The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-05
DEMOCRATIC
D j 7 | D O K
BY CLARK

New York. July Champ Clark
OF Missouri, Democratic leader of the
house Of representatives attacked the
Republican party ond spoke of tho
Democratic outlook IN a speech 1t the
Tammany hall celebration Of July 4
day. He said:
Democrats celebrate the birthday
Of the republic under more favorable
auspices this year than at any time
since 1893.
Republican factionists are at each
others throats in the house CT ropre-
sentatives in the senate and through
out the land More power to them,
| II bring you the glad tidings OF
great Joy that the Democrats In the
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 present
ed a solid and united front to the
common enemy. We are no longer
a feeble, wrangling, querulous. dis
! pirited body but courageous vigi-
liant virile. hopeful, militant band
not only ready but eager for the fray
| Notwithstanding the fact that at
|
| 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 have forty
three majority, we have fought sew
eral 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 Can
mons claws. In that momentous
movement IN the cause of good gov
ernment 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 lhat Mr.
Speaker Cannon declared publicly
that there was no longer a Repub
lican 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
Winkle had slumbered Til the even
ing of June II 1910. and had then
looked into the house and seen 1t pass
a rule by the enormous majority of
201 to l to prevent committees from
| pigeon-holing or smothering bills,
which resolution l introduced. he
would have pinched himself to see IL
he were awake. Had any man been
bold enough In the early days Of this
congress to predict that such thing
would come to pass before the sum-
mer solstice In 1910, he would have
been IN immediate danger OF being
| clapped into a straight Jacket and
padded cell
"The regular Republicans gnve In
their adhesion because they knew full,
we'll that IL they did not do 80, we
would force 1t through without their
help and In spite OF their opposition.
Most assuredly that was a pitiful
conclusion for that vast array Of Re
publican pie-hunters which, drunk
with their victory and power paraded
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 now re-
call the opening stanZas of Byron's
splendid poem, The Destruction OF
Sennacherib.'
Il submit to a candid world that
the Democrats OF the house Of repre-
sentatives have set fine example 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 committed to their hands.
But we must fight IL We would
win. The Republicans are so split
up that some people seem to think
that all we have to do Is to stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord. Such overconfdence may cost
us dear The sure way to win is to
fight today tomorrow and every day
TIL the polls close on the first Tues
day after the first Monday In Novem-
ber
Special privilege which Jefferson,
fought In his day and over which An.
drew Jackson of blessed and heroic
memory triumDhed In his day, Ia
firmly intrenched In power now
through years and years OF Repub-
lican maladministratioD and cannot
be rooted out without terrific strug-
gle. The beneficiaries thereof will
pour a stream OF gold like unto the
river Pactolus into the Republican
Doodle fund WIN which to debauch
the voters of tia land, and then re-
coup themselves by more special
privileges granted by the men for
whom they buy the Offices. For years
that endless chain has been In opera
tion, and it VIII continue TO operate
till our system of government Is thor
oughly purged of every variety and
every yestiee OF special privilege.
The tariff gratt-one species of
special privilegcs-became so offens-
i've that five or six years ago certain
Republicans became dissatisfied and
began to demand revision down
ward First there were only what
the doctors ca sporadic cases of Re.
publican dissad action; but the Re
publican dissenters increased so rap
idly that In the spring Of 1908, Hon.
Serene E. Payne, chairman of the
great committee on ways and means
and ex-olficio Republican floor lead
er in the house, was driven into de-
claring that he violated no confidence
in stating that the Republicans would
revise the tariff His statement was
eQuivoca. as he did not say whether
the revision was to be down or up.
but considering all the circumstan-
ces under which his utterance was
made he intended 1t TO be understood