The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-28
Champ Clark speech.

Champ CIarLs speech.
Mr Clark said.
We stand to-day on the money question
| precisely wherr We stood four years ago
| Truth does not change 10 falls. h0oi IN
| Tour short years. The men who wrote
the Chicago platform had the courage Of
'h.iF CONVICTIONS, and they have hti no
reason Ia change their conclusions since.
| Consequently. ut Kansas City We r"-
! adopted. not merely r-gti!rm.d. hut Re-
| adopted. the financial plank "f the Chicago
| platform in al; it, Integrity and all its
| force. IN silt. II an "a iaIir.S nh Threaten
| :uSs AMI all temptations 10 do otherwise.
From -" bottom al my heart | rci"ice
| ". are right now.
| Individually / have no doubt whatever
| that notwithstanding thC rec,Gt Unfrienily
CONGRESSIONAL legislation, not only Amsr RIGA.
| buI thu whole world vii! soon return Ia
| l!n."tIllSm under an impulse Of seIf-rrcser-
| NatioE :" strong that il cannot he resisted.
ihe TACT That the per capita volume If
I circulation mas Increased I'm tho last three
! wears grows out "f the accidtn; that tho
| balance Of tradr has been oVerw heimingiy
IN our taA2r. which happy condition was
| dAd Is PIrriy The result. of the failure of
| crops IN India and Of the abundance here.
| I nd.r normal condil lions good crops in
| the tid World and good crops at hom,. the
| balance of trade will. rs in the past. be
1 against Is. and soon as that happens
| ne, drain OF sold will begin and contractions
| While the Democratic party has not
| changed It's position since lSS. the Repub-
l i!t-H party mas changed lis position r.iGi-
! caiIy. In 1885 II declared for Information Al
1 bimetalism: at Philadelphia. a short timc
1 age pronounced for the gold standard IN all
I OF Its badness and badness. Not mil, thar
nut the latest Republican platform states
| what IL positively uuiTu. wherein il re-
ai,lrns lis alleSiancc to the gold standard.
| when, a. a matter Of fact. IL never had do
| clared 10; the gold standard before
Porto RicRn trrrGuInrity.
one Of the greatest debates that ever
| ,3ok place IN CONGRESS waS that concerning
| The Porto Esi-an tariff. The argument was
| other.
| ION that occasion Republican statesmen
| were reduced To dire tNtremit!-y. John Dali
| zeH Of PeEnsylVun-a, the ab.est lawyer on
| the Republican side. upon question was
| forced to answer that il would he competent
| coming INTO The United States from New
| Mexico ana To let these coming in from
| Arizona enter free.
| I'll J. Hopkins OF Aurora, Ill. one Of the
| most conspicuous Of the Republican chief
/ taius, late a candidate Tor the speakeI-
| ship. declared that Congress possessed the
/ same powers as the British Parliament
DO you know what the power of Par
the monarchy. /; did abolish IL ard set UP
Cromwell as Lord High Protector.
Then il abolished the commonwealth
and re-estsblisheI abe monarchy. Then II
modified the Government by driving ont the
S;usrts and Bringing ir William of Orange
and tho HaHOverian dynasty. pn You be-
lIeye that Congress has any such power?
tablish a monarchy; II Sc. pray tell me
what We fought the Revolutionary War
/ about
Congress has the same power as the
British Parliament. has Il? Did you Know
/ that an act % Parliament cannot be de-
| ciared unconstitutional, for the all-sliticient
reason that there is 10 Constitution. In
fact" That's the truth. The British Cen
.;titution, of which YOU read and hear :"
| much. is 4 myth. pure and simple. pleas
ing. though mystifying. fiction
another Republican statesman. whose
name. am glad to say. ! have for
gotten, declared during the Porto Rcan
District Of Columbia are not in TIA" nitet
states at all. II they are not. solely Tor
| Information. would like to inquire where
they are
To this comIl, Nion has IL come 1T last
that Statesmen are reduced to the sad
necessity IF proclaiming doctrines which
every schooiboy knows are preposicrous in
order to bolster up a policy utterly I'M
rnericar in its character and Tuinous to
.:,mpcSiiIism rntss the moral fiber Of every
man who has anything to do with ii. When
Sreiy lef; Indiana for cuba he was a mai.
of high standing. within a Few months he
stole more money than any other thief in
the annals Of crime. And there are others.
In View OF the claims of Republicans ana OF
the exposures iu the West Indies II would
appear that the most fitting battle cry for
them IN this campaign would be:
THE old Flag
And Cuban Swac.
What's done in cuba We partly may COM
mute but know not what Is ysJ concealed
and makes us wonder what colossal theits
may Ia. discovered when the lid is lifted off
the Phlippines-thst is when the press cen
] surshi, is r.isei-which is not liable TO he
| done until after the election.
Some people may be appealed to on
grounds of patriotism. som. on grounds Of
freedom; Others still only hay talking TO
them about the almighty dollar.
For a long time searched for the man
who would rather work ,han cat | :, never ,,,1I
he would be a monSirosity in the animal
Kingdom
who really enjoys raging ;axrS. have,
not found him. He IL a iigmcnt Of the inn
aginat!on. Republicans do nos enjoy pay
ing taxes any more than Democrats. They
| simply talk more about 1t. But. old Jim
Craig OF ST. Joe used to say: When a
| dollar starts into the pockets OF the tax
collector. the eagle on i; sings, Farewell
vain world, I'm coinG home. -
When I was child hack in the Hill
country of Kentucky. heard ar old coun-
in the human anatomy j. the nerve LEADING,
To- the pocketbook and / propose 10 play on
il moment
Costly Posse-sions.
III I'D Ben Franklin could return 10
earth. se would ask; Are you paying too
much for the Philippine whistler
How much arr W raging? tp-to-date.
TO say nothing Of loss Of life. il has cost US
ylss,tc.oD in cold cash and is costing us at
the ra;e ri Slicsll,p-D per month.
''iSut are told that We must have the
trade Of tn" philippines. How much * all
their commerce wOrth-imppVts ami .X-
ports-with our tran set ike th, nis.cr'S
coon tran. 10 catch them 'ColIjiu' aud
2wine2 only $nuv,Hs per snnuTn How
much OF that * profit: IL would Ice n large
allowance To say ~ per cent which would
be xs.j.rt.D a year II we got il ali, but We
I only get - per cent Of the S.Vprs.,. which
/ reduces our share to the pitifui SUM Of
s.ssI go annual profits, against SiSs.po's,'
| annual expenditures What an astounding
| investment We are making, Does Il pay ?
On tne basis Of dollars and cents. nay
brother, does II pay Us TO reverse our rec
"Tt for l-5 years and give the lie To every
thing ever proachedc Brother Thomas
Carter of Montana, does it pay, Religion
| and sentiment have nothing 10 do with IL.
50 you say. but does IL pay? Alas and
aldck. in the .anSu"ge of Puck, what fools
| these murta!s be-
| inaptiy described as the hystsria Of roli-
il. the astounding reply l.: who will haul
DOWN the American fiaE2' and the band
plays while the bauqueters yell themselves
hoarse. James Parton says that for some
fifteen ar twenty years the most learned
| and logical arguments OF statesmen could
be sufficiently refuted by shouting 'HUrra h
! for JacksonI So now all objections to our
| new fauSled policy Of intermeddlIng with
affairs which concern us not are to be 81
fenced by Dawlng Who will haul down
the fag?' as though every flag in Christen-
dom ard out of christendom has not been
rrpea teddy 'ha uled down by IN. very ha nds