Evening star., 1911-08-29

QUINCY, Ill. August 29.-Champ Clark.
Speaker OF the National House Of Rep
resentatives. before leaving here early to-
day replied emphatically to President
Tafts speech. delivered at Hamilton.
Mass. last Saturday.
In a signed interview the Speaker ac.
cused the President Of not stating facts.
He said he did not reply for the insur-
gent republicans who mo doubt will take
up the cudgels in their own behalf"
He declared, with other things, that
IL the tariff board is to be used as a
p-eteXt for delaying tariff revision down.
ward the democrats viii cut of its sup
lilies.
President Taft's speech at Hamilton,
Mass. last Saturday. said Speaker Clark,
can only be described as remarkable.
when the history Of the recent past is
taken into consideration. He essayed the
rather large stunt Of running amuck on
both the democrats and the insurgen,
republicans in Congress. singing out Mr.
ticularly as democratic targets.
Il accept his onslaught as a badge OF
honor.
THE President and I are personal
friends. He has done me many kindnesse.
and ! have tried to repay them SO IA,
as opportunity has served. He is. as q
rule, most amiable gentleman, but al
10 In
bad temper, because be sees defeat star.
ing him in the face. / would say nothing
unkind about him. but 1 cannot and will
not permit his personal structures and his
bald misstatements OF historical facts tc
go unchallenged.
Terms Taft Ungrateful.
NY observation and experience prov.
to my mind that Senator La Toilette anc
the insurgents are able to take care o.
themselves. So 1 leave them out OF thi.
interview. They viii no doubt take vi
the cudgeis in their own behalf
The Presidents criticism Of MIR. Under
wood and myself. which is essentially
criticism of all democrats in the House
and Senate, because all democrats stooo
together. is absolutely uncalled for anc
10 as ungrateful a performance as 1 car
remember: for. IL 1t had not been for tn,
action of the democrats in the House il
both the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Con
crosses in lining up almost unanimousI,
in favor of reciprocity with Canada. h,
would have been the most thorough,
discredited and Inundated President sine,
the days of Andrew Johnson
with all the influence and patronage o.
his great Office he could not muster a ma
jority of House republicans for reciproc
ity in either the Sixty-first or the Sixty
second Congresses. After we pulled hin
out of the hole in the Sixty-first Congress.
he wrote a letter of thanks TO Mr.. Mccall
Of Massachusetts, and the republicans
and not q word of thanks to the demo
Gratis.
when we repeated the performance o
pulling him out of the hole in the Sixty
second Congress he did divide the thank
between democrats and republicans. Tha
was after / and other democrats had ex
pressed our opinions with considerabl
force and bluntness about his letter o
thanks to Mr.. Mccall.
THE President says that we didn't pla
politics about reciprocity. but that W
did play politics about the tariff. -Th
only politics We played was to keep fait
with the people, and to lreligiously re
deem the promises we made in order I
win the election in 1910 which Is tn
best and noblest sort OF politics. II an
politics was played on reciprocity tf
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