The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09


on the lips of their orators during the
last campaign and the White House and
the leaders in Congress want to see the
party's record clean during the admin
istration on that score, but they must
fight every inch of the way IL they ex..
pect it,
Harrison of Mississippi
In the course of the debate on the
pending urgent deficiency bill Representa-
tive Pat" Harrison of Mississippi, one
of the youngest and best looking demi-
Gratis from the southern states, and also
incidentally a bright and able young rep
resentative of the people, invoked the ire
of his colleague, Representative Tom
Sisson of the same state Mr. Sisson is
a member of the appropriation committee
-one of the watch dogs Mr.. Harrison
was expressing disappointment that the
appropriation committee had seen fit
to strike from the bill an appropriation
of $l50,000 to increase the force and ia
ciltate the work of the supervising arch
itect of the treasury. The purpose of the
increase in faciiitation was earlier COM
mencement of work on a public building
projects in as many congressional dis
trcts. With the pie already made th-
congressman representing these a dis
trcts aforesaid, were anxious to proceed
with the baking.
After quoting Secretary McAdoo. who
Is opposed to the appropriation and arx-
ioiuis ito have the newly created public
buildings committee get to work and
formulate a general scheme OF standards
zation for public buildings before ally
more of Uncle Sans money is carelessly
scattered round the country, Mr.. Sisson
made a three minute speech In which lie
f1ta Il. ,af
rel democrats, and during which he cov-
cred about three furlongs in a rapid
heel and toe demonstration, including the
turkey trot and some special Mississippi
side step about the well of the House.
In fact, he gave the most graceful calls
thenic exhibition seen in debate since the
last war between Richmond Pearson
Hobson and the Mikado. aid said
Sisson's Reply
Let me say TO my friends who ara
urging this appropriation that If there
had been no special session of Congress
they could have gotten no public build
ings until the regular session, anyhow.
They take advantage of the fact that
there is deficiency bill here and there
is a systematic campaign on the part of
the supervising architects office In an
endeavor to compel Congress to do sonle-
thing that we believe that ought not to
do.
Gentlemen here think more of these
projects in their districts to. get money
out of the treasury and Of using the fed
eral treasury, If need be to procure little
money in the nature of campaign fund
on these projects. You cannot afford to
put the membership of this House on that
basis If a mans only right to remain
depends upon the amount of money he
can secure for his district, then states
MAJ 81 ha f.yat at pbt
1T comes with poor grace from a dem
oerat to crticise the committee on APP
proriations who are endeavoring to carry
out the pledges OF the platform. If that
criticism came from republicans IL would
be different. But 1t does not come from
them; 1t COMES from democrats here, who
IN their exfravagance make the repuhll-
cans look like thirty cents
Mr.. Sisson really said thirty cents"
In the Congressional Record his over
night consideration and revision caused
him to strike out the approbrious desig-
nation and insert the words like thor
oughbred economists
Then Mr.. Sisson wound up his attack
on the profigacy of certain members OF
lis party by quoting his former colleague
from Mississippi. Judge Dickson.
''rhe Judge" said Mr. Sisson used to
call this hungry horde 'chitterling dem
ocrats."
Mr.. Sisson's effort toward economy ~
but a forerunner of what is bound to fol-
lew Democrats like Mr. Harrison can
not be blamed. for they are expected ta
get all they can for their districts, and
II Is no reflection on Mr.. Harrison to say
that he is doing his best to see that the
district he represents gets its full share
The responsibility of extravaganza how
ever laws with the party and the leaders
must hold It down, II the party is 70 re-
main in power.
Was BOrned In