Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-24
CHANGE OF HEART
At WASHINGTON
Applications for the
Govern ors ship
Still Numerous
CLARK uNBURDENs HIMSELF
Tells Congress What He
Thinks II Ought to Do
About the Tariff
snecial to The New Mexican.

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., March 24.-lt is
reported that when Secretary OF the
Interior Ballinger went to the Cabinet
meeting yesterday and learned that
Governor Curry had withdrawn his
resignation, he said to the representa-
tive of Washington paper, which
prints the story: Certain explana-
tions have been made since Governor
Curry resigned, which may induce
the administration to change its atti-
tude toward the governor" Many ap-
plications for the governorship are be-
ing received from almost every state
in the Union while a few come from
New Mexico residents. To their cha
grin, all applicants are informed that
there is no vacancy and there is not
likely to be any for long time to
come.
Champ Clark Talks.
Washington, March 24.-Declaring
that he present was no time for an
academic discussion Of the tariff, Mr.
Clark (Missouri) said that he had
gone to Mr.. Payne and suggested that
insofar as he was concerned he
would have gladly waived general de-
bate on the bill if assurance could be
given that there would be ample op-
portunity for amendments and de-
bates, under the f1ve-minute act, of
the entire measure, section by section.
1t was his judgment that the bill could
be amended in many respects.
Touching the failure of the con-
sumer to appear before the committee
Mr.. Clark said that there were two
reasons for this, one that in the be-
ginning the. public looked upon the
hearings as stupendous confidence
game, and second, that the consumer
felt that the possibility of having his
tariff burden substantially reduced,
was SO remote that he did not think it
worth travelling expenses, hotel bills,
neglect of business and loss of time.
While that applied to the fairly we'll.
to-do ultimate consumer, he said there
were millions of ultimate consumers
who had not the wherewithal to foot
the bills for a trip to Washington and
other millions who could scrape to-
.gether the expense money could not
afford to use it in that way.
$50 that he said, "the ultimate
consumer really speaks in these hear.
ings only through questions proposed
by members Of the committee In an
honest endeavor propounded by mem
bers of the committee in an honest en-
deavor to ascertain the truth"
Most of the cross-firing among wit
nesses,' he said, lis where one set OF
manufacturers fell afoul Of another
because the tariff pie was not evenly
distributed and each one wanted the
biggest piece"
To Mr.. Fordney Of Michigan, Mr..
Clark extended his assurance of his
"profoundest consideration as q
fighter. He would put game cock to
blush in that regard"
If" he said, "Mr. Fordney were
given carte blanche to write tariff
bill, it would be short, il not sweet
and would be in these words II an
article can be produced in this country
by any process or at any cost whatso-
ever nothing like it shall be i'm
ported"
All through the hearings, he said,
Mr.. Fordney was on hand with first
aides for the wounded. He said that
the rest Of the Republicans, first or
last, "came over to our side" on diff
ferent subjects and in various degrees
but that Mr.. Fordney never lowered
his col0rs. Neither Leonidas, at the
Pass, nor Horatius at the Bridge, was
a marker to him." he said.
Discussing the situation in which
the ways and means committee found
itself, he said, it was unprecedented
because both parties had favored re-
garding the tariff rates Of the Dingley
bill. "Of course" he said, "the Re.
publican platform was equivocal," but
he added in that connection most Of
the Republican members Of the com
mittee came at last to construe it as
a revision downward.
The Democrats SO construed 1t and
he said, the better part Of wisdom and
patriotism would have been tot all
the members to have collaborated In
the work Of preparing the bill, after
the harings closed. I'VE are all
American citizens equally interested
in the prosperity, glorioness and hap
piness Of 4 mighty people," he ex-
rclaimed. Not one Of us had the