The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-09-29
CHAMP CLARK SPEAKS
TO ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS

East st. Louis, H., Sept. 26.-Three
candidates for trustees Of the Uniyer-
!sity Of Illinois will he nominated and
a platform will be adopted by the I'LL
nois democratic state convention here
this afternoon.
The delegates, numbering LAO. ar
rived last night and this morning.
those from Chicago coming on a spe :
ciai train. The draft Of the platform.
which was brought here by HI. N.
Wheeler. OF Quincy, was offered to the
resolutions committee for approval.
The different planks were kept secret.
Miss Anna E. Nichol, OF Champaign,
and A. L. White, of Vermillion, were
mentioned for university trustees.
Congressman Henry Il. Rainey will be
chairman Of the convention. Congress
man Champ Clark is to be the prin-
cipal speaker.
The internecine war Of the repub-
aicans has enveloped the whole land
and to even the dullest mind the evil
dences of republican dissolution must
be apparent" said Congressman
Champ Clark, Of Missouri, to the dele
gates to the Illinois democratic state
convention here today. He then
enumerated the victories Of the dem
ocrats in the recent primaries and
elections and predicted that the next
House of Representatives will be DEM
ocratic.
I'VE cannot depend upon republican
factionalism alone to win,' continued
the minority leader. THAT may give
us the House this fall without any
effort on our part. but the chances are
that republican factionalism alone
would not give us victories beyond
this, year. We must have a program
of our own, looking towards better
government than the republicans have
given Us.
/; THE republicans abused their priv
lileges and wasted their opportunities.
were SO utterly demoralized that on
the 18th Of March, 1910. after we
clipped Mr.. Speaker Cannon's claws.
the angrily declared that there was no
longer a republican majority in the
House.
THE most potent cause Of repub-
.lican discussions is the tariff question,
.on which rock parties have split be-
fore. The republicans promised to re-
wise the tariff downward in order to
get in; having gotten in they revised
1T up.
They have given absolutely no re-
lief whatever to the consumers Of the
land, but most of the increases were
real increases, made by such skillfuI
every time where they would do the
most good to the interests and most
injury to the consumers of the land.
Some 23 republicans in the House
and seven republicans In the Senate
'revolted against the stupendous con
ifldence game which the standpat lead
ers were attempting to play upon the
American people. and warned them OF
the consequences. Straws shows which
way the wind blows. and a few days
ago a large straw blew out Of Beverly
in the shape of a letter announcing
that henceforth and forever the in
'surgent republican statesmen would
have an equal chance at the pie coun-
ter with the regulars.
Last spring, so l have been in
formed, when an insurgent asked for
any place for one Of his constituents.
he was informed that he had no right
to expect patronage unless he lined
up for every Legislative proposition
lemanating from the administration.
80 the administration has come
down off it's high horse and instead or
bullying the insurgents, is tempting
them back by Offering them share
lin the savory fleshpots Of Egypt.
but the people OF the United States
deserve to be treated honestly and
fairly, which has not been done in the
matter OF the Payne -Aldrich Smoot
tariff bill. On the contrary, they were
taken In and done for"