Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-28
ARMY AND NAVY
COST HALF A
BILLION
DEMOCRATS CHARGE
GROSS EXTRAVAGANGE
Annual Review Of Appropriation
Legislation by Rival Leaders
of House Committee on APP
propriations,
IN, Morning souraaI speeIM Lsa.sd wlrcl

my Moruiug Journal Special Leased wircl
Washington. June democratic
claim. Congress at the session just
closed passed the billion dollar high
water mark.
Republican claim Actual prob
able fixed charge against the rev
enues during the fiscal year 1911,
$S9s,12o,761
Both parties agree-Appropriations
for expenses for the government
made during the last session aggregate
These contentious eptomize the
annual review of national appropria-
tions and expenditures made public
today by Chairman TaWney of the
appropriations committee of the
house and by Representative Liv-
ingston of Georgia, ranking dcmo-
cratic member Of that committee.
Mr. Tawneys fixed charge state
uent Is based on deducting from tlt
argregate the authorizations that
carry no appropriations, Panama
canal cost which bond sales VIII pay
for, the S20,00O.000 for reclamation
projects which an issue of Indebted
ness certificates viii cover, and de-
ficlencN appropriations and miseel-
laneous acts for payment OF claims
and where special matters eNpendaDle
the present fiscal year, instead or The
Eext
Mr.. Tawncy asserted that a sum
mary of the constructive legislation
of The first regular session Of the
sixty-first congress constitutes "A rec
ore Of accomplishment surprising
IN Importance any previous session IN
tho history of the country MI. LiN-
ingston denounced what he called Il
large increase on account of public
expenditures, an increase of the pub
II, debt. half billion dollars spent
for militarsm and the treasury
drained for army and navy
Mr. Tawney credited the legislative
adniinistratinn by earef'N s'rrparattoa
or its estimates to congress. WITH saw
ns great many million dollars ana
declared that continuance OF SUI 4
care IN the future would avoid rech-
less expenditures and show that the
Legislative branch is not wholly re-
sponsible for eXtravagance
MI Tawncy declared there was a
substantial reduction in current mill
tary expenses, while Mr. Livnesi on
asserted that under the reclamation
issue and naval appropriations we
have DOltCN tHAt slhfuS TOT Interest
being bonds issued against the homes
OF the settlers ana for the handing out
Of millions of dollars raised by oner-
Gus taxation to satisfy the greed Of
shipbuldcrs and armor plate con-
tractors.
Mr. Tawney urged abrogation OF
the rule. instituted by democratic
house, giving to eight different COM
mittees the power of preparing the
money bills for each congress, He
favored a new rule constituting one
committee. large enough to be rep
resentative of every section to have
initial control over all appropriation
bills
lie supported this by showing that
the appropriations committee bill in
its jurisdiction cut $l6,933,925 under
the estimates while the bill from the
seven other committees exceeded the
estimate hy S27s31, ,402
Mr.. TawneN figured that the total
deficiencies appropriated for at the
last session are $7.5S1G5i less than
those Of the previous session, and
S11.S25.1S9 less than the average an
nual deficiencies since the Spanish
war Mr. Livingston, comparing the
four years Of Roosevelts term with
the last four years of Clevcland's ad-
said there was nearly
$4,000. 900 900 for the -four years Of
As compared with less
chan half that sum for the same per-
iod for a democratic president.