The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-08-29
Says He Shows Ingratitude 5,
the Democrats For Passing
Reciprocity
DEMOCRATS may CUT OFF
SUPPuEs0f The TARIFF Board
II It Is to Be Used As a Pretext by tho
President For Preventing Demo.
cratic Tariff Revision, It Will Be
Killed.

Quincy, ILL.,, Aug. 29-Champ Clark,
speaker Of the national house of rep
resentatives, before leaving here early
today. replied emphatically to Presi-
dent Taft's speech Of defiance to the
lnsurgent Republicans and Democrats
delivered at Hamilton, Mass, last
Saturday. In signed interview the
speaker accused the president of not
stating the facts. He said he did not
reply for the insurgent Republicans,
who no doubt will take up the cud-
gels in their own behalf. He declar-
ed among other things that If the
tariff board is to be used as a pretext
for delaying tariff revision downward,
the Democrats. will cut off its supplies.
President Taft's speech at Hamil-
ton, Mass, last Saturday" said Speak
er Clark, 'can only be described as
remarkable, when the history of the
recent past is taken into considera-
tion. He essayed the rather large
stunt of running amuck on both the
Democrats and insurgent Republicans
in congress. Singing out Chairman
Underwood and myself in particular
as the Democratic targets, accept his
onslaught as badge of honor.
"The presidents criticism of Chair
man Underwood and myself, which is
essentially a criticism of all the
Democrats in the house and senate,
because all the Democrats stood to-
gether, is absolutely uncalled for and
is an ungrateful performance. For If
1t had not been for the action of the
Democrats in the house in both the
Sixty-first and Sixty-second con-
crosses in lining up almost unani-
mously in favor of reciprocity with
Canada he would have been the most
thoroughly discredited and humiliated
president since the days. of Andrew
Jackson.
with all the influence and patron
age Of his great Office he could not
muster majority of the house Repub-
licans for reciprocity in either the
Sixty-first or Sixty-second congresses.
After we pulled him out of the hole
in the Sixty1first congress he wrote a
letter of thanks to Representative Nc
Call Of Massachusetts, and the Repub-
lfcans and not word of thanks to
the Democrats.
when we repeated the perform
ance of pulling him out of a hole in
the Sixty-second congress, he did
divide his thanks between the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. That was aft
er I and other Democrats had ex-
pressed our opinions with consider
able force and bluntness about his
letter Of thanks to Mr.. Mccall.
"The president says that we did
mot 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 religiously 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 reciprocity the president
himself played it personal at. that.
1T will be noted that while the
presidents conscience would not per-
NIT him to sign the bill revising even
the wool schedule, the rates of which
he declared to be too high, and in
need of reduction without recommen-
| dation from his board Of tariff experts,
he promptly signed the outrageous
| Payne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff bill with
cut counsel or advice of any tariff
board whatsoever.