The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-07-05
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
New York, July 5.-Champ Clark
of Missouri, democratic leader of the
house of representatives, attacked the
republican party and spoke of the
democratic outlook in a speech at the
Tammany Hall celebration of July A.
yesterday He said:
Democrats celebrate the birthday
of the republic under more favorable
auspices this year than at any time
since 1893.
Republican factionists are at each
others throats in the house of repre-
sentatives in the senate and through
out the land. More power to their
arms!
4 bring to you the glad tiding Of
great joy that the democrats in the
house of representatives have laid
aside the weight which for years did
so easily beset us, that of fighting
each other, and recently have present
ed solid and united front to the COM
mon enemy. We are no longer a
feeble, wrangling, querulous, dispirit-
ed body, but courageous, vigilant,
virile, hopeful. militant band, not only
ready but eager for the fray.
Notwithstanding the fact that at
the beginning of this congress the re
publicans had forty seven majority in
the house and, even after the casual
ties of the fourteenth district of Mas
sachusetts and the Rochester district
of New York, they still have forty
three majority. we have fought sew
eral drawn battles with them and
have gained some victories-n notably
on March 19 last. when we performed
the great surgical operation of clip
ping Mr.. Speaker Cannon's CLAIMS. In
that momentous movement in the
cause of good government every dem
ocratic member did his duty, and in
the immortal words of Admiral Schley
There is glory enough for all So ut
terly were the republicans. routed, sc
thoroughly were they demoralized
that Mr.. Speaker Cannon publicly de
clared that there was no longer a re
publican majority in the house.
IF a member of the sixtieth con
gress had gone to sleep March 4, 1909
and, after the manner Of Rip Var
Winkle, had slumbered till the even
ling of June II. 1870 and had ther
looked into the house and seen it pas:
rule by tie enormous majority o.
POI to 1 to prevent committees from
pigeon-holing or smothering bills
which resolution l introduced, he
would have pinched himself to see i
he were awake. Had any man beer
bold enough in the early days Of this
congress to predict that such thins
would come to pass before the sum
mer solstice in 1910, he would havs
been in imminent danger of being
clapped into straight jacket and q
padded cell.
THE regular republicans gave ii
their adhesion because they knew full
we'll that if they did not do so, W.
would force it through without theil
help and in spite of their opposition
Most assuredIy that was a pitifu
conclusion for that vast array of re
publican pie-hunters which. drunl
with victory and power, paraded ths
streets of Washington March 4, 1909
with flags flying, drums beating ant
bugles blowing. Their arrogance then
as their sorried ranks swept by ant
their utter decentralization and kumiI
lity now recall the opening stanzas o
Byron's splendid poem, The Destruc
Ition of Sennacherib.'
81 submit to candid world that th'
democrats of the house of representa-
Itives have set fine example to dem
ocrats everywhere and deserve vel
OF the country Our unity Of purpos
and unity of action should becom
contagious to the end that we ma.
sweep the land from sea to sea am
hurl from power those who have abus
ed the sacred trust which the peopl
committed to their hands
but we must fight If we would win
THE republicans are SO split up tina