Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-09
Speakers Address at Jack
son Day Banquet in
Washington Last Night
Consisted Partly of a
Harmony Plea.
TELLS PARTY TO
STAND TOGETHER
Denounces "Standpatters"
and Says the Only Hope
for the Country is in Sue
cess Of the Democratic
Party.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Champ
C,ark's speech at the Jackson
Gay dinner here tonight was an appeal
to all those who are opposed TO stand
pattprs" and to "standpat' policies TO
'stard together. pull together and work
together" The only hope of tie coun-
try for progressive legislation. he de-
clared. lies in the democratic party be
cause the "standpatters' are in the
majority among the republicans. Re
ferring to the split of the republican
party. the Speaker said il looked as
though nothing short of miracle
could bring the warning factions to-
gether but at the same time he warned
against depending for success upon op-
ponent's dissensions.
Democrats desire progressive legis-
lation." said Clark. Independents and
divers republicans want it. The ma
jority of the American people favor il.
The only way to achieve ii l. at the
hands Of democrats. The insurgent re-
publicans would, no doubt, enact some
remedial legislation if they could. but
the standpatters are in the majority in
that party and il looks as though they
viii continue To dominate it indefinite
Iy. 1t may be for years and it may be
forever They have control Of the re-
publican machine and they will run il
over the insurgents ruthlessK- The in
dependents having no separate party
organization will make their influence
felt at the polls by voting for those
candidates who appear TO most nearly
approximate their standard: but as
they can entertain no reasonable hope
o. remedial legislation from the repub
lican party So long as ii is dominated
b, the stanipatters. it * to be hoped
that they will give us their aid and
comfort by voting for democratic can
didateS this year AS the insurgent re-
publicans can achieve nothing except
when working in conjunction with
democrats they would most easily and
most certainly accomplish their pur
pose bv voting for democrats all along
the line. We are politically somewhat
il: the same condition which wise old
Fen Franklin described himself and
his compatriots to be in when. after
singing the Declaration Of lndepen-
dence. he exclaimed: Now. we must
all hang together or we will all hang
SEPARATELY
One thing is clear as crystal" con- |
tinued the speaker lin order to win we
must hold all the voters we had in |
1903 ard draw to Us about 100000 who |
were against us then. Consequently |
it is of supreme importance that we
enter the impending contest thorough /
ly united in purpose. in principle. in
pclicy and in heart.
We owe the present democratic |
house to the splendid record Of the
house democrats of the 61st congress
and we owe our present improved
vastly improved-status in the country
to that record plus the magnificent
record Of the democrats in both house
and senate at the extraordinary session
Of the present congress. 1t was a rec
ord glorified by unparalleled unity OF
purpose and of action and by cOnstruc-
tive craftsmanship of high character
We set the pace for future congress ses
as to quantity and quality of legisla-
tive work done. 1t. detracts nothing
whatsoever from our record that the
president nullified by his vetoes the
beneficient results which would have
flowed from our enlightened AMI patri-
otic endeavors
we made our record; he made his.
The people-the court of last resort i'm
p"litics-must decide the case upon
those records next November We
await their decision with confidence
and 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 we should
not make as superb a record at this
r. Sular session as we made at the ex-
traor1inary session. In tina. faith we
have entered upon our arduous. i'm
portant and multifarious duties to the
end and in the expectation that if we
present united front during this ses-
sion and go on redeeming our promises
as we did at the extraordinary ses-
sion, democrats everywhere will pre-
sent unitel front in the campaign
and on election day and thereby win a
sn eeping victory in the cause of good
government
Rome was not built i'm a dav and il
is impossible in the very nature of
things To enact into law in few davs
or few weeks or even in a few months
all the reforms for which we declared
i'm the Denver platform Some timor-
Gus persons fear We have Travelled 100
fast: some impatient ores assert that
we are too slow. Judging. however. by
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