Evening journal., 1914-10-29
MR.. MILLER AT LEWES PRODS'
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS FOR
NOT LOOKING AFTER CANAL
Begins Sussex WhrIWind SPeechmakiAg Wind-up
by Pointing 0ui 10 fhe People Directly Interested
The Harm That Will Come by Democratic Failure
70 Complete LeWes and RehObofh Waterway.
WITH AN APPROPRIATION THE
DIGGING WOULDN'T BE DELAYED
Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special TO TIE EVENING JOURNAL.
LEWES. Del, Oct 2s.-Thomas W..
Miller, Republican candidate for Con-
gress, last night began a whirlwind
speechmaling tour of Sussex county to
wind up the campaign. He and Ruby r.
Vale addressed a meeting at Lewes, and
MIR. Miller. d. J. Layton and j. l.. Ca
hall spoke at Harbeson.
Mr.. Miller, again in his Lewes speech,
charged the Democratic Congress with
failing to appropriate money for the
completion of the Lewes and RehObOth
C.1al, which not only win hold up the
opening of that waterway, but also is
injuring the oyster industry, Mr.. Miller
claimed.
Tonight Mr.. Miller, State Senator d.
j. Reinhardt and Joseph L. Cahall are
TO address a Republican rally at Bridge
vile, the home of William j. Swain, Re-
publican candidate for State Treasurer.
In his speech at Lewes last night Mr..
Miller said:
"In my speech at Dagsboro last
Saturday evening ! stated that water
ways was one of the principal issues
at stake in Sussex county today and
that the Lewes and Rchoboth canal
project, by which Rehoboth bay and
the streams emptying into il are to
be connected with Delaware bay, is
the most important project of all of
them. It is necessary for the people
on the eastern side of Sussex county
TO have this water transportation in
order to get their products to market
in an easier manner. There is an
other side other than that Of trans
pOrtation, and that is the oyster in
dustry along the shores Of RehobOth
bay. This industry has been prac-
tically killed because OF the inability
to obtain flow of salt water on ac-
count of the closing OF the inlet south
of Rehoboth. AS a consequence the
water in this bay has become less
salty and therefore affects the oyster
industry.
"The Rivers and HarbOrs Bill as II
finally passed at Washington called fol
the appropriation of S20,0O0O00, but
there were no provisions in this bill fol
your canal and the Delaware and Chesa
peake Canal project in New Castl
county was also cut ont. In fact th'
rivers and harbOrs of the State of Del
aware were neglected in the final pro
visions of this great bill. As original!
reported By the committee in the Hous
the bin called for appropriation
amounting to S53,OOO,OO0, and to com
plete the work S9O,0OO,OOO would hav'
been necessary for all projects the coun
try over.
This bill was outrageously loade
with what is known as pork practical
" all of which went to the southerl
states. During the consideration of tn
bill the Democratic party was forced T.
put through the so-called War Revenu
Bill in order to make up the deficit o
SlO0OO0O0O, which existed in the Ma
tional Treasury on July !. before th
war in Europe had ever started. Tn
deficit was due in part to the falling-o
IN revenue on account OF the Under
wood Tariff Bill and also on account o
The extravaganza of the Democrat
Congress.
"The present Democratic Congress
exceeded in appropriations by owe
s100,000,0OO the appropriations of an
former Republican Congress. yet the
made votes in the last two campaign
on so-called Republican extrava