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Show ANOTHER "BILLION-DOLLAR SESSION." The exact total of appropriations made or authorized by congress con-gress at the last session was $1,027,133,446. This includes many millions mil-lions that will not be spent this year and that will properly be charged to the expenditures for later years. The Republicans and the Democrats do not figure these deductions the same, but Chairman Chair-man Tawney of the house appropriations committee, the majority representative, says that the net total of charges on the revenue foi the fiscal year 1911 will-be $863,120,761. He declares in his state, ment that the recent session of congress broke all records for the amount-of business done, and holds that the Republican promises have been more than carried out. |