The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-10
CLAYTON MAKES
STRONG SPEECH
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN, SAYS g
o. p. WOULD CAMP ON DEMO
CRATIC GROUND.
1908 DEMOCRATIC YEAR
Party Doctrines Most Popular-De
nounces Makeshft Platform
Adopted at Chicago by the
Republicans.


of Alabama, upon assuming the perma
nent craftsmanship of the Democratic
convention, delivered an able address
which is In part. as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Demo
Gratis Let me thank you for the
honor you have conferred upon me.
This is Democratic year. Demo
cratic ideas are now popular. Doc
trines always taught by our party and
scoffed at by our opponents are now
urged as gospel OF their own. Meas
ures and policies OF Democratic origin
are now pretendedly advocated by the
leaders of the Republican party. Ii
is no longer anarchistic to declare
private monopoly to be indefensible or
that the great transportation compan-
les should be governed and controlled
by public law. Former questioning of
the decision of bare majority of the
supreme court in the income tax case
cannot now be hard. because of tho
greater neoise of the vehement AMI
embroidered denunciation Of judges
and judicial acts that have shocked
the country. A demand for revision OF
the tariff is no longer a threat to de-
stroy our industrial system. Trusts are
not to be tolerated even by the Repuh-
lican party We need not now en-
large on the list of Republican ad-
missions and promises for election pur-
poses only. The Republican party
has made marked progress in prom
Uses TO the people and much greater
progress in aiding selfish interests and
special privileges. This party, guided
by expediency and campaign necessity
would camp this year on Democratic
ground.
Republican Responsi bility.
The Republican party having hal
full control of the federal government
for more than decade must give an
account of its stewardship Its pre-
tentious claims largely without foun,
dation and largely exaggerated viii.
not suffice. Let honest investigation
reveal the bad and defective laws
passed by that party; vicious policies
maintained: reforms rejected: the re-
cent panic and its consequences:
promises broken assimilation prac-
ticed Incompetence confessed by its
failures TO meet urgent public needs;
and exhibiting this incompetency by
the appointment of junketing commits
sicns for the alleged purpose of AL
vising that party so long in control
and of such boasted legislative wisdom
what legislation is required by he
country. Against the Republican
party, so degenerate and crafty, is q
capable determined honest Democ-
racy, in sympathy with all just pub.
lie demands and asking its behalf The
candid public judgment. To that iudg
ment the issue must be committed and
we unhesitatingly submit our caus
to that fine and true sense for the
right we know distinguishes the Am
erican people.
My Policies.
In this quadrennial contest Mr.
Roosevelt has identified himself with
Mr.. Taft. Mr.. Taft has identified him
self with Mr.. Roosevelt The Republi
can party has inseparably identified
the two together. 10 praise one YOU
must praise the other; to CRITICS
one is to critieise his pursuing shadow
And so. must say. If it should appea
to any one that in noting and de
nouncing abuses and faVoTs on th,
part of the present administration an,
license is assumed, | urge the impose
bility of separating the present occp
pant of the White House from his
own anointed one
II has been made evident in tbs
pending campaign that he Repuhli
cans will seek to conjure with fh
name of Roosevelt and will rely upon
the presidents policies as trea'
ured asset. The president has adve
tised himself and his policies with 2
frequency and ability that surpasseg
the best efforts OF the shrewdest pres.
agent A distinguished Republican. o
former cabinet officer. one publicly
proclaimed the president to he Tho
greatest exponent of the art of adver
Using the world has ever known The
country has been told and not allowed
to forget that in his opinion his ener-
gies have been devoted to the accom-
plishment of many high purposes and
that his work is yet incomplete it is
so only because his undertakings
were too vast to he carried to success
during his term of office MY poll
cies" must continue. So the champion
of these would transfer office and
power to his favorite cabinet minister
and his spear is TO have fellow The
pretensei is that the tight must go on
under the leader designated by him
until the last foe shall have surrender
ed or lies inglorious in the dust. The
nomination OF his would-be successor
was largely accomplished by the use
of official patronage and coarse ma.
chine methods and has delighted the
chief apostle of strenuosity and al
the same time has not perturbed the
eonsclence of the one-time civil ser
vice reformer. now the boss and adept