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FRIDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 23, 1910.
FRIDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
I REA PS IT j
FLEW OVER ALPS.
Geo. Chavez Passes 0?er Sini
pltn Pass Today.
He Followed Path of the Con
quering Napoleon.
DISASTER AT THE ESI)
Falls at Domodossola and Is
Slightly Injured.
Compelled to Rise to Height of
.7,000 Feet.
Domodossola. Italy, Sept. 23. To
George Chavez, the Peruvian aviator,
belongs the honor of being the first to
fly across the Alps. The daring feat
was accomplished today in an attempt
to win the prize of $20,000 offered by
the Italian Aviation society of Milan
for a flight from Brig, Switzerland, to
Milan.
Chavez, however, was unable to com
plte the trip, having suffered painful
injuries when lie alighted here. His
machine was overturned and he was
buried in the wreckage. It is not be
lived. however, that his injuries are
serious.
The Chavez Monoplane in Which lie
Crosed the Alps Today.
As the air man was seen slowiy de
scending a great crowd gathered. Slow
ly and gracefully he neared the sur
face and was about 30 feet above the
ground when a gust of wind caught
and overturned the monoplane. It fell
heavily, carrying the aviator beneath
it. Chavez was pinned under the mo
tor and painfully hurt. He had faint
ed on striking the ground and was
bleeding profusely when released from
the wreckage. The machine was ruined.
American Gave It Up.
Tho American aviator, Mr. Weymann,
also attempted the flight, leaving the
tableland at Brig at 1 o'clock this af
ternoon. Later word was received that
he had descended after being in the
air four minutes. The weather for the
competition was excellent. The morn
ing opened clear on the surface and
the haze that had gathered on the
mountain tops was early blown away.
By noon the wind had died out.
Chavez believed that the favorable
opportunity which ho had awaited
since Monday morning had come and
he decided to make the start. He gut
away at 1:29 o'clock and rose to a
height estimated to be nearly 7,000
feet. He passed swiftly over the
mountain tops, clearing the summit of
Simplon pass at 1 :46. At that time hia
monoplane was moving as steadily as
a raiiroau train.
After negotiating Simplon nass.
Chavez followed the route over Gondo
Gorge, one of the grandest and at the
same time one of the most savage of
the. Alps. He reached here at 2:11
o'clock.
But for the mishap in alighting
tnere 1s little doubt that ne would have
successfully continued to the goal, as
the remainder of the course presents
comparatively little difficulty.
There is general regret that fate
which permitted him to make what
has been described as the most reck
less flight ever attempted should have
dealt less kindly with him when he
had reached the zone of easy flying
ann tne prize was in sight.
With the exception of Chavez and
Weymann the aviators abandoned the
competition this morning. The time
limit of the contest will expire to
morrow. Chavez's mon notable feat
up to today was in establishing a new
altitude record. On September 3, he
rose to a height of 8.271 feet.
Chavez crossed the Simplon pass at
1:48 and thus accomplished what has
been regarded as one of the most dar
ing feats proposed for the air men. He
had waited patiently for favorable
weather along the route, where strong
winds are the rule. This morning botn
sides of the Alps reported clear weath
er, but the top of the Simplon pass was
obscured In a haze.
Rose to Ciroat Height.
Chavez determined to make the at
tempt and rose to a height estimated
at nearly 7.000 feet. It was known that
It would be necessary for him to at
tain nearly this altitude to clear the
Simplon pass, the summit of which
rises 6.592 feet.
He maintained apparently this alti
tude for at ieast a half hour and fol
lowed over the road built by Napoleon
In 1S00 over the Simplon pass. He as
complished the eight miles that
brought him over the top of Simpion
and then sailed gracefully over the IS
miles down to Domodossola. Arriving
at Domodossola he had left the hardest
part of his journey behind him, having
escaped the high peaks and the jumble
of rocky gorges on the side of the
summit.
The remaining distance to this city
offers less difficulty but takes the avi
ator over Lake Maggiore and a suc
cession of plains to the goal.
