Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-05-27

Congressman La Toilette is receiving
high praise from the leading newspa-
pers throughout the country, on account
of his two bright little speeches urging
wise economy in the compilation of the
River and Harbor BILL The Washing
ton correspondent of the Rochester
Post-Erpress, under date OF May 10,
wired his paper as follows:
There is little doubt that the River
and Harhor bill will be vetoed by the
President. The bill did not have big
majority in the House. The represent
atives who lodged the final vote were
enough to have defeated it. The bill
can never be passed over veto. Party
lines were not followed in voting on the
bill, Randall and his protection friends
were against the bill at every step; so
was director Holman. Morrison voted
for several amendments calculated to
make the bill less Objectionable, but
when these were beaten he voted for
bill in all all its badness. Reed, His
cock and Long the Republican trium-
virate. all opposed the bill. But it was
in vain. The leaders could not lead
The men who had been allowed by the
River and Harbor committee to dip in
to the pork barrel' stood banded to-
gether for plumber and could not be
thwarted in their greedy grab at the
national purse. One of the most manly
protests against the job came from Mr..
La Toilette, of Wisconsin. the youngest
member of the House. He is only 80
years old, and is serving his first term.
He could have carried off a piece OF
pork if he had kept silent. but he would
not He made an admirable speech in
support of an amendent offered by him,
providing that no surveys should be
made for new improvements until the
work already begun has been com
pleted. He closed with prophesy
that promises to have speedy fulfill
ment. He said.
Il say here and now that is the
time and place to stop. Every man
on this floor should support this
amendment. Every man in this
house who feels something more than
a national interest in this bill, who feels
a local interest in the appropriations
| for his district, should respond to this
call and vote to stop these additions TO
the River and Harbor bill until such
time rs the works already recommend
ed for completion shall be finished.
If YOU can be moved in no other
way, the narrow interests of your share
in this bill should arouse you. Ii you
continue this system of increasing the
improvements before completing those
already in progress, the effect upon the
appropriations for your districts will be
that you must each year accept a less
and less per cent of the estimates OF
the engineers to carry on your local
works. Every man here who is inter
ested in the expenditure of the people
money upon business principles should
take a stand for this amendment, and
should aid in rejecting this section SO
prolific of bad consequences, this sec
ton which will certainly hatch out in
the next River and Harbor bill at least
thirty seYen more such items demand
ing appropriations.
Now, gentlemen. l say that bust
ness. sense, good business management
demands that this should be checked
and checked right here at this time
And there is no better way to do il
than 10 stop putting in these surveys
which is simply an insidious way o
getting the government committed t
more and more of these improvement.
, year by year. say to you gentlemen
who guard the avenues to the treasurr
that it is your business to stand up a
this time and stop this work. The PEG
pie will not always beSr this treatmen
meekly. The honest men are in tn
majority among the people. This ha
grown TO q great abuse, and tell yol
when this snow melteth there shall
come flood tell you here and nov
that this system can not be carrie,
much further, The time is near at hant
when it viii break down in this Hous,
! with crash that will shake half th
members ont of their seats.