The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gen.
eral Topics from
the Capital.
EehruarH ID. 1905.

speeches to which the House of
Representatives has listened in
recent years. was that which Rep
resentative Champ Clark, of Mis- +.
souri,, delivered this week. There
WAS no malice in Mr.. Clsrk's
remarks. but they fairly scintIl
lated with wit, aud the House
almost shrieked with laughter,
so that many times Mr.. Clark
was compelled to suspend. Mr..
Clark discussed the President
and said: ''He cannot express his
views upon any question under
the sun, even upon subject SO
prosaic and threadbare rs the
weather. without preeipitating a
row. his extreme adherents swear
ing that there never has been
such weather prophet on earth
since Adam and Eve we're driven
from the Garden of Eden with
flaming swords, aud his extreme
sUemlrs vociferstiug that he does
not know any more about the
weather than the ground hog"
PAreuthellcaily. theIe is story
which Mr.. Clark Is telling OF the
President 10 illustrate his sn
pTems self confidence. W b il
seeIus TO re we'll worth repeating
here. Il appears that when Mr.
Roosel ell MAS very small boy
his father approached him one
day and said. Theodore, | am
going away gu a long railroad
journey. | expect you to DC y
very good boy aud TO take good
care OF Muther." That nighI a.
tie little Teedy was about to re-
tire lie 6nels by lis bed repeat
lug his nightly prayer 10 us
mother. aaG ia c0Icluslou he All
ded: And dear tod take good
care of papa, for &C ua> gone on
8 long railroad journey. Never
ulud about Mamma. I'm taking
care of her"
To return to Mr.. Clark's speech,
+ however lie pointed out how lAs
Republicans majorIl, lad oeen Ee
duced from III III the las; Con
gress 10 81 la this. aud drcIas Ell
that the neat election would VII
ness a sweeping away OF the lie
{ publican majority altogether. sud
d return OF good SorSlng Dem
oeraIic mrjoTIty with Demo
cratic President ~ The " nl,e
HOusr. Dir. CLARK plelur :
i Speaker Cannon surveying his
reduced majority ia Tue HOUSE
and re, eaIlug the sad eAcsaua-
tion of psTrbu>, hlng OF EplIus.
when surveying a hard Won Reid
"ARotLsF sncu victory aud NC
ars uuJ0Ue.
An extraordinary spectacle 1,
being presented 10 the oru.ie
where Mr.. Aldrieh Is GROVE iu.
through his financial bill. Al
most all of the Republicans a.s
not saying a word. Ever! thin I
is being left 10 A!drich. aud Il l.
freely admitted on the kepu oilcau
side that tie Senator from Rhode
Island is the only man y no really
understands tie financial sltua
ton. Democratic SeuatUT> ale
daily attacking the blli. but ol
course. with . membership Vi
Only 0ue-lbIld OF iae Senate the!
eaa accomplish nothing. a0u a.
pecially i this true when some
OF shaG third seem 10 be more IL
sympathy wiki Nj. AlGEicu than
~iih their colleagues on the Dem
oeralic side of the cha Der.
Tie political situation IN the
Republican party becomes dali.
more ugly. while IL tue Druo
cratic ranks order aDd discipline
arc steadily Increasing. Every
aoS aud again the newspaper.
make much Of some anti Bryan
movement, buI the large msJer
~ OF Democrats in Congress. a.
least, are convinced tAsE Nj
BRYAN will De the Democratic
nODiuee aud are prepared 10 sup
p0ri him loyalty AMI enthusIas
tieally. OF course. 1t would Uol
Dc campaign year If there rsrs
not. from time 20 time. >eus2
tiOnal stories regarding Dem
scraiic di>adec,ions. bet the mOsi
far seeing net Ia tie Democracy
say that there need be 30 sppre
tension regarding the Outcome
Of the convention at Denver. 81
gse Un.almigy wiki which the
party will support lis former
leader once tie convention /,
over. TIE movement 10 elecI
Representative Ryan Chairman
81 Ihe Democratic Congressional
Committee Was sn anti Bryan
movement, bu5 it died sborn
ing
The Republicans on the other
hand. were never more videl =
split ssunder. The Roosevelt
Taft faction is working strenu
ously. of course. 10 secure the
nomination of Mr.. Taft and the