Distance Is 73 Miles.
The distance from Brig. Switzerland,
for the aviator who should make the
to Milan, is 75 miles and the prize was
for the aviator who should make the
first flight starting from a tableland
S00 feet above sea level at the head of
the Rhone valley near Brig. Switzer
land. In addition to reaching a height
that would bring him over the Simp
plon pass and in doing which he must
suffer severely from the cold, the avi
ator was required to guide his frail
craft over wide chasms, notably the
Gorge of Ysctte, w here a safe descent
..
would be impossible, and an accident
must mean almost certain death.
Aviation experts had predicted freely
that the only alternative to a success
ful flight across the Alps will be the
death of the aviator.
Signal fires along the Napoleon road
marked the way as far as Domodossola
and the rest of the course was indica
ted by flags and buoys anchored on
Lake Maggiore.
The summit of the pass at Monscera
was illuminated with oxhydrique lights,
and a captive balloon showed the finish
line at the aerodrome here.
Chavez's Injuries Serious.
Domodossola. Sept. 23. Chavez's in
juries proved to be more serious than
was at first thought. At the hospital
to which he was removed the phy
sicians found that both of the aviators
legs were broken and that the left
thigh was fractured. Other parts of
the body revealed bad contusions.
RS. HARRIS WINS
Kansas Woman at Head of the
W. R. C.
Rochester Selected for Next
Meeting of G. A. R.
Atlantic City, X. J., Sept. 23. Mrs.
Belle C. Harris of Emporia, Kan., to
day was elected national president of
the Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs. Har
ris is the wife of Ben Harris, of the
State Employment Bureau In Topeka.
Rochester, X. Y., was chosen for
the next place of meeting for the na
tional encampment of the G. A. R.
The officers elected in addition to
John K. Oilman of Boston, were:
Senior vice commander-in-chief
Charles Burrows. Rutherford, N. Y.
Junior vice commander- in-chief
William James, Jacksonville, Fla.
Surgeon general John L. Smith,
Spokane. Wash.
Chaplain-in-chief Rev. Thomas
Harwood. Albuquerque. N. M.
The new commander-in-chief had an
easy time of it in his election, but
Rochester's selection as the next en
campment site has a little string to it.
The veterans decided that the encamp-
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Mrs. Belle C. Harris of Emporia, Elect
ed National President of the Wom
an's Relief Corps.
ment can go to the New York state
city on condition that satisfactory
rates are secured from the railroads
and if, in the judgment of the execu
tive committee of the national council
of administration of the G. A. R., the
rates are not to its liking, the com
mittee can select such other city to
which reasonable rates can be secured.
Los Angeles, Denver and Springfiefd,
111., were also after the encampment,
and San Francisco invited the veter
ans to the Golden Gate city in 1915.
When New Orleans heard of the lat
ter invitation a veteran from the south
ern city said the encampment would
also hear from New Orleans before
1915. the year for the opening of the
Panama canal.
The proposition of a dollar a day pen
sion for life will doubtless be shelved
by the encampment. The committee
on pensions, which made its report to
the encampment, decided against the
proposition on the ground that it would
be too expensive to the national gov
ernment. It was figured out that a dol
lar a day would increase the pension
roll more than JIOO.OOO.OOO a year and
that it would take a half billion dollars
in the next year for pensions. The
pension roll now amounts to $160,000,000.
The report of the pension committee
favors the McComber bill now in con
gress, removing the restrictions which
bar women who were married to vet
erans after June 27. 1890, and have since
become widows, from receiving pen
sions. The bill, however, bars women
who become widows within three years
after they marry a veteran.
Ma" Who Handled Army Mail Dead.
Jamestown, X. Y.. Sept. 2 3. Colonel
David H. Parker died at his home at
T.M (cvi 1 e tact PTPninir Tn-;TitT a
Civil war he had charge of department
of mails of the army for the Potomac.
T?illon-in(y tllf w r bp was fnr pifflit
years United States marshal for Vir
ginia. He was then made chief of
postoffice inspectors.
