Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-27


of Tooley street are. ever with US. and
when they cannot be We, the people. in
action as we'll as in the preamble, they
take it out in resolving and declaiming.
There was one gigantic struggle in the
republican party which is memorable as
the greatest convention of strong and
manly men that has ever been known in
this country. That was the national re-
publican convention of 1880, when the fol-
lowers of the Silent Soldier OF Appomat-
toX and the admirers of the Plumed
knight from Maine were pitted against
ca ch other. After many days Of ballotinS
tho followers of Blaine and other candi-
dates opposed to Grant united on Gen.
Garfield, who then received the majority
vote of the convention and became the
candidate for President. The famous BOG
went down with colors flying, but not to
don sackcloth or sullI in their tents.
Those men had the same fidelity to the
principles that governed the party that
the old guard of Grant-to which many OF
them had belonged-had in war, and they
marched out of that convention to take
up the Garfield banner and carry it to
victory Let me commend the history OF
that one political battle to the senator.
Taft VS.. Senator Cummins.
Senator Cummins declares that the
cago platform. President Taft, when
he signed the bill, made public state
ment, in which he said:
There have been a great number OF
real decreases in rates, and they con-
Stitute a sufficient amount to justify a
statement that this bill is a substantial
downward revision and a reduction Of eX-
cessive rates.
''In the Winona speech the President
declared:
1.-The Payne tariff bill is the best tariff
bill the republican party has ever passed
Senator Cummins declares that the is
sue from now until the national con-
.vention in 1912 is. Shall the men now in
control of party destinias be permitted
further to disregard plain party plat
forms?
President Taft is the recognized leader
of the republican party, and the great
ma jority of the republicans are his FOL
lowers The President and the republican
majority in Congress co-operated in the
legislation that has been written on the
statute books. With whom did Senator
Cummins cooperate? Let the record of
the votes Oil this legislation from be-
ginning to end decide.
Only One Way to Treat Them.
Mr.. Bryan wants the war against
the republicans who enacted this leg
islation to go on. Senator Cunmins
also wants it to go on. When Lincoln
found an army marching on the -Nationai
Capital from the south and pody oI
sympathizers Sn the north encoura ging
that army, he said it was difficult to de-
termine which was the most threatening
to the welfare of the nation. HISTORY
repeats itself. and when Senators cum
minis. La Toilette, Bristow and their So
called progressive following join hands
with Mr. Bryan in making war upon the
republican members of Congress VINO
passed the tariff bill, and upon the Presl-
dent who signed it, in that contest / know
OF but one way to treat them G ana t ma
is to fight them just as we hght MT.
Bryan and his following.
The Speaker then discussed Champ
Clark and the rules.
"Your distinguished fellow-citizen OF
Missouri, the Honorable Champ clark,
has done me the honor on several oc-
casions lately to take issue with re-
mark made by me to the effect that
the fight against the rules of the House
was a fight 10 prevent any tarlH ieeis-
lation. The Associated Press IN dls-
pa tch from Sioux City, Iowa. under date
of october -, quoted Mr.. Clark as say
This is untrue and is proved untrue
by the resolution / offered touching
upon the rules. which authorized the
committee on ways and means, and
that committee is the one that had
charge of the tariff bill. The resolu-
ton also authorized the Speaker to ap-
point the committee on rules, mileage
and accounts These are all the COM
mttees which by any construction could
have anything to do with the tariff
bill
Avoids Short, Ugly Word.
"AIr. Clark is quoted as describing
the statement attributed to me as
to ,o
fensive an expression as I can employ
in reference to the interview or state
ment of Mr.. Clark. though a, former
President would have used shorter and
usiier word.
~ do not believe that all the gentle
men who voted with Mr.. Clark on the
rules realized that they were his allies
against the republican party. but 1t
would reflect more seriously than care
to in this presence on Mr. Ciarks knoWi-
edge of parliamentary practice and the
rules of the House to believe that he did
not fully and clearly understand the
whole situation.
'There is where Mr. Clark seemed to
exercise the most acute intelllgence-in
naming the members of the committee
would have to be referred. He named
on this committee of fifteen five re-
publicans who participated in the re-
publican caucus and were IN harmony
WITH the administration pan oI dIt early
settlement of the tariff. six democrats
who had participated in the democratic
caucus and who were loyal to Mr.. Clark S
every wish to prevent tariff legislation,
and then he selected four so-called in
surgent republicans who had refused to
enter any caucus. Two of these 'insur-
gent republicans Norris of Nebraska
and Nelson of Wisconsin. co-operated
with Mr.. Clark in every move against
the consideration of the tariff bill, con-
suited with him freely, and when they
spoke or voted 1t was to support his con-
tention Loyalty as did any democrat
in the House.
"These two gentlemen and THE six
democrats would have made clear ma
jority of Mr.. Clarks committee on rules
even had .,.r. Gardner of Massachusetts
and Mr. Hayes of California voted with
the five other republicans. as / believe
they would, in favor of a special rule to
fix a date for the vote on the tariff bill.
With eight men out of fifteen on that
committee to consider a special rule, does
any one suppose Mr.. Clark would have
neglected his opportunity to keep that
bill from coming to a vote or any oppor-
tunity to embarrass the administration?
:'Had Mr.. CLARK s resolution been adopt
ed the House of Representatives would
still be in session considering the innII-
merable amendments the democrats
would have offered to the hundreds of
paragraphs in the tariff bill. and the
United States Senate would still be wait
ing for the bill TO be sent over for it's
consideration.
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