Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-10-12
CHAMP CLARK IN DEBATE.
The Miss0urian Handles the Federal
Election Matter without Gloves.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
There was a small attendance on
the House session to-day. The
Elections bill debate was enlivened
only by characteristic speech by
Champ Clark, of Missouri. Mr..
Dinsmere, 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, "can-
not tell US, 'You have the beam in
your eye and we have only the
mote.'" He had enough of wal, 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 of
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 in
their hands and their pistols by
their side, saying who should
vote or who should not
vote on any pretense or no pre-
tense at all.
The Democratic party has begun
business for the purpose of giving
local self-government to the peo-
pie. That was the mission upon
which Thomas Jefferson had led it
to its first victory and that the
mission on which Grover Cleveland
had led its latest victory.
| Mr.. Wilson, of Washington, in.
quired why it was that if Grover
Cleveland favored self-government
be did not give it to the people Of
the West.
| Mr.. Clark replied that Mr.. Will
son ought to have intelligence
enough to know that Indian reserva
tions belonged to the Federal Gov
eminent and not to the States il
which they were located. 1t some
times happened that gentlemen
could not be found in some States
with sufficient intelligence to fill
the places the gentleman referred to
(Laughter.)
"The only scalawags in the Wes
have come from your States," re
torted Mr.. Wilson.
"Well, l suppose" said MIR
Clark, when Mr.. Grover Cleve
land wants to find out whom h'
ought to appoint to Indian reserva
tions he will call on my friend"
"No," replied Mr.. Wilson, "h'
has gone to the Senate, and hi
action is being discussed there en-
tirely to his dissatisfaction"
/ az will yield to question: sai'
Mr.. CLARK, "but will not yield to
speech in the jack in-the-box styl
of the gentleman from Washington
If you have question to ask, asl
lit; if not, sit down and hush.
Laughter.)
az hope" replied Mr.. Wilson
''the gentleman will treat me wit
as much courtesy as treat him" J"
"The gentleman" replied MI
Clark, "works so like machin
, that I do not understand what h
! says" (Laughter.)
"a great poet has said," he cor
Itinued, Il care not what makes th
flaws of the country SO | make il
3 songs The Republican party says
D | [ do not care who does the yotin
D so that my supervisors can count ii
e VOTE" He then went on to di
!. cuss tie negro question, and pr
a dicted that within a short time tt
r people of the South, white an
j. black, would be found working t
4 gether on all economic questions.
8 He ridiculed the love which,
}. said, the Republican party preten'
!. ed to feel towards the negro. f
e 364 days in the year the Republics
!: party had no use for the negro.
q was on the 365th day only that
Z