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CUTS DEATH RATE
United States Makes Best Show
ing on Record.
Only Fifteen Out of Thousand
Died Last Year.
MEN LEAD IN LIST.
Fifty-Four Per Cent Were Males
Says Government.
England Is Doing Even Better
Than This.
Washington, Sept. 23. The death rate
in the United States in 1909 was 15 in
each 1,000, according to a bulletin about
to be issued by the census bureau and
this is the lowest average ever record
ed for this country. The figures cover
only the cities and states having laws
requiring the registration of deaths and
these represent an estimated total pop
ulation of 48,776,893. or 55.3 per cent of
the estimated total for the entire coun
try. The states included in the summary
are California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Indiana. Maine, Maryland, Massachus
etts. Michigan, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio. Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont
Washington and Wisconsin.
In addition to these, returns were re
ceived from 54 cities having local reg
istration laws.
The total number of deaths recorded
was 732.53S, of which 398,597 or over 64
per cent were of males. The greatest
mortality occurred In March and the
lowest in June.
In 1909 the rate was 15.4 per cent, the
last year indicating a falling off of
about half of 1 per cent.
Excellent as the showing is, It was
not so good as was made in England
where the rate was only 14 to the
thousand. The low rate in both coun
tries is attributed to the absence of
widespreads epidemics.
usingTthe probe
Ballinger Starts Land Fraud
Investigation of Own.
Anxious to Free His Depart
ment From Charges.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 23. An in
vestigation of suspected land frauds
in Alaska which may exceed In scope
and startling developments the fa
mous Cunningham cases, is believed
to be in progress, guided by federal
officials in the northwest.
This investigation which is stated
to involve an entirely new group of
claims in charges similar to those
broucht against the Cunningham en
tries, is believed to have been institut
ed and actively pushed by Secretary
of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger,
who is believed to be anxious to clear
hia Henartment from the stigma con
sidered to attach as a result of the
Cunningham and Glavis episodes.
The list of entrymen involved is
said to include many men of promi
nence in Spokane and in the inland
ipire, as well as others oi even na
tional importance.
Secretary Ballinger s recent visit to
Snokane. according to the rumors
afloat here, was made in furtherance
of the investigation now in progress
by officials of the land onice ana tne
department of justice.
Lendintr color to reports now cur
rent here of an investigation of sus
pected land frauds in Allaska, irom
which startling developments are ex-
nected. is the presence in Spokane, ot
Clyde Walker, former special agent at
Spokane and now register of the land
office at Juneau.
In addition, there are also said to
be two special agents operating out
of the Seattle office who have been on
the ground in Alaska and have con
ducted an exhaustive probe of the
cases with thorough secrecy. Special
Agent Christenson, the successor of
Louis R. Glavis, and Special Agent
Carnahan are two of those said to
have been actively engaged in the
cases for several months.
The startling developments expect
ed in Spokane within the next few
days are believed to explain in some
measure, the long silence of Secretary
Ballinger under the sting of the Glavis
charges as well as the attitude of
President Taft toward his much-criticized
secretary of the interior. Both
the president and his cabinet official
are understood to be looking to this
latest series of Alaska prosecutions to
clear the interior department and the,
administration of lack of zeal in
guarding the wealth of Alaska from
corporate greed.
ALL WATER U USE.
No More Available for Irrigation Ex
cept J Yom Subterranean Sources.
Denver, Sept. 23. Every drop of
surface water capable of being turned
to irrigation is already appropriated,
is the opinion of practically all ex
perts who read papers at a conference
on irrigation matters here. The con
ference was arranged by the depart
ment of agriculture.
Supplies from other sources than
running streams must be looked to for
future use. the experts declared, and,
in the meantime, new reclamation
projects should be held in abeyance.
In line with this view of conditions,
experiments are being made in differ
ent sections into the feasibility of
pumping operations from great depths.
