Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-15
HUMILITY OF ClARK|SCHURMAN A C2|TCC0URTRO0M MERRY
Foundation. Letter in Evidence.
PARTY NOT AIMED AT TRUSTEE
Board in
g OF mouacy to GvC
Be Ter Lives Blu
II
Does Not Expect a WaIkover
for Speakership.
PARTY NOT IN HIS POCKET
Has No Commission to Dictate Pro.
gram for Democracy.
MULE DRIVE Is NOT FOR HIM
No One Man Authorized to Saw
What Will Be Done About Tariff
Reform, He Declares.

Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,. big Of stature, round of face
broad of hat, frank Of speech and an
| parently much wiser than ever-whicb
Is going some-came back to town last
night.
| First thing he did was to smash out
| fiat that pretty story about driving a
pair Of corn-fed Missouri mules down
Pennsylvania avenue In the event Of a
democratic victory. All bosh, Mr.. Clark
declared.
democrat down his way really did
oner him a fine pair OF outstanding,
bray-laden mules II he'd make a spec
tacle out Of himself some fine fall
afternoon in accepting them. But
he declined.
OF course. as soon as Mr. Clark reach
ed the city he was besieeed by news
paper men who wanted to find out what
the democratic party is going to do wi h
the tariff and how Mr.. Clark hims elf
stands on the insurgent COMMITTEES on
committees" proposition.
Not Making Party Program.
But Mr.. Champ frankly lodged
both issues. He declared he had new sr
committed himself on the subject of a
committee on committees and remarked,
with some f1rmn hess. that so far as the
tariff was concerned he had no authority
to make up q program for his party.
ANY action Of the House of the Six
ty.second congress on the tariff or any
other question:" said Mr.. Clark. fought to
be the consensus Of opinion Of about go
democrats. Nobody gave me a commits
cratic party and I am not attempting
to do 1t.
THE democrats will undoubtedly con-
suit together and determine what they
want to DO. No one man is authorized
to speak for tn an"
Then Mr.. Clark went on to say that,
while he personally had always stood for
a revenue tariff, he realized that be-
tween that and the other extreme of a
high protective tariff there were any
number Of conflicting opinions among the
democrats Consequently 1t would be
necessary to thrash out all differences in
party caucuses called for the purpose
Il have got past the Time" said Mr.
try to- make other democrats think just as
do"
Whenever he talked about the possible
performances OF the democrats in the next
Congress Mr.. Ciark-who. unless all signs
fail. will be elected Speaker of the House
stepped on the fortiss' mo pedal when he
came to the harmony question.
Has Worked for Harmony.
There's no reason" he said, why the
democrats in the next House should fight
For years we have been scrapping, while
the republicans have been solidly present.
ing united front. a.
II worked early and late for the las,
two years to bring about harmony on tn
| minority side. decided I'd have no per.
soma! quarrel With any democrat I de-
ctded I'd smooth the hair the right wa,
On the hide.
Il don't know whether it was my work
or not, but at tho last session of Con
gress we got together on the minority sid.
for the first time in seventeen years"
Mr. Clark thinks this harmony, occur
ring for the first time in such a Ions
period, had an excellent effect on demo
Gratis all over the country. And then the
split in the republican party helped a
"Of course" he said. there are coins
to be differences OF opinion among US
Expects Fight for speakership.
II have been told that Representa-
tiyes Hay Of Virginia, Henry of Texas
and Sulzer Of New York all have aspi.
rations to be Speaker. They are ex'
celleRt men.
I'm fact there are plenty Of good mer
among the House democrats. I can SEE
why almost any man would want te
be Speaker ii he thought he had q
chance.
II don't expect to be elected without
a fight That would be expecting en-.
tirely too much, but all l have to say
is that hope Til win"
And 1t isn't violating any condolences
to say that Mr.. Clark not only hopes
he'll win. but thinks he will.
There was plenty OF evidence furnished
by the November elections. Mr.. Clark
thinks. that the whole country. being sick
and tired Of republican rule, decided to
give the democrats another chance.
1.-The future of the democratic party,
he said, will depend largely on what the
gress. II the party acts wisely and we'll
the chances seem good for the election
Of q democratic President In 1912 and for
a long lease Of power.
II hope We Will live up to the oppor-
tunity that is before u.s."
While Mr.. Clark wouldn't name any
names, he wasn't aveFse to discussing the
general situation. with respect to demo-
cratic presidential possibilities in 1912.
Good Democratic Timber.
"The democrats will have six or eight
good men in the field when the time
comes" he said. 1.-THE republicans will
be busy looking around for one man that
will do. The tables have been turned"
Coming back to the proposition OF a
committee on committees Mr.. Clas some
what cautiously remarked that It would
first be necessary to find out what the
majority OF democrats in the House
thought was the right thing to do.
1--WE will have to proceed carefully in
revising the rules" he said.