The daily sentinel., 1912-01-09
Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. O. - Speaker
'hamp Clark's speech at the Jackson
Day Dinner here last night was an
appeal to all those who are opposed
TO 'standpatters'' and to "standpat'.
policies to "stnd together. pull to-
sether and work togetner.' The only
nope of the country for progressive
legislation he declared. lies in the
democratic party because the stand
patters' are in the majority among
the republicans. Referring to the
split OF the republican party. the
speaker said it looked as though
nothing short of miracle could
bring the warning factions togeth-
'r. but AT the same time he warned
against depending for success upon
opponents dissentions
Democrats Want Progressiveism.
Democrats desire progressive leg
Slation, said Mr. Clark "Iudepend-
rnts and divers republicans want 1t.
The majority of the American people
favor 1t. The only way to achieve il
is at the hands of democrats The
lnsurgent republicans would no
doubt, enact some remedial legisla-
tion If they could, but the standpat-
ters are in the majority in that par
ty and ii looks as though they will
continue TO dominate IL indefinitely
It may be for years and it may be for
ever. They have control OF the re-
publican machine and they will run
II over the insurgents ruthlessly. The
independents having no separate
party organization will make their
influence felt at the polls by voting
Tor those candidates who appear to
at-t ueUTr approximate their stand
no. ,ut as they can entertain no
uHsonapie hope OF remedial legisla-
ton from the republican party so
long as it is dominated by the stand
patters, it is to be hoped that they
Will give us their aid and comfort by
voting for democratic candidates this
year. As the insurgent republicans
can achieve nothing except when
working in conjunction with demo-
Gratis they would most easily and
most certainly accomplish their pur-
pose by voting for democrats all along
the lines We are politically some
what in the same condition which
wise old Ben Franklin described him
self and his copatriots to be in when
after signing the Declaration of In
dependence, he exclaimed: Now. we
must all hang together OF we will ali
hang separately
Must Gain 100000 Votes.
One thing is clear as crystal -
continued the speaker. lin order to
win We must hold all the voters we
had in 1908 and draw to us about
100000 who We're against us then.
Consequently il is of supreme impor-
tance that we enter the impending
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 6lst congress
and we owe our present improved
vastly improved-s status in the coun-
try to that record plus the maguifi-
cent record of the democrats in both
house and senate at the extraordinary
session of the present congress. 1t
was record glorified by unparalell-
ed unity of purpose and of action and
by constructive statesmanship of high
character. We set the pace for future
congresses as to quantity and quail
ity OF legislative work done IL de-
tracts nothing whatsoever from our
record that the president nullified by
his vetoes the beneficient results
which would have flowed from our
enlightened and patriotic endeavors.
Hits Taft Record.
We made our record; he made his.
The people-the court of last resort
in poltics-must decide the case up
on those records next November. We
await their decision with confidence
and hope. believing that as we stand
their friends here, they VII prove to
be our friends at the ballet box
Rome was not built in a day and
IL Is impossible in the very nature of
Things to enact into law in few
days. few weeks or even in few
months all the reforms for 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
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