In Kansas. Washington, California and
New Mexico these experiments are be
ing carried on under direction of rep
resentatives from the agricultural de
partment in Washington. Subirriga
tion is another plan of bringing mois-
ture to growing crops which is being
tested.
Weaiher Indications.
Chicago. Sept. 23. Forecast for Kan
sas: Unsettled with showers tonight
or Saturday; cooler tonight.
DRIVE HIS LAST.
George Robertson, Famous Auto
Speeder, Meets Disaster.
Attempted to Take a Curve at
70 Miles in Hour.
CAR TURNED TURTLE.
The
Daring Driver May
Fatally Hurt.
Be
Practicing for the Vanderbilt
Cup Races.
Mlneola, N. Y., Sept, 23. George Rob
ertson, the automobile driver, was
thrown from his automobile while tak
ing a trial spin this morning in Long
Island motor speedway. He was un
conscious when picked up and was
rushed to a hospital.
George Robertson, Daring Auto Driver,
W ho Was Seriously Hurt Today.
Robertson was going at an estimated
rate of 70 miles an hour in the new
Benz car which he was to drive in tho
Vanderbilt cup race a week from to
morrow and which he was driving an
Initial tryout. When he struck the
Massapequa curve, considered the most
dangerous in the course, the car gave
a jump, swerved from the course and
was overturned. Robertson and Rey
nolds, a New York man whom he was
carryin- as a passenger, were thrown
30 feet or more clear of the wreckage.
Both Robertson and Reynolds were
unconscious when another car came
along and they were picked up. Rey
nolds was found to be suffering from
internal injuries.
A hasty examination caused the
physicians to fear that Robertson's in
juries were serious if not fatal. He
appeared to be suffering from a bad
scalp wound, a sprained or fractured
arm, concussion of the brain and possi
ble internal injuries. At the Nassau
hospital, however, it appeared to the
surgeons from the preliminary exami
nation that the automobilist's injuries
might not be so serious as was at first
feared.
It was thought Robertson had at
tempted to take the dangerous curve
at too high a speed.
Later Robertson's Injuries are not
serious. Reynolds was only slightly
hurt.
HE HAD TO SHOOT.
Fred Keehn's Defense for Kill,
ing Wm. Bleisner.
Testimony Will Be Closed This
Afternoon.
Seneca, Kan., Sept. 23. Fred Keehn,
on trial for the killing of William Blelj
ner in a family feud several months
ago, this morning admitted shooting
Bleisner when he was placed on the
witness stand in his own defense.
Keehn testified that he found it neces
sary to fire the shot in order to save
his own life. The defense will rest this
afternoon, after which the lawyers will
begin their pleadings, the case probably
going to the jury some time tomorow.
Keehn, in his testimony, said that he
had the gun with him because of the
fact that he had $2,000 on his person at
the time of the shooting. Six hundred
dollars of the amount, he testified, was
in gold. Queried as to whether he ever
had been held up he replied that he
never had though he always carried a
large amount of money and the pre
caution was not unusual with him.
That he had carried the same gun
every day in 22 years was the further
testimony of Keehn. He further testi
fied that after the shooting he started
to walk four miles to get an automo
bile to surrender to the authorities in
Seneca. His precaution was taken, he
testified, as he was afraid of a mob
doing violence to him. Keehn was
overtaken and arrested before he could
reach the point for which he had
started.
H!S LAST BUGGY RIDE.
Norman E. Black, Wealthy Iiulianian
Found Dead in Vehicle.
Muncie, Ind., Sept. 2 3. Norman E.
Black, vice president of the People's
Trust company, was shot and killed
while driving last night. He had en
gaged a horse and carriage at a livery
stable early in the evening and at 8
o'clock the horse wandered back to
the stable. Employees found Mr.
Black's body lying on the floor of the
vehicle. No motive is known.
DEFENDSHIS LAW
Congressman Sereno Payne
Talks of the Tariff.
Fulfills Tlatform Pledges of the
Republicans.
REVISION DOWNWARD.
Tf oolen . Schedule Not as
Would Have Had It.
