The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-11
next year, but for years to come"

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Thus spoke Champ Clark. speaker
of the national house today in address
ing the Democratic congressional con
vention meeting here to nominate a
@uccessor to the late Judge E. H. Madi-
eyson of the Seventh district.
Il am here for the purpose and in
the hope of sending another Democrat
congressman to Washington contin-
ued Speaker Clark, ito keep comPany
with Joe Tasgart. VINO last Tuesday
Won such a brilliant victory in the Sec
ond Kansas district. May his tribe in
crease.
Hopes State Will s'F1op''
Now that Kansas has taken the
first step in aligning herself with the
Democrats, it is to be hoped that she
VIII go the whole hog to use a
homely expression. and become a
safely Democrat state as she should
be by every rule of logic and common
sense
ITO me Taggart's decisive triumph
was one of the most pleasant fea-
lures Of Taggart's election. as it was
an expression OF opinion by an intel
Ggent western constituency on Presi-
dent Taft'S record, as compared with
the record of the Democrats in con
gress- Taggart carried the Democrat
banner to victory as I hope Brother
Neeley will do in this district
Fighting Presidents Veto.
habitant of Kansas. feel a deep and
abiding interest in her welfare. which
] hope she viii promote by sailing into
the Democrat column. Somebody
may inquire why 7 am so desirous of
elec1ng another Democrat when we
have already Go majority in the house.
The answer is simple In the present
house of 391 members While on a full
vote it requires only 1876 votes to pass
q bill. We have to have 2e9 Votes 70
Fass a bill over the Presidents veto
While we passed all our tariff hills
originally by q vote of to / when
we came to pass them over the rrasf-
dents veto we lacked IA votes Of hav-
Ging enough.
- "A change of seven votes would have
given US the victory.
Much pressure was brought to bear
on Republican members to induce
them to save the president the humili-
alton OF having his vote Overridden 7
am informed and believe the fact to he
that when the house was voting on the
voices, four cabinet members We're on
the floor with the White House patron
aSe and the White House power to
persuade or coerce Republicans into
voting to sustain the presidents vetoae
Taft and La Toilette.
1T may be that some F7e-,,,f71i
sressional brethren who voted to sustain
the vetoes at the extra session bava
learned something during the eo,,-ra.
sional vacation by keeping their eaTs ~
the ground and may vote with us # tba,.o
are are. any more presidential vetoes Of tari4f
with US and one vote may be 7e%tsi,-a oCe c4
the result siN ~
Speaker Clark quoted United States Co,
ator Works of California, as s5,-3,7lI -
Taft and La Toilette are destined "a III ~
each other in the next Republican nstisl' iSl.e
al convention and if it We're left - =
popular vote today. La Toilette 44-o,,15 d
nominated and easily, too United 1+ re
Senator Bristow talks in a similar 1-e;7 ; ;
said Speaker Clark, '-as do many o+f.-
eminent Republcans-aH of which 49, /
r illustrate the peculiar brand Of hs,-1,ei relleis
now rending and tearing the G. o p ny ~
Clark Speech in Fun.
Mr.. Clark said.
I am here by invitation of ~
Democratic congressional commi+tee