The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-03

rA &1t3 VHe fnent1OnS extravaganza
his side Of the chamber, 1t Is look
Upon as q huge joke" He said on
hter OCCASION: II desire to say to
side of the House that we are
ctng burdens upon the people for
next quarter of a century, which |
come back to plague you" An
\ er speaker, who seems to have a
acience about this, says: I'VE are
ting ourselves down in the history
the country as being the most OUT
eously and most criminally extrava-
pit Congress that ever sat on the Am
gan continent. / must apologize to
III Rerublfcans for having ever used
yards 'criminally extravagant in |
kfciSing the appropriations that you
ode, for IL that expression criminal |
&extravagant was proper to apply to |
n. my God, the English language has
Hwer found an adjective strong
eugh to apply to Democratic extra
gance" fApplause.)
81 HOW CAUCUS DOES 1T.
Nov I want to so back a moment to
low you how this can be done under
#e caucus system, and it is the only
Ny In the world it can be done. Il
#h going to read to you just one page
the appropriations made in
DC rivers and harbors bill. | am in
$wor Of reasonable appropriations for
wers and harbors, but l always felt
Hat before an appropriation should
d made that there should first be a
yer. read from this page. This is
berth Carolina. / never knew when
#udIed geography in my boyhood that
&Bxoifna was such a river-ridden state.
Hat North Carolina seems to be such
hat you can not step out of doors
$tShout falling into a creek "Im-
zroving scuppernong River North
8arolina For maintenance, $4,000.
completing Improvement in accord
*nee with the report submitted in
Rouse document No. 1916, 31,S00.00.
Fish Creek, North Carolina,
Ecr maintenance. $1,000. Improving
$amalico and Tar Rivers, North Caro-
8na: Completing improvement up to
and for maintenance of inn
$revement above Greenville, $1S,500.
Bmprsvsng Bay River, North Carolina:
Per maintenance, $1,000. Improving
[ysntentia Creek, North Carolina: For
$4,000. Improving
Bmith's Creek. North Carolina: For
$4,000. Improving Neuse
hnd Trent Rivers, North Carolina:
Continuing Improvement and for main
tenance, $4,000. Improving Swift
Creek North Carolina: For mainte-
nance. $500"
Gel Roosevelt went into South Am
erica imperiled his life to discover a
new river in order to add to his al
ready great fame, but If he had gone
down in North Carolina and discover
ed some OF the rivers for which we
have been making appropriations to
Improve, he would have made Column
bus look Hike thirty cents. applause.
We had got down to Swift Creek
$500. co. s'Improving waterway from
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet
North Carolina: For maintenance
$4,000 Improving New River ano
tinuing Improvement and for mainte.
nance of New River and all inland
waterways between Beaufort Harbol
and New River, and between New
River and Swansboro, $2S,500. I'm
proving Northeast Black and Cap'
Fear Rivers, North Carolina: Fo
maintenance of improvement o
Northeast and Black Rivers, and o
Cape Fear River above Wilmington
N. c.. $4,000. Completing improve
ment OF Northeast River in accordanc
with the report submitted under Hous
document No. 1856, and subject to tn
conditions set forth in said document
S2S,375' That is one page from tina
bill
ALWAYS FOR THE SOUTH ONLY
Now we will take one page from tn
AGRICULTURAL bill. This is from the ag
ricultural bill: Special investigate
Of cotton growing. $4,000. Specis
investigation of diseases OF cottoI
$4,000 Further investigation OF dis
eases of cotton, $4,000. Special In
vestigation of baling cotton, $4,000
Special investigation of handling col
ton. x2S, 900. Investigation of DO
weevl. $4,000. Investigation of IL
sects affecting cotton, $4,000. Inve'
tixation of other insects affecting co
ton uaughter.)
NOW the reports do not show wh'
become Of the insects, but / have
idea by the time the Investigations g
through that they likely died of ne
yous prostration. l want to call attel
tfon of the horse raisers and hog raj
ers Of this state to something that yc
have been overlooking: For instru
tions as to how to raise horses al
hogs. 100000. Now, my friend
that could not happen, / say again,
1t wasn't for the caucus system, TN
could not be done.
While there are legitimate improv
ments for legitimate rivers, these a
nropriations are crowded, stuffed al
padded. You might say that / shou
have said something about 1T In .
SENATE. / did. and voted against Z
whole bill. Let's see where this com
from. have taken eleven southe
states to find out the amount of tax
ton which they paid, and 1t Is )
337.500. Their appropriations we
$500. 600. Five times the amount
the taxes which they paid. ha
taken ten northern states; the amou
Of taxes paid. s19.3ss.0Oo; the amou
of Appropriations, $6,000,OOO. NJ
they will say that it is section
:. question. OF course it is. We did
make 1t. We didn't make that reco
But, regardless of what section OF I
country it comes from. or who Is
suonsible for it. that system Is
menace to the institutions under viii
we live. There is nothing which
calculated to superinduce more mise
and more suffering than extravagan
There is nothing of more concel
az your distinguished President stat
four years ago, to the American peol
than that this extravaganza be put
I WILL BE FRANK WITH ~
AND SAY TO YOU THAT THEl
ARE SOME MEN WHO MIG
HAVE BEEN NOMINATED ~
PRESIDENT UPON THE EEPUBl
GAN TICKET, WHOM I WOULD n.