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Show t i , tfr - "J i'-'l ! I 'fa f ! !"I',,!'JJ"il,l,f,!" -" Repudiation Brought Home .j. J In a recent spcoch In tho Houso ot Representatives, In which ! he emphatically scored tho breaking ot tlio Jreo tolls plank ot the J J Democratic party, Speaker Champ Clark (IJomocrat) of Missouri, J. . J said: , .j. J. Wo went to tho people on that platformucontnlnlng tho free .J. I tolls plank; headed by President Wilson himself wo all In- ! dorsed It; stnndlng on it wo appealed to tho voters of tho land J. j. for Ihelr support; nnd they, responding to our Macedonian 4. I cfy for help, enabled us to sweep tho land from sea to 80a by J j amazing majorities in tho electoral colleges. And now It la l- 1" , proposed that wo reward their faith In us and their support ot $ I ub by repudiating ono o the p'nnks of that platform on which . j. achieved .that astounding victory, a plank bo clear that there .J J. could bo no misunderstanding about It, no posslblo mlBCon- J.j ! structlon of It. I rotusq absolutely to be a party to any such j.' J performance. Toll it not In Oath, proclaim It not In the stroots . ot Askalon, that tho Democratic party will not keop faith with 4. I 'a confiding public, .j. J. Tho amazing request of tho President for tho ropeal, like the peaco of God, passeth airunderstnndlng. If ho has any reasons J J which aro not utterly untenable and ywhlch Impelled him to' 4 ! mako tho request ho hoB not vouchsafed them to us ns a body J ! or, so far as I am Informed, to' any' member of the'HouBo. It 4 J helms adequate rensonsj and did" h6t deem 41 prudent to mako "J v them known to, Un world at large, be could havercommun(cat j f ! Vci thom to us ln secret session. With all due defsrence to the J , "President, -It seems to me that wo nre'cntltlod to tlioso reasons j J beforo ( bolting Democritla Platform, which Is generally com J j sldorodan indottaslblo, an extra 'hazardous performance, fro- . f fluently fatal' In'' Us results. ' l. ..h '.V " ' ' ' h.,-r- 4 H .K "i I ! 4 ! ! & I -l 4 ! ! 4 |