Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The ship subsidy interests 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 Mir. Clark has carefully avoided stating his po- SitIon on the question. The World cor respondent learned today that Mir. Clark is wavering against repeal. He did not vote when the bill was passed originally, and therefore he has none of the fears of changing his vote that appear to De uppermost In the minds of many democratic politicians.
 ' The ship subsidy interests hope to get MT 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 and Stripes to the canal as one anti-repeal bers believe many votes may be changed.
 "An Idiotic Phrase.'
 With Speaker Clark. Mir. 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- situation. If any man here believes that islander, let him stand up here and now, so that he may be seen by these hundreds of witnesses.
 Tn another World article those of us who stand for American rights as against British domination are assaiI- ed for 'bolting the president Merciful Godl What an idiotc phrase, I have heard of men bolting platforms and of bOlting nominees, but who ever heard before of anybody boiling a man in office?
 We are denounced by the plutocrat- ic World as bolters because we stand by the platform, which surely is an as tonishing way to bolt.
 T refuse absolutely to have my democracy measured by the weather cock World.
 Not a Candidate for Presidency in 1916.
 T have been d democrat all nay life. l expect to die in that faith. l never bolted d democratic nominee or plat form in my life. When I was a boy down in the Kentucky hills there was prevalent disease called Intermittent fever that is, the fever came up every day. The plutocratic World is an in- termitIent democrat.
 The Worlds insiRuation that I am influenced by ship subsidies is toe con temptible for consideration. Every body, including the World, knows that II OIAl lily IIiSt CHE1dIEe 1SIe udN U fought all ship subsidy propositions tooth and nail. On one occasion ! led the light which defeated d ship subsidy proposition by one vote.
 Not satisfied with the foregoing islanders, it attributes the fact that am standing on the Baltimore plat form to the fact that I have net for gotten the Baltimore convention. How can I forget a performance which mo- body else in America seems to forget including the New York World? It along with every editor in America who hopes to be ambassador, minis ter plenipotentiary. consul general. oI to hold some other fat and juicy job has been endeaVoring to place me ir antagonism to the president ever since the election. These papers declare that I am opposing this surrender to Great Britain as an opening gun in my cam paign for president in 1916 It may surprise these obsequious couEtiers tC know that 1 never hinted to any hu- man being that I would be a presi- dential candidate in 1916, and that am not a candidate. Consequently theil