The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-21
CHAMP CLARK TALKS. IN HIS OLD HOME AT LAWRENCEWLLE, KY. 100 Men Who Were Pupils of Clark Escort Him
 From Depot CRITICISES TAFT'S
 EXERCISE OF VETO Says Republicans Are Disorganized and Fighting Among Themselves. Now Is Time for Democratic
 Victory

Lawrenceville, Ky, September 20- Champ Clark speaker of the national House of Representatives, ''came home today to make a speech in behalf of the state democratic ticket. An escort com posed of 100 men, who were pupils of Clark when he taught school in Anderson county nearly 40 years ago, were at the depot to welcome MT. Clark.
 It was gala day for the people of Lawrenceburg and surrounding country. and turned into picnic gathering. One of the features of the day was parade participated in by nearly. every man in town. ,. .ftt
 James B. McCreary, democratic nominee for governor; Congressman Ollie James and others of national prominence were present. Mir Clark was born in Ander- son county near iLawrenceburg 6i years ago. and was educated at Pennsylvania university. Lexington. Thirty-five years ago he removed with his family to Mis- scuri, where he has since lived.
 Triumphant democracy Is now the re- sounding theme of every tongue. After r years of wandering In the wilderness we this day stand upon Mount Victory
 
 we will enter and possess in 1912" So de- clared Champ Clark. speaker of the na- toral House of Representatives, in an address here today. Mir Clark was born near Lawrenceburg March l. 1860, and un- til today had not been there singe he taught country school.
 Democrats Cheerful
 Continuing his message to democracy the speaker said F Democrats everywhere are cheerful, hopeful, confident united and aggres- sire, while our republican friends are sad, hopeless, Respondent, on the de- fer sive and split into bitter factions con stsrtly at each others throats. From ocean to ocean they are fighting each other like the cgts of Kilkenny. Presi- dent Taft leading the standpat faction. while Senator Robert Marion LaFolette- Fighting Bob, as his followers love to cal, him-heads the insurgents. With them it is war to the knife and the knife tc the hilt. yaa A l They are so thoroughly destroying each other that sometimes it seems that all we have to do is to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord but wise dem- ocrats are not in favor of standing still pr of depending on republican factionalism to give us the victory next year. On the contrary. we should continue as we have begun, press forward, advance our ban ners, keep everlastingly pounding them, pass more good bills until we have car ried out entire programme and forco the President to sign or veto meritorious democra tic measures. which are designed to promote the prosperity, happiness and safety of the American people That IS a policy which will win and which de- serves to win, - s
 "The greatest statesman that ever lived, bar none, Thomas Jefferson, said: 'Eter- nal vigilance is the price of liberty!' It is also the price of success at the polls. commend it. most cheerfully and earnest ly 10 democrats all over the land"
 Reviews Conditions
 MT. Clark reviewed conditions in both parties, referred to the democratic vic tory of 19lO and the various congress slona1 fights, and said that had the re- rublicans in the Sixty-first Congress hon estly redeemed the promises made in the campaign of 1908 to revise the tariff down. ward, they would have made their party irs-incibe and would have secured an- other long lease of power. The masses of the people without regard to party af- filiations are honest, and they demand horesty and candor in public men, "One of the chief reasons why we won in 1910 was that the democrats and In suig gent republicans in Congress kept con- stEntly hammerng on the broken prom ises of the republican stapdpatters, on their gross perffdy to their pledges, and upon their scorn of the righteous de- hands of the people We appealed tc. the country on that record, and won an astonishing victory which, let us hope, Is only the beginning of long series of victories for lower taxes. for greater economies and for better government.
 "The new democratic House has made a record so splendid as to sur pkise our friends and dumbfound our Nn hn a pQ tlon achieved so much constructive legislation of such a beneficial charac- ter in so short a time, notwithstand- ing the fact that we had been sneered at for years as being party of mere negation and utterly destitute of con- structive statcsinailshipf That sheer is now frozen on the faces of the sneer- CTS. That gibe disturbs nobody any more. ..
 The s-.sat battle of isI2 must be fought on the splendid record of the democrats in this Congress and upon that record we can win not only next year, but for years to come. at
 Duty Is the sublimcst word in our vocabulary. To do one's duty honest ly, faithfully. courageously and pa triotically Is the greatest achievement in atosmanship or in any other fell of human endeavor. To their eternal credit be 1t said that the democrats of the SiSty-second Congress at the extraordinary session discharged their duty to the utmost and deserve we'll Of tho country" iffssA4 iata
 Mir. Clark reviewed some Of the,party accomplishments and said. sWhat we 4. did at the eStraordinary session is or,ly an earnest of what we will accomplish at the next two regular sessions -+s
 "Thc very best md most importa nt result of the extraordinary session was that we formed the habit of acting anJ pulling together and have come to take pride in so doing.
 ..In this connection it should be stated that the demo,rats In the House of tile Sixty-second Congress, aided by some republicans, passed the rcciproc- ity bill, as. they lad done in the iSiSty- first President Taft with all the pow , CT, prestige and pitronagessof hs mighty office could in neither Con gross muster q majority of the. repub- lican Representatives to his aid. which shows that the gulf Separating the, re- publican factions is as wide and deep and Impossible .Hs, that which scpar- kEsatsd Dives and Lazarus.
 We did not pass the reciprocity bill to please President Taft but because 1t will help to lower the tariff. But defective as 1t is the reciprocity bi'i >c>>>>~>>s ~ >--~>~>---
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