The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-05-17

W COME DSlOIe US anu cause US 10 DC
lieve that they have been true whei
: they have been flagrantly untrue, thel
| we are in bad way. This is Just wha
Mr., Clark has done and is doing. He i
amazed" that such an article as the cdi
, torial in question should have beer
printed without giving him an opportu
} nifty TO reply. He carefully rcirainS
however, from making any mention o
the hidden dagger thrust that he gave
llilburn on the last day before the pri
mary-a mean and wholly deSpicable al
tack that Hiburn had no chance or
earth TO answer, but one which he
deems unworthy of reply Where i,
the consistency of Mr.. Clark'S criticiSmi
He admits that The News article appear
ed four days before the primary. In
any event il was not circulated on the
day OF the primary, as was his anOny.
nous attack on Hilburn! You talk
grandiloquently about fairness, Mr..
Clark! Look 10 your own conduct. Do
you think or do your friends think that
the circulation of that anonymous at
tack on your opponent, who has con-
Quoted himself at all times during this
campaign with the utmost fairness and
with regard for the prophecies, do you
and your followers, Sir, think that such
methods Comport with the honor and
the dignity of the position which you
have eSSayed, even if poorly, TO fill?
You cannot answer in the affirmative.
You know full well that ii is impossible
to make a statesman of ward politician,
just as impossible as to spin silk from
the Sow'S ear You are well aware OF
ii, and your methods should be dsap,
proved and we verify believe they will
be on the 18th of this month
You deny, Mr.. Clark, in your com.
munication TO The News that you al
divers times voted with the Republi-
cans. You have admitted it on every
stump in The district; how, then, can
you with consistency deny it now? By
your own admission you voted with the
Republicans land as the Republicans
wanted you 10 vote on the Payne Aid
rSch tariff bill You admit that you
voted With the Republicans on the
Sherwood pension bill You must ad
nit that if you and certain other quasi
Democrats of your own ilk had not
voted with the Republicans that these
outrageous bills would never have
passed. 1t is poor excuse TO give, Mr.
Clark, that you had the company OF
other Democrats in your treaChery.
That is one reason why it is desirable
10 leave you at home; there will be one
less of your kind there. They are be-
ing weeded out rather rapidly now.
Bill Howard and Lon Livingston of
Georgia fell by the waysidc in the last
election, Dannitte Mays has just been
defeated in the Third district of this
State and in time all of them will 60
Your time has arrived, and NOW you
must go. The people have asserted
themselves in other districts and so they
will in this, Mr.. Clark. You have
thrown sand in their eyes long enough;
they are awearied with your many fine
promises and your utter-lack of per.
Torrance.
Now, to your loss of the chairman.
ship of the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries: You say, Mr..
Clark, that you sacrificed your Standing
TO the honor and glory of Congressman
Sparkman, so that he might become
chairman of the Rivers and Harbors
Committee. That isn't true, Mr. Clark,
and you know it. Mr.. Sparkman says
it isn't true. The story of your great
sacrifice was told in his district in his
recent race against Herbert Phillips, and
Sparkman denied it flat t-footedy. He
pooh pooh ed the idea. 1t had a very
fShySound TO begin with and since cSpark-
man denied it, nobody believes it.
There was no occasion for you TO lose
your place on the committee, Mr. Clark,
even if you should have sacrificed the
chairmanShip. How do you explain the
fact that you lost the committee alto
gether, which was the most important
that you had? 1t doesn't sound just ex-
aclly plausible. Why should Florida
have only one lone Craftsmanship with
two old representatives in the House?
In what manner is Florida 10 profit by
your boaSted experience if your ability
is not recognized? Texas has six chair
manShipS, Missouri has four, Alabama
has five, Tennessee has four, Virginia
has four, Arkansas has 3, and a number
of the other Southern States have two
and Florida has a solitary one. The
story doesn't go down, Mr.. Clark; find
another excuse, but don't tell the truth
about it, for ii would certainly hurt you.
In your final paragraph, Mr.. Clark,
you ask us TO point out single roll call
on an important question when you
were absent and not paired.
All right, Sir, we've done it before,
and we'll do it now, just to satisfy you
Upon the reorganization of Congress at
the extra session, the session which
passed the tariff bill, you were absent
from five roll calls, when the question
on the perpetuation of the Cannon rules
was up. This was a time when the ar
bilrary rule of Cannon could have been
overthrown if the Democrats had ioiaed
with the inSurgent Republicans and ham