The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-21
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Missouri Congressman Talks on Pres.
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have been some excellent speeches
made in the house Of represen atves
during this session by the Democrats.
and, aside from those speeches made
by the Hon. John Sharp Williams.
who always makes good one. the
best that have been made and that
will make excellent campaign ma e.
rial for the Democrats IN the ap.
preaching campaign were those made
by he Hon. Champ Clark, of Nilsson
ri, the Hon Eaton J. Bowers, Of Mis-
sissippi, and the Hon. Adam NJ. Byrd,
of Mississ ppi Mr.. Clark, u Nilsson
ri, spoke entirely on the tariff uues-
ton, and his speech may be taken as
a clear and concise exposition Of the
Democratic position on that question.
Mr.. Clark is one of the hardest hlttere
on the Democratic side Of the house.
and he usually calls a spade a spade
and does not mince words. He hit the
Republicans some hard jolts in the
course of his speech and they squirm-
ed Ike a cut worm and attempted 10
rat lie him by asking questions They
gained nothing. however. and be pro-
ceeded with his lambasting to their
utter dismay and the delight Of the
Democrats It was one Of the strong
est and most vlrile speeches made. on
the tariff question in years, and viii
be freely used as one Of the campaign
documents this summer
Another good speech on the tariff
ques' ion was the one made by the
Hon. Adam NJ. Byrd, Of Mississippi,
and was devoted entirely to the man
ner in which the tariff affects the
farmers in this country, and it will be
read with great interest by them in
this campa gn. Mr.. Byrd showed con
clusively that the present apparent
prosperity Of the farmer did not come
from the Dingley tariff rates, bu. from
the failure Of crops across the sea
and a shortage in the worlds supply
Of cotton and other crops. He also
showed that this prosperity was more
apparent than real, for the cost Of liv-
ing had increased more than thirty
per cent since 1897, which made it
seem impossible for the present wave
of prosperity 20 long continue In the
agricultural districts unless the gov
ernmemt comes to the rescue and re
duces the cost of production by re.
moving the tax from agricultural i'm
plements, machinery and other neces-
saries of life, the price Of which Is
now only affected by the consciences
of the heavtless trusts organized and
perpe uated by the theving schedules
Of the tariff law. He showed up the
fact that the per capita wealth OF Mis-
sissippi is only about s143, while that
Of Massachuset s Is s1,419, and asked
why it was that the farmer had been
shackled IN poverty for the past fifty
years while his manufacturing brother
had prospered. and sail that here
could be no answer except that the
one is being robbed 10 enrich the 9th.
er. and that the Republican party is
join. heir in this legacy Of shame,
He showed up the fact that the
trusts were selling goods abroad
cheaper than at home, and that this
method Of robbing a. home and under
selling abroad is rapidly revolutloniz-
ing the fiscal policy Of England,
which. If carried out according to the
ideas of Joseph Chamberlain, will de-
stroy the greatest market in the
world for the produc Of the farmer
in this country and absolutely impov-
erish him. This dire result will be
brought about simply through the
stand pat" policy of the Republican
party and is refusal to revise and
reduce the tarlff schedules on the
trust made goods. Mr.. Byrd's speech
was a splendid effort and brought
forth the enccmiums Of his colleagues
1t will be made a campaign document
in the campaign, and will do much
make the farmer think OF the miser-
able treatment he IS, and has been
receiving at the hands Of the Republic
can party.
The best speech Of the session on
the negro problem was that recently
delivered by the Hon. Eaton j. Bow
ers, OF Mississippi II was the speech
of 3 statesman. deep studeas and
Learned lawyer II was made W reply
10 a speech recently made by Mr
Gnett. of Massachusetts, arraignine
he south anent the negro. MI Bow
er's speech was temperate but force
ful. and had the precision Of Ken
tucly rife and the force and effec
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