Washington, D. C. Aug. Aptly
referrlnff to the Repnblican party as
"a concentrated growl," Champ Clark,
Democratic leader, flayed the carping
critics of President Wilson In a spirit
ed speech in the House of Represen
tatives during a debate over the veto
of the Sundry Civil appropriation bill j
because of the inadequate amount
apportioned for the vocational train-
lnpr of disabled American soldiers. It j
was noticeable that the remainder of j
the debate was barren of presidential I
criticism; moreover, the appropriation I
for the soldiers was raised from six to '
fourteen million dollars through!
Irnocratie insistence. ;
I have not always agreed with i
President Wilson," said Mr. Clark, j
"and I never do agree with everything i
that any man who ever lived does, I
and never will. When I have differed
with him I have come out Into the
open and fought like a man, taking i
all the slander, lies and filth which I
editors, hoping for some reward, I
conld heap, on me. i I have not sidled j
in and out as the gentleman from I
Wyoming (Mondell, Republican floor I
leader) and his followers are do- !
Ing.
"Certainly the great Republican i
party does not propose to reduce It- '
Felf simply to a. concentrated growl?.
