Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
MAKE PROMPT
REPLY To TAFT
Progressive Republicans and
Democrats Resent His
Hamilton, Mass, Speech.
DEFEND TARIFF RECORD
President Is RidicuIed for
Stand He Takes--C Claiming
He Is Not ConSistant.
srecsal By United Press Wire.

I 5rscs4l by United Press Wire
/ Salina, Kansas, Aug. 3O:-Reply-
ing to President Taft's speech at
Hamilton, Mass, last Saturday, Sen
ator Joseph L, BristOw, Of Kansas,
said:
Heretofore our Presidents, when
visiting the people, had realized the
dignity Of the great Office they hold
and have abstained from making Of
/ IensiYe political speeches. They have
not INDUCED in political arguments
which are very common to
+ professional campaign stump speech
es. Mr.. Taft praises the Democrats
/ Of Congress fer aiding him in prac-
tically placing upon the free list the
agricultural products, but criticises
them severely when they undertake
to reduce the excessive duty on man
ufactured products.
For Mr.. Taft, whose superficial
( knowledge Of the tariff is well known
to all, to criticise La Toilette and
state that his bill was prepared in
/ ignorance" is ludicrous in the ex-
treme. From Mr.. Taft's speech it
clearly appeared that he is in ia
vor Of free trade for the farmer and
I high protection for the manufacture
er. I do not agree to that new tar
III doctrine"
Champ Clark Heard From.
Quincy, Ill, Aug. 29:-Champ
Clark, Speaker Of the National House
Of Representatives, before leaving
here yesterday, replied emphatically
tc President Taft's speech delivered
at Hamilton, Mass, Saturday
In a signed interview the Speaker
accused the President of not stating
facts. He said he did not reply for
the insurgent Republicans, who no
/ doubt would take up the cudgels in
their own behalf"
He declared among other things,
that if the Tariff Board is to be used
as a pretext for delaying tariff re-
vision downward, the Democrats will
cut of its supplies.
/ President Taft's speech at Ham
ilton, Mass, last Saturday" said
I Speaker Clark, can only be describ-
. ed as remarkable, when history of the
. recent past is taken into ccnsidera-
ton. He essayed the rather large
stunt Of running amuck on both the
Democrats and the Insurgent RepUb-
icans in Congress, singing out Mr.
Chairman Underwood and myself
pa QIaaErsee q larTly as Democratic targets.
I of honor.
! The President and I are personal
/ friends. He has done me many kind
|nesses, and I have tried to repay them
as far as opportunity has served.
He Is, as rule, most amiable
/ gentleman, but at the time he seems
hGU0 hnnv IN hp
cause he sees defeat staring him in
the face. I would say nothing IN
/ kind about him, but I cannot and
] VIII not permit his personal stric-
lures and his bad misstatements of
historical facts to go unchauenged.
Can Take Care of Themselves.
My observation and experience
prove to my mind that Senator La
Toilette and the insurgents are able
to take care OF themselves So l
leave them out of the interview.
They will no doubt take up the cud-
gels in their own behalf
The Presidents criticism of Mr..
( Underwood and myself-which is es-
/ sentially q criticism of all Demo-
Gratis in the House and Senate, be-
cause all Democrats stood together
/ is absolutely unCalled for and is
as ungrateful a performance as
can remember; for. If it had not
been for the action of the Demo-
Gratis in the House, in both the Six
ty-hrst and Sixty-secOnd Congress
es, in lining up almost unanimously
in favor of reciprocity with Cana
da, he would have been the most
thoroughly discredited and humil-
lated President since the days Of An
drew Johnson.
With all the influence and pat
ronage of his great Office, he could
not muster a majority Of House Re
publicans for reciprocity in either
I the SiXty-frst or the Sixty-second
/ Congresses. After We pulled him
out Of the hole in the Sixty-1rst Con-
gress he wrote g letter Of thanks to
Mr.. Mccall, OF Massachusetts,, and
the Republicans and not a word of
thanks to the Democrats.
Repeated the Performance.
When We repeated the perform
ance of pulling him out of the hole
in the SiXty-second Congress he did
divide the thanks between Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. That was
after l and other Democrats had
expressed our opinions with cOnsid-
I cradle force and bluntness about his
/ letter Of thanks TO Mr.. Mccall.
The President says that We did
not play politics about reciprocity,
but that We did play politics about
the tariff. The only politics We
played was to keep faith with the
people and to reHgiOusly redeem
the promises We made in order TO
win the election in 1910, which is
/ the best and noblest sort of politics.
/ If any politics was played on reel
procity, the President himself play
| ed it-personal at that.
| He seems TO think that We ought