The daily sentinel., 1913-03-28
Speaker Wants Whole Party TO
Unite in Support Of His
Successful Rival.
CBy CLYDE TAvENNER.)

Washington March 2S.-Speaker
Champ Clark intends to cooperate in
whole-hearted sincerity with Presi-
dent Wilson to carry out the prom
ises contained in the Baltimore plat
form. From the moment the Balti-
more convention adjourned. he never
had any other thought in view, but
on the contrary has taken advantage
of every opportunity to advise all
democrats to pull together for the
success of the administration and the
good of the party.
That Champ Clark is not the kind
of man to sullc. and that he will
not, was borne home forcibly to ev-
cry democratic member OF the new
house. at the recent caucus at which
the speaker was unanimously re-
elected to preside over the Sixty
third congress. Unfortunately, no
newspaper men were permitted TO be
present at this caucus, and the ring
ing speech made by Speaker Clark
on behalf OF party solidarity did not
get into the newspapers to any ap-
preciable extent. | have the consent
of the speaker as well as the demo-
cratic caucus to publish such parts
of the speech as | desire. Space will
not permit the printing of the com
plete remarks of the speaker, which
is to be regretted, because the speech
is complete refutation of the inti-
nations which have appeared in the
press recently to the effect that Mr.
Clark is unfriendly to the new ad-
ministration.
Since the foundation of our gov
ernment." declared Mr. Clark. mo
party ever had "A fairer prospect of
long lease of power or better
chance of promoting the welfare and
prosperity of the country than the
democratic party has. What will we
do with our opportunity? The vot-
ers have only placed us on probation.
Can we make good? Can we vindi-
cate the vast army of voters who
gave us the power to conduct the gov
eminent? Undoubtedly we can. How
can we do it? By keeping faith with
the people. BY religiously carrying
out the promises by reason of which
we won. BY transmitting into law
our pledges to improve the condi-
tions under which we live. If we do
this the people will recognize it and
approve our conduct.
Democratic Promises Plain.
There Is no doubt what our
promises were. They were writ !
large in the Baltimore platform. Our
first promise was a tariff for reve-
nue. only, and to give the people that,
or as close an approximation there
to as possible, is the first duty of the
new administration and of the new
congress: and in passing 1t may be
said, and ought to be said, that tar
iff reduction which does not reduce
the cost of living is not worth the
paper on which it is printed.
Following that we promised to
strengthen the antitrust law, to es-
tablish an income tax; to revise the
banking laws; to improve our water
ways; to provide for reasonable
conservation system; to create a de-
partment of labor. which we have al
ready done, and to declare the ma
tons purpose touching the Philip
pines. 1t is an extensive program,
but 1t is our duty to work it out. The
only way TO achieve it is for every
democrat in official position to give
the best there is in him to help re-
deem our pomises by subordinating
individual ambition to the public
veal
That any man fit for official sta
tion will let his personal likes or dis
likes interfere with his cooperating
withany other democrat in unifying
the party in its herculean and multi
arious tasks to redeem our pledges
and thereby contributing, as | be-
lieve, to the increased prosperity and
happiness of the American people is
n thing Incredible. The suggestion of
such state of affairs comes from
faint hearted Democrats who are for
ever seeing ghosts or from malignant
marplots who, through masquerad-
ing as democrats, are not democrats
at all but wolves in sleeps clothing.
Certain of these venomous eleventh
hour democrats are loud-mouthed in
proclaiming trouble where none ex-
lists and in laying down a rule of
conduct for real democrats.
Genuine democrats, who have the
good of the party and the country
at heart would do well to give no
heed to these self-styled democrats
whose chief business is to stir up
strife among democrats by foully
slandering any democrat who has
earned their enmity by being a dem
ocrat at all times, under all circum-
stances and at all places.
Democrats should take to heart
the philosophy of the old saying: