Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-07-27
YOU BET 1T WILL!
In the Name or All That's Holy, Is
There Not Room In This Big
District For Two Great
Men to Exist
Ia Not the Following Article Rather
a Remarkable One, Coming From
the Source 1t Does?
This is the Prevailing Opinion Of the Peo
pie Of this Community.
An Editorial by S. B. Cook in the Mexico
Intellipencer of ,July 20 l8g3

An Editorial by S. B. Cook in the Mexico
Intelligencer of July 20, 1885.
ENvIoUs OF GREATNESS.
The Intelligencer is panied to OBJ
serve tendency on the part of
portion (only an insignificant por-
ton we are glad to say) of the Mis-
souri, press to question the greatness
of the Ninth District Congressman.
These critics are evidently envious
of the tame which Congressman
Clark attained in his talk to the
rammany tigers and the supple
mental interviews and biographical
sketches with which an appreciative
public was kindly favored. Even
that usually considerate journal, the
Kansas City Star, so far forgets it.
self as to say that in view of the fact
that the Ninth District Congressman
has secured the services of an intel
ligent and we'll informed young man
for Secretary that cit would be quite
the proper thing now for Champ
to give his Secretary chance and
give himself and the public much
needed rest.''
And then the Post Dispatch as
sumes to give our now famous rep
resentative some unsolicited advice.
That paper audaciously asserts that
a congressman's constituents edo
not hire their representatives to act
the fool," and that Congressman
Clark should correct the impression
which his recent exploits have Great
ed that Missouri lis peopled exclus.
lively with bombastic Pike county
ans and country store jokers." The
Posf-Dispatch also asserts in the most
reckless way that sit is hard to live
down the reputation Of a clown"
In view of these and similar COM
ments we think it but proper that
the press of the Ninth District
should resent the imputation on the
greatness of their Congressman. We
have the best evidence in the world
that Congressman Clark is a great
man. In fact, Mr.. Clark has ad
mitted it himself. In a newspaper
account of himself, prepared by bis
own hand and written on the back
of his own office stationery and
which therefore must be conclusive
and reliable, Mr.. Clark thus mod
estly pictures himself:
"Mr. Clark is typical Kentuck
ian; over six feet in his stockings
broad shouldered with large head
and tremendous neck and shoulders
weight, considerably over two hun
dred. His hair was sandy before il
turned prematurely white; his eyes
blush gray, set back in his head
light complexion; large, straigh
nose and an immense jaw that shuts
with the force Of steel trap. Ado
to this a thick, short, cropped red
dish moustache and you have fair
| ly good picture of the new Congress
man. He is q grim looking maj
and nobody would suspect tina
there was any humor or wit in him
but there is lots Of it. He has KEEP
thousands Of people in a roar 70
hours at time. 1t is very ques
| tionable if he could make q DIR,
speech if he tried. His unlimited
command of language, his iarg
store Of information, his peculia
modes of expression, his wonderful
stock Of anecdotes, his capacity fo