Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-01

Governor WILSON, thought Harve, g
support was doing him harm. which
Governor Wilson answered hy telling
bin the precise truth. Then ingrati-
tude was charged upon BIN becarse
be- did rot respond 20 the views and
wishes 81 Ex-senator Smith O. New
jersey, who. by the way. Was one Of
the three Senators who were rcspon-
sIble for the (G0oI six hundred
amendments TO the tariff bnl under
Grover Cleyeland's administration. tc
which Governor Harmon properly
I referred In one % his speeches durlns
/ his Texas tour. as having called forth
rs denunciatlon By Mr. Cleveland as
IAN act of party pnrfidy" and party
dishonor
Now a. this late day when they.
themselves. have lost all reasonable.
/ expectation that Governor Harmon
candidacy win be seriously considered
he is brought 10 Texas Zoo q whlrlwind
campaign on purely rOn-pol.tioal
mission and fortunately. for me SUP
pOricrs OF Governor Wilson 20 FEAST
his speeches have demolished some OF
the arguments which his supporters
have been making IN his foyor and
against Governor Wilson during this
lcampaign for instance. they hold no
the initiative and referendum 20 the
people NJ Texas as something that
cannot even reasonably be considered
by Texas Democrats. and yet Cover
nor Harmon was elected Governor of
Ohio upon a platform declaring for
the initiative and referendum. and I'm
| his sreeches IN Texas only suggests
the advisabllltY Of taking n IN broken
doses. by applying n 10 municipalities
/ but nowhere has he denounced. 20
| Tar as we have been able 10 follow
Inn, the principle involved simply
treating such mode OF legislation as
| perimental
Now IN the CLOSING DAYS OF thn cane
paien when thew realize that somr-
Thing must Do done 20 head OF the
Ire1l choice OF Texas Governor WI
son Speaker Clark o. entered tte
greater majority Of whose supporters
have not heretofore been fixedy
.al.rncd and an effort is bning made
10 divide the Wilson men hy % ron
sidcration Of his candidacy
ignoring the fact that some of the
leading Harmon organs In this state
have declared success rith Tr Clark
as q candidate impossible. We find
some inconsistencier up9u the part of
bic supporters who are donorncire
Governor Wilson. and rho dc,'rin.
Tor vhirh he stands
lu the litcratur" which b. h.ius
icirculated o. the Clark CAMPAIGN
managnrs. is IA" proud beast that
speaker Clark voted 10 have the int
! fiative arS ~ -. H.
consti;utlon Of Missouri II isu n
known fact that Mr. Clark has always
boosted that he was an absolute free
trader and that II h. had The mower
he would tear down every cuS;or.
mouse ia the United States. a wholly
iWpacticable proposition under pres
"n' conditions Again. II les known
that az q harmony candidate speaker
Clark would not nll the ban. for
there are Vet man" admirers Of Nr
Cleveland whose se,ord election Mr.
Clark declared 10 De- the greatest
calamity zinc" tho fam of Ndar b.
the days of original sin. and that Nv
Cleveland was only comparable ~
two men, Judas Iscario' and Benedict
Arnold
Thcy talk OF fundamental urnatu-
|goi alliances What must be- thought
OF the old Carter-IIarrison machine.
/ Pc radical Hearst forces and the rc-
dictionary Harmon forces as lining up
for Clark 20 Illinois. to beat Vilfor
Mr. Clark voted for the oleomar.
@crine bin al a time when revenue
was not necessary because The Ding
/ i"y nm was In fun force and effect
o. measure that was exclusively de-
signed 10 use the taxing power Of the
government 10 burden consumers and
'iecrimirate against one American
industry in favor of another. whom
The worst that can De- said about
Republican tariff bills is that thor 20
the same thing so far rs taxation ia
concerned. except they discriminate
AGAINST the fcreien Industry. and In
favor Of American industry
They charge that Governor Wilson
is free raw material man. and
therefore oulh. not 20 have the vote
1' Toy1s. and yet SIR Clark was an
earnest supporter OF the free raw
material ideas which went into me
Wilson hin There are a few who
object to Governor Wilson because he
applied Tor pens ON Given rv Mr.
Carnegie OFT Of his vast wealth 10 all
college professors who had taught
continuously for q stated period. and
NH without reference 20 Champ
'lurk.s vote for $4,000. 900 rem
zion hill the most Objectionable IN
'ho history Of pension legislation, SO
obnoxious that the Republican Sen
are refused 20 pass r..
Not satisfied with the fact that
Governor Wilson is a Southern man.
with southern ancestry. bat who has
demon Hfrff ted his hlsrpae IA "a efffy.p