The Washington herald., 1908-02-14

contemplating a confidence game on the
American people similar 70 the one
which he said had been perpetrated in
1886 when William Mckinley WAS elected
/ President by the votes of silver Repub-
licans upon the promise to negotiate an
/ agreement with other nations for the free
coinage of silver.
Republican revision might be up or
down. the cat having been let out Of the
bag on this subject by the gentleman
t from Iowa (Mr. Hulb. who" said Mr..
/ Clark, "can give pointers on the art of
war 20 Hannibal Caesar, Alexander the
/ Great and Napoleon, but is inexpert on
/ economic matters
Qnotes the Bible.
| If the Republican party, said Clark did
elect a President and a House Of Rep
/ |rosentatives by such a trick the words
/ OF three verses of Scripture would apply
/ to it, The verses recorded the departure
Of the evil spirit and its return TO a hu-
man heart with seven others. and the
/ last condition Of that man was worse
/ than the first
/ When Mr. Hepburn. in accordance with
/ his promise. should start to run over the
! Speaker and other leaders of the ma
/ iority in the interest of legislation rec
commended by the President Clark said
/ he wanted 10 be preseEt and he could
assure the gentleman of Ii crowded
audience, breathiess with expectation
and delirious with delight
Before leaving the tariff question. Air
Clark paid his respects TO what he terms
Z G 14H
Secretary OF state" 10 take from James
Madison his title of father Of the Con
sutudon and confer it upon Alexander
Hamilton. most pre0osterous and I'M
pudent performance.
The spirit of Hamilton must be kept IN
n state of constant hilarity at these ef-
I forts to foster upon his memory fesponsi-
bility for the Constitution. which he had
/ characterized as rope Of sand
Parting shot.
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pioHl-sed ~ uiey "o"iu "Sh una au''i'o'9
consent Tor tne passage or an employers
/ LIABILITY OH every Democrat would give
ms consent thdt an aht'-ihJuilct"h DI.l' il
so h.otshl in' Wou-d go IhFo"sA iiNe
s'easfo Hshlhlhs, lHal campaign
publicity DIT Would DE greeted with
brmocFauc Whoop' ana likewise Wouid
OH 20 take lhe taIin OF "o'n pup ana
PRINT paper De treated pS -tne .,IHoi NY
IN enains MI tIarK SAID 1t Is sa'u
the test OF lhe puddIhg Is Il theNiHs uie
slIlHs, ana lHe tesI ui siNlc'lt1 neI' -
H Votes l'' ii.-e lI'"H ID. WI
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question '7 20 "-' lS most e'-L,..'5lls l.'
iaN'f or Whatever E'.' .i-" i-'lTs'''''e
POSITIONS are eoi''''''''I II, I" -
dent 5 various messages. ou"s Oh 'Heh
ana hoihlhs else VIII set'ie ".
on Rcpubhcahs nave tne Iisht OF
way mere. You are peculiarly happy lh
catching the Speakers eagle eye Wheh-
ever you so desire Ihe gentleman from
New York tMr. Paynfl, the gentleman
from pennsylvania 'Mr. Daizeii' the gen
tleman from iowa tAf- Hehpuihl' ana
the other gentleman from New ork 'Mr-
sherman never have any trouble in that
regard.
Neither does the gentleman from Min
nesOtd tAIr. Tawncy). Who with the other
four, arc the ruling elders in the Repuhli-
can portion Of this House under the gen
eral supervision Of the Speaker. They
constitute the Big Five on the floor.
when any one of that powerful qUin-
tet arises and says Mr.. Speaker, that
mighty functionary never asks; For what
purpose does the gentleman rise? for the
all sufficient reason that be knows the
purpose in advance and. if by chance. in
IAN unexpected situation. he does not know
the exact purpose. he has such an unfal-
tering trust I'm their sagacity and I'm their
LOYALTY TO the machine. he assumes il is
for the good Of the Republican order.
Consequently. immediate and ungrudg-
ing recognition is accorded To any mem
Der of the Big Five That being the case,
let one of them arise I'm his place and ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of the new employers liza
bility bill. and every Democrat here will
gladly give his consent and i'm thirty
minutes by the town clock the bin will
pass the House. gladdeniag the heart of
every wage-earner in America.
Let another of the Big Five ask unani-
nous consent for immediate consideration
Of a bin limiting the Federal courts iu
issuing injunctions. such as the Clayton
bill. for instance. and it will go through
ike it was creased. so far as Democrats
are concerned Let still another ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of a bin providing for jury
trials in contempt cases. such as the
Henry bill. and we, so far as We are con-
cerned, will give you not only consent 10 !
consider, but every Democratic vote TO
Let stil another of the Big Five ask
unanimous consent for the consideration