Arizona republican., 1916-08-23
EXTRAVAGANCE
 IS CHARGED AND ;, |S ALSO DENIED
tRepubIiesn A. p. Leased wlrel

WASHINGTON August 22.-With Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee. submitting figures designed to disprove republican charges of democratic extravaganza and Sem ator Shoot. republican finance expert asserting that the democratic party should be convicted of attempting to procure votes under false pretenses. general debate on the S205, 900, 900 emergency revenue bill began today in the senate. There were indications on every hand of a partisan battle royal tO be waged for several days.
 Insisting that national defense pre- paredness and the Mexican situation were altogether responsible for the necessity of special revenue legisla- tion and a proposed bond issue Sena- tor Simmons declared republicans in congress had clamored for even great CT expenditures for defense, and having done this. were seeking partisan ad- vantage by making false charges of democratic extravaganza to the public.
 Senator Shoot. opening the republi- can assault on the revenue bill. said If the democratic party were to be re- tained in control of the government. the country would suffer an era of unequalled extravaganza combined with inefficiency unsurpassed" His
 
 ts. To prove his contentious that normal appropriations of this session are not excessive, Senator Simmons submitted treasury department esti- mates for the year 1917 showing that excluding postal appropriations bond issues already authorized and amounts that will not be expended, revenues must be provided for disbursements of H.126, 234.000. Of this amount the to- tai appropriation for national defense would aggregate about s654 0o0, 900 and the senator submitted other figures to prove that this extraordinary amount due to preparedness and the Mexican emergency exceeded normal defense appropriations by about S372. .2sO, 900.
 This amount" said Senator Sim mons deducted from the total esti- mated disbursements for the fiscal year 1917, would leave s75396 900 as the amount required to meet the total normal disbursements of the govern ment for that year. Now the total estimated receipts for the year 1917 under existing laws is s762.00O. 900. or ss.e3I.000 more than the estimated nor nal disbursements, making it clear that but for the extraordinary increase in the appropriation for the naval and military establishment which have been thought expedient and necessary. the normal receipts would be sufficient to pay the expenses of the government for the year and leave a surplus of over 100000 in the treasury. just as the receipts of the year 1916 (befOre We entered upon this preparedness pro- gram and before the Mexican situation developed) actually yielded a sufficient revenue to pay the expenses of the government and left surplus in the treasury of s55.270. .000"
 Subtracting from the estimated dis bursements the estimated receipts fol 1917. the senator showed that the bal ance to be provided is 1864. .243.000. TC meet this amount he submitted that the pending bill would raise s205. poo. 900: the bond issue sl30. 900. 900. leay. inS balance of s29. 9.243.0 to be taker care of by the general fund of tho treasury, which he said amounted tC tl94.337s95 on August Is last.
 Referring to the proposed s130. O0O. .O0l bond issue for Mexican expenditures Senator Simmons said Panama bond, could be used to reimburse the treasury and added that up to this time tn, democratic party had issued no Pana. ma canal bonds. whereas the republi.
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