The San Francisco call., 1904-03-29
COngreSSmdnCh0mp
Clark on Party
Ideas.

WASHINGTON. March 2s.-Repre-
sentative Champ Clark Of Missouri to-
day added a comprehensive chapter 70
the campaign material Of the Demo-
cratic party in The delivery OF a care
fully prepared speech on the tariff
question in the House. Clark said in
opening.
p we 60 forth 10 battle with tariff
reduction and genuine reciprocity in
sc-bed uuon our banner"
He then drew a lire q demarkaticn
between The tariff ideas Of the two par
ties and dWelt at length on the stand
pat declaration II the Republicans.
.tie called attention 10 the dissenting
element IT that party, who he said.
I2larchec under the banner Of the Iowa
idea AID lnferenrialIy- -classc1 this
element s-s Democrats
Republican harmony, which they
spell with big, big H, said Clark,
''is only on the surface. while Repub-
Ecan disselsl0n pervsdes the grand old
party <hrcueh and through. They may
- be able by hook and oy crook TO get
together Tor this election. but that there
VIII be a s'Oughing of or the party
which Wtl amount TO a split in the
near future is indicated by all the signs
0f The time.
That Colonel Roosevelt will be nom
4 mated gppears 10 be certain. but
: hundreds of thousands OF Republicans
-rslf support him under protest The
stand parreCs VIII make the platform,
bur a large majority VIII receive it
sULenly. In fact, the reading out pro-
cess Of the tariff reform Republicans
has already begun"
CRITICISM OF HEPBURN.
Clark referred 10 Representatives
Hepburn and GrosTenor as 'luminaries
Of rhC hrst magnitude in the Congress
si0nat galaxy and high priests in the
temple az protection" He took Hep
burn H. task for saying in a speech
thar the production Of pig iron in this
country had only increased from H.
ualuQo tons ten years ago 10 ~, ,000, 900
tons in 1902 Clark declared that in
1902 the production IN the United States
was 1-.s21500 tons He then quoted
HeHburas statement in this same
Speech i live 10 a county Of $4,000
IecD-e-a farming community. There
II not "a protected industry in that cOun-
~ aLd commented On il as follows:
by that one declaration. unWittingly
tt7ced, 10 doubt, the gentleman from
iowa answers completely all the Re
publican speeches. editorials and essays
as 10 Row the high tariff helps the
farmers.
The reciprocity speech Of Represen-
tacive D1lzeus delivered in the House
recently, was given considera bic atten-
ton O. Clark. The keynote Of that
speech he declared 70 be this sentence,
Republican reciprocity is reciprocity
N no3n-oompeting articles and nothing
else"
This doctrine, he said. differed very
widely from Mckinley reciprocity the
foundation principle of which was ex-
pressed by President Mckinley at Buff
falO in these words:
curity that we can forever sell every
thing and buy little or nothing"
DEMOCRATIC RECIPROCITY.
The Democratic position on reciproc-
ity. Clark stated. had been set forth
by ny Williams. the minority leader.
IT is, he said. an authoritative state
nent tCDon v hich we are willing 10
stand In The T,encing campaign and here
after II is that the Democratic party
believes, that when on any articles that
20 20 cuba or any other people on the
face Of the earth you get an agreement
t0 educe the burdens TO their cOnsum-
e-s BY reducing the duties in their
markets. you have conferred a benefit
upon their consumers and also on the
american producer, because you en-
able the consumer in Cuba or else
where in any country entering into
these reciprocal relations TO get the
product ~ cheaper price. That en-
aD-es those who have been buying Il TO
buy more and enables those who have
hitherto not been able 10 buy any TO
buy some and that Increases the vol
urne Of the consumption OF American
products and benefits the American
producer by enabling him 10 sell more
goods al the Old profit. and thus both
parties 10 the trade are benefited"
The stand pat" policy Clark attrfb
uted 10 General Grosvenor. who. he
said. was interviewed shortly after the
election in Ohio in November. 1901
and IN exuberance Of spirit said re-
garding the election: 1T means that
there is no more prospect Of the Ding
ley tariff rates being tinkered with
than there IS Of amending the Ten
Commandments"
Clark spoke OF the Iowa idea" as
expended by Governor cummins and
said.
BY advocating the Iowa idea Gov
ernor Cummins has become the bette