The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-24
CLARK'S CHARGE
THRILLING INCIDENT
Said That Many Of the Most Promin-
ent Republican Leaders In Conspi'
racy Against Prosperity
UTTERANCE HAS MUCH WEIGHT
Says That Talk Of Democratic Ad-
ministration Always Brings Hard
Times Is Pure Rot
UTTERANCE HAS MUCH WEIGHT

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From Congressman C. H. Tavenner.
Washington, December 24.-Speak-
er Clark's charge that certain Repub-
lican leaders are in a conspiracy
against the prosperity of the country
was the most thrilling incident in the
debate SO far in the regular session of
Congress; his reply to the attacks ct
Congressman Mann, the house Repub-
lican floor leader, on Democratic pol
dcies was masterful and conclusive.
The Speaker is at the best period of
his public life right now. His ut
terances, phrased in the homely die
ton of Abraham Lincoln, never had
greater clarity or weight.
He charged that when Senator
Root, Ex-Governor Hadley, ex-speaker
Cannon, Republican National Chair
IMAM Hilles, and Mr. Mann all togeth-
er begin declaring that hard times
have descended upon the country, 1t
is something more than coincidence,
and, moreover, fthe wish is father to
the thought" He said that whatever
depression there may be in some of
the middle western cities has follow
ed naturally the drought that afflict-
nj ho% rnorio,, 10 st S,,ronnnr
"The main proposition" said the
speaker "that runs through all these
speeches and interviews to which ]
have referred is that when the Dem
ocrats are in you have, bad
times and calamihes and when
the Republicans are in You
have good times. There is not q
syllable Of truth In it and there never
was
The Speaker then showed that the
passage Of the Wilson tariff bill n
1894 brought an end to the panic OF
1893, which began under Republic
can tariff. He spoke about the pau
ic of 1907, when the Dingley bill was
lin force.
IT heard doctor say once that if
a man would start downtown in the
morning feeling perfectly we'll, and
every man he met for five or six
blocks would stop him and condole
with him as to how badly he looked
and inquire of him what was the mat
ter, before he had gone another block
he would feel sick sure enough.
That is precisely what these men
are doing. They propose to get in
the newspapers every day, day after
day, that the country is going to the
dogs and business is going to the
deuce. BY all right thinking men
this will be considered a monstrous
and objectionable performance"
The speaker then showed by fig
ures that free list imports in Novem-
Der only exceeded those of last Nov
ember by about 100000. Does any
man IN his. senses believe that this
increase would create a panic?" he
asked.
IF there is any hold-up in the
business of the country-and it may
be that a god deal of prudence is be-
ing exercised about tit is not On
account of the tariff bill. 1t is the
uncertainty about the currency leg
islation. Bankers do not like to
lend their money out until they
know what the bill is going to be,
and If the Senate will pass the bill
substantially as it passed the House,
it will be the most popular banking
bill ever passed in the United States,
I talked to James J. Hill last week,
and he said that he does not believe
there is going to be any panic in this
country. He said that the banks
were going slow until this banking