The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-22
RECORD OF
ACHIEVEMENT

o better speech was made at the
son day banquet in Washington
:, that of Speaker Champ Clark.
>>Aa was sound, practical eloquence,
VI Ned BY magnificent personal SER
and leadership.
D pointed the way clear and
I'M, light and wasted little time in
.larly theories.
hat Mr.. Clark said of the part
Y red in Democratic history by the
y-first and Sixty-second Congress
the extra session of the Sixty
nd Is true by the record.
, ~ he history of the democratic mi
ty within the decade is proven of
men.
1T the end of Bailey's leadership
minority was in an absolutely de-
Affixed condition. John Sharpe
liams followed Bailey and demor-
cd 1t still further until the nation
Iemocfatic party in congress had
standing in the eye of the nation
Of the voters throughout the
ntry.
vhen Champ Clark was elected
Ter after Williams the men who
stituted the democratic represen-
svns q noprracc uoro yar,- laroalv
same as they had been before.
y were not different in numbers
ticularly.
rr'here were still minority. and
ctically the only difference was in
Tie leadership and that was Clark.
tut that leadership was immensely
ntortant and soon began to be fol-
ed.
he democratic representation in
gress, although minority, began
TYLER the leadership of Mr.. Clark to
port the good republican measures
IyI oppose the bad republican meas
and to introduce and be respon-
. for the policies which the peo-
:. OF the country really wanted, and
TN the people of the country began
that there was smallbody
men that was doing its best to
resent the people and was really
reseptipg them.
And - soon as the public
fouehIy understood that and had
u-lowed the action of this demo-
Vtic minority long enough to have
tfidence not only in its desire to be
BIT, but In its judgment and ability
do the right thing, they changed
democratic minority into demo-
tic majority for the first time in
teen years.
Vow, this was altogether leader
>, altQgether a question of judg-
1t. And Champ Clark was the
q d6flty leader.
= FOR this last session we have had a
, VIC majority in congress that
5000 with the same judgment,
y broad democracy, the same
mI3h to the welfare Of the public
,1tl1 pame ability to discover the
!16re OF the public that character
tho conduct of the minority.
IL 4cnsequence the democratic
~ III over the country has been
ongthened. People have come to
md the democratic party as at
ctNHd genuine progressive party,
4 the sound and trustworthy party,
party of good sense and good
igmeut.
we no longer hear the name of de-
DBcracy linked with free silver and
<>tirexpAnsion and the guarantee of
X deposits and other peculiar and
Ilrsonal policies which for a long
lac deprived the party of the sup
IT Of the community.
DTEA hound, judicious part of the
ogreoGive programme can now
afcR fdrward to success because the
al Ind visionary fancies have
enfStlminated from the programme.
Ae real progressive measures that
peqple want and from which the
8oplQ will benefit have en- the
e1SiuufoG upon which first dem
f1xS3 minority and then the dem
tine ma ority centered un'er the
, rlbtship of Mr.. Clark.
Thoo6 facts are very imp mt for
,nocrats throughout II nty to
a 1tosidential =. ~. coming
l..463 democrats will have to NOM
~ ~ candidate, and they want.
~ aacandidate who will be able to
h ~ Che polls and be elected Presi-
~, md secondly, a man who after
sf6 ected president will make so
ritsble an administration that the
- tan remain in power and not do
,oee unbalanced things which will
ding discre1it on the administration
4 result in the defeat of the party.
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