Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-21
Boom for Ohio's Governor as
Democratic Presidential
Candidate Launched.
CHAMP CLARK FORESEES
VICTORY FOR PARTY
Nations Leaders of Minority Party
Gather In Baltimore to Honor Mem
ory of Andrew jackson and to Cele-
brate November Notwithstanding
Speaker of House Pleads for Prom
ise Fulfillment

ise Fulfillment
Baltimore, Jan. 17.-"Harmon and
harmony is the rallying-cry of con-
siderable faction of the nations DEM
ocratic leaders, who met in Baltimore
today ostensibly to honor the memory
of Andrew Jackson in the city where
he was first nominated for the presi-
dency. Little was heard about Andy,
however, at least during the early
stages of todays jollification, he be-
ing, as Tammany statesman ex-
pressed it, "a stiff" but much was
heard of Harmon, Woodrow Wilson,
Gaynor, Folk, Francis and other lead
ing democrats who are looked upon
as candidates for the presidential nom
1nation before next years democratic
national convention.
Champ CIarlx's Speech.
Champ Clark, who it is admitted
will be the next speaker of the house
of representatives delivered the prin-
cipal address of the afternoon. His
address in full follows:
We do well to celebrate Jackson's
victory at New Orleans and to jollify
over it after the lapse of ninety-six
years. We will do better to emulate
JackSon's virtue as Statesman, /,
those democratic virtues which rem
dered his fame immortal and which
have glorified the republic and ele-
waited her to the front rank among
the nations of the earth.
I'VE are also met to celebrate, rati-
fy and jollify over the results of the
November election.
Crisis For Democrats.
There is a tide in the affairs of
men, which, taken at the flood. leads
on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage
y of their life, is bound in shadows and
in miseries.
'Those well known lines describe
the present democratic situation with
utmost precision. Had the author
written them with special reference
to our condition at this moment he
could not by any possibility have dia-
gnosed our case with greater skill.
Victory Surprises VictOrs.
1--WE have lost election after election
for so mary years that many demo-
Gratis had lost hope. If six months ago
we could have made everybody believe
that we would elect majority of the
house in the sixty-second congress,
our majority would have been 150 in
stead of 65. Many democrats were as
much astonished as were the repub-
licans at the results on the eighth of
November. Now they realize that we
have more than an even chance of
sweeping the country from sea to sea
in 1912. This glorious result can be
accomplished by the very simple pro-
cess of carrying out religiously the
promises which we made in order to
win last November and that is the
only way known among men of ach-
ieving success. The people deserve
to be treated honestly and fairly.
Even if we were not disposed to re-
deem our promises as a matter Of
principle, when we look upon the
wreck of the republican party we have
most valuable object lesson of the
low estate to which great organiza-
ton may fall by a failure to live up
to it's promises.
1T has been generally stated in
the public press that this meeting is
for the purpose of securing harmony
among the democrats. That is not
true for harmony already exists am
ong democrats and this meeting is for
the purpose of maintaining rather than
securing harmony.
I'm order to give the country proof
positive that we intend to redeem the
pledges by which we won last Au-
tumn, the house democrats have call
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the sixty-second congress to be held
on the nineteenth day of this month
for the purpose Of selecting the DEM
ocratic portion of the ways and means
committee in order that we may have
time to collect the information to con-
struct tariff bill or bills, wisely and
systematically so as to have the tariff
bills or bills introduced at as early 9
day as possible to reduce the effects Of
uncertainty to the minimum.
I'VE could not afford to slap to.
gether tariff bill or bills without du,
information on which to base then
and the country could not afford Il
have us to do SO. Therefore, the onl,
rational thing to do is the thin
which we are about to do: that Il, :,
get ready to go to work to revise tn,
tariff wisely. scientifically and syste
matically In accordance with ou
promise.
There are two ways Of revising tn
when on the fourth day of March
1901. Thomas Jefferson delivered hi
inaugural address, he enunciated tn
democratic creed, among other thing
for which he declared was econom