Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-05
CHAMP CLARK
SEES CHANCE
At ELECTION
MINIRlTY LEADER IN HOUSE SEES
MOST FAVORABLE OUTLOOK
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SINCE 1898; SPEAKS AT TAM
MANY CELEBRATION

Missouri, Democratic leader OF tine
house Of representatives, attacked the
Republican party and spoke of the
Democratic outlook in a speech at the
-ammany hall celebration Of July
today. He said:
Democrats celebrate the birthday
OF the Republic under more favorable
auspices this year than at any time
sine 1893.
Republican factionists are at each
others throats in the house OF repre-
sentatives, in the senate and through
out the land. More power to their
arms!
Il bring to you the glad tidings OF
greet Joy that the Denocr In the
house of representatives have laid
aside the weight which for years did SO
easily beset us, that OF fighting each
other, and recently have presented a
solid and united front to the common
enemy. We are no longer a feeble
wrangling, querulous, dispirited body
but courageous vigilant, virile, hope
full. ,.litant land, not only re dy but
eager for the fray.
notwithstanding the fact that at
the beginning of this congress the Re,
publicans had forty-seven majority IN
the house and, even after the casual
ties in the fourteenth district of Mas,
sachusetts and the Rochester district
OF New York, they still J I've forty,
three majority. we have fought sever.
al drawn battles with them and have
gained some great victories not. bly,
on MARCH 10 last, when we performed
the great surgical operation Of clipping
Mr.. ST ,aker Cannon's claws, In that
momentous mo- ement in the cause OF
good government every Democratic
member die his duty and, In the m
mortal 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 de-
clared that there was no longer a Re-
publican majority in the house.
''If a member of the sixtietL con-
gress had gone to sleep March 4, 1910,
and, after the manner of zip Van Win
kle, had slumbered till the evening OF
June II, 1870 and had then looked
into the house and seen it pass rule
by the enormous majority of 201 to |
to prevent committees from pigeon
hollng or smothering bills, which res
olution introduced. he would have
pinched himself to see i he were
awake. Had any man been bod
enough in the early lays Of this con-
gress to predict that such thing
would come to pass before the summer
solstice in 1910 he would haze been n
imminent danger Of being clapped
into straight jacket and q padded
cell.
..The regular Republicans gave in
their adhesion because they knew
full we'll that if they did not do so, We
would force it through without their
help and in spite of their opposition.
Most assuredly that was pitiful
conclusion for that vast array of Re-
publican pie-hunters which, drunk
with victo- and power, paraued the
streets of Washington March 4,1909,
with flags flying, drums beating and
bugles blowing Their arrogance
then, as their serried ranks swept by
and their utter decentralization and
humility now recall the opening
stanza of Byron's splendid poem.
II submit to candid world that the
Democrats of the house of representa-
tives have set a fine example to Dem
ocrats everywhere and deserve well
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 abus-
Cd the sacred trust which the people
committed to their hands.
"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 still and see
the salvation of the Lord Such over
confidence may cost us dear. The
sure way to win is to fight today, to-
morrow and every day till the polls
close on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November.
Special privileges which Jefferson
fought in his day and over which An
drew Jackson, Of blessed and heroic
memory, triumphed in his day, is
firmly intrenched in power now
through years and years of Republi-
can maladministration and cannot be
rooted out without terrific struggle.
The benef1ciaries thereof will pour
stream of gold like unto the River
Pactolus into the Republican Doodle
fund with which to debauch the vot-
ers of the land and then recoup them
selves by more of special privilege
granted by the men for whom they
buy the offices. For years that end
less chain has been in operation and
1t will continue to operate till our sys-
tenn of government is thoroughly
purged of every variety and every YES
tige of special privilege.
1.-THE tariff graft one species OF
special privilege-became so offensive
that five or six years ago even certain
Republicans became dissatisfied and
began to. demand revision down
ward. First there were only what the
doctors call sporadic cases of Repub-
Iican dissatisfaction; but the Republic
can dissenters increased so rapidly
that in the spring Of 1908 Hon. Serene
e. Payne, chairman of the great COM
mittee on ways and means and ex-of-
ficio Republican floor leader in the