Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-07-16
Full Text of the Platform Which the Democratic
Party of the Country Go Before the People.

gates, the roll call showed Gi7 votes
against and 299 for the adoption of
the report for which he had vainly
battled.
Illinois, on request OF National Com
mltteeman Hopkins, was passed on
the roll call. The twenty-eisht votes
Of Michigan and the sixty-eisht of
Pennsylvania were cast as a unit un-
der Chairman Williams ruling,
Hon. Champ Clark, Of Missouri, took
the gayel as permanent chairman of the
convention late in the afternoon ses'
sion and delivered his speech as such.
1t was a sharp arralgnment Of Republi'
can shortcomings and Inconsistencies,
both in the party and administration.
Mr. Clark said in part:
Mr.. CIark's speech.
Gentlemen Of the Convention: The
principal part of the spcech-maltns by
the chairman I'm this convention has been
ACCOMPLISHED Ny business IL to run this
convention so that the nominees of It VIII
be elected next November (applause), and
It shall be done without fear or favor To
them. King David said once In his haste
that all men are liars. If he had been in
Chicago about the time Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was reading the republican
platform, he could have taken his leisure
and said that IAN republicans are liars.
daughter and prolonged app!auscD
They dragged out the old free trade
hogey. and expect to scare men with that
In the coming campaicn. Men in the frame
Of mind that the democrats are this year
can not be scared.
"Thcy dcclare-the republicans do-the
monumental lie that democratic tarift
always produces n bad time and re-
publican tariff always produces good
times And yet, In '13, when Grant was
beginning his second term in the White
House, and the democrats had scarcely
enough votes TO call the ayes and noes,
you had panic that made peoples teeth
rattle from sea to sea. CLaughter) They
evidently believed In Mark Twain's die
tim, Blessed Is the man that hloweth his
own horn lest it be not blown. Laugh
teri
fought a quick and successful war In
favor of Cuba, when the truth Is, as !
stated on the floor Of the house when
they were all there, and none OF them
dared 20 deny II, that we took them by
the scruff of the neck and dragged them
into the span sin war And their disin-
clinaii6n to go into and their dispos ton
TO monopoze all glorles, reminds me Of
Poland-China sow that my father used
to tell me about that was go bashful you
had To pull her ears Oft TO get her to tho
trough, and 50 greedy YOU had to pull
her tail off to get her away. Uaughterl
I'VE are in favor Of cutting down to
a reasonable basis the monstrOsities Of
the Dingley tariff rates. We are in fa-
Vor of reciprocity that reciprOcates CAp-
plause) We are In favor OF getting rid
of the Philippine islands at the hrst fa-
vOrablo opportunity They are not worth
a bauhce and never were. We are IN
favor Of restricting the functions of the
president and his cabinet 10 what the
fathers intended they should be In the
constitution. and we believe In compelling
the executive department Of this govern
mont to abdicate the large part Of the
legislative function that 1t has usurped
AS far as my rulings in this convention
will be, they shall be fair. II we so con-
duct ourselves that all of the various
clements of public opinion that are op-
posed to the Roosevelt administration has
brought together, we will mop them off
the face OF the earth from sea to sea in
the coming election, ApplauscD ! can
not do any good presiding over this con-
vcrtrn without your help, and that So
licit that we may have good order, good
feeling and a great victory in the contest
to come" (Appiausc)
Following the speech of Congress
man Clark the convention adjourned
shortly after O'Clock until 10 o'clock
Friday morning.
The adjournment was made neces-
sary by the inability of the subcom-
mlttee of the resolutions committee to
complete its report