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Show OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS THEY ARE CONDEMNED It Is unnecessary for Republicans to prove tho extravagance of this Democratic Congress and administration, administra-tion, for their own leaders admit it and fitly characterize it. Tho chairman chair-man of tho Appropriations Committee Commit-tee (Mr. Fitzgerald) has vainly endeavored en-deavored to stem tho flood of oxtrav-aganco. oxtrav-aganco. In one of his appeals to his collenguos delivered on tho floor of tho House, ho said: In n few months I shall bo called call-ed upon in tho dlschnrgo of my om-clal om-clal duties to revlow tho record that this Democratic House shall have mado in Its authorization of tho expenditure of tho public moneys. mon-eys. Whenever I think of the hor-rlblo hor-rlblo mess that I shall bo called upon to present to tho country on bohalf of tho Democratic party, I am tempted to quit my place. I nm looking now nt Democrats who seem to take amusement In soliciting solic-iting vote3 on tho floor of the House to overturn tho Committee on Appropriations In Its efforts to carry out tho pledges of tho Democratic Dem-ocratic platform. They seem to tako It to bo a hugo Joko not to obey their platform, and to make ridiculous tho efforts ot tho members mem-bers of our pnrty who do try to llvo up to tho promises they made to tho people. I know that somo members on this sldo oro voting continually for appropriations, because be-cause they fear tho wrath of tho public It they do not voto out ot tho public treasury asslstanco for everything nnyono suggests. Wo charged the Republicans for twolvo yenrs of my sorvlco in tho House, under Republican administration, adminis-tration, with being grossly extravn-gant extravn-gant and reckless In tho expenditure expendi-ture of tho public money. I be Uevod that charge to bo truo. I though that my party when placed In power, would demonstrnto that tho charges wo had mado In good faith wore truo. Wo aro entitled to the help and to tho support ot tho mombors on this sldo of tho House in honest efforts to carry out tho pledges of tho Democratic party par-ty and in our attempts to show that what wo chnrged In order to got In powor wus truo. Wo have not had thnt support. Our Democratic colleagues have not given that sup-port sup-port to us thus far during this session ses-sion ot Congress. They havo voted against recommendations recom-mendations that thoy should not havo voted against. Thoy have unnecessarily piled up tho public expenditures until tho Domocratlc party is becoming tho laughingstock of tho country. I nppeal to thorn now beforo It Is too Into. I uppenl to thorn now beforo wo havo gono beyond recall to stop tho conduct of which thoy huvo boon guilty. Do not continue to voto for these Improper nnd Improvident Im-provident appropriations. Thoso who proposo to contlnuo to do bo should at least havo tho courngo openly to assert upon tho floor ot this IIoubo that thoy bollovo that the professions ot tho Democratic party have not boon mado in good faith, that thoy can not bo cavrod out. and that wo aro not entitled to power because ot thoso prole bIoiib And tho gentleman from Mississippi Mississip-pi (Mr. Slsson), a leading member ot tho same great committee said-I said-I said this in a speech before. In tho last session; and when I mado that speech members of tho Democratic Dem-ocratic Houso camo to mo and ask-ed ask-ed mo not to put It In tho Record, because It would bo used by tho Republicans in tholr campaign book. Lot them use It. If thoy do it will bo by way of confession and nvoldnnco. Thoy can get no conso-latlon conso-latlon out of It, except that wo know bettor. You may uso tha statement now, gentlemen, becaueo when Democrats get to bo so vie i i lently extravagant that It makes our record look bad as compared with tho very wicked records of tho Republicans, I must apologlzo to you Republicans for having over used tho words, "criminally extravagant" extrav-agant" in criticising tho appropriations appropria-tions that you made, for It that expression, ex-pression, "criminally extravagant," was propor to apply to you my God tho English language has never found nn adjective-strong enough to apply to Democratic extravagance. |
