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WBmmnmmmBmmBmi r : TT&mEm (jlf-j, . r :, . ." The Commoner. 14 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2T I I.J1 r it I i- cc Glad Tidings of Great Joy. 99 Representative) Champ Clark of Missouri delivered tho address in Now York at Tammany's Fourth of July celebration. Mr. Clark said: "Democrats colcbrato tho birthday of tho ropubllc undor more favorablo auspices this year than at any timo sinco 1893. Republican factionists aro at each other's throats in tho houso of representatives, in tho son ato and throughout tho land. More power to their arms. I bring to you the glad tidings of great joy that tho domocrats in tho houso of represent atives have laid aside tho weight THE COMMONER'S Clubbing List c , l'ubtiitiet' and Price Homestead American, Tho $ .GO American Magazine 1.50 American Motliorhood... . 1.00 Amorlcan Boy 1.00 Agricultural Epltomist 25 American Beo Journal.... 1.00 Black Cat 1.00 Bank Deposit Guarantee Journal 1.00 Boys' World 50 Brecdor's Gazetto 2.00 Current Literature 3.00 Cosmopolitan. 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Tho beneficiaries thereof will pour a stream of gold like unto tho River Pactolus into tho repub lican boodlo fund with which to de bauch tho voters of the land and then recoup themselves by more of special privilege granted by tho men for whom thoy buy the offices. For years that endless chain has been in operation and it will continue to operate till our system of govern ment is thoroughly purged of every variety and every vestige of special privilege. "The tariff graft one species of special privilege became so offen sive that five or six years ago even certain republicans became dissat isfied and began to demand a revision downward. First there were only what tho doctors call sporadic cases of republican dissatisfaction; but the republican dissenters increased so rapidly that in the spring of 1908, Sereno B. Payne, chairman of the great committee on ways and means and ex-ofllclo republican floor leader in the houso, was driven into declar ing that he violated no confidence in stating that the republicans would revise the tariff. His statement was equivocal, as he did not say whether the revision was to be down or up, but, considering all the circumstances under which his utterance was made, he intended it to be understood as a promise of revision downward; and to do him perfect justice he claims that his bill is a revision downward. "Clearly he has been imposed up on by his arithmetricians for his bill revises it up about 1.71 per cent on the average. His declaration, how over, did not allay the clamor among republicans. It swelled into such a roaf that when the republicans held their national convention in 1908, they were forced to promise tariff re vision in their platform. Again the promise was equivocal, as it did not state whether the revision was to be up or down. But the demand for tariff revision downward was so strong and so insistent that a ma jority of republican orators and edi tors declared that the revision was to be downward. On that promise they won. Having got in, they pro ceeded to revise it upward. So that in the impending campaign the over shadowing issue is whether men in conducting a campaign are under any obligation to tell the truth or wheth er they are licensed to palter in a double sense to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. Query: Is it anv less dis which for years did so easily beset us, that of fighting each other, and recently havo presented a solid and united front to tho common enemy. Wo aro no longer a feoblo, wrang ling, querulous, dispirited body,' but a courageous, vigilant, virile, hope ful, militant band, not only ready but eager for tho fray. "Notwithstanding the fact that at tho beginning of this congress tho republicans had forty-seven majority in tho house and, even after tho cas ualties In tho Fourteenth district of Massachusetts and tho Rochester dis trict of New York, they still havo forty-three majority, wo have fought several drawn battles with them and havo gained some great victories notably on March 19 last, when we performed tho great surgical opera tion of clipping Mr. Speaker Can non's claws. In that momentous movement in the cause of good gov ernment every democratic member did his duty and, in tho immortal words of Admiral Schley: 'There is glory enough for all.' So utterly were tho republicans routed, so thor oughly were they demoralized, that Mr. Speaker Cannon publicly de clared that thero was no longer a re publican majority in the house. "If a member of the Sixtieth con gress had gono to sleep March 4, 1909, and, after the manner of Rip Van Winkle, had slumbered till the evening of June 17, 1910, and had then looked into the house and seen it pass a rule by the enormous ma jority of 201 to 1 to prevent commit tees from pigeon-holing or smother ing bills, which resolution I intro duced, ho would have pinched him self to see if he wore awake. Had any man been bold enough In the early days of this congress