Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-15
JOINT DEBATE
At Opera House Last
Night Between
HON. CHAMP CLARK
And Hon. Chas. Lands On
Repub|jcanism vs.. Democracy

The patrons OF the Barre Entertain
ment Association were given a rare
treat last evening In the shape Of a
joint discussion by two eminent con.
gressmen That this feast OF wit and
wisdom was thoroughly appreciated
was apparent by the careful attention
accorded the speakers, and the warm
applause which followed each shit"
and point scored during the debate,
The subject was "Republicanism vs..
Democracy.
That polished speaker, the Hon.
Charles b. Lands of Indiana, defend
ed Republlcanism and eulogized the
martyred Mckinley and bis princi.
Piles. Democracy was defended by
that grand old Roman. the Hon.
Champ Clark of Missouri. or course
Mr.. Clark had hard task assigned
when he was detailed to defend
Bryan and Democracy before Yer
mont audience, but that he was as
good man as could have been select.
ed, was demonstrated by his mastery,
straight from the shoulder remarks
last evening.
The speakers were introduced by
Prof O. D Mathewson. Mr.. Landis
spoke for an hour and quarter and
Mr.. Clark followed. Mr.. Landis then
cl ,std briefly. Mr.. Landis said he
was Republican because he firmly
believed in the principles OF the Re-
publican party. then bri fl; outlined
the history Of our country since 1883,
and tod of the prosperity it enj ,yed
under Harrison.
The Democrats finally managed to
stuff free trade do Sn the throats of
some of the psoole and elected Cleve.
land. Hard times followed. Ia 93
B lrre was the only town in sthe coun
try which didn't feel the depression,
and this was because the hard times
drove so many to death that the
monument business kept good The
Democrats said the cause or the panic
vas a scarcity Of money. and be-
gan preaching their free silver fal-
lacy. Had the election been held
two months after Bryan was nominat-
ID, he would have been elected,
but fortunately the people had time
to recover their senses. Mr.. Lands
then spoke Of the great prosperity
which followed McKinley's election,
and devoted some time to the Spanish
war, which he said was precipitated
by the Democrats, who now run away
from the Responsibility. The Philip.
pines were acquired through the for.
tunes Of war and we must now make
the best OF them.
Mr.. Clark made a forcetul speech
in attempting TO refute the argu-
ments andpervert the facts advanced
by MIR. Lands. He was witty and his
remarks evoked much laughter and
applause. He thought God, and not
the Republicans, was the cause Of
some of our prosperity. He defended
Bryan and his principles, but most OF
his time was devoted to the Philip
pine question. He went back
into ancient history and dragged
forth horrible examples of nations
which, through love of conquest and
greed for territory, fell from their
high stations to positions Of obscurity.
He thought the Philippines should
have been turned over to the natives
as soon as the treaty was signtd d.
Give them their independence and let
them govern themselves as they Sc.
fit. No n ter if they are unfit fCr
self government. So were we when
we secured our independence. Tell
them to 60 ahead for themselves, and
if the other nations don't keep their
hands off, we will shoot them off. Mr..
Lands followed with a short
but emphatic denunciation of
Democratic ideas as set forth by
Mr.. Clark. He closed at 1880
JEFFERSON CLUB BANQUET
Immediately after the debate was