The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-11-02

shan be called upon to present to tn
country on behalf of the Democrat
Rdrty am tempted to quit my place
men any one mentions extravaganza
on this side Of the chamber. 1t is look
ed upon as huge Joke" He said OF
a later occasion; 81 desire to say t.
tnis side of the House that we are
placing burdens upon the people fol
the next quarter of a century, which
VIII come back to plague you" An
other speaker, who seems to have g
conscience about this, says: I'VE are
writing ourselves down in the history
OF the country as being the most out
rageously and most criminally extrava-
CANT Congress that ever sat on the Am
erican continent. / must apologize To
you Republicans for having ever used
tne words 'criminally extravagant in
criticising the appropriations that you
made. for if that expression criminal
~ extrayagant' was proper to apply to
you, my God, the English language has
never found an adjective strong
enough to apply to Democratic extra
Vagance." (Applause.)
HOW CAUCUS DOES 1T.
Now / want to go back moment to
show you how this can be done under
the caucus system, and it is the only
way in the world it can be done.
am going to read to you just one page
concerning the appropriations made in
the rivers and harbors bill. / am in
iaVor of reasonable appropriations for
rivers and harbors, but | always felt
that before an appropriation should
be made that there should first be a
river. | read from this page. This is
North Carolina. | never knew when /
studied geography in my boyhood that
Carolina was such a river-ridden state,
but North Carolina seems to be such
that you can not step out of doors
without falling into a creek. I'm
proving Scuppernong River. North
carolina: For maintenance, $4,000. |
Completing improvement in accord |
anse with the report submitted in
House document No. 1896, $31, 10000. |
Improving Fish Creek, North Carolina, |
for maintenance, $1,000. Improving /
PamlicO and Tar Rivers, North Caro- I
Ina: Completing improvement up to
Greenville, and for maintenance of i'm
prorement above Greenville, $18,500.
Improving Bay River, North Carolina;
For maintenance, $1,000. Improving
Contentia Creek, North Carolina: For
maintenance. $4,000. Improving
Smiths Creek. North Carolina: For
maintenance. $1,000. Improving Neuse
and Trent Rivers. North Carolina:
Continuing improvement and for main
tenance, $4,000. Improving Swift
Creek. North Carolina: For mainte-
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 8
down in North Carolina and discover {
ed some of the rivers for which we '
have been making appropriations TO t
improve, he would have made Column {
bus look like thirty cents. (Applause.)
We had got down to Swift Creek, {
f5D0 on a'Ifn nrOyinO waterway from I
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet, t
North Carolina: For maintenance. I
$4,000. Improving New River and Y
waterways to Beaufort, n. c.: Con- RI
dnuing Improvement and for mainte- v
nance of New River and all inland v
and New River, and between New s
River and Swansboro. s2S,500. I'm I
proving Northeast, Black and Cape il
Fear Rivers, North Carolina: For t
maintenance of improvement of [
Northeast and Black Rivers, and of Il
Cape Fear River above Wilmington, Fl
N. c., $4,000. Completing improve a
ment of Northeast River in accordance 81
with the report submitted under House t.
document No. 1856, and subject to the "
conditions set forth in said document, a
Sz5,375." That is one page from that a
BILL
ALWAYS FOR THE SOUTH ONLY. "
Now we will take one page from the y
agricultural bill. This is from the ag- q
ricutural bill: Special investigation n
of cotton growing, $4,000. Special a.
Investigation of diseases of cotton, O
$4,000. Further investigation of dis CO
eases of cotton, $4,000. Special in q
yestigation of baling cotton, $4,000. "
Special investigation of handling cot ~
ton. $4,000 Investigation of boil IL
veevil, s62S.000. Investigation of in
sects affecting cotton, $4,000. 1nves-
tigation of other insects affecting cot
ton Uaughter)
Now the reports do not show what
become of the insects, but 1 have an
dea by the time the investigations get
through that they likely died of ner-
yous prostration. | want to call atten-
ion of the horse raisers and hog rails
.rs of this state to something that you
nave been overlooking: For instruc-
ions as to how to raise horses and
,ogs. 100000" Now. my friends.
hat could not happen, l say again, If
I wasn't for the caucus system, that
.ould not be done.
while there are legitimate improve
nents for legitimate rivers, these ap-
,ropriations are crowded. stuffed and
,added You might say that 1 should
ave said something about 1t in the
senate. | did and voted against the
vbole hill. Let's see where this comes
rom | have taken eleven southern
tates to find out the amount of taxa
ion which they paid, and it Is ST.
az 500 Their appropriations were
K 200 900. Five times the amount of
he taxes which they paid. l have
atan Ten northern states; the amount
g taxes paid. s19.393.000; the amount
9 annropriations. $4,000, 900. Now
how will say that it is sectional
,,astion. OF course it is. We didn't
ale II. We didn't make that record.
,ut regardless of what section of the
o,,ntrv II comes from. or who Is re-
uorsihle for il. that system is a
90 10 the institutions under which
- ,,vs There is nothing which is
, io,,iated to superinduce more misery
"a more suffering than extravaganza.
III ,r,are is nothing of more concern. l
vonr distinguished President stated Ma
80 o lars ago, to the American people pla
,ea tbat this extravaganza be put an Sta
"a 20 upc
+ VIII, BE FRANK WITH YOU the
M GAY TO YOU THAT THERE 1 W
DE- SOME MEN WHO MIGHT thr,
AVE REEN NOMINATED FOR feri
oESIDFNT UPON THE REPUBLI- IN.
. y ~ ,oyICI,E,T. WHOM WOULD NOT law