The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-01

III we must differ. let US differ In kind.
ness and II will be better. much better
for the party. and therefore better for the
country"
Mr.. Clark declared he had given grea,
thought and study to the tolls question.
| Il looked at IL from every conceivable
| angle to see II there was any just.hca-
ton for not keeping our platform pledge
for / desired to stand with the President
knowing full we'll that my motive would
be misconstrued by every Office seeker In
the land" sad the Speaker. But to save
| my life. l could conjure no excuse for
boiling the platform. That is why was
40 slow In announcing my conclusion In
the matter.
| Having had 40 much trouble In coming
| 10 determination myself. I never asked
| a single member to vote as I did. ! am
certain that the entire membership Of the
tiouse will bear me out in this state
| ment."
The Cloture Rulc.
Mr.. Clark referred In this way to the
| success OF the Administration I'm forcing
the adoption in the House last week of
| the rule limiting debate on tho repeal
bill;
There has been much felicitation
| among the supporters OF this bill about
their tremendous victory on the adoption
| of the rule.
when IL IL remembered that the ma
jorty was only IS on the rule. and that q
change OF 10 votes would have defeated
1t In House with IA Democratic ma
jorty the grounds for their self .congratu-
laticn are hard to discover
When Pyrrhus. King OF Epirus. was
walking over n battlefield whereon he had
won n hard fought victory and observed
the number Of dead and wounded anong
his own soldiers. he nournfully exclaimed /.
Another such victory and We are undone.
ITO whom does the Panama Canal be-
long. anyway? To the United States OF
America. We built II nj the enormous
cost OF sioo.ooo.oo0. We built 1t or Amer
lean soil. We have fortified H. We will
control It. In order TO get n chance to
build II we created a republic.
For whose benefit did we build e?
Primarily for our own. secondarily for
the worlds benefit
"why did we build IT, In order to Sc
cure cheap water freight rates
Railroad Opposition.
who fought the building OF the canal
for fifteen long wearisome years? The
transcontinen;al railroads
who would be the chief bereficiaries
OF this repeal bill? Tho same transconti-
mental railroads--tho Canadian Pacific
heading the list. 1t would be many mill
ions Of dollars in their capacious pockets
annually.
"To do a thing to enable them 70 hold
up their old rates Is altruistic generosity
run mad and an outrage on the American
people. l refuse TO indorse any such pro-
gramme
"One OF the wisest thing. the fathers
did was to distribute the powers OF gov
eminent among three OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lattice. judicial and executive-and they
endeavored TO so arrange things that no
one department should encroach upon the
prerogatives Of the others
Under this system OF checks and bal
ances certain duties are devolved upon the
President. which he Is sworn TO dis
charge. and, truth to tell. President Will
son shows no reluctance In discharging
his duties and exercising his powers 10
the utmost
When he was elected Governor OF
New Jersey he declared that he had been
elected leader Of the people OF that State
When he was elected Preslden, he de-
clared that he had become ipso facto
leader OF the people OF the United States
In both declarations he was correct but
even leadership has Its limitations
A Willing Follower.
II am willing 10 follow where he leads
as long as he is in the White House and
SO long as he does not ask US to repudiatc
plain platform declaration
Under our system a national conven-
tion is the grand inquest 81 political
party tho highest authority for the decla-
ration of party principles. higher than
President or Congressional caucuses: In
deed higher than President and Congress
sional caucuses combined.
THE fathers devolved upon Congress
n in Ittfin x.,ht ,t,
charge faithfully and well. duties which
we canno: shirk or fail 10 discharge with
out DISQUALIFICATION and the condemna-
ton OF the people and OF our own con-
sciences
THE President discharges his duties
The question is. have We the wisdom tho
courage and the patriotism to discharge
ours 1f not. we should make way for
men imbued with the spirit OF 20 to the
end that We may transmit our priceless
heritage OF liberty TO our children and our
children's children.
1.-THE declaration in favor Of free tolls
for our coastwise trade was writ large
In the Baltimore platform. The propo-
nents or the repeal al first with far moro
zeal than discretion asserted that that
plank was inserted IN the platform sur
rept'tiously and without h y considera-
ton.
But that would have blasted So many
regulations that the men who were on
the platform committee-particuia the
eleven men on the sub committee which
reported the tolls plank to the full COM
mittee, refused to rest under that false
and foolish charge and told the truth
about II in self-defence and the truth is.
the tolls plank was introduced in the usual
way and was fully dscussed--not only
discussed but amended and agreed to in
its amended form. by the full committee
and then by the whole convention.
support of the People.
I'VE went to the people on that plat
form containing the free tolls plank :;
headed by President Wilson himself. we
all Endorsed II standing on II. we ap
pealed to the voters of the land for their
support. and they. responding to our
Macedonian cry for help, enabled us to
sweep the land from sea to sea by amaz-
Ing majorities in the Electoral College.
And now II Is proposed that we re-
ward their faith In us and their support
OF us by repudiating one OF the planks Of
that platform on which we achieved that
astounding victory.
II refuse absolutely to be a pRrty 10
any such performance. Tell Il not in
Gath proclaim II not In the streets Of
Ascalon. that the Democratic party will
not keep faith with a coniding public"
Mr.. Clark was interrupted by wild ap-
plause as he declared that the United
States wanted peace with the world, but
that II would never buy peace.
1--WE most earnestly desire peace with
all nations wa will buy Deace from, NON. -