Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-28
CHAIRMAN DICKS Talk
His Reasons For Declining
Clarke's Challenge to Joint
Debate With Hanna
WHERE DOES CLARKE sTANDa
Dick Emphasizes Necessity of Some
Such Quality as Mutually in a Joint
Discussion, Which Seems Impossible
In View of the Vast Assortment of
Principles of Mr. CIarke's Party.

Principles of Mr. CIarke's Party.
Columbia, Ohio. Sept. 2s.-The reply
of Chairman Dick of the republican
state committee, to Chairman Salen, of
the democratic state committee, de-
Ginning the challenge Of John II. Clarke,
democratic nominee for United States
senator. to a joint debate with Sena-
tor Hanna. was given olt Saturday
night. Chairman Dick said in part:
II regret that candor ccmpels me
to say that | find some rather serious
objections TO the conditions of your
proposal. There ought to he some such
quality as mutually in a joint Discus
sion. fear yoa have overlooked that
phase OF the case. Let ME particular
ize. Mr.. Hanna's party has but one
set of principles. while Mr.. Cfarks
party has a vast assortment of princl-
pies, sounding the entire gamut from
doctrine to dosma-demoeratic, pop
ulistic. agrarian and socialistic.
There is a tariff. How does Mr..
Clarke stand or that ISSUE? HIS party
stands all over 1t. In New England 1t is
fer free raw material and for protected
finished products; i'm Texas 1t is for
protected raw material and for free
finished products.
DOCS Mr.. Clarke favor a tariff for
LL.-. -. .r , 20 vi III for ratenlp
with incidental protection? Is he a
German tariff democrat, or a Johnson
no-tariff democrat? II he favors any
kind of a tariff let him debate WIZ
MIR. Johnson. who Is an absolute Tree
trader, and would repeal every larl!l
and internal revenue law and sell al
the custom houses.
Mr. Clarke has all these strings to his
bow and more too. What chances Toes
MFR Hanna who only one string TO
his now. have in disputation with sucn
a man? Mr.. Hanna stands pat. Wheh
Mr. Clarke joins a party that stanus
,at IN anvthfng. Mr.. Hanna will talk
with him..
The Coinage Question.
.sThen there is the coinage question.
How does Mr.. Clarke stana on tna'
The absolution Mr.. Bryan gave MIN
would argue tina he is not a stand-pat-
Tar Indeed. Mr.. Bryan says he is not.
Then II Mr.. Clarke is really on the MIL
sas CITY platform and is bound TO nave
a dahate with somebody. let nm huh'
IN the Palmer and Buckner PLATFORM
ard debate with that. III. on the olher
hand. he is stli a gold bug, he mas no
with Mr.. Hanna on that score
ex-senator Charles A. Towne Is the
man he Is looking for, or the Hon. Johh
T Lentz might do in a pinch. IL MT.
clarke were elected to the senate,
would he vote on the currency. ques-
t;op with the gold democrats or with
free silver democrats?
..Tbe republican state platform de-
c,ares that every one of the wal amend
ments is binding in honor upon every
American citizen. Why did Mr.. Clarke
say in his Akron speech that 'hat piai-
form winds up with The declaration
that amounts TO a nulllilcalioh y us
fifteenth amendment
Where does Mr.. Clarke stand on the
war amendments? Does he believe IN
then, or will he favor their repeal .
Does he favor the white supremacy
plank lately adopted by the Marslanl
democratic state convention, with IT'S
poorly concealed threat 10 entirely sup
prass the coIored vote2 Is he IN mar
mony with Senator Tillman, VINO mas
boasted that whenever colored voters
attempt to exercise the elective ran
chise in South Carolina he Will meet
the attempt with a shotgun? Ii elected
n the senat will Mr.. Clarke join his
colleague from Tennessee, Mr.. Car
mack, and vote for his resolution TO re-
peal the fift zenith amendment? Is Mr..
Clarke willing to explain his position
on these vital questions!
The Philippines.
.Where does Mr.. Clarke stand on the
Philippine question? Did ne stana
with Mr.. Bryan when he was lobbying
at the capitol at Washington for the
ratification of the treaty that ceded the
islands TO lis? Or When later IN the
campaign OF 1900 he advocated an Am
erican prots ctorate?' Or When still
later hen he declared for their abb
sol,lte independence%' Does Mr.. Clarke
stand for any one. or I'LL three, Of these
propositions?
Does Mr.. Clarke side with the east
ern democrats, the 'reorganizers? Dem :
ocracy wears so many colors, appears
under so many different shapes and
forms. so many DISCUSSES, that
l feel it would be unfair of Senator
Hanna to ask him to meet Mr.. Clarke
in a Joint debate until he is advised
more freely as to MIR. Clarke's posi-
ton on the subjects above alluded to;
until he knows whether he is expected
to debate with Mr.. Clarke, the corpor-
alton lawyer, or Nj. Clarke. the can
didate for United States senator