The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
CHAMP CLARK GIVES ANSWER ID QUERIES MissOurian Explains Results of
 Recent Elections PEOPLE NOT SATISFIED RepubE <-zzn Control of Government Has Not 8<%n Successful as Far ms Pro-
 sEslcing Results for inc
 Masses
PEOPLE NOT SATISFIED


 Champ Clark, who probably will be the next sPeaker of the House. was today asked to answer several questions on pub lie affa frs The questions and his replies foll@w-
 Question What cause, or causes. chiefly Drought about the republican de- feat2 Was the cost of living the most pertinent cause?
 Ans~er-Juiy, 5, 1910. I wrote for the l New York American at it's request and in slns~e CT to its questions. elaborate interview fin which l predicted dem | ocratic victory in November. I then | stated what I regarded the of the dem n1Ocratic victory. in wnich I pre- | dicted these things:
 l First. the enormous and abnormal ma jority Of the popular vote which President Taft received. which bred demoralizaton | among republicans certainly the rivers seek the sea.
 Second the fight in the Holse the rules. which split the republicans into two by the early warning factions | Third the widespread dissatisfaction with President Taft's administration | Fourth the almost unive1 sal dissatis- fachon and disgust with the Payne-Al- drioh-Sna ooI tariff bill
 My pTedI ction of July was fulfilled literally on November B. and believe
 
 the July Interview Of course minor 1 causes oPerated here and there. Local dist UT bances, feuds among republicans | about post offices and other items of | patrona Ee helped us somewhat The high cost of living aided us largely and the voters a ttributed it partly. at least, Ito the tarin-
 What Must He Done
 Questi on 2-What should the dem ocrats now do to retain their success?
 Answer-In order to retain their cess, democrats should relgleusly, so far as in tn eT11 lies. carry out ;he promises mace in order to win the election. No other rules of conduct will do to live by and nan or party can long hold power that does not live by it The peo- pie are en titled to that square deal of which We n ear much and see so little. | Question 3-If the democratic party should be conservative, rather than pro- gressive- what would be the result to the rart<2
 Answer-1-he words ''conservative" and | 'progre $SfS-e,' as used in the publica- tions sDeech hes and converse ions of our da- are rat her hazy in meaning and need a dagra m to explain them. Surely 'con- 1 servatix-e-' as applied to anybody except | standpat republicans does net mean that a man party shall occupy forever the same position all questions un- char gea Ole in their opinions as the Medes and the Persians in their laws. | ShoaId the democrats perform any such
 
 incredibIe-they would not ohly be rele- gated to tn cir wanderings in the wilder ness. but would richly deserve to be so relegated- But do not believe they wlll be so rel e ga ted, for the all sufficient req | son that I do not believe that they will play the fool in any such manner as their en en3 es desire. Shakespeare says | Sweet are the uses of diversity" That may or may not be true; but surely ldenlocra t$ have had enough experience il the hard school af adversty to learn sonlethin E=indeed, to learn a good deal.
 Leap in the Dark | On the other hand, surely, to be a | "progresSIve" does not import that a | man or party shall be continually chang | ing solely for the sake of change and maIxi nE what Benjamin Disraeli once described as a leap in the dark Ger l tainly for a party to be pro gressixe' does not mean that he or it shall advocate every fad in legislation that is sU UgEested.
 Should the democrats do that which is also a thing incredible. they will soon | again be on their travels, as Charles II denominated his exile. In my opinion they will do no such preposterous thing. | What they ought to do. and what they will therefore, most probably do, Is re- tain whatever is good in our present l laws; am end those that need amending | and enact new laws where, upon due con siGeratiOn, IIch laws seem necessary and | wise. A desire to promote the honor and welfare of the country and not mere desire for change because 1t is a 1 change, should animate and control us | in all we do, well as In all we re- fuse to do I have no sort of doubt that we will progress gradually cautious | y wisely and triumphantly So far as have been able to ascertain there is no earthly reason why man or party | should not be simultaneously both con servative and progressive In fact, all | leeislatiOra should be on lines of jus | tice com mol sense and enlightened pa | triotism-
 Effect of the Election
 Question 4 Do you think the fact that all the most militant, progressive or in | surgent rePubcaa leaders in the last Congress- like Cummins of Iowa. LaFol- l lotte of W Isconsin, Clapp of Minnesota, | BristoW of Kansas, have been sustained | at the polls. while in almost every | the stand pa tters have suffered, indicates | that the country is ready for and eX- poets progressive legislation for the con | trol of COrporations? Will progressive | policies necessarily disturb or harm legit- | innate busir1 ess?
 | Answer-nIo Lost of your question four | answered. nder the head of question three. Such progressive policies as de- ] scribed in humber three not only will
 nt harm Legitimate business, but will l. it. That any man desires to
 any Legitimate business is abso 'c.'t onceivable. sane man wishes .f-s-a.-- very legitimate business, be-
 eare and happiness of the tne " largely, if not entire ix +h and prosperity of | loait;, .ge and small. The l taIir . p to injure legitimate b,,stres V sious jabber of stand | nstters l by an idot. full of l sornd ,signifying nothing, ce,4 tI,a | who talks it is of the l srihe oF and Sapptira. So far l os Inc zen the standpat and | irs,,ree,t ns is concerned that 1 s n fa,, Ha a performance for r,,ict, T ste. I nterfered in l v -,:1x- when in my salad Aer. an4 think of it 1 i1>e M fly thank heaven | tbo+ arr, -fi-, -Uss the fact that cer- tain insIIr-ena ~ LaFollette, Mur- l dock and 20 ras~ won shows that | irs,,rcen,x i- ssei5. the same token does not the qtnf 4a Beveridge, Bur l let, apd E-avlss .sea that insur- l yorc,r is xxrz.7ine s ot wise accord tnr to Tara r s,s4a tfc undertake to .''ed,,,. - <-ene from too few trc,, n