The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-11

Washington. Feb GA cha acicrist-
IT. speech ~ Mr.. C'P.ron Il Alabama,
vas delivered N IN, hoslsv o. gcarc-
soaiatives to-day, his feNt beng tho
rr-. at's recent acclai ia saS" to
congress a..Ht-
That ut~s-rt ~ aid aGap,-d-ln ~
cry ~partlcula~ the princ.pl $ adyo-At-
ID by The democratic party.
The mcssagC re sl!t was n r,mark-
ablc doCumen. from n moet rau arka-
bic man - man who has dominated
his party. 4 man who today dominates
his party z
Where history would place MIN no
did not know L, nav put him in the
category OF the great pres dent=." he
said. 1T may Put him along with
Washington. jefferson. and Abraham
Lincoln or 1t may write him down
otherwise.
Some people. M Clayton eontin-
ued, SAY the president is Chanyeable.
eccentric and dangerous, while others
lauu him as a great man Of decision
and purposes. but ! reserve the right
To withhold my Judgment until after
his administration has wound VI, when
We can see :Ee fruits OF has Efforts"
Taking up the presidents recon-
mendations Mr.. Clayton insisted that "a
republican house and senate had been
warned by the democrats. but the re-
publican party paid no heed. II. he
declared. those warnings had been
needed. the unconstitutionality OF the
employers liability law would have
been saved.
1T is Indictment against your own
party" he said or the message. address
ing the republicans. TT g n complaint
from the beginning to 10 end OF your
failure and OF you- dereliction, OF you
incompentency. OF v 1r lack Of patriot
ism and manhood o. Use and meet the
legislative demands u the country.
but he furnishes thc proof 10 convict
you. II or that side a mothers son OF
you enjoyed hat message ! failed To
discover it"
The republicans did not like the mas
sage, he charged, because there waa
too much big stick on the one baud
to suit the reac:ionaries and not quito
enough to arous the enthusiasm or
the white house cuckoos.' He held
the republicans as a party divided into
tuy0 fapfinna ssnaf uyarrfHU f.nffpn1H
he said, amid democratic laughter,
because you have laid down"
go" be said. and addressing the
republicans, you white house cuckoos.
and You ~reactionaries. the two hostile
camps into which you are divided
there is hardly one or you with nerve
enough to declare for nnys6nv."
The republicans he declared did not
like President Roosevelt nor his poll
cies. The president al one time had
believed in tariff revision, but "he In
now n protempore stand-patter."
Mr.. Clayton spoke Of tie vast army
nj unemployed and charged the indus
trial condition 10 the republicans. We
might as well face conditions ~ they
are he said. and Il would not 10 for
the republicans adhere 10 the an
nounced programme that the present
would be a do-nothiDg congress. He
appealed to the republicans to 90 their
'utv. H.H
He then secured TErmisgion to in
sert in the Congressional Record Mr..
Bryan's Thou Shalt Not Steal" speech
and predicted hat Mr.. Bryan would be
the next president.
General debate on the Indian Aprro-
priatiOn bill then closed and the bill
was taken up for amendment.
A bitter fight was waged IN the
proposition TO abolish non esaI yation
schools and the subject wac discussed
through the afternoon. The question
was raised by offering as an mend
ment by Delegate Smith. OF Arizona. 10
restrict The appropriation rpr crllect-
ing and transporting Indian children
at choot to the state in which they
live. .