Evening journal., 1904-07-08
delegates who had come from the Phn
ippines.
MR. cLARK,s spEEcH.
Permanent Chairman Expounds Demo
CRATIC Tnriff Policy.

a
st. Louis, July S-The address of /
Champ Clark as permanent chairman
was IN part as follows;
In his haste Iing David said that all
men are liars.
Had he been In Chicago while Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge was reading the Re-
publican platform he would no doubt
have pronounced the same opinion more
leisureiy for surely there never was more
mendacity packed into the Same space In
any document purporting 20 be a grave
state paper.
In the impending conflict our quarrel la
Just, and we are In the right beyond all
cavil
To state Il IN a general way. our con-
tcntion Is that the government shall be
restored 90 the dcmocratlc-repuhlcan ba-
sis on which the fathers OF the republic
intended a 10 rest and shall be made once i
more a government OF the people. hy the
people and for the people instead OF a
government OF the classes, by the classes
and for the classes.
To state Il with more particularly. we
insist that eNorhitant taxation shall be
reduced 70 Just and reasonable rates; that /
extravaganza In appropriations shall |
cease, that economy shall prevail IN an |
| the transactions OF the government, that |
all the departments shall be thoroughly |
] investigated from top 20 bottom by CON !
!
Of whatever degree shall be driven from
the public service and properly punished !
that the trusts shall be proceeded against
\ by indictment nH are common and smaller
/ criminals. that the constitution accom- |
panies the American flag into our new
| possessions
The proposition that we must support
/ President Roosevelts Philippine policy
/ n he has any-riEht or wrong Is the verb
est rot tale told by an idiot. am will
] Ing 20 go as Tar as any one In patriotism.
/ 1 viii support ms country in any cmcr-
! gency. but the president IL not the country.
/ The time has not yet nrrived-i pray Al
/ mighty God that 81 never viii arrive
/ whom the American people win accept the
arrogant dlotum of Louis XIV n repeat
ed hy an American president, Il am the
state"
II avails nothing % claim as some dn
] that Colonel Roosevelt is better than his
| party II is 10 be hoped most ferventy
/ that he is-u great deal better, but, truth
10 tell. a president cannot be better than
his party. Even II he tries 90 be he is
ruined politically. Johnson Hayes Ar
thur and the younger Harrison all tried
that experiment and an of them were
refused second terms either IN convention
OF az the polls So II viii be with Colonel
/ Roosevelt His particular friends may
deem him better than his party. lie may
think 80 himself but nevertheless the
party viii drag him down 10 its level
No man ever found himself IN worse po-
litical company than does President
Roosevelt In this year OF grace. He ia In
the hands OF the Republican Philatincs
and they will bind him with their withes
In every state IN the Union II Is fell
ony 20 get property OF any sort or 70 at
tempt 10 get Il. by false prctenHes
, II the same rule applied 90 the getting
OF offices. or 10 attempts 90 get them. the
whole Republican party could be sent TO
/ the uruiteutfarV
One OF their false protenses-the one on
which they harp the most this ycar-is
that the Democratic party Is In favor OF
free trade. The charge IN utterly false
a lie made Of whole cloth. The Demo-
cratic party never was free trade party
and Is not now. The man who charges
that does 80 because OF his Ignorance or
because OF his mendacity.
1 Where tariff rates are 90 high that they
enable American manufacturers 20 sell
their wares abroad cheaper than they do
, 10 Americans here az home we say that
3 they ought TO be reduced. II this anarchy
+. or treason7 II so. make the most Of a.
The true Democratic position on the
/ tarif Is thisi Recognising the ct that a
| large portion OF our revenue has always
L. been raised from customs duties or taxes
!, Democrats divide all imports into three
y claHses-necossarieH. comforts ana luNu
A rics-and contend that the tarin taxel
IN should be highest on Injuries. lower on
q
necessnries. They furthermore say tha
p taxes should be uniform on all articles be
longing 20 one class. That is the Demo
m cratic partys position. from which Il vii
y not be driven or coaXed or bullied. n,
~ amount OF misrepresentation viii caus'
s. them TO bulge from that position. We
n say. Furthermore. that not one dollar ir
the shape Of tarln taxes or any other sori
Of taxes should be taken from the people
y more than is necessary 20 pay the ex
q pcnaeH of a government economically ad
. | minlstered on these propositions we be
iieve we are right and on them We con
idently rely IN our appeal TO the Amer
lean people IN November.
D. In closing. the speaker discussed th'
y trusts. accusing the Republican part,
-e Of being hand in glove with the trus
n magnates and pointing to the transfel
e. Of Attorney General Knox. 'the grea
le trust buster" from the judiciary de
Ie partment TO the senate as proof OF thi
le assertion.
Plsnks In the Platform.
n The main planks OF the platform ri
A. prepared by the committee on resolu
tions and presented to the convention
In this morning are as follows;
We favor a WISE conservative and bust
ncealike revision and the gradual reduc
o tion Of the tarif by the friends OF IN
masses and for the common veal, AM
~ not by the friends OF its ahusers its ex
n tortons and It's discrimination. keeping
NJ IN view the ultimate end. of equality o
=. burdens and inequality OF opportunitie
and the constitutional purpose OF raisin
n revenue by taNation-to wit: The sup
b. port OF Tho federal government IN all II
Il, integrity and virility, but IN simplicity
!. and keeping also ia view as men of com
r mon ses-se should. existing conditions
At however wronefully, mistakenly or ur
Justly brought rbout. and the danger I
IN the cause OF taTin reform itself and N
7, danger Of abrupt and revolutionary r,
u versal Of policy.
On the money plank the platforr
y says only this:
The discoveries OF gold within the pas
A' few years and the great increase In tf
production thereof adding 5000 oo0.00O
on the worlds supply OF which 500 0o0.N
n falls 10 the share Of the United State
has contributed 20 the maintenance OF
money standard of value no longer ope
H. 20 question. removing that issue from n
II field OF political contention.
On the trusts this;
IN We recognize that the gigantic trus
and combinations. designed 70 enable cal
ital 10 secure more than It's just share
capital and labor and which have bee
NJ fostered and promoted under Republica
rule, are a menace 10 beneficial compel