The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-20
Declares Taft Usurped Right Of
People Of Arizona to Frame
Constitution
SEES DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
Speaker of House Delivers Stjrrino
Address to His Psrty-Says
G. o. p. is Split Up.

LaWrehceDurg, hya Sept CO.
Champ Clark, speakers of the National
House, came home" today TO make
speech in behalf of the state Demo-
cratic ticket. His escort, composed
OF 100 men who were pupils of Clark
when he taught school I'm Anderson
county. nearly forty years ago, were
at the depot to welcome him. The pro-
gram included parade, picnic and
speech making.
triumphant Democracy Is the re-
sounding theme of every tongue. Af-
ter IL yesars of wandering in the will
derness we this day stand upon Mount
Victory and look into the Promised
Land which we will enter and POSSESS
In 1912" So declared Champ Clark.
speaker of the national house Of rep
resentatives, In an address here to-
day. Mr. Clark was born near Law
renceburg. March Z, 1850 and until to-
day had not been here since he taught
country school.
Continuing his message to Demo-
cracy the speaker said:
Democrats everywhere are cheer
full. hopeful, confident, united and ag-
gressive, while our Republican friends
are sad, hopeless, despondent on the
defensive and split into bitter factions
constantly at each others throats
From ocean to ocean they are fighting
each other like the cats of Kilkenny.
President Taft leading the Standpat
,x+ht 40
Notwithstanding Bob. as his
friends love to call him-heads the
Insurgents. With them 1t is war to
the knife and the knife to the hlt.
Must Fight for Victory.
"They are so thoroughly destroying
each other that sometimes IL seems
that all we have to do is to stand stil
and see the salvation of the Lord; but
wise Democrats are not I'm favor Of
standing still or OF depending on Re-
publican factionalism to give us the
victory next year. on the contrary
we should continue as we have begun,
press forward advance our banners,
keep everlastingly pounding them,
pass more good bills until we have
carried out our entire program and
force the president to sign or veto
meritorial Democratic measures, which
are designed to promote the prosperity
happiness md safety of the American
people. That is policy which will
win and which deserves to win"
Mr.. Clark reviewed conditions in
both parties, referred TO the Demo-
cratic victory of 1910. and the various
congressional fights. and said that had
the Republicans in the 61st congress
honestly redeemed the promises made
i'm the campaign of 1908, to revise the
tariff downward, they would have
made their party invincible, and would
have secured another long lease or
power The masses of the people
without regard to party affiliations are
honest. and they demand honesty and
candor I'm public men,"
Charges Broken Pledges.
zone of the chief reasons why we
won I'm 1910, was that the Democrats
and insurgent Republicans in congress
kept constantly hammering on the
broken promises of the Republican
standpatters, on their gross pcriidy to
their pledges. and upon their scorn OF
the righteous demands of the people
We appealed to the country on that
record, and won an astonishing VIC
tory which, let us hope, Is only the be-
ginning of n long series of victories Tor
lower taxes, for greater economies ana
for better government
''The new Democratic house has
made a record so splendid as to sur
prise our friends and dumbfounded our
enemies. No house has in generation
achieved so much constructive legisia-
tion of such beneficial character In
so short "a time
1--WE did not pass the reciprocity bill
to please President Taft. but because
Il will help To lower the tariff But
defective as II Is, the Reciprocity DIN
Is a step I'm the right direction-that
is, in the direction OF reducing the
high protective tariff to revenue ba-
sis. That's one reason why Demo-
Gratis supported It. Another reason
IN that we believe Il will benefit the
time. benefit our Canadian neighpors'
True. President Taft, exercising ruin
Iessly power which King George V
could not exercise without being driv-
err out of the three kingdoms vetoed
not only our Farmers Free Last pii's
and our tarir bills. but also the JOINT
resolution admitting Arizona and New
Mexico.
AssaiIs Statehood Veto.
"The presidents veto Of the state
hood resolution was made upon doubt
ful constitutional authority AFTER an
enabling act is passed and after ter
ritory. In conformity Herewith mas
adopted a constitution providing re
publican form of government. she IL
entitled to admission In his Veto 'ne
president claims that the princ'pa'
point Mt issue was the recall. par''cu-
iariy the recall Of judges. He is en-
tirely mistaken. He raised i"'