The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-05-25
CLARK HITS
THE TARIFF

Washington, May 22.-Deno.ncing
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law as
transparent humbug" attacking the
ta-lf1 views Of its author Representa-
tive Serene PAYNE, Republican, New
York, and vigorously assailing Presi-
dent Taft for ais support of that law,
Representative Champ Clark, OF Mis-
sc4f, Leader Of the Democratic mi
nority, Saturday afternoon delivered
in the Hoase what is regarded as tae
Democratic keynote speech of the
coming san paien. MIR. Clark had pre-
pared his address with great care and
spoke at length, giving facts and fig
Gres In support of his contention that
the tariff had not been honestly revis-
ed and that the Republican majority
IN congress had endeavored to trick
the people Mr.. Clark also paid mis-
respects incidentally to the $250,000
item in the Suadrv Civil appropria-
tion bill for the creation of a tariff
board. He said in part:
During this debate We have wit
messed spectacle perhaps without
parallel i'm the annals of congress.
First. we heard the gentlemen from
New York (Mr. PavneD Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee and
the Republican floor leader. make
yitriolic attack on the speech of the
Hon. Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver.
Republican Senator from Iowa, re-
Gently delivered in the city of .Des
MOines, both speeches being upon the
sutject of the tariff, a subject which
will not down at any mans bidding
and wAica. like the poor we have with
lis always Nobody appointed me to
defend Senator Dolliver. This 1nnch,
however, I will say for him have
for years regarded him as the great
est orator in the Republican party. l
would travel far to hear a debate OIL
the stump between him and this gen
tleman from New York. when 1t was
over, I am certain taat the country,
for a cor orsiderahie distance arodnd
would be 40 f~S - .-Irated with oil
that il would Z $-rous to strike
a match in the 2 &c seeli.iDjiohrhood, iiji and IT
coporDsity.
The next day we heard the gentle
-ran from Michigan (Mr. Fordney)
who Is a Republican of high degree,
delivering most bitter and vicious as
publican boss of Indiana. on account
Of a speech delivered recently at In
dianapolis. A stump debate between
these two eminent republicans would
.louble discount in interest any vaude-
Vile show ever pulled off in America
Listening to the attack of the Repub-
lican gentleman :com New York upon
the Republican Senator from Iowa.
tlenan from Michigan upon the Re-
publican Senator from Indiana I re-
.all the words of the Psaf-nist: BE,
hold how good and aow pleasant IL is
for brethren to dwell In unity and
thea comes to my mind the question
now ringing through the hand What
In a Republican,
In making a speech in defense sof
his tariff bill Mr.. Chairman Payne ap-
peared to be performing a disagree
able stunt He did not exhibit his us
ual enthusiasm or his old-time felic-
ity of expression. He appeared to be
in about as cheerful a frarne of mind
as a lawyer appointed by tie court de-
tending without fee a man that he
feels certain viii he convicted and
hanged. Clearly, IL was to him a re-
pulsive Job but IL had to be gone thru
with some way. He appeared 10 be in
the frame OF mind OF Macbeth when
about to murder Duncan. IF il were
done: when 'tis done then 'twere well
is were done quickly
"Mr. chairman Payne was evidently
In a very fretful state. He also seems
to be afflicted with a new disease.
intermittent forgetfclness.' He re-
me-nbs-red with great vividness the
soup houses Of 1893 and 1894. but
when ft came to the soup houses OF
1907. very recen. occurrence and
the soup houses OF 1878. his memory
failed him utterly. II does not need
a psychologist or parenogolist to ac-
count for this state of mind ON his
Fart, rae reason being that the soup
houses OF 1873 ana 1907 were under
Republican administration and under
tariff laws passed by the Republican
party while the soup houses OF 1898,
through the ontgrowtA of panic