Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-01

| cessful fight In the 61st Congress which
elected a Democratic House in 1910
| and set in motion the forces which
4 put a Democratic President in the
! White House, gave us Democratic
Senate and a Democratic majority of
LA in this House. II is proud record
and yet the New York World has the
gall to charge that those same leaders
are trying to split the Democracy.
can stand here now and point out so
or so men who would never have sat
within these historic walls had not
the Democrats won that fight in the
61st Congress.
Farther along in the aforesaid
World article occurs this passage
The ship subsidy interests are
seeking to spring 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. The World CORE
spondent learned today that Mr.. Clark
is waivering against repeal. He did
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originally. and therefore he has none
of the fears Of changing his vote that
appear to be uppermost in the minds
of many Democratic politicians.
1.-The ship subsidy interests hope to
get Mr. Clark to make a laundering
speech against repeal If he can be
induced to come out and announce
that he is in favor of mailing the Stars
| trin To ha
repeal man expressed it today. some
members believe many votes will be
| changed.
with Speaker Clark. Mr.. Under
wood, Fitzgerald and Kitchin urging
their followers to oppose the bill, it
is conceded that a most remarkable
spectacle will be staged upon the
floor of the House
That is another base and false in
situation. II any man here believes
that SANDER. let him stand up here
now, SO that he may be seen by these
hundreds Of witnesses.
I'm another World article those of
US who stand for American rights as
against British domination are as
sailed as boiling the President Mer-
ciful God! what an idiotic phrase! I
have heard of men boiling platforms
and of boiling nominees, but who ever
heard before of anybody boiling a
man in office:
I'VE are denounced by the pluto
cratic World as boilers because we
stand by the platform, which surely
IS an astounding way to bolt.
"Intermittent" Democracy
IT refuse absolutely to have my De-
| NV, "a
| cock World.
II have been a Democrat all my
life. I expect to die in that faith.
never bolted Democratic nominee
or platform In my life. When I was a
boy down in the Kentucky hills, there
was prevalent a disease called Inter
mittent 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
contemplate for consideration. Every
body, 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 defeated ship sub
sidy proposition by one vote.
Not satisfied with the foregoing
SANDERS, it attributes the fact that l
am standing on the Baltimore plat
/ form to the fact that I have not for
| gotten the Baltimore convention. How
can | forget a performance which no.
body else in America seems to forget,
| including the New York World. 1t
| along with every editor in America
WHO hopes to be ambassador. minis
| ter plenipotentiary. consul general or
to held some other fat and juicy Job,
! has been endeavoring to place me in
| antagonism to the administration.
/ Their papers declare that I am OPP
! posing this surrender to Great Brit
| ain rs an opening gun in my campaign
for President in 1916. II may surprise
these obseauious editors to know that
I never limited to any human being
that / would be a Presidential candi-
| date in 1915; and that I am not
/ candidate. Consequently their SANDER
has been a gratituous mental degree
| dation.
Wishes Wilson swell"
II never entertained the slightest
| ill-will toward the President about the
! Baltimore convention. / wish him well.
| did all could to elect him, far more
! than some of those who so vociferously
| praise him now and for whom deep
down in his heart he must entertain
supreme contempt. l have steadfast-
| ly supported him until we are called
upon to bolt the platform. | absolute
| ly refuse to do any such thing.
"One more word on this head: l do
not believe that the fact that I led on
20 ballots at Baltimore, receiving
clear majority of 9 and that 1 got
majority of over 100000 over the pri-
mary elections where he and COM
peted, precludes me from discharging
my duty or exercising my rights as
representative in Congress and as
Speaker of the House to stand up for
America against Great Britain.
Finally, the New York World says
that I am to be defeated for Speaker
as punishment for boiling the Presi-
dent So be It, The World tried to
beat me for reelection to the Speaker
ship, but nevertheless / received every
vote in the Democratic caucus. AT that
rat / would be older than Methuselah
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