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only hope Of the country for progress
i've legislationa he declared. lies in the
Democratic party because the stand
patters' are In the majority among
the Republicans. Referring to the
split Of the Republican party, the
speaker said It looked as though moth
ing short Of miracle could bring the
warning factions together, but at the
same time he warned against de-
pending for success upon opponents
dissensions.
Democrats desire progressive legis-
lation," said Mr.. Clark. independents
and divers Republicans want it. The
majority Of the American people favor
It The only way to achieve it is ct
the hands of Democrats. The insur-
gent Republicans would, no doubt,
enact some remedial legislation il they
could, but the standpatters are in the
majority in that party and it looks as
though they will continue to dominate
it indefinitely. It may be for years
and it may be forever. They havn
control OF the Republican machine and
they viii run It over the insurgents
ruthlessiy. The Independents having
no separate party organization will
make their influence felt at the polls
by voting for. those, candidates who
appear to most nearly approximate
their standard; but as they can en-
tertain no reasonable hope of remedial
legislation from the Republican party
50 long as it is dominated by the
standpatters. Ii is TO be hoped that
they win give US their aid and com
fort by voting for Democratic candi-
dates this year. As the insurgent Re-
publicans can achieve nothing except
when working in conjunction with
Democrats they would most easily and
most certainly accomplish their pur-
pose by Yeting for Democrats all along
the line. We are politically somewhat
In the same condition which wise old
Ben Franklin described himself and
his compatriots to be in when, after
signing the Declaration of Independ-
ence. he exclaimed: Now. we must
ali hang together or we viii all hang
separately.
100000 MORE NEEDED.
One thing is clear as crystal" con-
tinued the speaker In order to win
. must AaoA0 hAt AHC NOACAc We Aldu III
1905 and draw to us about 100000 who
were against US then. Consequently
It is of supreme importance that we
enter the impending contest thor
oughly united in purpose, in principle.
in policy and in heart.
I'VE owe the present Democratic
house to the splendid record of the
house Democrats OF the sixty first
congress and we owe our present i'm
proved-vastly improved-status ia
the country to that record plus the
magnificent record OF the Democrat Is
in both house and senate at the ex-
traordinary session of the present con-
gress. It was a record glorified by
unparalleled unity OF purpose and of
action and by constructive statesman
ship Of high character. We set the
pace for future congresses as to
quantity and quality Of legislative
work done. It detracts nothing what
soever from our record that the presi-
dent nullifed by his vetoes the benefit
cent results which would have flowed
from our enlightened and patriotic en-
deavors.
We made our record: he made hfs.
The people-the court OF last resort 81
politics-must decide the case upon
those records next November. We
await their decision with confidence
and hope, believing that as we stand