Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-08-16
Champ Clark's Way.
HOW lie KILLS BILLS CALLING
FOR THE APPROPRIATION
OF PUBLIC MONEY.
Through Our COngressman's Effort
the Bill 10 Raise the salaries OF
Railway Postal Clerks Rele-
gated to the Rear.

! Railway Postal Clerks Rele-
gated to the Rear.
! WASHINGTON, d. c., August T.
The Hon. Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri,, has very neat and effective
way of killing bills that is endearing
him to the hearts OF such old wal
horses of reform as Judge Sayers,
kilgore, of Texas, Father Holman
and Joseph C. Hutcheson. When
Sayers, Chairman Of the Committee
on Appropriation, gets in trouble
he calls on Clark and his rabbit
foot. Both respond, with the re =
suit that the last two weeks have
seen several bills for the appropria-
ton of the public moneys go to
early graves. Mr.. Clark Jumps
astride of these bills with the vigor
of old Tom Benton, the force of
Daniel Webster and all the COM
bativeness with which prodigal ma
ture seems to have endowed him.
Yesterday bill was brought in to
raise the salaries of the railway pos
tai clerks. 1t has gone back to its
place on the calendar and will not
be heard of for some time to come.
The big Mlssourian caught the
eye of the chairman of the commit
tee of the whole. and began in this
wise:
Mr.. Chairman, | want either to be
recognized in my own right or to
ask time from the gentleman from
North Carolina.
Mr. Henderson of North Carolina.
How much time does the gentleman
want?
Mr.. Clark. l would prefer to be
recognized in my own time. [ al
ways quit when | get done speaking.
Mr.. Henderson. There is no
time except what l have.
Mr.. Clark. How can that be?
thought there were two sides to all
questions.
Mr.. Henderson. Well, in the
morning hour it is necessary to have
a different rule. But l will be will
ing to yield to the gentleman.
Mr.. Clark. How much will you
give me?
Mr.. Henderson. Five minutes.
Mr.. CLARK. That will not do; l
will not accept that.
Mr.. Henderson. | have only
twenty minutes, and | will give the
gentleman ten.
Mr.. Clark. Well, all right. [
will accept that.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, want to
say this to begin with: I have no
suggestion whatever to make to the
Republican side of the House on
questions of economy. They are
hardened in their sins and set in
their ways. [Laughter.l Nobody
commissioned me to be their legal
or spiritual adviser. But do want
to give word or two of advice to
gentlemen on the Democratic side of
the Chamber, and that is, that we
came into possession of every branch
of this Government at the last elec-
ton on platform of economy. We
made the welkin ring from Califor.
mia to Maine, and from the st. Law
renee River to the Rio Grande, with
the proposition that the Republican
party was an extravagant party, and
that if we came into possession of
the Government we proposed to cut
down expenses.
Mr.. Wilson of Washington. The
people did not believe you.
Mr.. Clark. Yes, they did. They
believed us sufficiently to give us
possession of this Government. l
believed that proposition then and l
believe it now. | also believe in
keeping faith with the people. do
not propose to stultify myself and
the people who sent me hither by
going into the game of "raising"
the Republicans [laughter], if you
know what that means [laughter],
in the matter of extravaganza. Mr..
Chairman, of all the times since l
have been old enough to take cog
nizance of what is happening in the
world, this is the most inopportune
season to raise peoples salaries.
Mr.. Allen. II is all we can do to
raise revenue.
Mr.. Clark. Yes. That is true.
We can not raise revenue enough
now, under the laws which Repub.
licans put upon the statue books. to
run the Government even when it is
economically administered. Hun
dreds of people are out of employ.
ment, begging for work, who can
not get it; and now this committee
comes in here and asks this Demo-
cratic House to put up the salaries
of these men. They may be very
deserving. No doubt they are. l
have not word to say against them.
But it is proposed, in the face of ex-
isting distress, in the face of the
hard times, in the face of a bank
rupt Treasury, in the face of the
protests of the masses of the people,
| to add S350 000 vear tn fbe hur.