Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
islander has been gratuitous mental degradation. No ilI-WiIl on Account of Baltimore
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degradation.
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 "It will surprise these limber- backed incense swingers still more to know what I have uniformly told those who have suggested by candidacy in 1916, and it Is this; If President Wilson makes success of his administration. he will be renominated and reelected in 1916: but if he makes a .iilure, which God forbid, the nomination will not be worth having
 'I never entertained the slightest ill., will toward the president about the Baltimore convention. l wish him we'll I did all I could to elect him, far more than some of those who so vociferously and fuIsomely praise him now, and for whom. deep down in his heart, he must entertain supreme con- tempt. I have steadfastly> supported him until we are called upon to bolt the platform. I absolutely refuse to do any such thing.
 "One more word on this head: I do not believe that the fact that I led on 29 ballots at Baltimore, receiving a clear majority on nine, and that a. majority of over 300 900 over the presi- dent in primary elections where he and l competed, preciudes me from dis charging my duty or exercising my rights as a representative Tn congress and speaker of the house to stand up
 
 Can Be Happy if Defeated. Finally. the New York World says that l am to be defeated for speaker as punishment for 'bolting' the presi- dent So be it. The World tried to beat me for reelection to the speak ership, but nevertheless I received ev- cry vote in the democratic caucus. At that rate I would be older than Methu- seleh before it will defeat me.
 T have this to say, the fact that I am making this fight for our platform pledges may end my public career. There are many things worse than be- ing defeated for congress or defeated for the speakership. or even worse than to be defeated for the presidency, and one of them is to repudiate the plat form on which you are elected
 T can be happy without the presi- dency. l can be happy without the SpeakerShip. The happiest hours of my congressional life were spent on the floor of the house, engaging freely in the parliamentary struggles, great and small, which rage in this large and energetic body If my constituents who have stood by me with unShaken fidelity should retire me to private life, 1 can still be happy in the love and affection of my wife and children, in the society of my books, and in culti- vating flowers and trees.
 Will Retire With integrity Unimpaired
 One thing dead sure, when I do go out of public life, whether next year or twenty years hence. it will be with my integrity unimpaired and my self respect intact I will not leave my children much property, but I will leave them the rich legacy of a good name, which King Solomon says is more precious than rubies.
 T have no criticism to make on the democrats who are going to vote for 1 repeal. l have co-operated with them so long, we have lost and won together so often. that it is with genuine sor- row that 1 cannot see as they do. l entertain d genuine affection for the members of this house. Some of them l have said things about me which they | will regret when their fever coOls down, l but I pass them by"
 Who Owns the Canal? ITO whom does the Panama canal belong, anyway? To the United States | of America. We built it at the enor- nous cost of $4Oo, 900, 900. We built it | on American soil. We have fortified | it; we will control it. In order to get | a chance to build it we created a re- l public. For whose benefit did we build | it? Primarily for our own; secondari- | ly for the worlds benefit. Why did we i build it? In order to secure chear water freight rates.
 Who fought the building of the canal for fifteen long, wearsome | years? The tFanscontinental railroads 1 :'Whe would be the chief beneficiaries | of this repeal biI? The same trans- 1 continental railreads-the Canadian ! Pacific and the Tehauntepec National 1 railway heading the list. It would be | many millions of dollars in their ca i Pacious pockets annually. To do a l thing to enable them to hold up their cid rates is altruiStic generosity TUT