The Republican., 1900-08-30
A GREAT DEBATE.
Senator Dolliver Failed to Appear But His
Place Was Ably Filled by Congressman
GrOsVenOr, of Ohio.


Lake Park this year, the leading at
traction of the day being the extern
sivelY advertised joint debate between
Senator Jonathan p Dolliver, of
Iowa, and Cogressman Champ Clark,
of Missouri, on Expansion and I'm
perialism." Almost at the last hour
DR.. Davidson, director of the Chau
tauqua, received a telegram announc-
ing the inability of Senator Dolliver
to be present and in consequence he
was placed in a serious predicament,
knowing that thousands of people
would be present on Tuesday to hear
the champion of Republicanism on
the subject uppermost in the minds
of the American voters. He at once
set about to secure some one of Nation
al renown to fill the place of Dolliver
and succeeded in getting the services
Congressman Charles H. Grosvenor,
of Ohio, a remarkably brilliant orator
and debater and man who stands
closely to President Mckinley.
At 2.30 o'clock, after musical pre-
lude, DR.. Davidson introduced Mr..
Clark. He faced the largest crowd of
people ever assembled at Mo un-
tain Lake Park, being greeted with
the Chautauqua salute. In opening
his speech he stated that he had been
engaged all summer in debate with
Senator Dolliver whom he considered
great orator, but Congressman Gros-
venor was "a meat ak in argument,
and this statement on the part of Mr..
Clark was proven to be entirely true,
for he (Grosvenor) hacked the argu-
ment put up by Clark to bits. Mr..
Clark spoke for an hour and stated
that he did not intend to abuse the
Republican party but only wished
that he could throw out all the Dem
ocrats in the audience and fill their
places with Republican voters of
Maryland. He referred to a num-
Der of men who are leaving the Re-
publican party and following the
footsteps of Bryan. When he made
the statement and mentioned one or
two names of those whom he alleged
were Bryan followers Kisses were
heard from all parts of the building.
He effectually stopped this by ex-
al tbV DON'T oa1 ,r-Hn
for your Kisses; I've faced mobs be
fore.n He reviewed the history of
the Republican party in the Spanish
American war and tried to show that
that party had departed from the
law in carrying on the war and bring
ing to a successful termination the
conflict. The Philippine policy of
the Administration was also reviewed,
the speaker claiming that the army
was in the islands without constitu-
tional authority and in invading the
land of the Filipinos great National
sin had been committed. He allud-
ed to the hauling down of the Amer
jean flag and said that President Me-
Kinley was such an improvement
over Grover Cleveland that he was
truly glad to see him inaugurated,
closing his speech by saying that it
was his object to make Democratic
votes and thus save the Nation from
dishonor in November next.
Mr.. Grosvenor was then introduced
by DR.. Davidson. He was greeted
with tremendous applause which
lasted for full minute. He spoke
for one hour and Is minutes, which
was the time allotted him. He bega n
by saying that Mr.. Clark had made
the best speech ON expansion that
could be made, and ask the people
what they thought of man making
o speech on question which had
nothing whatever to do with the
issue of this campaign. Imperialism
was nothing more than a dream, and
what the boys called pipe dream
and Mr.. Bryan had had that sort of a
dream. The real issue of the day
was 1G to /, and the literature the
Democratic party had gotten out
called it imperialism. This was no
more than shroud to cover up the
question which had involved the
minds of the people four year ago.
In speaking of the war with Spa in
he said that no one wanted to go to
war with that country worse than
Mr.. Clark, that by the treaty with
Spain the United States acquired it's
first territory, and every question of
imperialism was settled by that
treaty. The whole issue now agitat-
ing the minds of the people could
have been averted by the votes of 18
Democratic Senators at the last ses-
sion of Congress, and Mr.. Bryan had
urged upon the Democratic members
to vote for the ratification of the
treaty when he thought it would be
defeated.
The Democratic party, he claimed,
plunged this country into the great
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