Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-10-28

the country on behalf of the Demo
cratic party / am tempted to quit m
place. When anyone mentions extra
yagance on this side of the chamber
II is looked upon as huge joke" III
said on a later occasion: II desire t.
saw to this side of the House that w
are placing burdens upon the peopi
for the next quarter of a century
which will come back to plague you.
Another speaker who seems to have
conscience about this says: I'VE are
writing ourselves down in the histor,
of the country as being the most out
raseously and most criminally extra
VACANT Congress that ever sat on the
American continent. | must apologize
TO YOU Republicans for having ever
used the words 'criminally eXtrava-
CANT In criticising the appropriations
that YOU made, for If that expression
.criminally extravagant' was proper to
app,y to you, my God, the English Ian
gs,age has never found an adjective
strong enough to apply to Democratic
extravaganza" (Applause.)
HOW CAUCUS DOES 1T.
Now l want to go back moment TO
show YOU how this can be done under
the caucus system, and 1t Is the only
way In the world 1t can be done. l
ann going to read to you just one page,
concerning the appropriations made IN
the Rivers and Harbors Bill. | am IN
favor of reasonable appropriations for
rivers and harbors, but | always felt
that before an appropriation should be
made that there should first be river.
/ read from this page: This is North
Carolina. never knew when studied
geography in my boyhood that Caro-
lint was such river-ridden state, but
North Carolina 1t seems to be such that
YOU can not step out of doors without
falling into the creek. improving
Scuppernong River, North Carolina,
for maintenance, $4,000. Completing
Improvement In accordance with the
report submitted in House document
No. 1896, $31,800.00. Improving Fish
Greek. North Carolina, for mainte-
nance, $1,000; improving Pamlico and
Tar Rivers, North Carolina: Complet-
ing Improvement up to Greenville, and
for maintenance Of improvement above
Greenville. $1S,5O0. Improving Bay
River, North Carolina, for maintenance
$1,000. Improving Contentia Creek,
North Carolina, for maintenance, $2.-
eco. Improving Smiths Creek, North
Carolina, for maintenance, $4,000. I'M
proving Neuse and Trent Rivers, North
for maintenance $4,000. Improving
Swift Creek, North Carolina, for main
tenance, $500"
Col. 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 discovered
some of the rivers for which we have
been making appropriations to i'm
prove he would have made the CO.
lumbus look like thirty cents. Cap
plause.)
We had got down to Swift Creek
$4,000 "Improving waterway from
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet,
North Carolina, for maintenance, 81
900. Improving New River and water
ways to Beaufort. N. c.: Continuing
improvement and for maintenance of
New River and all inland waterways
between Beaufort Harbor and New RI
yer, and between New River and
Swansboro, $2S,500. Improving North
east, Black and Cape Fear Rivers,
North Carolina; For maintenance of
Rivers, and of Cape Fear River above
Wilmington. N. c., $4,000. Complet-
Ing improvement of Northeast River in
accordance with the report submitted
under House document No. 1856, and
subject to the conditions set forth In
said document, $25,375." That is one
page from that bill.
ALWAYS FOR THE SOUTH ONLY.
Now we will take one page from the
Agricultural Bill. This is from the Ag-
ricultural Bill: Special investigation
of cotton growing, $4,000. Specia
investigation of diseases of cotton
sac, 600. Further investigation of dis
eases of cotton, $4,000. Special in.
vestigation of baling cotton, $4,000
Special investigation of handling cot
ton, $4,000. Investigation of boil
weevil $62S,0O0. Investigation of in
sects affecting cotton, $4,000. In
vestigation of other insects affecting
cotton Uaughter)
Now 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-
vous prostration. l want to call atten-
ton Of the horse raisers and hog rails
ers of this state to something that you
have been overlooking. For instruc-
tons as to how to raise horses and
hogs, $100, 600" Now, my friends. that
could not happen, / say again. II 1t
wasn't for the caucus system, that
could not be done.
While there are legitimate improve
ments for legitimate rivers, these ap-
preparations are crowded stuffed and
padded. You might say that I should
have said something about II in the
Senate. I did, and voted against the
whole bill. Let's see where this comes
from. 1 have taken eleven southern
states to find out the amount of taxa
ton which they paid, and 1t is ST.
337,500. Their appropriations were
$5,500,000. Five times the amount of
the taxes which they paid. / have
taken ten northern states, the amount
of taxes paid, s19,393,000; the amount
of appropriation, 100000. Now they
will say that 1t is sectional question.
OF course, 1t is. We didn't make 1t.
We didn't make that record, but, re-
CARELESS of what section of the country
1t comes from. or who is responsible
for 1t, that system Is menace to the
institutions under which we live. There
Is nothing which Is calculated to super
induce more misery and more suffering
than extravaganza. There is nothing
of more concern, as your distinguished
President stated four years ago, to the
American people than that this extra
vagance be put an end to.
WILL BE FRANK WITH
YOU AND SAY TO YOU THAT
THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO
MIGHT HAVE BEEN NOM-
MATED FOR PRESIDENT UP
ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET,
WHOM WOULD NOT REGARD
AS SAFE AND SOUND UPON