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

and salaries, you would likely say that
the gentleman is excited, 1t can not be
| possible in view of the fact that we
are told that they have kept every
pledge. 1t can not be possible that
| they have created len thousand addi-
| tional offices and salaries, the salaries
of which drain the substance Of the
people.
II l should say to you that they have
created twenty thousand, you would
likely come to the conclusion that ]
am so partisan that l cannot count
correctly. but i say to you tonight, and
i have the records with me, that they
have created I'm round numbers thirty
one thousand additional federal Offices,
and provided salaries which drain the
substance of the people" Thirty-one
thousand additional federal Offices, and
not single one abolished.
They undertook to abolish one Office
in the Secretary of States ONCE. $120
salary per month. II went through
the House alright 1t got into the SEN
ate, and there was such consterns-
ton that 1t was restored. So they have
created thirty-one thousand and few
hundred over, but that is It In voInd
numbers,
I have made "a careful estimate
of the number of salaries, or od-
fees which have been created
which have not yet been filed, kut
which will have to be filed II the
bureaus and commissions are put
In full working order according
to the terms of the law, and they
have provided by law for sS,77S
additional federal offices and sal
aries, when all their bureaus and
. Departments are full.
Now, my friends | said In the begin
ming / carried the record, because II
/ should state that and let II go as II
is, II would be said to be a campaign
| talk
The other night l spoke at Sheridan,
Wyo. | went home somewhat weary
| got into bed, tried to go to sleep and
10 and behold gentleman and his wife
in the next room got to discussing my
speech. (Laughter.) The more they
discussed 1t the harder | tried to sleep.
but couldn't. She said: I'D, have
you people done what he said you did.
create all those federal officesr" "oh,
now" he says. Took here of course
we haven't. Senator Borah Is cut
making speeches for the Republicans,
the same as he would plead for his
client before the jury" We'll, but he
said he had the record" He says
"Dearie, what do you think about the
Mexican question" U.aughter.) And
when he said "Dearie, what do you
think about the Mexican question" I
was able to go to sleep. (Laughter)
LIKE THE LOCUSTS.
Now, my friends, ! tell you truth
J fully when all those special agents.
commissions bureau chiefs, engineers,
, checkers up. and checkers up on
checkers up, get started and get to
going 1t will look like the locusts of
} Egypt which Moses called into service
to make Pharoah attend to his wishes.
(Applause.)
They have got the offices anyhow.
They could not do that except under
I the caucus system. Let's take up an
1 other proposition, that of the general
o extravaganza of the Republicans. You
/ know our honored President said:
r "You want to get hold of the treas
. ury." II these figures are correct, you
/ want us to get hold of the treasury.
[ too.
MILLIONS FOR FAVORTTES.
: am not going to refer to the 390
v millions of dollars which has been ap-
:, propriated for the program of prepar-
F.? edness. 1t would not be fair. nor Just
r to attribute that to our Democratic
r. friends as an element Of expense. This
/? 800 millions. whether just or unjust,
e wise or unwise, 1t is not proper to
n charge to them alone, as II was some
j. thing which the country seemed to
), think II needed.
d Therefore, in the figures we viii
v eliminate the 800 millions which has
i been appropriated for that purpose.
= What are the figures? Knowing II
e they had simply equaled our appropri-
e alton, they would have been guilty Of
a that which they call shameless extra
W. 90 mo- W. had hn rfUht IN v1xxSM
4 that the new broom would sweep clean,
3 and from their solemn pledge to hold
4 II down at least to the point where IL
[ was already In their estimation shame
I less extravaganza. The first Demo-
cratic Congress exceeded the last Re-
: publican Congress, and appropriated
r for the ordinary running expenses of
, the government 1T millions dollars.
1 This Congress appropriated 1875
: millions In excess OF that, and this
1875 millions OF dollars does not
include the 1875 millions OF bonds
the authority for which they have
provided for; IL does not include
the $40 millions OF dollars which
has been authorized and appro-
priations not actually made. bat
laws passed authorizing thean.
and which appropriations win
have to be made under the law:
II does not include the Is nsdI-
lions OF dollars under the treaty
and which they propose TO pay
Columbia, the rs millions because
: they think Col. Roosevelt stele
Panama; II does not include the
25 millions of dollars which r.
passed by treaty over some of sur
objections and protests to pur-
chase the West Indies islands, and
If we had paid five millions n
nm tfxya
amount; II does not include the
three millions which they have
appropriated or passed by treaty
to buy another right-Of-way for
another canal across Nicaragua.
What in the name of all tine
Gods at once do we want with
another right-of-way for canal
until we can get canoe through
the one we have got, don't wn-
derstand. (Applause.) But I sup
pose they think, having built enc
canal and given IL TO England,
they propose TO build another and
give Il to Germany. (Applause9
If you will take this 1875 Bna-
lions, and the 1876 millions Of
bonds. and the authorization, ami
these obligations under the treat
les, you will find that this Con-
gress exceeds the last Republican
> Congress for the ordinary ram