He
Resulted in TurniHg a Treasury
Deficit into Surplus.
Lyons. N. Y., Sept. 23. Representa
tive Sereno E. Payne, chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
house of representatives, and author of
the tariff law bearing his name, made
a warm defense of that measure before
the congressional convention which re
nominated him here today. He said in
part:
"I have always been ready to give
an account of my stewardship to my
constituents. There has been so much
of unjust criticism, so many mistaken
statements made during the past year
and a half that it seems mure fitting
than ever to speak somewhat in detail
of what has been accomplished.
"The platform promised a revolution
of the tariff that should provide a duty
equal to the difference in cost of labor
here and abroad with a reasonable pro
fit to the manufacturer. It promised
this as to each article whether it re
sulted in raising or lowering the tariff
on that article. Of course, intelligent
men generally familiar with the tariff
believed that such a revolution would
be downward on most articles. The
matter of preparation of a tariff bill
Is a most perplexing one. Under the
dennitioi. of what the bill should con
tain in a platform as plain as that
adopted in Chicago in 190S, the task is
not easy. With a different wage scale
in every country and with differences
in wages in every part of each, coun
try, honest men, seeking the difference
in labor cost here and abroad, will not
agree in ail their conclusions. To rec
oncile these differences, among 12 men
selected for the task, was a pan: of the
labor we had before us; and in the last
analysis the differences had to be set
tled by a majority vote
Woolen ScheduJe Unsatisfactory.
"The result of our deliberation was
most satisfactory to me in general re
sults, although there were other items,
like those of the woolen schedule,
which I was anxious to revise. It was
a source of great disappointment to
me, after two exhaustive and extended
hearings, that I was not able to pre
sent any progiam that a majority of
the committee would adopt for a revo
lution of this schedule. The reason
was not that the committee was un
duly influenced by those interested,
but that they could not agree upon
the labor cost of producing wool and
woolen goods in this country and
abroad with reasonable profit to the
producer. Of course, this left the wool
en schedule where it was in the Ding
ley act, with one or two small reduc
tions in duties.
"Some of the amendments proposed
by the senate were good amendments
and improved the bill and when it got
into conference, so far as I was able,
I endeavored to have such amendments
agreed to and nearly all of them were.
Revision Is Downward.
"The law as it was signed by the
president has resulted in a general
revolution downward and no amount of
special pleading, no misstatement of
facts, and no suppression of material
facts will ever make it appear other
wise. Congressman Sereno F. Payne. Who
Made a Defense of His Tariff Bill
Today.
"The raw has turned a deficit of $58
000.000 into a surplus of more than 2
million dollars in its first year s opera
tion. It is a revenue producer. We put
increased duties on wines, liquors and
like luxuries. We have no apologies to
make for it. These are the articles on
which the revenues of the government
should be raised as far as possible.
"It is an easy thing to say that the
present tariff law has increased the cost-
ot living. b:it it is impossible to prove
it. It is almost impossible to find a
single item on which the tariff was in
creased on which the price has shown
a similar increase. On the other hand,
on nearly every item where we re
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duced the tariff, or where we left it
the same, as under the old law, they
have maintained the old price and
sometimes increased it. We reduced
the tariff on lumber from $2 to J1.25 and
lumber brings the same old price. We
increased the duty on shingles from
30 to 50 cents and the price of shingles
has been lower ever since the act be
came a law. I could enumerate these
items by the hour, showing that the
price has no relation whatever to the
changes in the tariff act.
"The increase in price of articles is
world-wide. No other country during
the past three or four years has gone
through a general tariff revolution and
yet every country shows the same in
crease on the necessities of life."
DEAD INA WRECK
Six Killed on Rock Island Near
Clayton, Kansas.
Passenger Train Runs into a
Washout.
Denver, Sept. 2 3. Westbound pas
senger train No. 2 7 on the Rock Island
road due in Denver at 7:25 this morn
ing from Kansas City, ran into a wash
out about 2 o'clock this morning near
Clayton, Kansas, and was wrecked.
