Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-02-20
S200,OOO,O0O VOTED
FOR BETTER ROADS
House Democrats Insist on
Grab Despite Republican
Pleas
DELAWARE TO
GET $447, COO

WASHINGTON. Feb. eo-By a vote o
TO 800 the House insisted yesterday OF
a s200.Oo0,000 extension OF its pork
diet, accepting the Senate's good road
rider to the s6oo0oo,Ooo postoflce sp
preparation bill In face OF almost tear
ful appeals OF Republican leaders L
their cohorts at least 10 take stant
against a cont nuatlon OF wild eyed
RAIDS on The public wealth. Delawa.,
will get s447000 OF The appropriation oil
enough to build ten miles Of road.
Although Representative Smell. hight
ms the prov sion, pointed out thai
s700O0.OO0 OF the s75.00.0oO0 originally
appropriated In 1917 for Federal aid tC
good roads remains unexpended anf
that only forty-fye miles Of road have
been built with the more than $4,000
100000 so far expended, the House IN
sisted on hanging on 10 the tempting
s200,000.0o0 morsel placed In the Il by
the Senate, the subject matter Of which
came before the House for the frsi
time In consideration OF thu report
This rider makes the appropriation
available In three annual instruments.
The proposal was written into the n
By Senator aBnkhead and represents,
along with the two other pork meas
ures now before one branch OF Con-
& ess or the other. the last reach OF
the Democratic members for Treasury
funds prior to the advent Of the Repub-
lican Congress.
Uncle Joe" Cannon aud Representa-
tive SMELL IN. ~ led the fight against
the measure, while Representative
Madden Ill.) a Republican and Repre-
sentative Saunders (Va.), Democrat, lei
the pork hungry forces.
The test OF strength came on a mo-
tion by Representative Cannon 10 re-
commit the conference report and
strike out the roads rider.
Have the members OF the Sxty-e1fth
Congress gone absolutely stark mad 10
a desire TO expend money!" asked Rep
resentstive Smell. Are we absolutely
unmlndful OF the fact that every dollar
OF this must some day be paid from
the savings Of the people? Have we be-
come so accustomed 20 dealing in hun
dreds OF millions and b lions Of dol
lars that we cannot get our feet down
10 death and look at a proposition IN a
sane and businesslike way? When we
have Just passed a revenue Dill, or 5
tax. on our people so big that you did
not dare 10 levy 70 at one time for fear
that Il would absolutely strangle the
business OF TIL count y; bill so large
that Inc American people. as rich and
powerful as we are, are obliged TO take
four bites before they can swallow II,
the time has come for the American
Congress to stop, look and listen.
The chairman OF the committee after
a plea fo- economy in which he says,
however. that the expend 'ture OF S20,-
900 10000 is a matter behind us-+he
paying OF that s20.ooo.OOn00O Is yet to
be done-brings In a S2O0o00,00O bill
and says he has no information about
Il. as II was put on at the other emf
OF the Capitol Do the people want us
10 continue passing these sppropria-
tiOns without any Information OF not?
IN the two years which this Federal
aid for roads has been available only
eight States report the completion OF
road projects Involving Federal aid
Arkansas has completed 5 10 miles
California. Ct miles; Louisiana. !
miles,. Massachusetts,. 1873 miles.
North Carolina. s miles; Vermont, less
than mile: Washington. 35 miles and
West Virginia. 25 miles.