Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-29
CHAMP CLARK ON DEMOCRATIC
ACHIEVEMENT.

Speaker Champ Clark delivered a
notable address at chautauqua assem- :
bly, at Pontiac, ILL.,, last Saturday. It
was his task to present the case of re-
cent Democratic achievement; and we'll
qualified for the work set before him,
he did it well. The present great polit :
ical renaissance, which has restored so
much of representative government to
the people, properly dates back to the
time when Mr.. Clark was chosen as the
leader of his party in the national
house Of representatives And so he
spoke out of close personal experience.
He said in part:
Near the close of his splendid and heroic
career ST. Paul exclaimed 81 have fought good
fight 1 have kept the faith Verify we have
fought good fight. We have kept the faith.
Judge tree by it's fruit is a rule laid down by
the highest authority. 1t is a good rule, a
wholesome rule in judging human conduct as
well as agriculture. We are willing to be
judged by it. We are proud of our splendid
record. We cheerfully stand on it and conf
dently defend it against all comers Our friends
the enemy practicing the antiquated obso-
late and futile Chinese methods of war
For years and years those who love US not
yolubly and vehemently asserted that Demo
Gratis were party of negative-merely that and
nothing more, that we did not have sense enough
to Iegislate They sneeringly declared that
modern democrats were utterly destitute of
initiative in constructive craftsmanship and
that if we came into power we could accomplish
nothing. AS prophets of evil Cassandra was
not marker to them.
At last the scales fell from the peoples eyes
and they entrusted us with power once more.
In two brief years we placed upon the statute
books more constructive legislation than the
Republicans enacted in two decades-legisla-
ton that in addition to the Democratic votes
nearly all the prOgressives and large percen-
tage of regular Republicans voted for our great
constructive measures. We passed a great
tariff bill, the hest ever placed on the statute
books. 1t contains many excellent changes
from the Payne Aldrich- Smoot monstiosity
and it contains one new feature that would
make it the best tariff bill even if the rest of it
were as bad as the last Republican tariff BILL
which most emphatically it is not. The new
feature is the income tax. The income tax pro-
vision will never be repealed. On the contrary
it will be strengthened and improved. ANY
party declaring for it's repeal would not ca :
ten states in the union.
We had for more than half century finan-
cial system of shreds and patches with a cur
rency system almost wholly devoid of elasticity
that was a standing invitation and temptation
to panic makers. The Democrats with the
patriotic assistance of Progressives and a
patriotic contingent of Republicans, placed
upon the statute books the National Reserve
Bank act. which is now praised by all business
men, big and little, which provides for elastic
lty and provides an abundant supply of cur.
rency and which it is believed will render
panics impossible in the future. 1t enables
farmers to borrow money on farm lands, the
best security in the world; tends to prevent the
draining of all the money into few great cities
We passed an anti trust law which tends to
promote legitimate business, to crush the illeg-
itimate. We passed the Trades Commission
bill to encourage honest industries large and
small, We passed bill to open up our amaz-
ingly wealthy Alaskan empire for the benefit of
all our people and to prevent that marvellous
storehouse of wealth from being exploited by
the few and for the benefit and behalf of the
few. We enacted many other valuable laws
which have not time to mention.
In all these important measures a Democratic
president and Democratic congress worked
in partnership, shoulder to shoulder, heart to
heart. shall not undertake to partition the
honors. AS Admiral Winfield Scott Schely
said touching his great naval victory in Cuban
waters, There is glory enough for ALL