The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
NO BILLION DOLLAR SESSION
TlWNEY SAYS CONGRESS mas
KEPT UNDER THE MARK.

nut senator HaaeH FiEures Deaf Agree
WIN Thoas q the Chairman q the
HouBe Cammlttee aa AnBranrlAalaaa
80 sees g3a OoO. go Over q Buliaa.
WASHINGTON. June q. The session Of
Congress just ended was not billion dollar
affair. For the Hrst time In three yeas
L IL possible 20 cay this The plans Of
Representative Tawney Of Minnesota.
chairman % the House Appropriations
COMMITTEES, have borne fruit.
Il was az the last session that Mr. TaW-
ney secured the adoption Of q provision
authorizing the President 10 cut the annual
estimates 70 whatever figure necessary
10 meet the estimated revenues. AZ the
beginning Of this session when he an
nounced that Il wAa the Appropriation
Committees intention 70 make the appro-
priations for 1911 lees than the aggregate
for any-of the last three preceding years
he was announced e. q visionary and Il
was predicted that he hal tackled an I'm
possible lob. But he has made good. HE
colleagues are giving him and HE asso-
ciates on the Appropriation Committee
full credit for the achievement.
While Mr. TAwnsy will not submit his
Official figures 10 tho public until next
Tuesday he calculated roughly tonight
that the aggregate Of appropriations Tor
the session jiiSt ended would be about
toO7 .0OO.O00 This includes river and
hArbor appropriations 90 be paid out Of
the Treasury during 1911 and all other
expenditures Of all sorts which will be
direct charge ON the Treasury In that
total Of the public bill-about "a. 900 900
which IL AnthoTined and not Appro-
priated, and which consequently viii not
be a drain upon the Treasury during the
next hacal year
Although Chairman Tawney was able
to keep the totals Of all money measures
reported from he committee below the
estimates submitted by the various
branches u the Government service. the
Naval Affairs Committee, the Military
Affairs Committee and the Post once
COMMITTEES reported and secured the
passage Of balls carrying millions more
IN each case than the amounts requested
by the respective departments concerned.
In fact. while every bill from the Appro-
priaiiOus COMMITTEES showed q reduction,
every other money measure reported from
other committees. with the exception Of
the diplomatic and consular ball and the
Military Academy hill-two minor meas
ures-showed increases.
Mr. TaWney and many membera 81 thu
House behsve that the expenses of the
Government will continue TO grow 81 an
alarming rate until al the annual appro-
priation bills. including the army and navy
supply measures. are plaCad IN charge ~
the one Appropriation Committee. which
in the nature Of things. they say. should
exercise detailed supervision over all the
regular yearly demands on the Treasury.
senator Hale. chairman Of the Com
mittee On Appropriations. submitted
comparison a the appropriations for The
fiscal year 1911 with those Of the hacal
year 1910. which seem 10 differ from Mr..
rawneys rough estimate These show
according 90 Mr.. Hale. q decrease ~
appropriations BY the last session under
lhOse Of the preceding year of s7D,i7s. IsI.
The total % the appropriations made by
this session for the fiscal year 1911. ac-
cording 70 senator Hale'a statement. u
81 .0e6 .bST 50 The deCre@ses IN apprO-
priAfiuns for 1911 under thoee Of 1910 were
stated a. folloW.
Army. S.5ss. sIS; District Of Columbia,
SOL 80. Qualifications, g. 5l. eii. Indian
serYicc. g. So t5t Military Aea1smy.
Si75 21i: ravy. t5.ssa ga; pension, tS.ijo.-
go suniry civil. 81 7i7 81.
The increases were - follows: Agri-
culture. sta2 or. diplomatic and consular,
$50. re. legislative executive and judi
eel. g.tsi IA. post once. o. 7if $50 river
and hAr 8oT. SAT so3. 81
II will be seen from the above showing
that approximately SO. OOO. Oo % the saw
ing ma 10 ives Ia the expenditures for the
a-mv a1d ravy ard pensions. Another
81 gnificglt economy was shown In the
CIT Of nearly s2tOOg 90 In the sundTy
ciyil appropriation bli