The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-10
CHAMP CLARK SAYS HONEST RE.
VISION WILL BE SUPPORTED
BY DEMOCRATS.
THERE WILL Be REDUCTIONS
The Minority Floor Learder Pledges
Himself Personally and Says ne
Believes Democrats are win Him.
Hopes for Tariff Reductions.

Washington. Jan. e...lr the demo.
cratic minority in the house adop.s
the policy Of It's floor leader 10 v.ll
not attempt obstrucuoui,t tactics for.
obstrucuon's sake. lr will however
make hard fight for the dpmocrati,
principle of a tariff for revenue only
no sensible man said Champ
Clark today. ever advocated obstuc
tiou as a policy for all measures,
good band ami indifferent Ir the
measure is OF questionable propricly
and especially II it is evidently
had-then obstruction is not only
justifiablc, but duty
From which it may be Inferred
that Mr. Clark's policy on the tariff
measure will depend ON the sort of
a bill that shall be- repor'cl b,
the ways and means committee lie
hasn't been enlightened yot by his
republican colleagues on The commit.
tee. who themselves are studying the
evidence adduced at the hearings.
Il suppose" he said. that the
republican members will have bill
ready at the beginning of the extra
session suppose that. after they
have completed it they will submit
1t to the full committee as a matter
of form before it is introduced. !
believe that has been the method
heretofore pursued.
My own opinion is that when the
! hearings began the republican mem
/ bers had no idea of any considerable
revision downward. But my impress.
sion is that the facts brought ont
at the hearings changed their no
tions considerably and they will pro.
pose in the bill more of a revision
downward than they at first con
templatei. may be wrong about
this. however"
Carnegie's article in the Century
and his testimony before the com
mittee, in Mr.. Clarks opinion. had
a great effect on the country. what.
ever may have been its effect on
the committee. He wasn't ready To
venture an opinion as to whether
the republican members of the ways
and means committee could line NJ
their colleagues in the house TO sup.
port considerable reduction. or
whether the senate would pass such
a bill If it went through the house
Meanwhile" the minority leader
continued in his deliberate way. "thc
democratic members Of the ways and
means committee and other demo
Gratis interested in the tariff, are
q studying the schedules and the hear
. ings, each one for himself, so as
: to be as well posted as possible
p on every phase OF the question and
( 10 be ready TO put the ideas into
p concrete shape in some way or 9th
r er"
"Will the democrats combine Will
the tariff revision republicans against
the stand,patters?"
I. "The chief desire Of the democrats
is TO revise the tariff really ant
p honestly to a revenue basis. If ther,
. are any republicans who want TO d,
r this they had better join with tn,
- democrats"
p But what would Dee your own al
ttude toward the efforts of rcpul
p lican reyisionists?"
so far as I'm concerned ! Away
have and always viii as long as
s am i'm congress Mr. Clark answered
D support a measure that / believe +
right no matter who introduces it.
j. even when introduced by a rcpublI
5 can, and have fought and will figh
a measure tooth and nail II | De
e lieye il wrong no matter who intro
; duces IT,"
s. Further than this Mr. Clark dldn'
care TO go. There is a good deal q
speculation in Washington as 10 IN
possibility OF coalitions, especially (
. the senate, whore the old stand.pa
republican leaders must face a stron
|. radical element in the party which
;, insisting as a minimum free iron or,
! coal lumber and hides and shar
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