The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-20
SPEAKER CLARK
REVIEWS RECORD
The Democratic House Surprised
Friends and Dumiound-
ed Enemies.
THE GREAT BAT TIE Of 1872
The Democratic Leader Says 1t VIII
Be Fought on Splendid Record
Of Observation-Disclosures
President Taft.

Triumphant democracy is now tn
resounding theme of every tonout
u After I years of wandering in tn
wilderness we this day stand upo
= Mount Victory and look into tn
Promised Land which we will ente
and possess in 1912" SO declare
Champ Clark, speaker of the Ma
tional house of representatives, i
. an address hers today Mr.. Clar.
was born near Lawrenceburg, Mare
"a, 1850, and until today had no
been there since he taught a coun
try school
Continuing his message to democ
racy the speaker said: Demo
Gratis everywhere are cheerful, hope
full. confident, united and aggressive,
while our republican friends are
sad, hopeless, respondent on the de-
] fensive and split INTO bitter factions
| constantly at each others threats.
From ocean to ocean they are fight
ing each other like the cats of Kill
kenny, Pres dent Taft leading the
standpat faction, while Senator Rob-
ert MarOin Fighting
Bob, as his followers love to call
him-heads the insurgents. With
them ii is war to the knife and the
knife to the hilt
They are so thoroughly destroy
ing each other that sometimes it
seems that all We have to do is to
stand still and see the salvation of |
he Lord; but wise democrats are |
lot in favor of standing still or de- |
on the republican factional-
SIN TO give us the victory next year
IN the contrary We should continue
S we have begun, press forward
dvance our banners, keep everlast-
ngly pounding them pass more
good bills until we have carried out |
our entire program and force the |
president to sign or veto meritori-
Gus democratic measures, which are
designed to promote the prosperity,
an people. That is policy which
n siss y. bis h deserves to win
THE greatest statesman that ever
lived. bar none, Thomas Jefferson, /
said: Eternal vigilance is the price /
Of liberty. Il is also the price OF
success at the polls, commend it
most cheerfuIly and earnestly to
democrats all over the land
Mr.. Clark reviewed the conditions
n both parties, referred TO the dem
cratic victory of 1910, and the va
ious congressional fights, and said
hat had the republicans in the 61st
congress honestly redeemed the
promise made in the campaign of
1908, to revise the tariff downward, !
hey would have made their party |
nvincible. and would have secured |
another long lease of power The |
masses of the people without regard
TO party affiliations are honest, and
they demand honesty and candor in
public men"
"One of the chief reasons why we
won in 1910, was that the demo-
Gratis and insurgent republicans in
congress kept constantly hammering
on the broken promises of the re-
publican standpatters, on their gross
perfidy to their pledges, and upon
| their scorn of the righteous de-
| mands of the people We appealed
to the country on that record, and
won an astonishing victory which
let us hope, is only the beginning
4 of long series of victories for low.
er taxes, for greater economies ant
for better government
The new democratic house hat
made a record so splendid as to sur
prise our friends and dumfound on
enemies No house has in genera
ton achieved so much constructiy'
legislation of such a beneficial char
acter in so short time, notwith
standing the fact that we had beef
sneered at for years as being a par
~ OF mere negation and utterly des
, titute of constructive craftsmanship
That sheer is now frozen on the face
of the sncerers. That gibc disturb
nobody any more
The great battle of 1912, must D
fought on the splendid record of tn
democrats in this congress and upo
that record we can win not onl
next year, but for years to come
DUTY is the sublimest word il
our vocabulary TO do cne's dut
honestly faithfully, courageousl
aud particularly is the creates
achievement in craftsmanship or fl
any other field of human endeavo
To their eternal credit be il SAL
that the democrats of the 62nd con
gress at the extraordinary session
| discharged their duty to the utmoe
and deserve well OF the country.
Mr. Clark reviewed some of tn,