The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-11-02


country on behalf OF the Democratic
party am tempted to quit my place
When any one mentions extravaganza
on this side Of the chamber, 1t IL look
I'd upon as huge joke" He said or
later OCCASION: II desire to say tt
this side of the House that we art
placing burdens upon the people fol
the next quarter of century, which
WIN come back to plague you" An
oe4eS speaker. who seems to have 9
conscience about this says: I'VE are
writing ourselves down in tho history
Of the country as being tho most out
rageously and most criminally extrava-
giant Congress that ever sat on the Am
erfcaA sentiment 1 must apologize to
yea Republicans for having ever used
the words 'criminally extravaganza in
crft3cising the appropriations that you
made. for II that expression criminal
" dgravagant was proper to apply to
you. ~ God, the English language has
never found an adjective strong
ensuBA = apply to Democratic extra
vaoAnce" (Applause.)
HOW CAUCUS DOES 1T.
No. want to go back moment to
show yeN how this can be done under
the caucus system, and it is the only
way N the world it can be done. l
am soing to read to you just one page
coAseraing the appropriations made in
LILO S4N0x0 anu ndTDOTS Dill. l. dill III
faMer of reasonable appropriations for
riysss and harbors, but 1 always felt
thst before an appropriation should
be made that there should first be a
river. I read from this page. This is
NoEfA Carolina. 1 never knew when /
studied geography in my boyhood that
Carolina was such a river-ridden state
but North Carolina seems to be such
that yes cam not step out of doors
witAeut falling into creek. I'm
proving Scuppernong River, North
Carolina: For maintenance, $4,000.
Completing improvement in accord
ance with the report submitted in
House document No. 1896, $31,800.00.
Improving Fish Creek, North Carolina,
for maintenance, $1,000. Improving
PaAtoS and Tar Rivers, North Caro-
lima: Completing improvement up to
Gree4vale, and for maintenance of i'm
prsvement above Greenville, $18,5O0.
Improving Bay River, North Carolina:
Fer maintenance, $1,000. Improving
Ceatsatia Creek, North Carolina For
maintenance. $4,000. Improving
Smiths Creek, North Carolina: For
matateaance, $4,000. Improving Neuse
and Trent Rivers, North Carolina:
Continuing improvement and for main
tenance, $4,000. Improving Swift
Creek. North Carolina For mainte-
nance, $500"
vi ROOSEVELT went lHIO COulD ALI
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 sSne of the rivers for which we
have been making appropriations to
improve, he would have made Column
bus lsok like thirty cents. (Applause.) |
We had got down to Swift Creek,
$4,000. Improving waterway from
RQAnfOTt Ill
North Carolina: For maintenance, |
$500. Improving New River and
waterways to Beaufort, N. c.: Con-
tinuing improvement and for maif1te- |
nance of New River and all inland
waterways between Beaufort Harbor
River and Swansboro, $2S,500. I'm
proving Northeast, Black and Cape
Fear Rivers, North Carolina: For
maintenance of improvement of
Northeast and Black Rivers, and of
Cape Fear River above Wilmington,
N. G., $4,000. Completing improve
ment Of Northeast River in accordance
with the report submitted under House
document No. 1856, and subject to the
conditions set forth in said document
&16,37E." That is one page from that
bill
ALWAYS FOR THE SOUTH ONLY.
New we will take one page from the
agricultural bill. This is from the ag-
ricu1tural bill: Special investigation
of cotton growing, $4,000. Special
of diseases of cotton,
146,eee. Further investigation of dis
eases Of cotton, $4,000. Special In
vestlgation Of baling cotton, $4,000.
Special investigation of handling cot
ton, $4,000. Investigation of boil
weevf1, $628,0O0. Investigation OF In
sects affecting cotton, $4,000. Inves-
- - - 90, -
ton (Laughter.)
Nov the reports do not show what
become of the insects, but have an
idea by the time the Investigations get
through that they likely died OF ner-
voue prostratiOn. / want to call atten-
ton Of the horse raisers and hog rails
ers OF this state to something that you
lions as to how to raise horses and
hogs, 100000" Now my friends,
that could not happen, say again, II
It wasn't for the caucus system. that
could not be done.
While there are legitimate improve
ments for legitimate rivers, these ap-
are crowded. stuffed and
padded. You might say that I should
have said something about 1t in the
Senate. 1 did, and voted against the
whole bill. Let's see where this comes
rom. I have taken eleven southern
ytates to find out the amount of taxa
ion which they paid, and it is ST.
1871 500. Their appropriations were
$500, 900. Five times the amount of
he taxes which they paid. l have
AIKEN ten northern states; the amount
# taxes paid, $19,393, 900; the amount
< appropriations, $4,000, 900. Now
hey Will say that it is a sectional
question OF course 1t is. We didn't
maize It. We didn't make that record.
3ut regardless of what section OF the
1t comes from, or who Is re-
possible for it, that system Is
menace to the institutions under which
re live. There is nothing which Is
calculated to superinduce more misery
nd more suffering than extravaganza.
There is nothing of more concern,
8 your distinguished President stated n
our years ago, to the American people D
han that this extravaganza be put an S
nd t.. u
WILL BE FRANK WITH YOU Il
ND SAY TO YOU THAT THERE I
RI SOME MEN WHO NIGHT IL
LAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR fl
RESIDENT UPON THE REPUBLI- &C
AN TICKET, WHOM WOULD NOT la
.EGARD AS SAFE AND SOUND UP Sc
N THE QUESTION OF EXTRAVA- v,
ANCE, BUT BELIEVE IF THERE g
J A NAN IN THE UNITED STATES, is
THO, FROM EXPERIENCE, FROM w
OURAGE, FROM CONVICTION. d.
ND FROM MORAL POWER rs FIT W