Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-04
RECORDS SHOW UP
DEMOCRATIC WASTE
Walter v. Hoagland Says Party
Has Lowered Standard of
Americanism.
PRINCIPLE TO THE WINDS

"The democratic record as pub
lished in the Congressional Record,
indicts that party and OF itself is suf-
ficient to retire the administration,
which has lowered the standard of
Americanism during the last four
years" declared Walter V. Hoagland
Of North Platte, Neb., addressing
meeting at republican headquarters,
1907 Farnam street, Friday evening.
Mr.. Hoagland read the following
statement made by Congressman Sis
son (democrat) of Mississippi, which
appears on page 6,s4s Of the Congress
sional Record, Of April 3, 1914:
Criminally Extravagant Congress.
Principle has gone to the four
winds of the earth and we are writing
ourselves down in the history Of the
country as being the most outrag-
eously and the most criminally ex-
travagant congress that ever sat on
the American continent. | said that
in speech before the last session,
and when | made that speech mem.
.bcrs OF the democratic house came
to me and asked me not to put ii into
the Record because it would be used
by the republicans in their campaign
book. Let them use it. You may use
the statement now, gentlemen, be-
cause when democrats get to. be so
violently extravagant that it makes
its own record look bad as. compared
to the very marked record Of the re-
publicans, l must apologize to you
republicans for having ever used the
words 'criminally extravagant' in crit
icising the appropriations that you
made, for If that expression, Grim
inaily extravagant was proper to ap-
ply to you, my God, the English Lam
guage has never found an adjective
strong enough to apply to democratic
extravaganza"
Stands as Official Record.
Those words said Mr.. Hoagland,
stand today in the Congressional
Record as part oflthe official records
Of the nation and were uttered by
democratic
Then the speaker turned to the
Congressional Record Of April 10,
1914, and read statement made by
Congressman John ]. Fitzgerald
(democrat) of New York, as follows:
If / placed my political fortunes
above my sworn duty under the law,
! would not attempt to carry out the
promises OF the democratic platform,
but ] should place myself at the head
Of this band Of treasury hooters upon
every occasion.
1T Is some effort for me to speak,
and should not attempt to do so if
/ did not feel that my colleagues upom
the floor seem either to be Indifferent
to very pcrilous situation for our
party, or else. which do not wish
to believe, have SO far forsaken DEM
ocratic principles as not to deserve to
continue in control Of the govern
meflt.
Whenever I think OF the horrible
mess that / shall be called upon 10
present to the country on behalf OF
the democratic party, ] am tempted
to quit my place. am looking now
1t democrats who seem to take
amusement in soliciting votes on the
floor Of this house to overturn the
committee on appropriations in its eff
forts to carry out the pledges of the
democratic platform They seem to
take It to be huge joke not 70 obey
their platform and to make ridiculous
the efforts OF members OF our party
who do try to live up to the promises
they made to the people"
Remember, gentlemen, those
words were spoken by the chairman
Of the committee on appropriations"
declared Mr.. Hoagland. The speaker
then went into details regarding the
pork barrel" escapades Of the adj
ministration, quoting dates and names
and places, showing how the public
money has been squandered by the
democrats as "rnolasses to catch
flies"
John L. Kennedy, Ben S. Baker and
Frank S. Howell dropped in during
the close of the meeting after having
attended meeting at Valley, They
were greeted cordially. Mr.. Hoagland
made the address Of the evening and
made a favorable impression, being
applauded frequently as he scored
point after point in his expose Of the
democratic fallacies.