The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-31
Scores President Taft Because Of His
Speech Criticising Democrats for
Their Activity in Fathering Re-
cent Tariff Measures.
RAPs TA'|FF BOARD
Declares Members Of Congress Are
Better Posted on Such Matters
Than on.Experts' Appointed
'a by President Taft.

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Qu.pcy, ln,' Aug 3o-champ
Clark, speaker OF tho National
|TIdese OF Representatives, before
leaving here yesterday, replied n
phatically 10 President Taft's speech
of def.ancesto insurgent Republicans
and Democrats, delivered at Hamil-
tonas Mass, last Saturday In q
signed interview the speaker accus-
ed the president of not stating facts
He said he did not reply for the in-
surgent Republicans who, mo doubt
will take up the cudgets in their
own behalf"
He declared among other things.
that if the Tariff board is to be used
as a pretext for delaying tariff re-
vision downward, the Democrats
will cut off its supplies.
President Taft's speech at Ham
ilton, Mass, last Saturday" said
Speaker Clark, "can only be de-
scribed as remarkable, when the his
tory Of the recent past is taken into
consideration. He essayed the rather
large stunt of running amuck on be-
half of the Democrats and insurgent
Republicans in Congress, singing
out Mr.. Chairman Underwood and
myself, particularly as Democratic
targets. !.
~ accept his onslaught as badge
Of honor
The President and I are personal
sr'erds, He has done me many
kirdnesses, and | have tried to re-
pay them 50 far as opportunity has
served He is as rule most amla-
BILE gentleman: but at the time he
seems to have been in bad temper,
because he sees defeat staring him
In the face.
K 81 would say nothing unkind
about him; but cannot and will
not permit his personal structures
and his bald misstatement OF ehis-
torical facts to go unchalienged.
my observation and experience
prove to my mind that Senator La
Toilette and the insurgents are able
to take care of themselves. So |
leave them out of this interview
They will. no doubt. take up the
oudgels in their own behalf.
The Presidents criticism Of Mr.
| Underwood, and myself, which is es-
| sentially a criticism of all Demo.
Gratis in, the house and senate be-
cause all Democrats stood together
Is absolutely uncalled. for and is as
lungrateful a performance as can
remember; for. IL 1t had not been
for the action OF the Democrats in
the house of both the Sixty-frst and
Sixty-seeofid. congresses in lining up
almost unanimously in favor of reci-
procity with Canada, he would have
| been the most thoroughly discredit-
ed and Inundated President Since
the days of Andrew Johnson tr
| with all the influence and pa
tronage Of his great office he could
not muster a majority of the House
| Republicans for reciprocity in either
1.-THE Sixty-ffrst or the Sixty-second
Congresses After We had pulled
him out of the hole in the Sixty-frst
Congress, he wrote letter OF
THANKS to Mr. Mccall of Massachu-
lsetts and the Republicans and not a
word Of thanks to the Democrats.
when we repeated the perform
ance of pulling him out of the hole
In the Sixty-second Congress he
divided the thanks between Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. That was
after and other Democrats had ex-
pressed our opinions with consider
able force and bluntness abont bis
fletter Of thanks to Mr.. Mccall.
| "rhe President says we didn't
play politics about reciprocity; but
that,we did play politics about the
tariff. The only politics we played
was to keep faith with the people
and to religiously redeem the prom
ises we made in order, to. win the
election In 191Os which is the best
and noblest sort of politics. If any
politics was played on reciprocity
the, President himself played it
| personal at that. ~
| 'He seems to think that we ough
to have adjourned so soon as reci
procity was disposed of--that hi
seems 70 think that Congress- Ia com
4 posed OF lot Of school boys to b,
ordered about by him as head teach
err; but he was forewarned both b,