Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-08-18
Clark's Great speech,
THE RENOWNED CHAMPION OF
TRUE DEMOCRACY TALKS TO
THE PEOPLE OF MONT.
e0NERY.
Various Opiaieas Expressed After Lis
teniag to Mr.. Clark's Speech
All Coincide As to His
Ability and Integrity.

13.-Your correspondent, in com
pany with several other gentlemen
from Mexico, boardedth east bound
train at 2 o'clock and reached Mont
gomery in time to take in part of the
county primary election and Champ
Clark's great speech. The hand
some new Court House was packed
to its utmost capacity. The town
of Montgomery was well represented
and there We're many people from
the country and neighboring towns
The orator of the day was introduced
by Mr.. Roht. See, of Montgomery
and made one of the strongest, mos
forcible and most eloquent speeches
we have ever heard. He is u MAJ
of wonderful magnetism. There
isn't another man in Missouri, We
verify believe, that can so sway ar
audience or hold q promiscuous
crowd.
There are several people in Mont
gomery City who do not expect tt
vote for Champ Clark next satur
day, but nobody that has tht
slightest regard for truth will deny
that he made a great speech here
this afternoon. Indeed, strange as
it may seem while Montgomery City
is considered the center of hostility
toward Clark no citizen of the place
has ever been heard to deny hi:
ability or doubt his integrity. After
the speech this evening your report.
er, realizing that the LEDGER ex'
poets its correspondents to be like
Uncle Gabe's white folks-that is, tc
"know all there is to know anG
''find out all that is to be found OUT
sauntered up to a group of men who
were discussing the pith and points
of the speech they had just heard
"I'm against Champ Clark" said q
fat young man with a rolling black
eye; she voted against u Court
House and we are going to down
him to get even; but when it comes
to making a speech there amt 8
man in Missouri that can touch
him." "You are mistaken" said
another resident of Montgomery, eli
you think Clark wont poll a good
vote in Montgomery City. It's true
he did rub us the wrong way about
that Court House business when he
was in the Legislature but there are
some people here who can remember
benefits as well as injuries. The
Democracy of Montgomery owes its
support to Clark for services render
ed in '8S. We were split all to
pieces and were scared to death
about IL county ticket. Sol Hugh
lett, who was candidate for Prose-
cutting Attorney; Henry Clark, who
chairman Of county committee,
and several other prominent Demo-
Gratis, sent for Champ Clark to come
and give us a lift. He came and
made sixteen speeches in the coun-
ty; held three joint discussions with
Col. Thompson, Republican, and
one three-handed discussion with
Thompson and Col. Gatewood. We
carried this county for the Democrats
to Champ Clark-and we
promised then that if ever he want
ed Montgomery's help he should
have it and enough people will re-
member this service to give the coun-
ty to Clark by a good majority"
'EPoohi Poohi" said a small, brown
whiskered man coming up at this
moment, cts all bosh-this talk of
reward for party service. It's glory
enough and reward enough to Clark
to have saved the county to the
without asking or ex-
pecting reward" "I know" re-
sponded the Clark man, "that party
service counts for nothing with
them that never rendered any.
Champ Clark has made more
speeches than any man
Of his age in Missouri. Whenever
and wherever called upon he,has used
time and talent to build up the
weak places of Democracy. Mr..
Norton, on the other hand, has
never made a speech in any other
interest than his own; he has never
outside of his own district.
the reputation he has he owes
to Champ Clark. If it had not been
the notoriety growing out of that
at Warrenton, and the fact
Of his being Champ Clark's oppo-
nent for Congress, he would never
have been heard of outside of
Lincoln county. He ought TO thank
Clark for lifting him up out of OBJ
scurity.n
"You are badly stuck on Clark"
the fat man, "but has not Mr..
Norton made a good Congress
MANI"
Il do admire Clark" answered
The other, 'and l have nothing on
earth against Mr. Norton personally,
but | do think that this is a grand
district and should be grandly rep
in Congress. Nh. Norton
has voted right on everything when
he was there to vote. There are