Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
Business Fighting Itself and
Prosperity DaWns, Speak
er Declares.
BURDEN OF PRESIDENT
HUGEST SINCE LINCOLN
Every Good Citizen Should Trust and
Uphold Wilson, He Says-Hopes
Against Entanglements.

PHILADELPHIA. March 1e.-Speaker
Champ Clark, addressing the Friendly
Sons OF st. Patrick in this city last
night, declared that the Underwood tariff
has come to stay. that its income tax
features alone make 1t one Of tho greatest
acts in American history: that President
Wilson has borne a greater load than any
President since Lincoln. and declared also
that II the newspapers Of the country
would announce simultaneously In large
black type that prosperity has como to
stay, there would be a scattering Of the
nists Of business gloom wherever II Is
found
Speaks Of Achievements.
IN speaking Of the achievements Of the
democratic party. Speaker Clark said:
I'VE are proud Of our record in the SD
Congress. It was made by two years OF
unremitted toll, of intelligent action. OF
high endeavor, or patriotic achievement.
The results of our work will bless and
prosper our beloved country.
"Of course. there are those who carp
and criticise and growl. Folks with a
crouch. like the poor, we have with US
always Abraham Lincoln said: God
must love plain people otherwise He
would not have made SO many OF them.
say that God must have made pessi-
mists for some wise purpose put tneir
pestiferous existence demonstrates once
i3ore that God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform.
Some Hard to Please.
Prior to the time when we had the OPP
portunity OF doing things 1t was constant
" and vehemently asserted that We did
not know how to legislate; that We could
and would do nothing; that we were a
party of negation-merely that and moth
ing more Now. strange to relate, our
friends. the enemy. solernnly asseverate
that we are running the country by DO
ing too much. Certainly some folks are
hard to please
These compliments divide them
selves into two classes: First, those
who, with countenances sorrowful as
that of the Knight de La Mancha. but
with glee in their souls and hope in
their hearts. vociferate. purely Tor
political effect. that the country Is go.
ing to what the immortal Mantalini
denoninated the demnition bow
vows In their case the wish is father
to the thought. Some of them would
prefer that disaster should come to the
business Of the land. from the smallest
business to the biggest business, rather
than see the country prosper and the
democrats victorious all along the line
n 1916. do not believe that there are
aaaay such un American residents in
this country SO favored by Almighty
0od. But the few malignants are I'M
fortunately among the noisiest of man
Kind
Forever Seeing Ghosts.
The second class, suffering from the
nulfigrubs. is much larger than the
Afs&, consisting Of honest but timid
persons with nerves who are forever
seeing ghosts. who in fat years look
fogvsrd fearfully to possible lean
years, ana who are greatly worried by
the lamentations Of the Cassandsas and
maPplots aforementioned"
Speaking Of the enactments OF the
democratic Congress. he said:
The chief laws are the tariff bill
me reserve board bill, the trade com.
mission bill. the seaman bill. the $40.
acre homestead bill, the antitrust bill
and the bill Improving our consular
service OF course, there are others OF
importance. but these will suffice FOL
the present speaking
1T 10 claimed by those who love III
net that the Underwood tariff bill would
not have brought in revenue enough t
run the government even IL there hat
been no transatlantic war. and much
ingenious arithmetical exercise hat
been resorted to to prove that conten.
tion, but It Is not true. 1t would have
brought in abundant revenue but fol
the war, which SO greatly reduced col.
lections from customs duties. In my
judgment, II Is the best tariff bill evel
enacted The income tax feature alone
would make 1t the best. No matter
what happens hereafter. no matter