The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-19
Mann MAKES PANIC
SPEECH FOR EFFECT
IS CtARK'S CHARGE
Replies to Republican Leader,
Who Predicts More Soup
Houses and Lays Blame Up
on Democrats.
Done for Political Advantage
Speaker Declares and is I'm
true---Lean Times Due to
Floods and Other Causes,
Not the Tariff.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Issuing by
prophet IS of Republicans that pros
perity is rapidly taking wing. the
Democrats of the house today led
Speaker Clark TO reply
Representative Mann, of Illinois
the Rep ioiican leader. started the
debate by telling about a great army
OF unemployed now loose in the coun-
try. He declared that soup houses
were popular resorts when the Demo-
Gratis were in control before, and that
they are about TO open again at the
same old stand.
The District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill was under discussion, and
Mr.. Mann. referring TO the fact that
the district commissioners had de-
signed new municipal lodging house,
said that municipal lodging houses
would soon be in demand all over
the country.
Blames 1t On Wilson.
The president of the United
States Ae continued could today
do much towards reyving confidence,
II he would. / attribute this con-
dluon partly to the tariff bill, in part
to the threat Of the political control
of banking ANA currency. in part to
other things, and finally To a general
lack of capacity on the part Of tho
Democratic party 90 govern the coun-
try"
Replying to Mr. Nanns charge
that lean times were upon the peo-
pie in punishment Of their error III
turning Inc government over to Dem
ecFats, MIR Clark said that he re-
sretted to say that Mr.. Mann was tn
spired by political motives. He ex-
pressed The belief THAI the Eepu Bill
cans had censpired 10 place the Demo-
cratic administration and congress Ia
bad light before the country.
Mr. Ga@ak ten told about the
drought that devasted sections Ut
the Middle West the past summer
e1oods HUT Business.
Now. what liz the result of such "A
visitation continued the speaker. III
reduces the business Of the merchants
in the cities OF Chicago. ST. Louis,
Kansas City and in the great centers
OF trade that furnish the stuff. The
main proposition that runs through
Of the same kind is that when the
Democrats are in. you have hard
times. and that when the Republl-
cans are IN. you have good times"
MIR. Clark pointed TO the fact that
the. panics of 1903 and 1904 came on
before the Democrats had got under a
full head OF steam. He told about
an experience he had In 1901. He
went to Toledo to deliver a iesture in
company with General Charles Fl.
Grosvenor. OF Ohio. He called them
lectures because We got money out
Of them" exclaimed the speaker amid
laughter. We delivered our lectures
and were to be paid $3.50 apiece for
our services. We wanted to leave
town that night and gave the lee
ture manager notice TO that effect
early In the morning. Counting up
our resources we found that we had
less than s11 between us. That night
the lecture manager showed up and
gave each of us SIS In currency and
sT5 in checks. vowing that we could
not scare up $500 in currency In
Toledo. That happened under Re
publican rule. You can't charge that
panic on us"
'In 1907 l made a speech some
thing like that delivered by Mr..
Mann" said the speaker. II talked
about Republican soup houses"
WAS 1t true7" asked Mr.. Mann,
'It was" replied the speaker. we
had a municipal soup house in Wash
ington at that time which has been
since taken over by the feGeral gov
eminent" continued the speaker.
Mr.. Clark insisted that II there was
anything the matter with business the
blame could not be laid on the
tariff.