Four trainmen are known to be dead
and it is reported two or three passen
gers were killed and a number of oth
ers injured.
The Dead.
ENGINEER FRANK PICKEN
PAU6H. CONDUCTOR J. W. USHER.
FIREMAN WILLIAM MILLER.
BAGGAGEMAN HUFFMAN, pinned
under wreck.
Physicians have been hurried from
Norton, Colby and other points, and a
wrecking train has been sent from
Phillipsburg.
The wreck was caused by a cloud
burst which swept portions of north
western Kansas last night. A bridge
was carried away, and the train while
running at good speed, ran into the
gap, and the engine and mail car
plunged into the twenty feet of water.
the second coach telescoping the
smoker.
Dead Are Taken to Norton.
Norton. Kan.. Sept. 23. All of the
dead and injured in the wreck of west
bound Rock Island tram. No. zi, wnicn
ran into a washout four miles west of
Dellvale, are being brovght to Norton.
Reports received here are that eight
persons were killed, including Conduc
tor Usher, Engineer Pickenbaugh, and
Fireman Miller.
Four others killed in the wreck were
passengers. Their names have not been
learned here. Fireman Miller still is
under the wreck according to the lat
est advices.
NO LOCKS FOR HIM.
Henry Neill Says Burglars Should Have
Hand of Fellowship;
Chicago, Sept. 2 3. Henry Neill.
secretary of the National Probation
league, does not believe in lock and
key to keep out burglars, and has had
all such safeguards against the intru
der removed from his residence.
"If the right hand of fellowship were
extended to burglars instead of the
kick and threat, the world would be
better, the penitentiaries would be
emptied in a short time and there
would be no need of lock and key, bolt
and bar," said Mr. Neill yesterday.
"I have just returned here with my
wife and seven children and have
taken a residence for the winter. I
was shocked and surprised to find iron
bars on all the windows, locks every
where and safeguards of all kinds
against the intruder. I have had lock
smiths at work all the week taking off
these relics of a barbarous age. There
are no mechanical devices to connect
with the police station, and there are
no locks on the doors.
"Visitors may enter undisturbed, but
I trust they will do me the honor to
waken me and allow" me to entertain
them. I am sure I can help them to
better and more profitable employ
ment." BOILERMAKERS STRIKE.
Trouble Oxer tho Missouri Pacific Is
Spreading.
Kansas City, Sept. 23. Missouri
Pacific boilermakers in two locals
voted, practically unanimously last
night in Kansas City, Kan., to go out
on strike in sympathy with the ma
chinists of the line who struck last
May 2. A general vote is being taken
among boilermakers over the entire
system on the proposition.
The sheet metal workers ana DiacK
smiths have already called a sympa
thetic strike. Switchmen are also dis
cussing the advisability of quitting.
The machinists struck for wases of
40 cents an hour. They were receiv
ing 37 cents. Their places have been
filled with non-union labor.
TAFT AT WORLD'S SERIES
Plans Being Made to Have the Presi
dent Iresent.
Cincinnati, Sept. 23. President Taft
will be among those present at tho
word's championship series at Phila
delphia, that is, if he can arrange the
affairs of his office to permit of the
trip. Chairman Herrmann of the na
tional commission has received word
from the president to this effect.
JUST A IJTTIJ3 RAIN.
Less Than a Quarter of an Inch Js the
Record.
The weather tonight will be cooler
perhaps much cooler. The temperature
in Alberta and southwestern Canada
yesterday was two degrees below freez
ing and a high pressure is forcing the
cold wave into, this area. The forecast
is for unsettled conditions with more
showers. The precipitation during the
last 24 hours has been .21 of an inch
and fell in fitful showers. The wind
is blowing 12 miles an hour from the
northwest.
The temperatures today:
7 o'clock fi5 I 11 o'clock 72
S o'clock 6ri 12 o'clock 77
3 o'clock fiS 1 o'clock "2
10 o'clock 67 2 o'clock 80
DEATH (SAT HAND
So Declares Champ Clark in.
