The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-13
OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS
THEY ARE CONDEMNED

fNnG
1t is unnecessary for Republicans
to prove the extravaganza OF this
Democratic Congress and administra
ton, for their own leaders admit II
and fifty characterize 1t. The chair
man of the Appropriations Commit
tee (Mr. Fitzgerald) has vainly en-
deavored to stem the flood OF extrav'
agance. In one of his appeals to
his colleagues delivered on the floor
of the House, he said
In few months | shall be call
ed upon in the discharge of my Off
cial duties to review the record
that this Democratic House shall
have made In its authorization Of
the expenditure of the public mon.
eys. Whenever / think of the hor.
rible mess that | shall be called
upon to present to the country on
behalf of the Democratic party, I
am tempted to quit my place. | am
looking now at Democrats who
seem to take amusement in sole.
iting votes on the floor of the
House to overturn the Committee
on Appropriation in its efforts to
carry out the pledges of the Dem
ocratic platform. They seem to
take 1t to be huge joke not to
obey their platform, and to make
ridiculous the efforts of the mem.
bers of our party who do try to
live up to the promises they made
to the people. | know that some
members on this side ore voting
continually for appropriations, be-
cause they fear the wrath of the
public If they do not vote out of
the public treasury assistance for
everything anyone suggests.
We charged the Republicans for
twelve years of my service in the
House. under Republican admins.
tration, with being grossly extrava.
CANT and reckless in the expendi-
ture of the public money. be
lieved that charge to be true.
though that my party when placed
in power, would demonstrate that
the charges we had made in good
faith were true. We are entitled
to the help and to the support of
the members on this side of the
House in honest efforts to carry out
the pledges of the Democratic par
ty and In our attempts to show that
what we charged in order to get
In power was true. We have not
had that support. Our Democratic
colleagues have not given that sup
port to us thus far during this ses-
sion of Congress,
They have voted against recon-
mendations that they should not
have voted against. They have
unnecessarily piled up the public
expenditures until the Democratic
party is becoming the laughingstock
OF the country.
appeal to them now before 1t
Is too late. appeal to them now
before we have gone beyond recall
to stop the conduct OF which they
have been guilty. Do not continue
to vote for these improper and I'M
provident appropriations. Ihose
who nropose to continue to do so
should at least have the couraso
openly to assert upon the noor VI
this House that they believe tha'
the professions of the Democratic
marty have not been made In sooo
faith that they can not be carrlee
out and that we are not entities
70 mower because OF those pro'es
sions.
And the gentleman from MISSISSIPPI
nj (Mr. Sisson), a leading melhpe
q, the same great committee SAID
said this in speech before II
the last session; and when | mad'
that speech members OF the oe'i
ocratic House came to me and ASK
Cd me not to put it in the Record
because it would be used by IN
Republicans in their campaign
book. Let them use it. If they d
IT will be by way of confession ant
avoidance. They can get no consc
,ation out of it, except that W
know better. You may use tina
statement now, gentlemen, oecaus
when Democrats get to be so vic