The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-04-15
INCONSISTENCY,
OF CANDIDATE
Some Reasons Why Frank Clark
Should not be Elected Again
DISQUALIFICATION
st. Augustine Meteor Compares Statemer I
of Congressman with Democratic De-
clarations Gives Public Comment
From the st. Augustine Meteor)

(From the st, Augustine Meteor)
The golden rule of political ethics is:
Do unto the other fellow what you
would lick him for doing unto you.
Unlike the Ten Commandments, this
rule has never fallen completely into
desuetude.
Is it a prima facie indication of good
intent for one to give reason for the
faith that is in him; and in doing so, it
is not always possible to avoid obser-
vance of the political ethics.
In a sincere desire to prove the
necessity for a change in the personnel
of Florida's Congressional delegation,
The Meteor herewith quotes some
editorial expressions of other papers,
as we'll as indulging its individual opin-
ions on occasion.
81 hope that Bryan will never again
lead the Democracy; | am opposed to a
number of things that ne advocates,
among them the election of United
States Senators by direct vote OF the
people," says Frank Clark. !,
1--WE favor the election OF United
States Senator by direct vote of the
people" says the Democratic platform
of 1908.
81 have kept the faith, and no living
man can deny it," says Mr.. Clark.
every act of mine square plumb with
tire platform of the Democratic party
Square it plumb. Mr.. Reader.
He cannot honOrably accept the
election and repudiate the platform.
Houston Post. !.
"We favor tariff for revenue only!
No, the Democratic party never said
that in its life" said Mr.. Clark.
eve declare it to be fundamental
principle of the Democratic party that
the Government has no constitutional
power to impose and collect tariff duties
except for the purpose of revenue only
SAYS the Democratic platform of 1892
the platform upon which Cleveland was
elected
~ have the faith" says Clark
Congressman BurlesOn of Texas: II
deny that have made an effort to read
the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Clark
out of the Democratic party. Mr..
Chairman, it was wholly unnecessary
for me to make such an attempt, be-
cause the gentleman from Florida, by
his own words and acts, had already
placed himself without the party and
beyond the pale of Democracy.
1--WE pledge ourselves to legislation
under which the national banks shall be
required to establish guarantee fund
for the prompt payment of depositOrs
of any solvent national bank, says the
Democratic platform of 1908.
1--WE have gone off after such wild
eyed things as the guaranty of bank
deposits" says Frank Clark.
III have kept the faith, and no living
man can DENY it. :,
Senator Fletcher has accomplished
things since he has been in the Senate,
and, says the DeLand News, 1T must
be remembered that Senator Fletcher
did this before he had been a year in
the Senate" and this fact ''refutes the
oft-repeated assertion that new man
in Congress can accomplish nothing
When canidate is selec ted he be-
comes a representative of the party,
and the platform is his pledges as well
as his party's pledge. Houston Post.
Mr.. Clark denies that he lost the
of the national Congress-
ional committee because he has lost
caste with the Democratic leaders.
What then is the cause of his lose out?
Clarence Poe, in the Progressive
Farmer, quotes Bob Toombs: :" | am
Just as much oppos d to an abuse IN
Georgia as am to an abuse in New
York. Whenever the system shall be
firmly established that the States will
enter into miserable scramble for the
most money for their local appropria-
tons, and that Senator is regarded as
the ablest who can get the largest slice
put of the treasury, from that hour
public honor is gone and the States are
1isgraced and degraded.
III do not concede for a moment that
you gentlemen represent the Demo
cracy," said Mr.. Clark to those Con-
gressmen who refused to desert the
Democratic platform along with him.