require ments of the sinking fund. s5s, 100000 | for redemption of National Bank note S25, ,00o, 900; for construction of tn Panama Canal (bonds to be issued special objects S1,O00,0oo includin S25O,0 900, for the relief of storm an flood sufferers in southern States an s403, 900 for the payment of claims 0 the Roman Catholic Church in tn Philippine Islands making grand az | gregate for the next fiscal year of s1, cos, ,s04,s94.
 MT. Tawney said that the estimat submitted to Congress by the execu tive as basis for the appropriatio made, amount to SLOTS, ,449, 2SS, or a excess of $70,644,394. over the total c the appropriations of this session an an excess of $15s.651,145 over all th | appropriations made at the last session substraction of the totals of esti mates and appropriations, he sait showed that the present house cut dow the estimates for the ordinary operai ing expenses of the government SPA S47.172. The grand total of appropria tions made at this session exceed thos of last session by 9ss,006.750
 MT, Tawney submitted the followin table of major appropriations enacte at this session:
 Major Appropriations
 For agriculture. $Ibs72.10s; arm, Ss5, 3s2,247. diplomatic and consular half payable from district taxes) SI0 IF 66s; Qualifications $s,317145:. India Sg253347; Legislative. executive an Judicial, $32,S33,S21 military academy SS45, ,634; pensions. $163,05S.000: navS S122,662,4s5 post office, s222,s62, ss1 sundry civil $112.s37.313; deficiencies S56, ,995.973: miscellaneous S3.000. 0Ot permanent annual appropriations, $l6A 144,295; grand total S1. .00S, ,S04,894
 Tn a further table of comparison, Nil
 Tawney showed the differences be tween major appropriations of the las session and the present session. I conclusion. Mir. Tawney said
 'fWhatever the minimizing or tn
 superficial critic may now say. th
 impartial and non-partisan historic
 will hereafter record and truthful
 state that in the affirmative work pei
 formed and in contending against an
 successfully resisting unconstitutioni
 demands upon the powers and treasuI
 of the Federal government. the wor
 of no previous session is comparab
 with the work of the first session
 the sixtieth Congress"
 In a census office table subjoined
 Chairman Tawney's report. there al
 given comparisons showing the reli
 tionship of expenditures for the mail
 tenance of government to the aggr
 gate wealth of the nation and provir
 the uniformity of that relationship [,
 long series of years. This tab
 shows that the census report of 1Ss
 the first to present the aggregate pa,
 nent for all expenditures for a
 classes. as distinguished from me
 tax levies for states. counties citi
 and minor civil divisions. includir
 schools, amounted to $569, 9,2526 634 or
 total expenditure of s9 90 for each $l