Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
CLARK ANNOUNCES
JOYFUL TIDINGS"
Minority Leader Delivers an Ad-
dress at Tammany Halls An
nuaI Celebration
TELLS OF UNHORSING CANNON
Missouri Congressman Explains
Work Which He and COL
leagues Have Done
TELLS OF UNHoRSING CANNON
Associated Pressl


what Representative Champ Clark o.
Missouri declared he brought today
to the annual Fourth of July celebra
tion in Tammany hall. Representative
Clark, who delivered the long talk
of the day, was received with fire.
quent cheers.
Invited guests who could not attent
but sent letters of regret included GOV
ernor Judson Harmon of Ohio.
public wastefulness eats into the
resources of every home in the land,
wrote Ohio's executive. The govern
ment cannot grant special benefits t.
some except at the expense of others
And those whose earnings or incomes
are thus subjected to needless or up
just contributions do not fully. enjoy
the liberty which 134 years ago was
proclaimed through the land to all in
Another response was from Governor
Thomas r. Marshall of Indiana. Rep
resentative Clark in his address said
GOOD FOR DEMOCRATS
Democrats celebrate the birthday
of the republic under more favor
able auspices this year than at any
time since 1898.
Republican factionists are at each
others throats in the house of rep
resentatiVes, in the senate and
throughout the land. More power
to their arms!
l bring to you the glad tldings 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 fight
ing each other, and recently have
presented a solid and united front
to the common enemy. We are no
longer u feeble, wrangling, quer-
ulous, dispirited body, but a cour-
ageous, vigilant, virile, hopeful, mil
liant band, not only ready but
eager for the fray.
CLIPS CANNON'S CLAWS
Notwithstanding the fact that at
the beginning of this congress the
Republicans had forty-seven major
ity in the house, and even after
the casualties in the fourteenth dis
trict of Massachusetts and the Ro-
chester district 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
19 last, when we performed the
great surgical operation of clipping
Mr.. Speaker Cannon's claws. In
that momentous moVement-1n the
cause of good government every
Democratic member did his duty,
and in the immortal words of Ad-
miral Schley, There is glory enough
for ALL" So utterly were the Re-
publicans routed, so thoroughly
were they demoralized, that Mr..
Speaker Cannon publicly declared
that there was no longer a Republic
can 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 Wfnkle, had slumbered till the
evening of June II, 1910, and had
then looked into the house and seen
it pass a rule by the enormous ma
jority OF POI to l to prevent COM
mittees from pigeon-holing or
smothering bills, which resolution
[ introduced, he would have pinched
himself to see If he were 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 summer
solstice in 1870, he would have been
in imminent danger of being clapped
into straitjacket and a padded
cell.
REGULARS GIVE. IN
The regular Republicans gave in
their adhesion because they knew
full well that if they did not do so
we would force it through without
their help and in spite OF their op7
position.
Most assuredly that was a pitiful
conclusion for that vast array of
Republican pie hunters which,
drunk with victory and power, pa
raded the streets of Washington
March 4, 1909, with flags flying,
drums beating and bugles blowing.
Their arrogance then, as their ser
ried ranks swept by and their utter
Generalization and humility now
recall the opening stanzas OF
Byron's splendid poem, THE De-
struction of Sennacherib.
I submit to a candid world that
the Democrats of the house of rep
resentatives have set a fine eX-
ample to Democrats everywhere
and deserve we'll of the country.
Our unity of purpose and unity OF
action should become contagious to
the end that we may sweep the land
from sea to sea and hurl from
power those who have abused the
sacred trust which the people COM
mitted to their hands.
OVERCONFIDENCE
But we must fight if we would
win. The Republicans are so split
up that some folks seem to think
that all we have to do is to stand
and see the salvation of the Lord.
Such overconfidence may cost US
dear. The sure way to win is to
fight today, tomorrow and every
day till the polls close on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
Special privilege which Jefferson
fought in his day and over which
Andrew Jackson, Of blessed and
heroic memory, triumphed in his day
is firmly intrenched in power now
through years and years of Repub-
lican maladministration and cannot
be rooted out without a terrific
struggle. The beneficiaries thereof
will pour a stream of gold like unto
the River Pactolus into the Repub-
lican Doodle fund with which to de-
bauch the voters of the land and
then recoup themselves by more of
special privilege granted by the
men for whom they buy the offices
For years that endless chain has
been in operation. and 1t will con-
tinue to operate till our system of
government is thoroughly purged OF
every vestige of special privilege.
TARIF GRAFT
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