Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-05
CHAMP CLARK DELIVERS
A STIRRING ADDRESS To
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS

NEW YORK. July Champ Clark.
Of Missouri, democratic leader of the
house Of representatives. attacked the
republican party and spoke Of the
democratic outlook in a speech az the
rammany hall celebration of July
4 today. He said:
Democrats celebrate the birthday
OF the Republic under more favorable
auspices this year thar at any time
since 1898.
Republican faetionists are at each
others threats In the house of rep
resentatives. and the senate and
throughout the land. More power to
their arms
Il bring 10 you glad tidings og
great Joy that the democrats in the
house of representatives have laid
aside the weight which for years did
50 easily beset us. that OF fighting
each other. and recently have pre-.
scented a solid and united front 10
the common enemy. We are no
longer a feeble. wrangling. queruloas,
dispirited body. but courageous. Wig
liant. 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 fory-seven majority in
the house and. even after the casu-
alities in the Fourteenth District of
Massachusetts, and the Rochester Dis
trict of New York they still have
forty-three majority. we have fought
several drawn battles with them and
have gained some great victories
notably on March 10 last. when we
performed the great surgical opera
tion of clipping Mr.. Speaker Cannon's
claws. In that momentous movement
in the cause Of good government
every democratic member did his
duty and. in the Immortal words of
Admiral Schley. There is glory
enough for all so utterly were the
republicans routed. so thoroughly
were they demoralized, that Mr..
Speaker Cannon publicly declared
that there was no longer a republican
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
Van Wrinkle. had slumbered till the
evening OF June II. 1910. and had
then looked into the house and seen
II pass rule BY the enormous ma
jority of pol 10 ] to prevent commit
tees from pigeon-hoiing or smothering
bills. which resolution I introduced.
he would have pinched himself to see
IL he we're awake Had any man been
bold enough in the early days OF this
congress to predict that such a thing
would come to pass before the sum
mer Solstice in 1910. ne would have
been in imminent danger OF being
clapped into straight jacket and a
padded cell.
The regular republican gave In
their adhesion because they knew
fun well that il they did not do so.
we would force it through without
their help and in spite Of their oD-
position.
Most .assuredly that was a pitiful
conclusion for that vast array Of re-
publican pie-hunters which. drunk
with victory and power. paraded the
streets of Washington March 4.
1903. with flags flying. drums beating
and bugles blowing. Their arrogance
then as their sorried ranks swept
by and their utter Generalization and
humility now recall the opening stan
zas Of Byron's splendid poem, The
Destruction OF Sennacheri5'
+ Il submit TO a candid world that
the democrats of the house of rep
resentatives have set fine example
to democrats everywhere and deserve
VII Of tn country Our unity of pur-
pose and unity Of action should be-