The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-22
STANDING UP FOR MISSOURI
Champ Clark Gives the Republi.
cans a Lively Shake.Up
in the House.

National House of Representatives
on the 18th, in which Congressman
Champ Clark of Missouri and Con,
gresham Grosvcnor of Ohio took
leading parts. AS Mr.. Clark spoke
n number Of Republicans inter.
jected inquiries, and were quickly
silenced by ;he MissOurian's apt
rejoinders Mr. Grosvenor started
the ball by dcnouncing the Demo.
crats in an effort to divert popular
clamor from the Republican party
over the coal famine, the trusts,
etc.
Recently Champ Clark criticised
some deductions made by Grosvc-
nor from the result of the late
elections. Grovcrnor referred to
this and charged that under honest
election laws MisSouri would have
increased her representation in
Congress, aud that in time its
electoral vote would be Republi.
can.
Clark replied that if Grosvcnor
lives until Missouri casts her
electoral vote for n Republican
candidate for the presidency, he
will double discount Mcthuselah,
the oldest man that ever lived. y
Laughter. That State has n ease
of Republican maIadministration
for eight years and since the morn
lug stars first sang together for JOY
there was never such Saturnaia
of crime III the history Of the
human race rs the records of the
Republican party in Missouri, "
DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Clark recalled Grosvrnor's ns.
sertion that when the last clcr
zion was over there was nothing
left of the Democratic party
The Democrats, said Mr..
Clark, elected Us Representatives
to the next Congress ont of 3SG.
Does that look us if there was
nothing left of the Democratic
party The States that the Demo.
Gratis carried in 1902 would nave
given ljS electoral votes out Of
47G. Does that look as if the
Democratic party was fading
away, or us if there was nothing
left of it?
From 1900 to 1902 the Repub-
lican majorities shruuk in the fol-
lowing States by more than one
half-the same kind of shrinkage
that has taken place in the last
two years would give them in the
next two years to the Democrats,
In Wisconsin, from 100, 5Si 10
AZ 500; in New York from 1913, o
COG to $500. What do you think
of that9 IN New Jersey from Sc, =.
800 to 17,133. In California-if
the gentleman wants to go West, |
will 90 with him to the Paciic-in
California the shrinkagc was from
80, 40 to $50 Is there hope for
Republicanism in that! In Penn.
sylvaniu from 2SS, ,433 to ljG, ,41O.
In Michigan the shrinkage was
from l04 ,5S4 to 81, 7,1Si; in Massa.
chusetts from 81 $50 to 81 l20; in
New Hampshire from 1874 to
S,27l.
To sum up, these States are re.
liably Democratic; Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken.
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis- e.
souri,, Nevada, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia, with l54 electoral
votes.
There are ia electoral votes,
certainly Republican, in my Judge
ment: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Vermont and Washington.
There are 14S doubtful-Culi p
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Del.
aware, Idaho, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York
Rhode Island, Utah, West Virgin
ia and Wisconsin.
Il have not figured on any of
the Southern States. | know the
vote of Missouri. The majority
increased there from about 80, 900
in 1900 to about 45 900 in 1902"
NESBIT LAW.
Mr.. Bartholdt: Under the
Nesbit lawf"
Mr.. Clark: Yes, and the Mes
bit law is a better law than the Re-
publicans of Missouri ever passed.
You are always bowling here about
the Nesbit law, and when the Re-
publicans were in power in that
State the intelligence and The
wealth of the State were not al
lowed to vote at all (Applause. J
You disinfranchised Frank Blair,
whn mode tha Eannhlicon marty i'm