Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13
as win induce even a republican Senate
to enact into law the peoples will.
Recent Financial Furry.

Hartman was and is "a republican Of
high degree"
Mr.. Hepburn, he said. had treated the
money stringency lightly when he init
mated lit was not much of a panic any,
way" in reciting the bank failures. re.
ceiverships for railroads. closing down OK
mills, the men out OF employment e.c''
said Mr.. Clark. 1--WE are asked to as
believe that this was not much OF q
panic" He wished it were true. but ne
declared 1t was not. He quoted from an
utterance Of former Secretary or the
Treasury Shaw that the money stringency
of 1907 was the worst the world ever had
witnessed, but, he said. Mr.. Shaw might
truthfully have added: 1T Is a republican
panic and gives the lie direct to the re.
publican platform declaration of 1904 that
a republican tariff is always followed by
business prosperity and a democratic
tariff by business adversely That take
Is eploded; gone where the Woodolne
twineth; dead as the men who lived De-
fore the flood" 1t helped the republicans
in 1904, he admitted, but he said no sane
man ever will believe. it any more for
ever Il.
Mr.. Clark criticised the recent bond is
sue and said that the issuance of bonds
In time of peace was the 1dentical thihg
for which the republicans ''pilloried q
democratic President before high heaven
Mr.. Hepburn's Threat.
Much attention was paid by Mr.. Clark
to the charge that Mr. Hepburn had
threatened ''to run over" the leaders of
the House. That threat, he declared. al
ready had brought into line Mr.. Payne Of
New York. the majority leader, who an
nounced there would be tariff revision.
If" he said. still referring to Mr.. Hep
burn, "he will be kind enough to let US
know when he intends to start his roller
over the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Dalzell, and over Uncle Joe, to dis
figure them, he can safely count on fun
house, and an audience GREATNESS with
expectation and delirious with joy" In
deed, he said further, there will be some
thing doing on that occasion and no mis-
take" He referred to Mr. Hepburn as
1.-The defender of the White House faith. .
and spoke of his 'valorous defense" OF
the President against 1.-The lofty panegyr1c
Of Mr.. Bourke Cochran
After poking fun at Mr.. Payne's recent
speech in the House, Mr.. Clark turned his
attention to Mr.. Dalzell. One-third OF
delivered in a whisper, apparently for
the sole benefit and spiritual instruction
of Mr.. Dalzell.'' If there was any person
about the Capitol. said Mr.. Clark. who
was in sore need of abundant spiritual
instruction las to the new republican
evangel of tariff revision" it was Mr..
Dalzell. He is a fixed star Of portentous
magnitude in the constellation Of the
standpatters," he exclaimed. He is the
standpat sheaf to which all other stand
pat sheaves do obeisance, even as Joseph
saw things happen in his dream. He Is to
all standpatters what Aaron's rod was to
the rods Of the magicians." He remarked
that should Mr.. DalZell ever arise in his
place in the House and unequivocally de-
clare that he was earnestly in favor Of
general tariff revision downward the
angelic choir should break forth in full
chorus:
=" Sound the glad timbrel DER land and DER sea!
Until he did that continued Mr.. Clark.
II shall entertain grave doubts as to the
sincerity Of these new advocates of tariff
revision"
"Another Confidence Came"
No doubt, he said. the republicans were
preparing ''for another stupendous conf
dence game on the people by promising
tariff revision in their next platform, with
out indicating whether the revision was to
be up or down. The republicans. he
charged, had won in 1896 "by a juggle on
the financial question" and added that
their solemn pledge to promote an inter-
national agreement for the free coinage
of silver roped in enough republicans to
land William Mckinley in the White
House, Now. he remarked, the republi-
cans were meditating a juggle on the re-
vision of the tariff las companion piece
to their successful juggle as to coinage"
Mr.. Clark believed that one-third of all
republicans were honestly in favor of re-
vising the tariff downward, and. referring
to the declaration Of Mr.. Payne in favor
OF maximum and a minimum tariff,
asked II Mr.. Payne was in favor Of Mr..
10 per cent Of the Dingley rates. or the
proposition Of former Representative Nc
Cleary Ito make the Dingley rates the
minimum. and the maximum the blue
vault vault, OF me, heaven. Mr.. Payne. he de-
to, but because in both his propositions
touching the tariff Mr.. Payne used equivo-
cal terms lone may fairly conclude that
there is large-sized Senegambian con-
cealed in the woodpile or a mammoth ro-
dent in the meal tub"
Challenges the Republicans.
Mr.. Clark spoke Of the readiness of the
Speaker to recognize" at all times
Messrs. Payne. Dalzell. Hepburn, Sher-
man and Tawney, whom he characterized
as 1.-The high five" without raising any
question as to what they had in mind.
That being so, he challenged any one, or
all Of them. to ask unanimous consent for
immediate consideration Of a new employ
ers' liability bill. or bills limiting federal
courts in issuing injunctions, providing
jury trials in contempt cases. providing
buttons and campaign contributors, and
placing wood pulp and print paper on the
free list, in which event, he said the
democrats would hail the request with
rapture and pass these bills with whoop
in one day."
In closing Mr. Clark said:
I'm the impending conflict, I summon
every democrat in all this broad land to
service under the democratic banner and
for democratic Observation-Disclosures which
f1<aS vvoyy nrf Ia
the heroic Jackson upheld and which are
as dear to the hearts of the people this
day as they were a century ago. Fight
ing under that banner and for those prin-
ciples we won fourteen presidential cleo
tons out of thirty, and can win again
and again until we drive the republicans
from every place of power, thereby re-
storing the government to the safe, wise,
wholesome and patriotic policies Of the
father-a contamination devoutly to be
wished,
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