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Interest in today's tariff discussion in the houso centered in the speech of Mr. Clark of Missouri, minority leader, and ranking democratic member of the committee on ways and means. Prom the outset Mr. Clark's re marks commanded attention. At times he' injected humor into what he had to say, and frequently was interrupted by applause. As a preliminary to his set speech Mr. Clark provoked the house to great laughter, and Mr. .Olmstead of Pennsylvania, the chairman, to no little embarrassment by congratulat ing him upon the advent yesterday of a son. For Mr. Payne the minority lead er had only words of praise and his remarks in that connection elicited applause on both sides. Mr. Payne's powers of endurance, he declared, were a marvel, and his nine hours' speech oh the tariff had made him a great historical person, in company with Henry Clay, Robert J. Walker, Senator Morrill of Vermdnt-, William McKinley, William L. Wilson and Nelson Dingley. "Indeed," said Mr. Clark, "he has knocked higher than a1 kite the theory of Dr. Osier." The speech of the majority leader he characterized as a superb vindica tion of his physical and mental strength. Mr. Clark also had a kind word for every member of the committee on ways and means. "We worked like' galley slaves in trying to ascer tain the truth," he said. He denied that the committee had bullyragged any witness, as he said had been charged and declared that if any witness had received an indecent word in the committee room he had provoked it by his own acts. Mr. Clark's Speech Declaring that tho present was no time for an academic discussion of tho tariff, Mr. Clark of Missouri, said that ho had gone to Chairman Payno and suggested that insofar as ho was con cerned, he gladly would have waived all general debate on the bill if an assurance could bo given that there would be ample time for amendment and debate under the five minute rule of tho entiro measure, section by sec tion. It was his judgment that the bill could bo amended in many re spects. Touching tho failure of the con sumer to appear before the committee, Mr. Clark said that there were two reasons for this, one that In tho be ginning tho public looked upon tho hearing as a stupendous confidence game, and second, that tho consumer felt that the possibility of having his tariff burden substantially reduced was so remote that ho did not think it worth traveling expenses, hotel bills, neglect of business and loss of time. wnno tnat applied to the fairly well- to-ao ultimate consumer, ho said, there wore minions or ultimate consumers who had not tho wherewithal to foot aids for the wounded. He said that the rest of tho republicans, first or last, "came over to our side," on dif ferent subjects and in various degroos, but that Mr. Fordney never lowered his colors. "Neither Leonidas at tho pass noij Horatlus at the bridge was a, marker to him," he said. 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Philadelphia Public Ledger, afford to use it in that way. -so tnat," ho said, "tho ultimate consumer really speaks in these hear ings oniy tnrougn questions propound ed by members of tho committee in an i,"?.nest endeavor to ascertain tho truth." "Most of tho cross firing among wit nesses," he said, "was where one sot of manufacturers fell afoul of another becauso tho tariff pie was not evenly distributed and each one wanted tho biggest piece." Grants FordHcy tho Pnlm To Mr. Fordney of Michigan Mr. Glarlc extended his assurances of his "profoundest consideration" as a flght- 2X' J'1!0 Y3ud put a sa-mo cock to blush in that regard." If, he said, Mr. Fordney were given carte blanche to writo a tariff bill, "it would be short, If not sweet, and would bo in those words: If an article can bo produced in this country by any pro cess or at any cost whotsoovor, noth ing like it shall be Imported." tit. InihJougrh Ul hearings, ho said, Mr. Fordney was on hand with first Facing; a Deficiency In addition to tho peculiar coinci dence of both parties being under or ders toreviso the tariff downward, ho said, all were stared in tho face by a large and increasing deficiency In tho revenue. There are, ho said, but three ways known among men by which a doflclency may be cured cut down the expenses, Increase taxes and Issue bonds. Issuing bonds, he declared, was no remedy at all. It was simply postponing tho day when thoy must bo paid, principal and interest. Taxes, he contended, never should be In creased where possible to avoid It. Cutting down appropriations, he said, where It could bo done without stinting the government In any of its proper functions, was tho most effi cient remedy for a deficiency, "but," ho added, "our republican brethren feel utterly incapable of cutting down appropriations. Wo favor that remedy m the old Jeffersonian principle of 'economy In thQ public expense that labor may be lightly burdened.' " Ho argued that the. nepublicans can not oconomlze- any andras they -were In tho majority, the committee on ways and means was under cpmpulsion to somehow increase tho ' revenues by about $150,000,000 per Annum. "Tak ing the whole situation into account," ho said, "the wise thing would, have been to invito tho , democrats to join in preparing tho bill. We would glad ly have aided them In their views, meditation and conclusion." In such joint work, ho. said, no mem ber could have got into the bill or out of It all he, desired. "There was no danger of our outvptihg them," he re marked, "for thoy had twelve members to our six, but we might by mutual concessions have agreed in whole, or oven in part, and It would have great ly expedited the passage of the bill thereby shortening the ibuslness sus pense now pervading tho land." Blames the Republicans Tho Idea of collaboration, however, ho said, did not occur tp tho republi cans. "On the contrary, they con cluded to segregate themselves and go It alone, as they bad,acperfect right to do." lie spoke of fh rapidity with which the bill was reported back to tho house, the time consumed being just twelve minutes, "without a mo ment's discussion and without even reading the title." Ho warned the re publicans that if a prolonged debato ensued and If tho business agony was continued for weeks or even months, "it is well to remember that the blamo should rest upon tho republican mem bers of tho committee and ndt upon tho democratic members." Tho Payno bill,' Mr,' 'Clark asserted, contained divers tilings which should have been omitted, and omitted divers things which it should havo contained. "Its chief purpose Is to Increase tho revenues," ho said. "It would appear to havo been tho part of wisdom to have made both the increases and tho decreases In rates to that end and that end alone." There was, he declared, no question of free trade involved in the revision. In tho present posture of affairs, ho argued, every approximately prohibit ed rate ought to bo cufHo a revenue basis. There were many of them In tho Dingley bill, ,a laVgo portion of which, ho said, wore retained In the Payne bill. The rate on steel rails had been cut Into two, being reduced1 trom $7.84 to $3.92 a ton, but he prddicted that tho Payno rato would prove' just as pro hibitive as tho higher "'flguro. Ho referred tb the testimony of Mr. Carnegie before the committee, in which ho said that no tariff was needr ed on steel rails even from a protect 1 iji . "4 j A feJ