The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-05-15
CHAMP CLARK'S SPEECH.
He Handles the Republican Party With
ont Gloves ana Offers Them Il New
Battle Cry.

MAY 6, during the semi weekly ses.
sion of the republican house, Champ
Clark make few remarks upon the
Illusion of republican promises. His
short talk was received with lively
appreciation by the democrats and
proved very interesting to the republi-
cans. Sir. Clark said:
'.If there ever was party committed
by every rule of justice and of logic TO
the passage of Il bankruptcy bill, it is
the republican party. 1t is the great
mo her of bankTupls. and its laws have
reduced great number of people to
that lamenIable plight, and now it
owes 1t as duty 10 its victims 10 give
them an opportunity to pull out of the
hole And in 1898 the republican
party itself will need an easy way of
going into voluntary bankruptcy.
ssrhe gentleman from PennS ylvania
(Mr. DalzelD says that the republicans
never evade responsibility. They
don't don't they? Why then not come
ont in the open and assume RESPONSE
biity for legislation. WIZ don't you
| legislate here TO redeem your gorgeous,
mutiiarIuuS and delusIve ante-electIon
promises? Because you are afraid to.
| why don't You introduce your bill TO
reform the finances and to fasten the
single gold standard legally on the
country? Because YOU dare not. Why
don't You retire the greenbacks and
turn the country over to the tender
mercies of the national bank ring-as
you intend to do ultimately? Because
Won are tenderfooted about the fall
| elections.
ssYou promised in vague, intangl-
BILE way TO do something for silvel.
Now LET'S see what that something is.
President Mckinley has appointed three
commissioners to go junketing over
Europe at an expense of 800, 900 to
the people, to see If bImetallism can be
arranged by international agreement! |!
That's the pretense. The real object
is to save from destruction his bosom
cronie, his Fidus Achates, Marcus
Aurelius Hanna, at the November elec-
ton. That's device No. 1 to hoodwink
the people; and it will fail utterly.
| The thing is a ridiculous farce and
everybody knows it.
'.Device No. 2 to hoodwink the peo-
pie, thereby enabling you, as you hope,
| to tide over the elections in 1898, will
be for the American congress to abdI-
cate its high functions and pass law
authorizing the president to appoint a
monetary commission. That cowardly
and lngnoble scheme will also fail igno-
miniously and completely.
s.You republicans do not evade re-
sponslbiitles-oh, no! You simply
shltk them. That is not so high h-sound-
inc word, but il is a better descrip-
ton of your performance; or, rather,
your nonperiormance.
sFirst and last have heard a good
deal here about democratic incompe-
tency Republicans roll that phrase as
Il sweet morsel under their tongues.
| The changes on If have been rung in
our ears constantly since early IN 1898.
Lord Byron, after enumeratIng every
sweet thing that he could think of,
exclaimed: s'SwCet is revenge" OuI
turn has come at last. You crowed
lover Us tong and Justify; derided us,
mocked us IN 1891, because, through
the instrumen,ality of five senators
recreant to their high democratic trust,
| COS vicious amendments were added 10
the Wilson bill, and we had to swallow
| them 1t was an awful, nausvatinS
dose.
yesterday the Dingley bill-poor
thing-was reported to the senate with
| l 600 and odd amendments, which is a
mai hematical demonstration of repub-
lican incompetency in this house, with
its beas;ly republican majority of 81
over all
sMost of you, gentlemen, have stud
led arithmetic. This question, stated
according to the old rule of three, is as
follows: As COS is TO 900, so is demo-
cratic incompetency to republican in
competency. No man can gainsay the
correctness of that calculation. 1t is
now your turn to do the great swallow
ing act.
ssIn 1890, with the Mckinley bill in
your hand, you went to the country
with the fascinating cry of "a free
breakfast table Yesterday your re-
publican conferees clapped u tax of 10
eeus pound on tea and stiff tariff
on sugar. which knocks the free break
fast table higher than Gilderoy's kite.
s.And you'll Lave to grin and bear it,
"The republican majority in the
house put hides on the free list. The
senate puts them on the tariff list and
next fall and>the next and the next and
the next we-will hang Your hides on the
fence to dry, and to stay.
yesterday, AIR Speaker, / went TO
the circus 10 enjoy again the glorious
illusions of childhood. | even fingered
TO see the wild animals fed and to hear
the lions roar When returned 10 my
rooms | observed in the papers the
awful roar of my phil"sophic friend
from Athens (GrOsvenoI) i'll which he
oulroarcd all the lions in Africa be-
cause the senate committee has dared
to lay sacrilpgiOus hands on the wool
schedule in the house bill, for winch
he appears To stand sponsor. But he
might as well quit roaring. lie will
have to take his medicine from the sell
ate physicians now, as we took ours in
1894. -S
'sIn view of tie Imminent peril now
impending over the head of the send
lorial chairman of the republican
national committee and of the bitter
inlernecine war now raging between
eastern and western republicans as to
which shall perish by reason of the
tariff bill, | suggest TO them new
alliteratIve battle cry-'IIanna, Har-
mony and IIides!'
"My eloquent friend from Iowa Dol-
liver) some time ago announced to us
that William Mckinley had come to
Washington as the advance agent of
prosperity William is here - has
been here two monthS-but where, oh,