Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-11
WILL FIND II
POOR ISSUE
Champ Clark Is Inordinately
Proud of Democratic
Record
MAKES TALK At DODGE CITY
He Accuses Four Cabinet Off.
GERS of Lobbying in the
Lower House.

CBv Special Leased Wire to New Mexican
Dodge City, Kansas, Nov. 1.-THE
great battle of 1912 must be fought
on the splendid record of the Demo
Gratis IN this. the G2od Congress, and
upon that record We can win, not only
next year, but for years to come
Thus spoke Champ Clark, speaker
OF the National H"use OF Representa-
tiyes today in addressing the Demo
cratic Congressional convention
which met here to nominate a sue
ceSsor TO the late Judge L. II. Madi-
son Of the Seventh District. George
Neeley, a lawyer Of hutchinson. who
was defeated by Judge Madison at the
last election, had no opposition for
the nomination today.
Il am here for the purpose and in
the hope of sending another Demo.
cratic congressman 10 Washington"
continued Speaker Clark, Ito keep
company with Joe Taggart, who last
Tuesday won such brilliant victory
in the Second Kansas District. May
his tribe increase Now that Kansas
has taken the first step in aligning
herself with the Democrats, it is to be
hoped that she will 90 the whole
hog to use homely expression. and
become a safely Democratic state as
she should be by every rule of logic
and common sense.
Somebody may inquire why | am
so desirous Of electing another Demo
crat when We have already sixty-five
majority in the House The answer is
simple. In the present House of 3S1
members, while on full vote it re-
Quires only 1876 votes to pass bill,
we have to have 2G2 votes TO pass
bill over the presidents Veto While
we passed all our tariff bills originally
by vote of to |. when We came to
pass them over the presidents veto,
we lacked fourteen votes of having
enough. A change OF seven votes
would have given us the victory.
Much pressure was brought to
bear on Republican members to in.
duce them to save the president the
humiliation of having his vetoes over.
ridden. | am Informed and believe
the fact to be that when the House
was voting on the vetoes four cabi-
net members We're on the floor with
the White House patronage and the
White House power to persuade or
coerce Republicans into voting to sus.
tain the president vetoes.
1T may be that some Republican
congressional brethren who voted to
sustain the vetoes at the extraordinary
session have learned something during
the congressional vacation by keep
ing their ears to the ground and may
vote with us if there are any more
presidential vetoes of tariff bills. But
we know that Neeley will vote with
us and one vote may be decisive of
the result"
Speaker Clark quoted United States
Senator Works of California as say
ing: Taft and LaFollette are destined
to face each other in the next Repub.
lican national convention and if it
We're left to popular vote today La
Toilette would be nominated and
easily too"
UNITED States Senator Brlstow
talks in similar vein." said Speaker
Clark, ''as do many other eminent per-
sons-all of which tends to illustrate
the peculiar brand of harmony now
rending and tearing the G. o. P. in
twain
Clark Given His Reward.
Dodge City, Kans., Nov. liz Champ
Clark leader OF the national House Of
Representatives was indorsed for the
Democratic nomination for president
in 1912 by the Democratic convention
of the Seventh Congressional District
here today. Mr.. Clark, who was the
principal speaker at the convention,
was cheered Justify
George Neeley of Hutchinson. was
nominated for Congress to succeed
the late E. H. Madison, Republican.