The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-05
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nat Clark Ii not heart and soul on
ne peoples side.
a. public man, DIR. Clark has been
Eo0d-natured partisan, rather than
\ force for good When he became
<Ieaker he abdicated all the powers
M that Office 90 House Leader Oscar
underwood. He did this so that he
1L44t bettaF- eontinHe=Hs= good
I1iufed partisan-the popular aspir
Ant Tor the party nomination-and
night avoid the animosities which
we're bound 10. come TO one who fol-
ioHs duty, hewing strictly TO the line
of principle.
The bride OF a presidential nom
Iuafion has already bought Champ
Clark. His associations and alliances
nov that he has sold out What as
1urances he has given and what prom
res he has made probably the public
lever will know, but the public
<uows now all that IL needs TO know,
hat Clark is presidential candidate
n the interest OF special privilege and
opposed TO general welfare.
Commenting on the Socialist de-
Icat In Milwaukee, G.. w. Erwin, oil
The Socialist press, said today:
We are pleased with defeats like
the one In Milwaukee. The returns
how an increase over the last cleo
ton of something over 5000 votes.
That we did not carry the city is due
merely TO the fact that the Socialist
Ticket was opposed by a bipartisan
combination OF all those elements
which In business seek TO dominate
politics for corrupt purposes. II Is
victory for the special service cor
variations. and the tax-dodging ricn.
I Also clericalism played an important
part and for the first time came into
the open. :
I'm educating the country the result
As most enlightening, as showing what
the Socialists have always claimed
that the two old party organizations
are really not opposed TO each other'
but are moved by the same impulses,
namely. desire TO aid the public ser
vice corporations and the tax-dodglng
4 rich. Mt the expense OF the poor. This
a proved by the fact that previous city
administrations in Milwaukee have
been VIGOROUSLY corrupt. The Social
fst administration which has Just
closed has not only been clean, but II
has given signal offense by making
Dublic service corporations pay their
taxes and also by an impartial en-
forcement OF taxation laws. 1t is pei
fectly logical that the old-time party
examinations and special privilege
should have formed an alliance for the
overthrow of city administration OF
that sort. The Socialists will return
"a mower In Milwaukee in 1914 as a
majority party.
Discussing the wool bill. the Hon.
Nicholas Longworth told the house OF
REPRESENTATIVES, on March 80 (see con-
Eressfonaf record, page 4,2ff9tIT that
.You may live without poetry music
Won NAV live without conscience, you
may live without heart;
You may live without kln-couslhs'
uncles or aunts-
hut civilized man cannot live without
pants"
The peoples fight Is making prog
ress all along the line. The passage
+. OF. presidential primary acts by Illinois
and Maryland is another important
step toward throwing of the yoke or
the political boss and bringing the
choice OF presidential candidates down
to the people. The states which now
have presidential primaries are: Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts,
and New Jersey. The vote in these
states will be an excellent index to
the peoples feeling on the subject or
presidential candidates.
Our constitution, our liberties, and
our sacred institutions were fearfully
jeopardized and the foundations OF the
republic rocked when the senate on
April 2 violated sacred precedent, sus-
pended its rules and passed the bill
appropriating $350,000 to save the
.levees along the Mississippi.
But the foundations Of the republic
did not lack defenders. No, indeed.
That well-known patriot, the Hon.
Francis z. Warren, of Wyoming, was
on the Job. After the measure had
Dassed the house and reached the SEN
ate. Senator Warren arose at the sug-
eestion that there be suspension OF
the rules and consideration of the bill
1t once. For this was In violation OF
eenate precedent
1t mattered not that few hours
delay In making this money available
might result in the destruction OF
many lives; Senator Warren saw his
duty and did 1t manfully. He arose
and said:
May / ask the senators from Louis.
lana to let the bill go to the commit
tee appropriations under the rule
\. After minutes more of-dehate on
whether the bill should be helm up
70 allow Senator Warren's committee
on appropriations TO pass on 1t, Sem
ntor Smoot, of Utah, arose and said:
Fl have been in the senate nearly
10 years, and believe this is the first
time anything like this has happened
during that time"
II was only after an earnest appeal
by Senator Foster, OF Louisiana, show
ms the urgent necessity OF immediate
action II the ievees we're to be saved
that Induced these two guardians OF
our liberties to relax sufficiently to
allow the matter TO come before the
senate for immediate consideration.