The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-30
HE LAUDS vii SON
Champ Clark Talks to People
of Bar HarbOr.
He Pleads for Complete Con-
troll of the Government.
CAN THROW DEMOCRATS OUT
If Their Course Should Prove
to Be Unsatisfactory.
Better to Be Right Than to Be
Consistent.
CAN THROW DEMOCRATS OUT

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug S0.-Champ
Clark, speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, delivered a spec here to-
day which was in part as follows:
Under the rules of the Democratic
party Governor Wilson, of New Jersey
and Thomas Marshall, of Indiana, were
a. the Baltimore convention nominated
as our standard bearers in the impend-
ing contest. They are men OF hlgn
character and Democrats are uhiCeu
In their support. This is as 1t snoulo
be for the chief work in hand Is 20
rescue the government from Repubncan
maladministration. As 1 have already
said we have not what the Brltlsh
have-'a responsible government
nearest approach thereto which we
car have under the constitution is to
have house. senate and president all or
the same political faith. Hence l am
anxious to see the Democrats capture
s.I three legislative branches OF the
government so that We ca try our
theory. Then If it works well, the peo-
pic will recognize the fact and reward
US.
IF it proves bad in practice the peo-
ME will throw us out as they should do.
If. however, all three branches OF the
legislature are not of the same politi-
cal faith neither party gets an oppor-
tunity to try its theory. We have re-
Gently witnessed at Washington spec
tacle of a Democratic house passing
good biIIs-which would have greatly
reduced the high cost of living and
which would have gone far toward re-
Uevine the people of the burden Of
heavy taxes-and of a Republican
president vetoing these bills as fast rs
they reached him. So far in this cam
paign the two political criticisms level
ed against Governor Wilson are; Il
That he has had little experience IN
Iin 0D1niOnS Cor-
tain subjects have changed in the
le pse of time. As to the latter, While
consistency is ranked among the Vir-
tues, it is much better to be right
though inconsistent, than to be con-
sistent though wrong.
Living in the Present.
THE question is not what Governor I
Wilson or any other man thought 20 or
15 or 10 or years ago. but what ne
thinks now. We are acting in the liv-
country and for the millions yet to be-
not cropping in the dead past
CAS- to his lack of experience as
public man 1 may be permitted 10
suggest to those most concerned that
General Taylor had no experience
whatsoever, never having voted even |
single time and that General Arthur
had very little experience. It was uni
vereally conceded that those presi- |
dents discharged their duties as chief
executive of the nation faithfully and
we'll. Everybody admits that Abra- |
ham Lincoln was a great president. |
MANY deem him the greatest of the |
twenty-six. All agree that he was one
of the four greatest His name is |
written high on the scahty list of the |
immortals; yet prior, to his election to |
the presidency his entire public service |
consisted of a term or two in the Illi- |
nois legislature and one term in con-
gress.
Governor Wilson's public career
~,f oc of
q great commonwealth Everybody |
declares that he has made good gov
ernor and If he makes as great presi- /
dent as Lincoln even the most fastid-
ious should be satisfied. He was for
wears professor in famous institutions
of learning and president of one of
the greatest universities in the land or
in the world. AS presidential scholar
he will rank with Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, John Quincy Adams
and James A. Garfield