The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-30
CHANGE THEIR TUNE.
COngressmen Make Themselves
Very Amusing,
By Changing Opinions So Quick
ly About C0xey.
CHAMP CLARK TALKS.
Says House is ''COId NOsed on
Bonds"
CHAMP CLARK TALKS.

leaSC amusing is the rapIulby with winch
some congressman change their views from
day to day as fresh information arrives
At first they laughed at the whole thing.
next they grew serious, and when the Phil
adelphia wOrknen acted so peaceab1y and
observed the law so carefully there was
general feeling of relief, but when it was
whispered that the sale of firearms had in
creased, and that various officials of the @.
A r. had been directed to report for duty
at a called meeting, the same mon became
serious again. Another notable feature is
that so many who usually take everything
seriously persistently treat this subject
with careless levity, while those members
of the house who are prone to inject hui
NOR into everything are as solemn Jon
athan Edwards on this subject. AMONG
these is the genial Champ Clark. In the
course of a lengthy interview on this and
many other subjects he said:
Congressman Clark Speaks.
II confess that did not take thought
about it until quite recently, for I was
much more interested in current affairs in
Missouri until they were settled to my
notion. The convention in my district
meets on the 10th of May, and 1 now have
nine more votes than are required to re-
nominate me, so that subject feel
pretty comfortable, thank you. The state
Democratic convention meets on the 18th
of May at Kansas City, and no sooner were
this unusual date and place named than a
suspicion began to spread that the commit
tee was up to some skulduggery. Govern
Stone raightway sounded the hew-
gag and got the farmers on the points OF
their hoofs. You see, that is the very bust
est season for them, and St. Louis, Kan
sas City and St. Joseph have one-third of
all the votes in n Democratic convention
The committee fastened to explain that
they set unusually early date because it
was necessary to thoroughly reOrganizc the
whole party machinery and get every COM
mittee state and local, in splendid work
ing order before the campaign began
An Important Convention.
ct suppose you have the usual ques-
ton up-to indOrse or not indOrse the
president"
Yes, and it is the big questionable
only question, in fact, for on everything
else the Democrats are unanimous enough.
1 am satisfied that the convention will do
as several minor conventions in the west
have already dOne-indOrse Cleveland in
a general way, but declare emphatically
for more silver The last is dead moral
certainty. The circular inquiry sent out
by the St Louis Republic settled that. /
made answer, of course that was in favor
of the restoration of silver to exactly the
ss1no place in law that it held before the
denonetizing act Of 1873 This will be
very important convention indeed, for
Missouri is the first Democratic state OF
any size to hold her convention this year,
and she has been q pioneer in advocating
tariff reform. And we don't want reform
in spots We are not like some might
name in this house who want the tariff re
formed everywhere except in their own
districts. Reform, like charity, should be-
gin at home, and we stand ready to take
our share with the rest, for we know that
freedom will always pay in the long run,
and freedom of commerce is just as valu-
able in it's way as any other kind of free
dom. In fact, the same arguments now
made against freedom in buying and sell
ing were formerly made against the free
dom of men to choose their own religion,
their own occupation or place of residence
or the like. -
but what about the invaders now at
our doors?''
.'Wcll, there is one point on which all
sensible men agree, and that is that all
these movements are symptoms of a seri-
Gus and deep seated disease. 1 say all SEN
siblc men because if a man doesn't look
at it that way 1 don't consider him sensi-
BILE. See? The gist of it is this: Their
friends Will feed them for few days, then
Washington people will have to feed them
a few days more, and then will come the
crisis. If they are not tranpS and bum
mers, and all the witnesses say they
not, they will then scatter, and there is
some kind of work in the country districts
for everyb body at this season of the year.
Some COnundrums-
t'NOw, as to these measures which are
soon to come before US, think you are
mistaken about the bill to repeal the tax
on state banks 1 satisfied congress
will pass it-certain OF it indeed-and 1
don't see how Cleveland can veto it, as he
Endorsed it in the platform. The Meyer
bill to coin the seigniOrage Will go through
with whir1 if the clause for issuing bonds
is stricken out. With that it cannot pass
This house is cold EOsed on bonds. The
Hatch bills will pass the house, of course,
and so probably will the Cooper bill for
permitting local taxation of greenbacIs-"
'sAnd how Will the senate act on these
bills and tho tariff"
Don't ask conundrums- You know the
old joke about the verdict of a petty jury.
hope, however, that the tremendous and
increasing pressure from the country will
compel Democratic senators to act soon,
especially as a child can see that all this
talk is for nothing but delay. Now, about
this silver business, here are the facts
which the gOldbugs cannot get around
Taking the gold mines now known, it is
certain that the supply of gold cannot
overtake the demand in less than five to
seven years They viii increase the sup
ply, of course, because they are working
every available mine, and cheap labor and
cheap supplies now enable them to work
much lower grade mines than formerly
There is also q faint hope of the opening
of a great goldfeld somewhere, especially
in South Africa If that happens, supply
might overtake the demand and even catch
coin basis in three or four years -
''And if Africa does not furnish much
gold, what thens''
s'Oh, the future is too plain for discus
sion Prices win go on steadily shrinking
for many years they have done for
dozen or more years past. And my guess
is that the reason idle money does not now