Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-04-13

presses, in this article. his views upon
soine of the most important topics of
the day. 1t is expression of
his views. for he first dictated to my
stenographcr the answers to my queS-
tiOns and afterwards revised with his
own hand the transcript of the notes.
The interview, therefore, is absolutely
authoritative and really tells what he
thinks about the duty of the democratic
party, the increased cost of living n
certain other matters.
The first question which i asked him
concerned the course his party ought to
take. now that 1t has regained power
after so long Il lapse of years.
"rhe principal duty of the democrats,
now hat they have come into power,
he answered, "is to carry out the prom
Uses which they made before election
for the purpose of winning the election.
That is the only rule OF political con-
duct which it will do to live by. OF
course, 1t must be borne I'm mind that
we have the House only, while the re-
publicanS still hold the Scnate ana the
White House.
What were chief among those prom
ises?"
.4The principal promises which the
democrats made during the last cam
paign were to reduce the tariff, to re-
form and liberalize the rules of the
House or Representatives, to provide
for the election of United States sena-
tors by popular vote. and to reduce
public expenses. There We're other is
sues urged by certain men I'm certain
localities, but the four which l have
mentioned were the leading ones IN a
general way, and of all of these, that
relating to the tariff is much the most
important
And will tho party live up to all
these promises"
1T is my belief that the democrats
will redeem their promises touching all
these questions. The last two demo-
cratic House caucuses. one a caucus OF
the members-clect OF the S;iSty-secOnd
congress-, the other the caucus OF the
democratic members OF the Sixty-first
congress-, were the two most
ious ever held in Washington"
What followed this expression MI.
Clark very much elaborated and
strengthened, when he went over the
interview revising 1t. In the transcript,
which lies before me, much OF this
paYacra, !, Is written in his own small,
neat. very legiblc handwriting.
This promises much for the welfare
o. the party and the welfare of the
country. for. according to my way OF
thinking, the welfare OF the democratic
party n the welfare of the country
are synonymous terms. are Identical.
In fact. If a man who had attended a
democratic caucus 10 years ago and
OecIl aSlcR ever SlllSt, iluQ MGhSu just
in time to drop in on these two last
democratic ~caucuses, he would have
been in grave douh whether the men
there assembled We're members of, the
democratic party he had known in days
gone by. Discord and quarrelsOmeness
had been succeeded by complete ana
cordial harmony. When the last caucus
adjourned each member said 1t had
been more like 81 great family gather
ing than like a congressional caucus,
and this was literally true"
Concerning the future OF the demo-
cratic party, then, 1T may be assumed
that Mr.. Clark feels no doubt whatever.
That matter thus disposed OF, I went on
to others--to the one other which, at
present, demands and commands the
attention of every head OF every family
In the United States.
The increased cost Of living" I sug
gested, zig the one problem with which
all Americans are low most. concerned.
Do you consider this. as Mr.. Taft says
he does. a natural II Inevitable result
Of a Worldwide upward movement of
all p~rice5?"
He shook his head. 1.-The increased
cost OF living he replied. ..kas been
caused by three ~things--the tariff, the
trusts and the movement of the popula-
ton from the rural districts to the
towns and cities. TV a certain extent
It may be a world-movement. but it
UeGlNS 10 Operate III tile OitlCu StaCeS
with extraordinary force. l don't know
of anything congress n do, or that the
president can do which will check the
drift OF population toward the cities
and the t~owns-and this fact Is lament
able. The proper place for people to
live Is out in the country, and the
more who Hive there and the fewer who
live in the cities n towns, the better
will the country be or. The groves,
were Gods first temples Is only Il po-
etic expression OF the great truth. The
rural districts are the proper place for
men and women and the best places in
which to rear children"
Champ Clark actually sighed.
.sBu 1t seems that all this has been
forgotten and that nearly everyone is
headed for the population centers.
large and small, particularly large. L
live near the center of a triangle, with,
81. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago at
It's three points, NY district is one OF
the richest pieces of ground on the.
! standpoint. and 1t certainly is one of
the most beautiful. We have In It
every necessity Of successful civiliza-2
tlon-rch lands. Al water. churches,
schools and colleges, railroads and
grayeled Eegon Ipeds. ~steatnboets and.
averagA01 nearly n letter = day ,fromI
thoeo amoqg my young constituents
who WANT u NsOve. ovt Of this Eden and.
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