Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1892-10-13
CHAMP CLARK IN DEBATE.
The Missourian Handles the Federal
Election Natter without Gloves.
From the New York Work

From the New York World.
/ There was small attendance on
the House session to-day. The
Elections bill debate was enlivened
only by characteristic speech by
Champ Clark, of Missouri. MIR.
lDinsmere, of Arkansas, made an
argument in support of the Tucker
bill. He was followed by Mr..
benson, of Alabama, who talked
about the war and made the House
laugh by saying to the Northern
repr esentatives: "You did not
whip US. We wore ourselves out
by trying to whip you.'' He ad-
mitted that the election laws had
been violated in the South, but
men from the North, he said, team
not tell us, 'You have the beam in
your eye and we have only the
mote.'" He had enough of war, he
said. He had fought against his
distinguished friend Mr.. Henderson,
of illinois, and was satisfied. These
remarks were greeted with laughter.
Mr.. benson had a controversy with
Mr.. Ray, of New York, and Mr..
Blair, of New Hampshire, over
constitutional questions.
Champ Clark, who followed,
said that one of the reasons why
the people had hurled the Repub-
lican party from power was that the
party was the inveterate enemy oi
free elections. The average citizen
liked fair dealing. The people did
not like the idea of United States
marshals staggering around the
polling places with bludgeons ir
their hands and their pistols by
their side, saying who should
vote or who should moi
vote on any pretense or no Ere
tense at all.
The Democratic party has begur
business for the purpose of giving
local self-government to the peo
Pile. That was the mission upon
which Thomas Jefferson had led. il
to its first victory and that tht
mission on which Grover CLEVELAND
had led its latest victory.
Mr.. Wilson, of Washington, in
quired why it was that if Grove
Cleveland favored self-governmen,
he did not give it to the people o
the West.
Mr.. Clark replied that Mr.. vii
son ought to have intelligence
enough to know that Indian reserva
tions belonged to the Federal Gov
ernment and not to the States il
which they were located. 1t some
times happened that gentlemen
could not be found in some State
J with sufficient intelligence to fiji
! the places the gentleman referred to
(Laughter.)
! "The only scalawags in the Wes
8 have come from your States," re
/, torted Mr.. Wilson.
"Well, l suppose" said MI
Clark, "when Mr.. Grover Cieve
land wants to find out whom b
ought to appoint to Indian reserva
:, tions he will call on my friend"
8 "No," replied Mr.. Wilson, "h
has gone to the Senate, and hi
8 action is being discussed there er
o tirely to his dissatisfaction"
81 "I will yield to question, sal
e Mr.. Clark, "but viii not yield to
y speech in the ack-in-the-box styl
Y of the gentleman from Washington
e If you have question to ask, as
e it; If not, sit down and hush.
s (Laughter.)
1t "I hope" replied Mr.. Wilson
r "the gentleman will treat me wit
as much courtesy as treat him. !"
"The gentleman" replied Nj
e Clark, s'works so like a machir
10 that do not understand what
= says" (Laughter.)
l. ga great-poet has said,' he col
tinued, Il care not what makes Il
laws of the country SO l make i
lie songs The Republican party says
10 | do not care who does the votir
10 so that my supervisors can count Il
le vote. He then went on to di
i. cuss the negro question, and pr
IN dicted that within short time Il
Or people of the South, white ar
g. black, would be found working t
iff gether on all economic questions.
as He ridiculed the love which,
e. said, the Republican party preten
a. ed to feel towards the negro. +
ne 364 days in the year the Republic
a: party had no use for the negro.
~ was on the 365th day only that
oy
Highest of all in Leavening