The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-14
If THE DEMOCRATS WIN.
John Temple Graves Sees Victory as
Result OF Clark's Leadership.

"O"U eUP'e u dHeS oeeS victory aS
Result OF clarks leadership.
vt the request OF Hamilton Holt,
editor o. The Independent, Col. John
Temple Graves. the brilliant editor OF
the New York American has writ
ten for The Independent a very bril-
liant article on the Democratic out.
look. Here are the opening para
graphs of the article, which would
make TWO or three columns
1t is perfectly certain that ;he
Democratic battle Of 1912 must be
fought upon the record and achieve
meu,s Of the sixty,second congress.
The landslide which elected six
governors and forty.seyen congress
men in 1910 vas no, an expression
o. confidence in the Democratic par
y. II was essentially an expression
CT disapproyal and dis.rust Of the
Republican party. As result, the
Democratic party came into power
distinctly on trial 10 be measured
by its achievements, TO be reckoned
upon its worth, 20 be rewarded for
its fidelity, or to be condemned for
its failure 10 meet the popular will
The record OF the House majority
10 the siXty.second congress is via.
our a superior IN our modern legs-
latiye annals for unity, coherence,
defIniteress and practical achieve.
ment The Democratic party has
never had such an effective fighting
machine. As a result Of the extra
session, called by the president TO
pass the reciprocity bin, the Demo.
cratic majority passed swiftly and
smoothly, and yet with perfect fair
ness and delib,ration, every single
bill tha- its platform pledges prom.
isod TO The American people.
and this coherent and effective 7
Democratic majority is as much or
more the product of Champ Clark /
than Of any otuer single individual. /
1t is quite true that Oscar Under.
wood, a chairman of the ways ami .
means committee, has conducted the .
cause Of the majority on the floor
with consummate balance and skill.
lie has won and deserves gou
opinions for his courage, his calm.
ness, his discretion and his ability.
But it is al-o true that the Demo.
cratic majority, for four preceding
Years, when it was a minority has
been conducted with equal skill and
by Champ Clark Since
John Sharp Williams withdrew from
the Democratic leadership, Champ
Clark has led the parliamentary for
tunes of the party. He led it. too.
in the darkest and most despair.u1
days Of Democratic history. He h
been fearless, aggressive, uudauntad
and clear He has fought the re.
publican leaders upon the floor o..
the House, upon the hustin2s and
upon the American platiorm-tao
ablest and best OF thcm-and has
sustained the principles and tlc.
prestige Of the party i'm every field I
of Intellectual contention.
Moreover it was under the leada.
ship OF Champ Clark that The das.
pouc Cannon regime was DESTROYED
in the House Of Representatives. ana
that the rules We're reorganized. It
was his own signal judgment of men
that elevated Oscar Underwood to
The Craftsmanship OF the ways and
means committee. Not a measure
has been considered or decided upon
in the all-powerful caucus of the
Democratic party without the con.
currence and cooperation of In,
speaker of the House.
Not a legislative sparrow has fail.
en- to the Democratic soil withou,
the knowledge and cooperation OF
Champ Clark.
Neither Oscar Underwood, nor any
other Democrat, can or will ATTEMPT
TO deprive Champ Clark of the jus,
laurelS OF the titular and actual lead
ership of the greatest and most ef.
factiye fighting machine that the