The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-14
CHAMP CLARK ARRAlGNS
 REPUBLICAN POLICIES
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 flor he is still the dispenser-in-chief of pie.' A statesman bereft of pie, he said, twas a spectacle to make the angels weap, but he added, when he saw re- publicans trying to apotheosize him by mere Tip service,' it seemed to him the lady doth protest too much.
 Doubtful Results.
 Referring to the last campaign Mr. Clark charged that ''sundry republican representatives, sought and obtained from the President certificates of repub- lican good character to help them pull through. So doubtful were the republican managers sof results in the last campaign, said MT. Clark that the President was in dnced to write the famous letter. to My Dear MT Watson" which he said was blanket indorsement of all republi- can candidates for Congress except the unfortunate Mir. Wadsworth." Notwith- standing that letter, he said. the republi- can majority in the House had been re- duced from IA to 50. He depicted Speaker Cannon, to whom he referred as "Uncle Joe" studying the returns and repeating the sad exclamation of Pyrrhns, King of Epirus, when, surveying a hard won field, he said, another such a victory and we are undone. "-
 Addressing himself still further to the republicans, MT. Clark exclaimed: And the signs of the time indicate that even the ready letter writer in the White House cannot write enough let ters between this and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November to give you another ma jority in this House." He predicted that on March 4, 1909, democratic President would be inaugurated backed by such a dem- ocratic majority in this House as will
 
 act into law the peoples will
 Financial Matters.
 Coming to the subject of the recent financial disturbance, MT. Clark laid it at the door of the republicans. The self constituted defenders of the Presi- dent, he said charged that Hartman and his crowd'' did it, while on the oth CT hand "Harriman and his crowd swear that the President and his crowd did itv It did not become an inno- cent bystander, he asserted, to decide wh ich were the ideal republicans. "One thing we do know" he said, land that is that MT. Hartman was a delegate to the last republican national eonven- tion which nominated Colonel Roosevelt by unanimous vote and that he was liberal contributor to the republican campaign fund" It therefore he said d10 not lie III tile Inout1S ol IepuDliCdHS to disown him for he was once My Dear MT. Hartman" but now he was another sort of Hartman, beginning with a big D." but he charged Harri man was, and is "a republican of high degree"
 Mr. Clark criticised the recent bond issue and said that the issuance of bonds in a time of peace was the iden- tical thing for which the republicans pilloried democratic President before high heaven. Much attention was paid by Mr. Clark to the charge that MT. Hepburn had threatened to run over" tn e leaders of the House. That threat, hes declared. already had brought into line MT. Payne of New York, the ma jority leader, who announced there would be no tariff revision. If ne said, still referring to MT. Hepburn rhe will be kind enough to let us, know when he intends to start his roller over the gentleman from Pennsylyani;l, MT. Dalzell, and over Uncle Joe, to disfigure tn em, he can safely count on a full House and an audience breath less with expectation and delirious with ioy.a Indeed, he said further, there will be something doing on that occa- sion and no mistake"
 Pokes Fun at Payne.
 After poking fun at MT. Payne's re- cent speech in the House, MT. Clark turned his attention to MT. Dalzell. One third of MT. Payne's speech, he de- clared. had been delivered in whisper .apparently for the sole benefit and spiritual instruction of MT. Dalzell." :" .if there was any person about the cap itol.,' said MT Clark, who was in sore need of abundant spiritual instruction