Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-20
LICK ROOSEVELT
EASY As TAFT
Missouri Democrats in Con-
vention at Joplin Cheer
Statement
OVATION FOR CHAMP CLARK
Ozark Dog Song Shouted by
Unterrified as They Are
Called to Order.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Joplin, Mo-, Feb. 20-Missouri DEM
ocrats in state convention here today
cheered wildly statement by State
Chairman Shannon that We can lick
Roosevelt as easily as the Roosevelt
party say we can lick Taft"
Later when Speaker Champ Clark
was referred to by Temporary Chair
man Harber as "our intrepid leader"
the convention was in an uproar of
applause that lasted several minutes.
Quit Kicking MY Dog Around.
When the first session adjourned
the committee on resolutions still
was at work preparing its declara-
tions. Enough of the resolutions was
known, however, to state that they
would declare emphatically for a dele
cation to Baltimore instructed to sup
port Clark for President as long as
there remained any hope of his being
With the band playing
and the delegates singing, Missouri's
dawg song" Chairman Shannon final
ly brought the convention to order
shortly after noon.
st. Louis Democrats Protest.
Chairman Shannon's remarks in re-
gard to "rotten'' elections in st.
Louis brought a storm of protests
from the delegates from that place,
and it was with difficulty that order
was restored.
A Missouri Moses.
Mr.. Harber followed Mr. Shannon
and hurled charges that the Repub-
lican party was controlled by trusts.
He paid tribute to Champ Clark as
the man who had done the greatest
good for the country in breaking up
q combination in the House that was
so despotic that it threatened to
overthrow the country.
Under the leadership of our in
trepid leader. Champ Clark, the tyran-
nical rule so long holding sway in this
popular branch of our government was
ovorthrown and the House once more
has become the forum of the people.
Every Democrat is proud of the
work of the present Democratic Con.
gress. So far as time, an opposition
Senate and a Republiqan President
would permit, it has redeemed every
pledge made to the people.
Whack at Tariff Commission.
at is insisted that the House of
Representatives should abdicate its
functions and wait the
will of the tariff commission. A COM
mission that after year of labor has
been able to recommend the reduction
On but one of twelve Of the most i'm
portant schedules, that of wool. When
il is remembered that there are at
least twelve of these most important
schedules and that at this rate OF
sreed it would take twelve years be- !
fore reduction could be had, the poll
cy of the Republican party for delay
ing the revision of the tariff in benalf
CT its beneficiaries can be well un-
derstood."
Concluding Mr.. Harber declared the
panic OF 1907 the natural result of Re-
publican misrule. He said the people
We're tired of such things and wanted
A Democratic President.
After the perfection of the tempor-
ary organizations the convention ad-
iculn ned until o'clock.
Ball Will Not Withdraw.
Senator William J. Stone spent the
greater part of last night in an un-
successful effort to induce David Ball
of ! ouisiana, to withdraw from the
race for governor. Mr. Ball today
reiterated that he would not withdraw.
Judge James Cowgirl, state treas
urer, is expected to announce his can
didacy soon.
Concerning national politics, II
wish to say that this is our year, de-
clared Joseph B. Shannon, of Kansas
City, to state chairman, in calling the
Democratic state delegate convention
to order.
"All one has to do to be convinced
of it," said Mr.. Shannon. 'is to talk to
those who comprise either wing of the
party today. The Roose-
velt people tell you that Taft can't be
elected. In fact the Democrats of
Missouri owe a great deal to the
Roosevelt wing of the Republican
party in this state, for they were the
originators of the idea, of adopting
resolutions which say in substance
that We hereby endorse the many and
splendid achievements of the admins
tration of William Howard Taft, how
ever, we favor as our candidate for
the second term of that splendid ad-
Theodore Roosevelt
Lick Roosevelt as Easy as Taft.
1--WE Democrats should lose no sleep
over whom our Republican friends
shall nominate, for I assure you wei
can lick Roosevelt as easily as the
Roosevelt people say we can lick Taft.
TT is a mere flip of a coin so far as
we are concerned, whether it shall be-
Roosevelt or Taft"
E. M. Harber of Trenton, Mo-, tenn
porary chairman of the convention
said in part I'VE enter upon this
contest united, and as I believe, an
invincible party. No one has done
more to bring about this desired re-
sult-the uniting of the Democratic
party and the rending of the Republi-
nan narty asnnder in factinnal differ.