Show THE REGULAR THING billion dollar come to stay washington 10 representative joseph J 0 cannon of illinois the senior republican member of the present appropriations committee of the and who was chairman of the liens committee daring the farst or heed congress has prepared a statement which be will urmit to the houge betting forth a comparison from his stand point of the appropriations for the present and fifty first congresses it Is cap pension reduced relative to the total of other appropriations increased mr cannon says mr cleveland by his estimates asked congress to appropriate for the public service forth coming fiscal year permanent appropriations and congress appropriated this ill round numbers Is less than the president asked for public ertice comparative statement of appropriations made at this congress for the fiscal year ending june next with appropriations made at the first and eacona sessions of the last congress the fifty sec ond Congress and at the first and second of tha fifty first congress shows that the appropriations this er by than were choto made by the first session of the fifty first or reed congress the statement also the appropriations made this year are less than made fat the second session of the lait fifty second congress this reduction is covered by the item for pensions alone there was appropriated this year for pensions less than was appropriated last year ft will be noticed therefore that the appropriations this year excepting pensions are greater than the appropriation a made last year by the total appropriations for the fifty first or iteen congress two years ago were those for the fifty sec ond of last congress two years mr cannon then read the issued by the treasury department on july and 2nd giving the expenditures and receipts of the government for the past year and those of the previous year mr cannons statement then continues i this statement does not include the postal receipt or expenditures and a they balance with each other it is not material to state them here it shows the receipts of the united states for the twelvemonths ending june 50 to have been less than the receipts for the fiscal year ending june 30 this statement hows aleo that the expenditures tures for the twelve months ending june were less than for the twelve months ending june 30 1893 but this same statement shows the payment for pensions made for the year ending june 30 1894 were less than they were for the year ending june 30 1893 in other words exclusive of open sessions president cleveland for bis first full fiscal year expended more to carry on the government than was expended in the final fiscal year ending with president harrlson there have been many increases in the salaries of democratic officials and especially ally in the diplomatic and consular the salary for the first assistant secretary of state is increased from to 1500 the minister to belgium Is in creased from to the ministers to switzerland and portugal Por tucal are increased fron to each the minister to mexico has bad the salary of his secretary of legation increased efrom 1800 to the ministers to nicaragua and costa rica for the first time aie allowed secretaries of legation at 1800 each while the bureau of american republics is cut down from to the six auditors of the treasury department are increased from to each |