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factions together, hut at the sam.
time he warned. against depending for
success upon opponents' discussions.
lation," said Mr.. Clark. "Indepcn-
dents and divers republicans want it.
n majority Of the American people
hfavor 1t. The only way to achieve
IL is at he hands of democrats. The
insurgcnt republicans would. ma
doubt nae some remedial legislation
If they could. but the standpatters are
in the majority in that. party and it
looks as though they will continue tn
Tor years and it a be. forever. They
have control Of the republican ma
chine and they will run it over the
Insurgents r~uthlessly. The i%ndeprn-
dchtS having no separate party organ-
ization will maxi. their influence felt
at the polls by voting for those ran.
"1dat"s VINO appear I" most ncarl.
approximate their standard: but as
they can entertain no reasona bic hone
of remedial legislation from the re-
publican party 5" long az 1t is domi-
mated by the st%andpattcrs. it Is to he
hoped that they will give us their aid
and comfort by voting for democratic
candidates this year. AS the insur-
gent republicans can achieve nothing
except when working in conjunction
with democrats they would most cnsi-
Their purpose by voting for demo-
Gratis all along the line. We arc ,"-
hticallN somewhat in the same condi-
ton which wise old Ben Franklin de-
scribcd himself and his computriuts. to
he In when. after signing the Declara-
ton of Independence, he exclaimed:
Now. VIC must all hang together or
VIC Will all hang separately
Pleads for Harmony.
"onc thing is clear as crystal" con-
tlnued tho speaker. lin order To win
W" must hold all tho voters we had
in l9oS and draw to us about 500
900 who were against us then. Const-
aucntlN 1t is of supreme importance
That We enter the impending contest
thoroughly united in purpose. in prin-
cipln. i'm policy and in heart.
we "wc the present democratic
house to the splendid record of the
and VIC owe our present improved
vastly improved-status in the coun-
try TO that record plus the magnifi-
cent record of the democrats in both
mouse and senate at the extra ordi-
nary session of the present congress-.
Ii was ii record glorilicd by unpsral-
!clcd unity of purpose and of action
and by constructive craftsmanship Of
hiEh character. We set the pace for
future congresses as to quantity and
quality of legislative work done. II
dctracts nothing whatsoever from our
record that the president nlllliiied 10y
his NctorS the beneficient results
which nave flowed from our enlight-
ened and patriotic e~ndeavors.
We made II record: he made
his. The Deoplc-the court Of last re-
Snrf t1 - t, 49,, l-..l A
upon those records next November.
We await their decision with conf
hence II hope, believing that as We
stand their friends here, they will
prove to be our friends at the ballot
box.
There is no reason why VIC should
not make as superb a record al this
rcEular session as We made at tho
cNtraordinHrN session. In that faith
we have entered upon our arduouS,
important and m~ultifarious duties to
the end and in the expectation that
if we present "A united front during
this session n go on rcdecming our
promises as VIC did at the cNtraordi-
nary session. democrats everywhere
will present Il united front j nthc cam
paiSn and on election day and there
by win a sweeping victory in tho cause
o1 good government.
Rome WIS not built in Il day and
ii is impossible in the Very nature Of
things To enact into law in a few days
or q few weeks or over in II few
months all the reforms for which we
declared in tho Denver platform.
some timorous persons fear We have
Travelled too fast; some impatient ones
assert that We arc too slow. Judging,
however. by expressions Of individu-
ais and of the public press. il may be
reasonably concluded that We not on
~ Receive hut what is far better that
We deserve the appreciation of nearly
all democrats and Independents, AS
wcll as the endorsement of many pa
triotic republicans.
Republican Canard Exploded.
Tho result of the November clcc-
ti"ns demonstrated r"nclusivcly that
thu republican campaign canari
which has been ovcrworked many
times tn the effect that democratic SUI
prenacy breeds panics has been en-
plodcd forever, for the places where
national issues and nationals iss,les
alone were considered were the very
places whore democrats did the best.
This was notably tho Ease in Massa-
chuscttS and in Joe Taggart's cons
gressinnal district in Kansas and in
Dan V. stephens district in Nebraska.
"Evidcntly the people believe that
the plan We agreed upon and proceeds
cd upon to revise the tariff schedul,
hy schedule is wise. That being tho
case. VIC will 60 on rs We have be-
gun revising the tariff on democratic
lines. proceeding as rapidly as it is
possible to revise it in a careful, Sci
entific and painstaking way. In per-
forming this patriotic and difficult
task and in performing other patriotic
and difficult tasks W invite tho aid,
comfort and assistance Of al | demo-
Gratis and of all who love justice and
who desire the prosperity of the o
pie aud of all the people.
or matters of principle there
should be absolutely no compromise
even to secure and retain unity. but
each and every onc should he willing
to yield on non-cssentials which are
not matters of principle for h gem
cral good in tho efforts which VIC are
making for better government.
The republicans seem to be utter-
ly dcmoralized and split to pieces. 1t
looks as though nothing short of IL
miracle will rcunite them. 1t is not.
rely for success upon their disscn-
sions. for they may accidentally get
together. That their quarrels. unless
composed, will help us there can be
no question. Our chief reliance for
success is to give to the people such
Il record for honest, intelligent. cour-
agcous constructive craftsmanship as
to convince the country beyond the
shadow of a doubt that we are worthy
of the continued and enlarger conf
dence Of the public. That is the
straightest. plainest. shortest and cash
est road to complete success. Pursu-
ing that inc of conduct. victory will
perch upon our banners whether the
republicans patch up their differences
Or not. We hold our own fortunes