The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
APPEAL OF CLARK
P0R PARTY UNITY
SPEAKER OF HOUSE DELIVERS
ADDRESS AT THE JACKSON
DAY BANQUET.
Says the Only Hope of the Country
for Progressive Legislation
Lies in the Democratic
Party.
Associated Press Special.

f. Champ Clark S speech al the JACK
= son Day Dinner here last night was
> an appeal to all those who are op-
! posed to "standpatters" and to
i"standpat" policies to stand to-
: gether, pull together and work to-
: gether' The only hope of the
country for progressive legislation,
he declared, lies in the democratic
party because the "standpatters'
are in the majority among the re-
Ipublicans Referring to the split Of
the republican party, the speaker
said it looked as though nothing
short of miracle could bring the
: warning factions together, but at
the same time he warned against
depending for success upon oppo-
nents' dissentions.
Democrats desire progressive
legislation" said Mr.. Clark. In
dependents and divers republicans
want it. The majority of the Amer
lean people favor it. The on'y way
ITO achieve 1t is at the hands OF
democrats. The insurgent repub
llicans would. no doubt, enact soina
remedial legislation If they could,
| but the stanpatters are in the MT
| iority in that party and 1t looks as
though they will continue to domi-
nate it Indefinitely. 1t may be for
ever. They have control of the re- |
publican machine and they will run |
it over the insurgents ruthlessly
The independents having no separ-
ate party organization will make
their influence felt at the polls by
voting for those candidates who APP
pear to most nearly approximate
their standard; but as they can en- {
terrain no reasonable hope of RENE
dial legislation from the republican
party SO long as it is dominated by '
The standpatters, it is to be hoped I
hat they will give us their aid and
eomfort by voting for democratic {
this year AS the insur- {
gent republicans can achieve moth
ing except when working in con- !
junction with democrats they would
most easily and most certainly &C.
complish their purpose by voting
for democrats all along the line.
We are politically somewhat in the
same condition which wise old Ben
srraaki,n aescrfbea himself and HE
\couapntriots TO be IN when, after
signing the Declaration of Independ-
ence, he exclaimed: Now, we must
all hang together or we will ali
hang separately
''Gne thing is clear as crystal
continued the speaker, lin order &c
win we must hold all the voters we
had in 1908 and draw to US about
5000 who were against us then.
Consequently 1t Is of supreme i'm
| portance that we enter the impend-
| ing contest thoroughly united in
| purpose, in principle, In policy and
| in heart
I'VE owe the present democratic
house to the splendid record of the
| house democrats of the 61st con-
| gress and we owe our present i'm
proved-vast'y mproved-status in
the country to that record plus the
magnificent record of the democrats
1 in both house and senate at the ex-
| traordinary session of the present
| congress 1t was record glorified
by unparalleled unity of purpose
and OF action and by constructive
craftsmanship of high character We
set the pace for future congresses
as to quantity and quality of legisla-
tive work done. 1t detraets nothing
whatsoever from our record that
the president nullfied by his vetoea
1.-THE beneficent and patriotic endeav-
ors.
I'VE made our record; he made
his. The people-the court of last
resort in politics-must decide tbs
case upon those records next No
vember. We await their decision
with confidence and hope, believ
ing that as we stand their friend,
here, they will prove to be oui
. friends at the ballot box.
There is no reason why W,
should not make as superb RECORD
at this regular session as We mad,
at the extraordinary session. II
that faith we have entered upon GU
arduous, important and multifariou
) duties to the end and in the expec
| tation that if we present unitet
|
! redeeming our promises as we dit
: at the extraordinary session, demo
Gratis everywhere will present uni
ed front in the campaign and d
election day and thereby win Z
sweeping victory in the cause o
good government.
Rome was not built in a dal
and it is impossible in the very ma
ture of things to enact into law in G
few days, a few weeks or even in &
few months all the reforms fol
which we declared in the Denver
platform. Some timorous persons
fear we have Travelled too fast, some
! impatient ones assert that We are
too slow, Judging, however, by ex'
. pressions OF individuals and of tbs
public press, it may be reasonably
concluded that we not only receive
but what is far better that we de.