The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-07
MESSAGE. DEMOCRATIC


MESSAGE. DEMOCRATIC \
Republicans Had Been Warned, 1T III
They Would Not Heed. III
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. February e.. Il
"a characteristic speech by Mr.. Clay-s
T ton, of Alabama. was delivered In the
i House of Representatives to-day, his a
text being the Presidents recent spelTM
l.cia message to Congress. That mes I
sage. he said, adopted In every par -9sE
/ ticular the principles advocated hyaS
the Democratic party. The Prestdent,S
he said. was admirable as a man I'M Y Y
some respects. and a man most wortlyss
OF admiration in some respects, but. sS
i he declared, he would indulge i In 40: Il
! panegyric nor would he give him Il
/ credit. for what the Democrats had 4
4 stood for for luany years. The mes II
i sage was remarkable document fronigA
la most remarkable man, "a man w hi, 4
lto-day dominates his party" Where
history would place him he did mott
Il know. I'M II s3
1T may put him in the category OIL
/ the great Presidents" he said. 1t may
put him along with Washington. Jet-
ferson and Abraham Lincoln, or It may
write him down otherwise Some peo-
President Is changeable, eccentric and \
| dangerous, while others laud him as In !
great man OF decision of purposes. Sbursz
LII reserve the right to withhold my
Judgment until after his admlnistra-;Ht
| ton has wound up; when we can SEQ "
| the fruits OF his efforts Hi
Would Not Heed Warning.
Taking up the Presidents recon-
Imendations, Mr.. Clayton insisted that
so a "A n
been warned by the Democrats, but
the Republican party paid no heed.Si
II, lie declared, these warnings hadss
been needed the unconstitutionaltt OF 81
the employers liability law would hawai-
been saved. ut Is an indictments
lagainst his own party" he said OF thcaa
message. addressing the Republi cans.E
III Is c complaint from beginning tn3
end OF your failure and oftyour dere1fcs
ton, of your incompetency. OF yoursl
T luck of patriotism and manhood to rtsasss
land meet the legislative demands of sthe t
lcountry.
| The President not only indicts you.
4 but he furnishes the proof to convict
tyou- II on that side q mothers son OF /
Iyou enjoyed that message, i failed t0sslI
idiscover5 It." ssjj
The Republicans did not like q ha
| message, he charged, because thersSi
was too much "big stick on the sonss
ihand to suit the reactionaries. and anots5
,tauite enough to arouse the en- thusiast,sa
lof the White House cuckoos.
/ He held the Republicans as a party
divlded:into two factions, mot warFInRsi
Factions" he.said. amid DemocrattcIi
daughter. because you have laid down
4 The Republicans were. not even ftght-5E
ling for their convictions.
/ Tho White House Cuckoos.
The Democrats had not, Mr.. Clay toni
isaid, heard any protest against thall
Iuse of tbs "big stick. which wa sbe7sl
ling welded over the heads. Of the Rel
publicans.
So, he said. and addressing tllesI
Republicans, you White House cuckoo
land you reacttonaries-the two hosttls
Icamps into Which you are diytd d----Sa
There is hardly one OF you with peryess
NERVE enough to declare for anybpdysHsss
The Republicans, he declared, did notss
Like President Roosevelt nor his poyt-ss
cies The President at one tima hadsf
believed In tariff revision, but he isII
now pro-tempores standpat teri iS
Mr.. Clayton spoke Of the vas rs army
LOT unemployed.n. and charged the ia-sii
dustrial condition to the Repu
.sWa mi llt as we'll face cond ittons as1l
/ they are" lie said. and ! would not dois
for the, Republicans to adhere to- sthssiI
| announced program that the prasenfs
would. DO a do-nothing Congress. Ills5(
appealed to the Republicans to- do.
| their duty. He then secured pernltssS
Sslon to insert in the Congresstpnal
Record Air. Bryan's Thou shalt not
steal Speech and predicted tina e.,
Bryan would the next president
i Wants President TO Answer,
Mr. Johnstop, of Kentucky, spokesI
briefly the subject OF the PresiTz
dents message, and said II was s!Mplyl
Ian indorsementyof Democratic mol eles::sI
HE aid not believe the Rspub liea ans.
would pay heed to the reeoHlHlsnS
sEtions Of the message. and oh alleng edSl
1.-THE President to say whetl her or not N
i the approaching election he Vol ds5u Sfs
4 tho influence OF his great o.ise 70 res
lyelect the men who shall stand hetWsenl19
II the people and their needs. III He also
II wanted the President to come OUT
4 squarcly and say whether pr not hs e's
aEhad not offered powerful pa tronag eStos
1.-THE Republican congressman OF ken
4 lucky, that they may use IT TO be- re-S|
!. turned to these halls TO- agal vote
4 against the restoration To the pspnlaal
4 Of those rights of Which tho success m
a fully dishonest have. under Itepublicnn5
laws deprived them" 5s sssI
! General debate on the Indian q pprossl
Erriation# bill then closed, and the hill N
d was taken ZIP for amendme ut.
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