The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-01

other men on earth know us. Does
any man in this house believe that the
democratic house leaders are working
to split the democracy? IF so, let him
courageously stand up here and now.
THE democratic leaders of this
house led in the long, bitter and suc=>
cessful fight in the Sixty-first congress
which elected a democratic house in
1910 and set in motion the forces
which put a democratic president in
the White House, gave us a democrat
ic senate and democratic majority
of 144 in this house. 1t is proud
record, and yet The New York World
has tho gall to charge that those same
leaders are trying to split the democ-
racy. I can stand here now and point
have sat within these historic walls
had not the democrats and insurgents
made that fight in the Sixty-frst con-
gress.
Farther along in the aforesaid
World article occurs this passage:
1.-The ship subsidyists are seeking to
spring a great surprise when the vote
is taken. When debate upon the repeal
is finally opened on the floor they hope
to uncover one trump card that will
turn the tide of defeat.
"'This trump card is to be Speaker
Champ Clark. Thus far Mr.. Clark has
carefully avoided stating his position
on the question. Tho World CORES
pondent learned today that Mr.. Clark
is wavering against repeal. He did not
vote when the bill was passed origi-
nally and therefore he has none of the
fears of changing his vote that appear
to be uppermost in the minds or many
democratic politicians.
"'The ship subsidy interests hope to
get Mr.. Clark to make a laundering
speech against repeal. If he can be
SpI 10
he is in favor Of mailing the Stars and
Stripes to the canal as one anti-re-
peal man expressed it today, some
members believe many votes may be
changed.
with Speaker Clark, Mr.. Under
wood, Fitzgerald and Kitchin urging
their followers to oppose the bill, it is
conceded that most remarkable spec
tacle will be staged upon the floor OF
the house,
THAT is another base and false in
sinuation. If any man here believes
that SANDER, let him stand up and nows
so that he may be seen by these hun
dreds Of witnesses.
"In another World article those OF
us who stand for American rights as
against British domination are assailed
for boiling the president Merciful
God! What an idiotic phrase! have
heard Of men boiling platforms and OF
boiling nominees, but who ever heard
before of anybody boiling a man In Of
flee? .
1--WE are denounced by the pluto-
cratic World as boilers because we
stand by the platform, which surely is
an astounding way to bolt.
IT refuse absolutely to have my,
democracy measured by the weather
cock World.
81 have been a democrat all my life.
7 expect to die in that faith. I never
bolted democratic nominee or plat
down in the Kentucky hills, there was
prevalent a disease called intermittent
fever; that is, the fever came UP every
other day. The plutocratic World is
an intermittent democrat. The Worlds
insinuation that I am Influenced by
ship subsidies is too contemptible for
consideration. Everybody, including
The World, knows that from my first
entrance here have fought all ship
subsidy propositions tooth and nail. On
one occasion led the fight which de-
feated :. ship subsidy proposition by
one vote.
mot satisfied with the foregoins
s1anders, it attributes the fact that
am standing on the Baltimore platform
to the fact that I have not forgotten
the Baltimore convention. How can
forget a performance which nobody
else in America seems able to forget.
including The New York World? 1t.
along with every editor in America
who hopes to be ambassador. minister
plenipotentiary. consul general, or to
hold some other fat and juicy job, has
been endeavoring to place me In an
tagonism to the president ever since
the election. These papers declare that
T am opposing this surrender to Great
Britain as an opening gun in my cam n
paign for president in 1915. 1t may
surprise these obsequious courtiers to
know that I never limited to any human
being that would be residential can.
didate in 1916; and that l am not a
candidate. Consequently their slander
has been a gratuitous mental degra-s
dation.
sit will surprise these timber backed
incense swingers still more to know
what have uniformly told those who
have suggested my candidacy In 1916,
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