Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-11
HUGHES ASSAILS
4 \. 5,%i'. WILSON'S POLICIES
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to expend to meet them. On the con-
trary, it very largely depends on who
are the influential men representing
particular districts, and appropria-
tions are; obtained in the district, or
that district, by this man or that man,
and if, in the language of the stress,
they are able to "put them over" the
people Of the United States will pay
the bill. -,-. ,. ~, -s.t
4-.....r4, Log Rolling. i.
It is a matter of log rolling; it is a
matter which, as I say, brings the
blush of shame to the cheek of every
American who understands the acute
practice. 1t ought to be stopped. If
l am elected president, to the extent
of my ability, propose to do it.
Four years ago our opponent ar
raigned a Republican party for extra
vagrance that was termed reckless
expenditure. Then they proceeded to
be more lavish in appropriation than
the Republican party. They have ar
raigned the Republican party for lack
of business-like administration and
then they proceeded to be absolutely
profigate in their appropriations. l
have no apologies for Republican ex-
travagance. I am just as quick to
condemn that which is wrong in my
party as am anywhere else
II don't stand for what / don't be.
lieve to be right simply because it is
under the banner Of a particular party,
but would say this, that when in
1914 our opponents with; their profess
sion of economy, sought to. put over
the most wasteful pork barrel that
had ever been seen, it was Republi-
can-Senator Burton--that talked it
to death and compelled the substitu-
ton of fairly reasonable measure.
Isn't that right, Senator McCumber?"
Absolutely" Mr.. Cumber replied.
"And in 1915 our opponents" con-
tinued Mr.. Hughes, drought in an
eXtravagant measure end through the
opposition o. Republicans. with the
aid Of some conscientious Democrats,
defeated it, and compelled the intro
duction Of substitute. This year they
put it through and the bill he's irst
been signed, rivers and harbors bill
carrying some forty-two Millions of
dollars. / confess I don't know why
such a measure should receive an.
proval. We have heard a great deal
about the power of leadership and
the influence of the executive in con.
gress. 1t has been powerfully exert.
ca. Its exertion has attracted the at.
tention Of tho entire country in the
passing ct bis. Why can it not be
exerted to save the public purse from
being looted in the interest of these
ridiculous appropriations.
y think 1t shoull be; I think it can
be. Take for example the Arkans
river; that is an illustration, as un.
derstand it, of case where there has
been and expert report against the
appropriation.
That expert report was, as under.
stand it to be, to the effect that
$4,000 should be the appropriation.
Two hundred thousand dollars and
over was appropriated right in the
teeth of the report on the re-exami;.a a.
ton of the project. Now of course
there are many good things in that
bill, and one great trouble that we
have is that good measures fail in
the crisis; that is, fail of support
they should have, because they are
mixed up with indefensible measures
and they try to keep a sort of a total
that isn't such as to absolutely shock
the conscience of the generous Amer.
lean public. ,-.
InexcusabIe Waste.
The more that is put in of the mex.
cusable waste, the longer the proper
projects have to wait. Now it isn't
necessary that we should suffer in
this way. There isn't great govern.
ment on earth that would suffer in
that way. We stand almost alone
among the nations of the earth, the
great nations, l mean, the nations
! with which we like to compare our
] selves; we stand almost alone in the
incompetency of our financial admin
! istration.
1t is entirely feasible to put I'D on
] the executive the responsibility OF
proposing bills to congress. It is en-.
| tirely feasible to put upon the execu
tive the coat to fit the cloth, of pro
viding general perspective 80 tina,
congress may be enlightened and the
public may be enlightened by a sen
sible bill-in other words, of knowing