Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-06-03
Washington News.

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creased prices all along the line.
Thus did Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, leader of the democrats in
the House of Representatives,
thunder his reply to the speeches
of President Taft and other re-
publican leaders who have at
tempted to feed the public on the
assertion that the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill twas the best tariff
bill" ever passed.
Mr.. Clark's speech had been
carefully prepared. 1t was a com
plete and effective answer to the
countless bald Misrepresentation
that have been manufactured by
the republicans who are deSper-
ately in need of campaign mater
ial of any sort for use in the ap-
preaching congressional elections.
The minority leader denounced
the proposed appropriation of
$25O,OOO of the peoples money for
the purpose of enabling the re-
publicans to gather data with
which to prove that the new tar
Tiff law is a GOd-send to the cOun-
try.
lie denounced the joker in the
sugar schedule. He deplOred a COL
dition which permits the steel
trust and other mOnOpOlieS to sell
their manufactured products
cheaper to foreigners than to
Americans. In short Mr.. Clark S
speech will 60 down as one Of the
great democratic keynOtes of this
session of congress.
1T is true" admitted Mr..
Clark, "that we reduced the dut!
on lumber, and that the lumber
trust marked up the price of lum-
ber 81 per thousand feet before
the last Of us got out of Washing
ton. And if the department of
Justice had done its duty it would
by this time have filled the jails
50 full of lumber trust magnates
that their arms and legs would
sick out at the windows and the
doors.
"Mr. Payne, the republican leac
er, says that he and his cohorts
will m eet us in November. Glory
be! glory be! l never looked fol
ward to any day with such joy
as l do to the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November ex'
cept my wedding day and the day
en- which my children were born.
"My democratic brethren, at
last, after hard trials and great
tribulationS, thank God we stand
here shoulder to shoulder, heart
to heart, solid as a stone wall, In
spired by the hopes Of a coming
victory. Democrats are getting t
gether everywhere while the repu
lican party presents to the aston
ished gaze of men the appearance
of a diSSOlving view.
"Oh, yes, my republican friend
you will meet us in November, be
cause you cannot help yourselves
And when you do meet us in No
vember you will receive the blOOC
lest licking you have had sine
1892. Up, guards, and at them
Although the colossal sum Of s.
100000 is carried by the sundr,
civil appropriation bill for tn
maintenance of soldiers homes
the republicans are forcing tn
old soldiers of the nation to sub
SiSt on from II to II cents wort
jOf food per day,
! An Inspector of the war depar
ment reported that the food in tn
soldiers homes was no more l
quantity than that supplied to pl
OnerS in the federal penitentiarit
An idea of the waSteful metl
DDS employed in conducting tn
homes may be had from the fac
that although the cost of mainte,
ance more than doubled in the l
years between 1898 and 1908, tn
number of soldiers cared for ha
increased but Z per cent.
"Let your imagination sprea
this outlay of IA cents over
days food supply" suggeste
Representative Cox of Ohio, an
!, you have an accurate picture {
!, how the nations heroes are bein
, fed. Observe the evening mea
and you will appreciate what
was that moved Inspector Brew
ster to pity and inspired his rec
Ommendation that there be a
least a bowl of milk added to tn
scant evening fare"
Frederick H. Kerby, the youn
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