Speaking of Republicans.
Enumerates Victories of Demo
crats to Prove It.
TARIFF IS THE ROCK
Says That Party Promises Yf era
Not Redeemed.
People Taken In and Done For,
He Asserts.
East St. Louis. Sept. 23. Three can
didates for trustees of the University
of Illinois will be nominated and a
platform will be adopted by the Illi
nois Democratic state convention her
this afternoon. The delegates, num
bering 1.140, arrived last night and this
morning, those from Chicago comrn
on a special train.
Congressman C hamp Clark, Who Gave);
the Democratic View of the Tariff
Ijaw Today.
The draft of the platform, which,
was brought here by H. N. Wheeler of
Quincy. was offered to the resolution,
committee for approval. The different
planks were kept secret.
Mrs. Anna E. Nichol of Champaign'
and A. L. White of Vermillion wera
mentioned for university trustees.
Congressman H. T. Rainey will be
chairman of the convention. Congress
man Champ Clark is to be the prin
cipal speaker.
3iamp Clark's Speech.
"The internecine war of the Renub
licans has enveloped the whole "land
and to even the dullest mind the evi
dence of Republican dissolution must
be apparent," said Mr. Champ Clark
to the delegates to the Illinois Demo
cratic state convention here today.
He then enumerated the victories of
the Democrats in the recent primaries
and elections and predicted that the
next house of representatives will be
Democratic.
"We can not depend upon Republi
can factionalism alone to win," con
tinued the minority leader.
"That may give' us the house this
fall without any effort on our part, but
the chances are that Republican fac
tionalism alone would not give us vic
tory beyond this year. We must havft
a program of our own looking toward;
better government than the Republi
cans have given us.
Clipped Cannon's Claws.
"The Republicans abused their priv
ileges and wasted their opportunities.
In a little more than twelve, months
they were so utterly demoralized that
on the 19th of March. 1910. after wo
clipped Mr. Speaker Cannon's claws,
he angrily declared that there was no
longer a Republican majority in tho
house.
"The most potent cause of Republi
can dissensions is the tariff question,
on which rock parties have split be
fore. The Republicans promised to
revise the tariff downward in order to
get in: having gotten In they revised it
up. They have given absolutely no re
lief whatever to the consumers of th
land, but most of the Increases wr
real increases, made by such skillful
artists as Senator Aldrich. and nlacd,
every time where they would do th
most good to the interests and most
injury to consumers of the land.
Calls It Confidence Game.
"Some twenty-three Republicans Jn
the house and seven Republicans in
the senate revolted against the stu
pendous confidence game which the
standpat leaders were attempting o
play upon the American people and.
'varned them of the consequences.'
Straws show which way the win.
blows and a few days ago a very larg.i
straw blew out of Beverly in the shape
of a, letter announcing that henceforth
and forever the insurgent Republican
statesmen would have an equal chance
at the pie counter with the regulars.
"Last spring, so I have been In
formed, when an Insurgent asked for
any place for one of his constituents,
he was informed that he had no right
to expect patronage unless he lined up
for every legislative proposition em
anating from the administration.
"So the administration has comra
down off its high horse ard Instead ot
bullying the insurgents. Is tempting
them back bv offering them a share il
the savory flesh pots of Egypt.
"The people of the LTnited States de
serve to be treated honestly and fair
ly, which has not been done in th
matter of the Payne-Aldrich-Smoo':
tnriff bill. On the contrary, they wera
taken in and done for.
Congressman Clark replied to Speak
er Cannon's Danville speech Wednes
day. He said the speaker endeavored
to injure the cause of tariff reduction
by quoting certain of the most radical
declarations of the minority leader In
the house in years gone by.
He called attention to Speaker Can
non's vote for the Bland-Allison silver
bill.
"One of the speaker's assertions,"
said Congressman Clark, "is such a
gross perversion of the facts of historv
as to appear malicious. That assertion
is that the tariff contest of today 1
just what it has been for 50 years
contest between protection and fres
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