to predict that such a thing would como to pass before the summer solstice .in 1910, he would have been in immi nent danger of being clasped into a straight jacket aud a padded cell. "Tho regular republicans, gave in their adhesion because they knew full well that If they did not do so, we would force it through without their help and in spite of their op position. "Most assuredly that was a pitiful conclusion for that vast aTray of re publican pie-hunters which, drunk with victory and power, paraded the streets of Washington March 4, 1909, with flags flying, drums beating and uugies Diowing. meir arrogance k. "I II " uj 'm u- ilrq Rwonf- ""OT, " ouio umuos unaer raise tlon and should bo accepted. By reason of republican refusal to euro that great outrage hundreds of thou sands of people must shiver and freeze through the ensuing winter. Doctors and philanthropists are wag ing war against the great white plague, which the woolen goods schedule of the Payne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff bill does so much to foster. Shame upon men who will not rem edy such a gross outrage, an outrage which causes incalculable sickness, suffering and death, an outrage which they have abundant power to stop! "If we have tho next house, as I believe we will have, we will hon estly -and courageously report a bill to revise the tariff down to a revenue basis, pass it through the house and send it over to the senate. Perhaps by that time the senate, yielding to the public demand, will also pass it. If it does not, we will go to the peo ple on that issue in 1912. "A democrat is a man who be lieves in democratic principles and who votes the democratic ticket. In recent years there has been much straggling from the ranks. I cor dially invite all backsliders to come back home. I also heartily invite all others who are dissatisfied with re publican misrule and republican ex travagance, to join with us in tho crusade for the overthrow of the re publican machine. We will give them a warm welcome, not inquiring too closely into their political pedi grees or political antecedents.. The doors stand wide open. There is no mourners' bench in the church demo cratic. Even life-long republicans will be welcomed on the good old principle that, "While the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return." A FOOLISH QUESTION . . A Swede entered a'postoffice in tho northwest and inquired: "Ban any letters for me today?" "What name, please?" "Ay tank de name is on de letter." Everybody's Magazine. PATENTS Watson E. Coleman Patent Lawyer, Washington, D.O. Aelvleo and hooltH free. Bates reasonable. Highest references. Best services. 7P A T 171 7V IT Q SECURED OR FEU A. tM. JL Mil J.H A. O RETURNED. Freo report as to Patentability. Illustrated Guide IKi,nnrt List of inventions Wanted, sent rroo. VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Washington, D. O then, as their serried ranks swent by and their utter demoralization and humility now recall the opening stan zas of Byron's splendid poem, 'Tho Destruction of Sennacherib.' "I submit to a candid world that the domocrats of the house of repre sentatives have set a fine example to domocrats every where and de- servo well of tho country. Our unity of purpose and unity of action should become contagious to the end that wo may sweep the land from sea to sea and hurl from power those who have abused tho sacred trust which tho people committed to their hands. "But we must fight if we would win. The republicans are so split up that some folks seem to think that all wo have to do is to stand still and see tho salvation of thn Lord. Such over-confidence may cost us dear. Tho Bure way to win la to fight today, tomorrow and overy day till the. polls close on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. "Special privilege which Jefferson fought In his day and over which Andrew Jackson, of blessed and heroic memory, triumphed in his day is firmly intrenched in power now through years and years of re- pretenses than to obtain money in mat ieionious manner? "President Taft himself admitted in his Winona speech that the wool en goods schedule is too high and ought to be reduced. I agree with him on that; so do you all. Why, then, have they not reduced it? It is eleven months lacking one day since he signed the Payne-Aldrich-Smo.ot tariff bill. He is a republican. Both houses of congress are rflnnh. lican by overwhelming majorities. As the democratic floor leader in the house I guaranteed that if the presi dent would send in a message urging that the woolen goods schedule be cut to a reasonable basis, so that tho people could have cheaper cloth ing and cheaper blankets, and Mr. L-nairman jpayne would report such a bill and nut it linon lr3 -nnaantra every democrat would vote for it, and every democrat in the house ap plauded my offer, thereby proving that I spoke their sentiments. That was on May 21, but the president has never sent in any such message and Mr. Chairman Payne has never reported any such bill. 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