Evening star., 1912-08-27
BILLION SET ASIDE
Appropriations by Congress,
S1,O19,636, 1856.
DEMOCRATS ARE PLEASED
Party Leaders in Both Houses Say
Economy Was Practiced.
REPUBLICANS LESS POSITIVE
MI. Cannon Regrets Allowance Was
Not Made for Howard Univer-
sity's New Dormitory.
DEMOCRATS ARE PLEASED
REPUBLICANS LESS POSITIVE

The session Of Congress just closed MAS
another billion-dollar affair. The total
appropriations for the fiscal year 1913
amount to sl.0la.tri6. 1896 Democratic
leaders i'm the Senate AMI House were a
pains To explain the economies they had
practiced in making appropriations til
session. on the other hand. the repuhi
cans were no less positive that the dem
ocrats I'm the House had made many mis-
takes in providing for the expenditure of
the government funds.
Senator Warren. chairman of the Senate
committee. and Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald. who occupies a sim
liar position in the House. both coneeded
that the total appropriated for the year
is less than the nations budget for 1al2
by sT.o46.o00.
Former Speaker Cannon. in behalf OF
the republican forces of the House pro
duced figures To show that the present
democratic Congress had actually appro-
pr-ated more for general purposes than
did the preceding republican Consress
Representative Cannon declared that
out Of the general total should be taken
all expenditures made for the fanaina
canal With such deductions. he said.
the total appropriations for 1913 would
be 5000, $3.50 l43. as compared with tota,
Of s9s1. 122 sSl appropriated for generai
purposes last year.
Predict Heavy Deficit.
Predictions that the government would
face a heavy deficit at the END OF the
wear were made both by Senator Warren
and Representative Cannon. senator
Warren said President Taft and his CAB
met had carefully reduced estimates 70
the lowest figures. The appropriations
actually made are more than S2l.to.'V'
less than the estimates. and the repnbn-
can leaders declare IL viii be inpossip'r
for the existing government agencies W
keep within them
ment to the House, said the democrats
were responsible for an actual SAVING oi
man. dollars. He declared that the gov
ernment departments are shaiheiuhy
overloaded with employees.
In confirmation of this he pointed TO
testimony offered by Maj. Gen. Wood.
chief of stan. to the effect that thsre
are - per cent more employees IN the
War Department than encieht ser''es
demands.
Cutting Down Employees.
Mr. Fitzgerald referred to the legisla-
tive appropriation bill, which eliminates
4O6 employes from Uncle Sans pay roll.
as follows:
..Tba legislative executive. and judicial
act. CARRYING S34 30 9613.3S and providing
for the great salary roll OF the depart
ment service at Washington. is reduced
from So. .31s. 1885 to S34.2st6ls.:s. or 81
l4S $50. Al and several hundred places are
permanently dropped from the govern.
ments paw rolls This act as IL passed
the House and was subsequently Eetoei
because il abolished a useless ana ais-
credited court made a reduction or W.
81 .35s5 10 under the total Of like appro-
priations OF the previous year, ana aiso
dropped 400 needless employees.
with an efficient, well organized WORK
ing force in the departments at Wasnlne-
ton the whole number of salaried places
now provided for could and should De
reduced many hundred more. This Is very
evident, as / have heretofore pointed our
In references to the Treasury ana wal
Depa rtments A provision in this act re-
auires a further reduction in the Treasury
Department of 1854 statutory offices dur
ing this fiscal year, In addition to other
reductions.
Reduction for the District.
THE act providing for the government
of the District of Columbia shows ma
terial reduction from S12.I6, 1850 to $lo.-
675 S:3s33.J or $1,3S09oS. sum that VIII
go far toward reimbursing the Treasury
of the United States the balance due TOR
large sums advanced to make up de-
ficiencies in the District of Columbia rev
enues, occa stoned by lavish and extraNa-
giant appropriations of the past Few
years.
Mr. Cannon criticised the democrats Tor
their failure to make All allowance for
new dormitory at Howard University.
The improvement. he said. was necessary.
He pointed out that Howard University II
the only university supported in part hN
the federal government for the training
of the colored race.
ut has done and is doing splendid work
in educating and training practical Young
men and women who go out after tflelr
training for the instruction of those "l
their race" said the former Speaker.
He said also. that St. Elizabeth the
government insane asylum. needed MONEY
for extensions and for the security "t
PATIENTS but that tn" democrats iflus"d
TO see the necessity for such an alpfo-
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