The Hartford republican., 1913-10-24
HARMON|zER
IS NEEDED
~ -
By President Wilson at
Washington.
Speaker Clark Criticises Eryan
for Delivering Chautauqa
Lectures.

10 nOpe at ihSN ipi LIE CHdTNoiueh "
the national capitol and the page
boys of the senate and the house
in the course of another week OF
ten days they may receive the wages
which Depsocratic incompetency has
withheld from them since last spring
The deficiency hill which will pay
these boys thet $3.50 day and
these poor women their $1,000 q
month has been sent to the Presi-
dent for his signature. After all thess
months, the Democrats have at last
fount time to interrupt the fascinst-
ling game of politics they have beer
playing in Congress long enough &c
i.put through the measure paying thes'
humblest of the government's EN-
pleyees for services rendered five OF
six months ago.
Anybody who has a sure recipe for
producing harmony among scrapping
Democrats can find plenty nf jobs
just now in Washington. The party
is in sore need of the services of an
official harmonizer from the White
House down. The President is having
his own troubles over the currency
bill that he is trying to jam thru
Congress before the first of Decem-
Der. He is especially anxious TO get
this part of his program Through so
there may be time for at least a
constructive recess between the
special session and the regular ses-
sion, which convenes December 1st.
AL the recent signs, however, indi-
cate that he will not be able to re-
peat with the currency bill the sue
cess he met with the tariff.
There is renewed need for a har-
monizer between Speaker Clark and
Secretary Bryan. Early in the ad-
an enthusiastic western
Democrat managed to get Bryan and
Clark to. O.attend luncheon and shake
hands here, and the event was cele-
brated throughout the Democratic
press of the country az proof Of the
re-estabiishment of friendly relations.
The Speaker has now shown. how
ever, that he has neither fOrg0tten
nor forgiven Bryans assault on him
in the Baltimore convention Last
year. Mr. Clark has just delivered q
most stinging criticism OF Bryan's
course i'm neglecting his State De-
partment duties to travel around the
ION the chautauqia eiTrnt.
The Speaker was invited to speak at
the annual meeting OF the Upper Miss
issippi improvement Association at
Hannibal. Missouri. In declining the
invitation on the ground that his du-
ties as speaker required him to stay
in Washington he said: ~h seems to
ME to he .dishonest for persons 10
receive money from the government
Tor performing their official duties
and then leave their post Of duty
10 make money on the lecture plat
'Orm." ..6h~ $780,,
The Speakers Language. in fact.
its not only Secretary Bryan, but
SOME of the Speakers colleagues In
he House as we'll Instant applica-
ion of 1t IL made, of course. to the
'ase of Bryan. 1t is the severest
criticism of the Secretary of State
hat has yet been made. No one else
las thus publicly used the word dis
lOnest' in commenting on MIR. Bry- |
ms course.
Further need for a Democratic har-
nOnizer was shown in the House
ghen Representatives Underwood and
iobson scored each others record in
with their candidacy for /
he senatorship from Alabama. In the
curse of a three hour discussion
ach ntan succeeded in producing sew
raj admirable arguments against the
lection OF the other TO the Senate.
etween them they cleared a very
nticing path for a third candidate.
Charles F.. Murphy made William
uzer governor of New York. The
eople of the state agreed. SuIzer was
OF honest, but Murphy didn't care.
nd the people didn't know. Murphy
as Murphy and al that Murphyism
nd Tammany Hall stand for. Sulzer
new that and didn't care. But the
sople did care. Sulzer thought he
w a cahnce to advance himself at
urphy's expense So he kicked
urphy in the face and the crowd
'p nuded. Then Murphy set out to
ar Sulzer down. Now he has sue
eded. The court of impeachment
at he ordered has convicted Sulz-
and removed him from the gov
But II is the people of New York :
10 have been proven guilty. .
The people of New York had their =,
portunity last fail TO elect as gov
nor man OF proven integrity, alb
ty and Independence. Oscar Straus n