Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-10
WILL WIN NEXT TIME
SAYS CHAMP CLARK,
TO IOWA DEMOCRATS
AT BANQUET.
HALF HAS NOT BEEN TOLD
ABOUT GRIDIRON CLUB
MEETING"
MEETING."

= Des Moines. Iowa, April To-
Iowa democrats. gathered around
banquet board TO do honor 20 the
memory of Thomas jefferson, lis,
tened to an eulogy of United States
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette. as
the greatest republican reformer,
and an excoriation of President
Roosevelt, as a reformer who has
miserably failed. and heard notice
served on conservative democrats
that that wing OF the party will not
be selected TO manage the presiden-
tial campaign next year Incident
ally William J. Bryan took occasion
to state that Government owner
ship is not the paramount issue at
the present time. but rather the
abolishing the watered stock evil
the curbing transportation abuses
and tightening the burdens OF the
average man"
Congressman Champ Clark paid
his respects TO Judge Alton h. Par
ker an declared that If a few more
kilograms had been received at the
81. Louis convention Parker would
not have run at all.
But we are going to win next
year" said Champ. because OF the
disruption I'm the ranks of the re-
publican party. Every gale that
sweeps from the East brings to our
ears the clash OF republican dis
cord. Hartman, recent acquisition
to the Liars Club, is nearer the
idea of republican presidential tim
Der than Roosevelt.
''The half was never told about
the meeting of the Gridiron Club.
was sitting a little way from the
President and say. / have seen six
men meet violent deaths at different
times, but I never saw a madder
man than Roosevelt was at that
time in my whole life.
IF We could compel the Harri-
-Bliss-oden gang to tell the
truth about the campaign contribu-
tions we could sweep the country.
II we had a District Attorney i'm New
York that was worth powder and
lead to blow him to hell, Sing-Sing
would be so full of thieving repub-
lican bosses that their arms and
legs would be sticking out of the
windows"
Owing to train delay It was near
ly midnight before Bryan reached
the banquet hall. When he did
arrive he said
The republicans have just be-
gun to find that there is great
conspiracy in their party. We have
known it for some months. We had
the same conspiracy in 1896. II is
the corporate element that controls
the party. and after our experience
/ sympathize with the republicans.
They have their own cor,iorate
adherents and they have all ours.
too-those that left in 1896. They
will not come back to us: they
ought not to; our party will he
weaker II they do But they are all
herded in the republican party now
and will not come back.
Roosevelt is too democratic TO-
suit the corporations: too little dem
ocratic to suit the democrats. Eve
ry time he suggests the income tax
trust restriction or railroad reguIa-
Eion he antagonjkes the corpora-
uons. while on the other hand
what has he done? He has been
president FIVE years; no trust mag
mates rest In prison cells.
THE President has done enough
on railroad regulation TO make the
railroads mad without doing much
for the people. He has compromis-
ed on a law to get votes of repub-
lieans who voted against the La
Toilette amendments. La Toilette
was the only republican who stood
for the people but no one hears
republicans talking Of him for
president. He is a better reformer
than the president Mr. Taft is re-
puted to be the presidents choice
for president but you may search
his record from beginning to end
IN vain for a word or act Of re-
form"