The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-22


Congressman Champ Clark. Of Mis-
souri,, belongs to the class of orators
which should always be encouraged by
the other side We could wish for moth
ing better than to have Champ Clark
talk all over the country. His speech
at Omaha to the Douglass Democrats
was a stump Grafton Of the commonest
kind. and every sentence seemed to
suggest the once popular advertising
sketch Of the big bully who was laying
down the law to the little fellow, land
don't you forget It,
He says that the people understand
precisely what they want: but it does
what they want. He tells them they
want the Chicago platform, and that
they intend to have Ii. unchanged. un-
diluted. unimpaired." There are num-
Der Of men who want any kind Of
PLATFORM upon which they can ride into
Office, but II an election were held to-
morrow not 10 per cent. of the people
would vote in favor OF the Chicago plat
form independently Of the possibilities
of office attached to It,
That was only the amusing part of the
speech. He proceeded further and made
declarations which are outrageously
false. He said that President Mckinley
is letting things drift" This is not
true; the situation is full of anxieties,
and the suppression OF the insurgents
in not proceeding as rapidly as the peo-
pie could wish. but that is due 10 cir
cumstanecs which /, viii take time to
overcome. The administration is GER
tainIy not indiffersntlv permitting
things to drifs.
Champ Clark tried to make out a
| horrible state of affairs. He declared
| that our soldiers are being killed and
| dying of disease in shoals" This Is
/ absolutely false. The loss OF life In the
| Philippines to our soldiers is marvellous
| ~ small. when from IL is deducted the
usual percentage Of mortality More
| lives are lost I'm one summers storms
| than have been lost on the battlefield
| Throughout, the entire campaign. Ten
| times as many men have died upon the
trail and on the geld fields OF the far
north as have fallen through that war
fare. which. according tn Champ Clark.
Mckinley Is waging In n sheer, wanton
recklessness az life.
Champ Clark sought 10 rebuke Amer
leans who have contempt fer such
speakers as himself He told his hear
ers that he has heard some Democrats
say. The president Is wrong. but we
must support the president II is not
probable that any man. Democrat or
otherwise. ever said any such thing 70
Mr.. Clark Not many have done 50. we
an rot believe that one has done SO.
| Tens of thousands NJ good loyal Ameri-
cans who differ with the president and
his party eron some other questions,
have declared that. In this they feel
that his hand must he upheld. not be-
cause Il is Mckinisy's policy. hut be-
cause he is pursuing the only course
compatible with American honor There
IS no man living. no man has ever lived.
wha could conduct or has conducted
ss,ch a campaign as that against Spain
and in the Philippines. or conla condu-,
az has ever conducted such Diplomatic
negotiations as those which followed o-
could grasp such delicate situation as
that which exists in Cnha. without hav-
ing made what woul3 appear so some n
mistake
II is sot necessarily "a mistake because
Il dess not nases wi.h tfaa aDrrnval =
ever tsssay. II IL not necessarily g1its-
take because /; Is used by siessagvssues
Ike Champ Clark as a pretext for OPP
position.
Readers - such speeches Is tina, ~
men IKE Champ Clark shoula remember
tss, II IS tss business le pses oas faults
III the cause - she party sE power II
u Ais duly IL invent al arSgmea,