The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-14

should say what they mean anC
mean what they say. Pledges mad,
iu order to win an election shOulC
Do" rrligiuusly fulfilled after the clcC,
ton. The people are entitled {,
that square deal OF which We hear
80 much and see 50 little.
I'VE achieved the sncccss Of lgll
ON six prinripl" promises said Mr.
Clark.
First To libcralizr the rules OF
House. which we have done.
~rruud-TO submit CunStitu.
tiouul amendment for the election
ul United States Senators by pupu-
lar vote. This the House did so far
a. il was possible for the House To
do anything. The Senate added GER
tain amendments which threw ii in.
To- conference, but have faith that
before the session ends the confer
ruCe will agree and the amendment
will be submitted.
Third We promised to ecOno.
mi2". and We are doing II.
"FUurth-We promised to pass a
bill compelling the publication of
campaign contributions and dis
bursements before the election, and
We did that
"Fifth-We promised to admit
New Mexico and Arizona aS two
separate States, and that has been
done.
"Full-ncdged representatives from
lh"Hc two commemorative now sit
IN the House. 1t was great pleas
urr for me to swear them in.
SiNth-Wc promised to revise the
tariff downward There was moth
INK cuuiyocHl about our pledge in
that regard. We ar" fulfilling it as
rapidly H. possible. We determined
To pass one bill for each schedule
instead of one blanket revision Of
the fourteen schedules in one bill
tor three reasons:
First, because some schedules
are essentially worse than the
others; second, because the plan of
one bin Tor one schedule reduces
lOg-rUlliug to the minimum; third,
because We thought we had better
chances of getting the bills through
the Senate, which turned out to hc
true, for 1t must never he forgotten
that we haven't Democratic ma.
jority in the Senate. We also
thought we would have better
chance of getting the bills past the
President. II turned out that in
this We were mistaken, for the Pres
ident vetoed all of our bills, thereby
precipituting II tariff fight which il
still ON.
progress is the law of life. To
stand still is to stagnate and "a
stagnatc Is to PERISH said Mr.
Clark.
"DemUcrats desire progressive
legislation. independents and div
ers Republicans want 1t. The ma
jOrity of the American people favor
il. The only way to achieve il is al
the hands of the Democrats. The
insurgent Republicans would, M
doubt, enact some remedial legisla'
ton II they could, but the stand-pat
tiers are in the majority in that par
ty, and 1t looks AS though they will
| continue to dominate it indefinitely
| II may he for years and ii may b'
| forever. They have control Of Tho
Republican machine, and they vii
! run ii over the insurgents ruthless
| ly.
"Thr Independents, having II,
| separate party organization, VII
make their influence felt at the poll
| by voting for candidates who appea
Ito most nearly approximate thei
| standard, but rs they can entertain
/ no reasonable hope of remedial leg
| islatiun from the Republican part,
/ so long as 1t is dominated by tht
| stnndpattcrs, IL is to be hoped tina
they will give MS their aid and com
| fort by voting Tor Democratic Cauui
dates this year.
"As the insnrgent Republican
can achieve nothing except whel
working IN conjunction with th
! Democrats, they would most casil!
and most certainly accomplish thei
purpose by voting for Democrats al
along the line. That is the oni.
chance for the independents and In
surgent Republicans to get progress
sive or remedial legislation.
~ repeat that in my judgment TIN
tariff aud the cOgnate question %
| the trusts will constitute the over
shadowing issues in the coming cam
paign. The Republicans will un
doubtedly undertake to befog thes
| issues and lure MS away from tn
tariff question aud the trust ques
ton because they realize that OF
these we will defeat b II
most decisively. or course, Their,
are subsidiary questions OF more o
less Importance, some of them o
great importance, but the battle 70
tariff reform and the destruction o
the trusts must be fought to fin
ish. On these questions we are nn
dou btedly In the right. We hav'
justice on our side, and on them w
should win a sweeping triumph.
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