Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-17
For Revision Of Tariff.

if prouai,od 70 do. Unless we desire ia
share IT. tate we would do vel! not to
follow tn bad example
For Revision Of Tariff.
Rssenting the imputatlon that the DEM
ocrat1c party was q party OF negation
Mr.. Clark pointed out that Thursday OF
the present week would see the demo
orats OF the House In conference IN
washington to select the democratic
members of the ways and means commit
tee This accomplished. he said, the
members would proceed to the cons.d FRA
don OF the tariff. and when the next
Congress convened there would be ready
systematic and thoroughly considered
plan for revision.
There are two ways OF revising the
tariff" he continued, "one by general
bill, the other by particular bills for par
ticular schedules. or even particular biiis
opinion among democrats seems to be tina,
the latter Is the preferable method and
that We should proceed to revise 1t by
separate bills, taking the NEST obnoxious
schedules first"
There is to be no drastic or ill-advised
tinkering with the tariff laws. Mr.. Clark
assured his hearers, and he referred
sharply to c. ticism iat any such plan
was in contemplation
NO sane man desires to injure any
legitimate business interest. he said,
and all talk to the effect that any Douy
desires TO inJure legitimate business Is the
wicked reyengefuI and reckless utter
ances of the standpatters, who. having
heen thrown out by reason Of their
own sins of omission aud commission, are
desperately anxious to get in again.
Tariff Legislation Har1 Work.
ITO those who understand somewhat of
the tariff question it is perfectly clear
0,rnf 0f
to prepare for a wise and systematic and
reasona BILE revision Of the tariff and that
the same amount of preparation and in
formation is necessary whether the re-
vision is to be accomplished by one gen
eral bill or through separate bills for
separate schedules; for at last n general
hill would be practically the sum total
of the separate bills.
Economy i'm the conduct of the public
business was another ante-campaign
promise that the party would carry out,
Mr.. Clark averred.
THE punishment of appropriations he
acknowledged. Twill prove perhaps as diff
dcult as the reduction of the tariff, but
that both will be accomplished there can
he little doubt. for this year democrats are
animated by the determination to work
tremendously. together and by the hope or
approaching victory-a victory which will
restore democratic supremacy i'm every
department of the government
To- - "
warrling that harmony and fulfilled
pledges were necessary for continued
democratic success. He said that so far
as the democratic party Is concerned
more depends on the action of the sixty
second Congress than on any that has
met since tho Forty-fourth.
For Nationwide Harmony
Nationwide harmony and wise Set
tement of the tariff problem i'm the next
Congress were declared by Senator Bah
ley of Texas to be the controlling factors
that would lead to democratic success In
1912
ITO me the truth that appears most
ctMriy on the face of the returns" he
SnNt, rs that our party can never hope
r TO win triumph worth celebrating In
this splendid manner which does not in
clude some achievement i'm tho north as
well as in the south, and in the east as
we'll as i'm the west. The bird guides
who have. from time to time. urged the
democrats of the south to reptdfate their
brothers of the north and east. and to
seek assistance only in the west. must
regard the result of the election with
amusement and chagrin. for the dullest
of them cannot be insensible to the fac
that had we followed their advice we
would even now be walking. with down.
cast faces. through that valley over which.
The senator laid stress on the neces-
sity Of avoiding hereafter all appeals to
passion and prejudice. The election, he
pointed cut, disclosed clearly that the
safer way was to appeal to the reason OF
the voters He also advocated a middle
course In party progress. avoiding what
commonly are known as the progress
sive'' or the conservative camps.
Going on Special Train.
There was great hustle of prepara-
ton today among democrats in Con-
-Eress for the big democratic love feast
and banquet at Baltimore tonight.
Very few left in the afternoon for the
matchmaking which was scheduled to.
Commence az I o'clock. except those
who We're to deliver speeches.
A special train of parlor cars over
the b. 4 o. will leave at 5:25 this
afternoon, however. carrying 245 rep
resentatives and senator's who had
tickets for the banquet tonight. This
expedition was in charge of Joe Sim
mott, the democratic assistant sergeant
alarms. The congressional guests
went in state and upon arrival at Bal
timore were met and escorted to the
hotel to dress for dinner.
There was much speculation among
the democrats today over the possible
presidential booms that might be
'.oprung'' 1T the dinner tonight. The
Woodrow Wilson men We're on the
alert. being very suspicious that at
tempts might be made to turn the
affair into Harmon meeting, and
loudly voiced their intention to start
a counter move for Wilson IL 1t were
undertaken.
Champ Clark's friends were also in
suspicious mood and declared them
selves ready TO shout as loud as any
one if they began to boom presidential
candidates. All democrats were hope
ful that the dinner might prove en-
tirely harmonious, however. and turn
out to be what II was intended, q
democratic jubilation over the recent