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Clark Scores President
in Open Address
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reciprocity was disposed of-that is, he
seems to think that congress Is COM
posed of a lot Of school boys to be
ordered about by him as head teacher,
but ne was forewarned, by both Mr..
called the extraordinary session, we
would pass tariff bills and such other
bills as the Democrats deemed adj
visable. He viii not deny that state
ment.
MADE A GOOD RECORD.
IF we had done less than we did,
we would not have been worthy of so
great portion of public confidence as
We now enjoy. We made the best
record Of constructive craftsmanship
made by any congress In the same
length Of time in generation and that
fact Is precisely what caused the
president to assal the Democrats in
He had said the rates Of the wool
schedule in the Payne-AIdrich tariff
bill were too high and ought to be re-
duced. We reduced them. In the
teeth of his other declaration that said
rates were too high, he vetoed our
wool BILL thereby going over, boots and
Jhreeches, to the standpatters.
The president endeavors to convey
the impression that Mr.. Underwood
and I advocated his tariff commission.
We did no such thing.
I'VE were never in favor OF a tariff
board or commission under the con-
troll Of the president alone, responsive
to him only. The Congressional Rec
ord viii fully and clearly prove my
contention herein stated.
Several members OF the house, both
Republicans and Democrats, including
Mr.. Underwood and myself, have spent
half lifetime studying and debating
the tariff.
THE service of some house and SEN
ate members even goes back to the
Mckinley bill. the Springer bills, the
Mills bill and the Morrison bills. Then
why should we wait for the verdict Of
the presidents board OF tariff non -ex-
perts?
MARKED INCONSISTENCY.
1T will be noted that while the
presidents consistency would not per-
nit him to sign a bill revising even
one schedule. he promptly signed the
outrageous Payne Aldrich- Smoot tariff
bill without the counsel. advice or
tuition Of any tariff board whatsoever.
/ 1T might as well be understood now
as later, that II the tariff board is to
/ a n q aSrf fnF Aalo M pa ri
revision downward. it's days will be
few, for we will cut off it's supplies.
This board already has cost three or
four hundred thousand dollars and has
not given to congress any information
to aid in revising the tariff.
THE president himself Is a man of
large general. information as well as a
man OF great ability. but certainty he
is not enough OF a tariff expert to
| justify him in vetoing tariff bills which
passed the house by majorities of
more than two to one.
The president implies that he re-
fused to sign the wool bill because IL
was introduced~ and rushed through
without due consideration. Let's see.
! The caucus of Democratic members
elected to the sixty-second congress
met January 10 and selected the Dem
ocratic members of the ways and
means committee, making Mr.. Under
I
with their helpers, at once began to
assemble information on the wool
schedule. The bill was reported to the
house about the middle Of April a
period of three months. on the prepa-
ration Of one schedule out OF fourteen.
whereas the hearing on the Payne bill
with fourteen schedules began Novem-
her IL and the bill was reported to the
house March is. q period of a little
over four months, devoted to fourteen
schedules. Nevertheless, and notwith-
standing. the president signed the
Payne Aldrich-Smoot bill and vetoed
ours.
Instead of being slapped together
hastily. without due consideration, the
Democratic wool bill was one of the
most thoroughly and carefully consid-
cred tariff bills ever presented to any
president for his signature.
In view of the foregoing facts. II
surely must be that the president. in
/ his real TO reform the broken lines of
the standpatters. forgot that all men
were entitled to square deal and
when he uttered this monstrous and
preposterous sentence:
| "'The bills bear internal evidence of
the fact that they rested on basis
of not tariff for revenue only. but
tariff for politics only
Really / do not see how he could
| find it in his heart to utter the fore
going words for which there is no
basis OF fact in the universe.
Never in the history of government
venture to say, have important pub
/ lie interests been dealt with in such
a light hearted way with such abso-
lutte ignorance of the effect of legisla-
tion and with such willingness to sac
Eifice business interests to political
exiEencies.
THAT is as reckless and unfair a
| statement as has been put into print
| since Gutenberg invented movable
type, and is a personal reflection on
the sense honesty, integrity. bona fides
and patriotism of every man, Demo
| crat or Republican. who voted for these
bills AS such / resent them. not for
myself alone, but for all who voted as
| / did.
"The president rushed In to create
an issue We pick up the glove flung
into our faces and the faces Of the
| consumers OF the land. We gladly &C
cept his gage Of battle. We conf
IDENTIFY believe that the people win en-
dorse our cause and give to US the