The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
Champ clark's Breezy Interview.

The Washington, d. c., Post pub
fishes the following
Representative Champ Clark, OF
Missouri, one Of the picturesque aid
foreible figures Of the National House
on the Democratic side, has arrived
IN Washington. Mr.. Clark Is 10
excellent form. save for a little trou
BILE with his throat, which is due to
much public speaking during the
summer. His political ideas aud
observations are Of the stslwart vsri-
ETY., familiar to all those who know
the man, and his language is descriP
tive and vigorous.
Much success ia elections hath
made the Republican party md, '
said Mr.. Clark yesterday. % Il Is
riding post haste to the deuce. From
Abraham Lincoln to Mark Hanna IS
a far cry, and Mark is in full control
Even McKinley's tact, smiablliiy,
ard eloquence will not save his party
from topping hesdlong into the pit
which Hanna is digging for 1t.
81 have made speeches in ten
States this vacation. sud have been
in several more. From what | saw
and heard, my candid opinion Is that
Democratic sentiment has grown and
that Democratic prospects are bright
much brighter than when Congress
adjourned. Democrats are certain
to carry Kentucky and Nebrafka,
and they will materially diminish the
Republican majouties IN Iowa and
Ollo. / wouldn't be at all surprised
to see John r. Mclean next governor
of Buckeyedom, and Fred White
chief magistrate of Hawkeyedom
PAYS RESPECTS TO HANNA.
Every time Mark Hanna has
opened his mouth this campaign, he
has put his foot in it. Marks cham
pioning of the trusts is liable to drive
every drummer, hotel keeper. and
liveryman in the State into supporting
McLane.
&" Then, the Germans do not take
kindly to imperialism, OF which Mark
is the chief apostle and propaganda.
Dr.. Preetorius, editor of the West
lche Post, one Of the most Influential
German Republican papers in Amer.
lea, is making a great fight against
mllitarism aud imperialism, and Is
having vast effect. Hon. Carl
Schulz, ex-general, ex Minister to
Spain, ex United States Senator, and
ex Secretary of the Interior, is cheek
by jowl with his old friend and com
patriot, DR.. Preetorius, in this fight.
Gentlemen betting on the election
returns, would do well to study the
German vote carefully.
Bryan is stronger than eyer with
the people, and grows every day. ln
his case the old proverb, Familiarity
breeds contempt fails utterly. On
the contrary, the better the people
know him, the better they love him.
The crowds that iostle and squeeze
each other to see aud hear him are
not q job lot of postmasters aad
Federal pap.suckers, but are the
unpurcbased and uupurchssable
sovereigns Of the land-the salt of
the earth.
1" In Kentucky found several Of
nv old friends who we're stanch
Palmer and Buckner men in 1896 now
equally stsnch Bryan men. They
appear to be proud of being back IN
the house OF their fothers, and they
vow that they are back to stay. Just
20 el ewhere. Nine.tenths of all the
Palmer supporters OF 1896 will vote
for Bryan and free silver in 1900
"My guess is that this will be 2
long, hot, and eventful session of
Congress. The Republicans have
only thirteen msjority-ihe fatal
thirteen-and they can't run over us
rough shod by brute force. All bad
measures they pass this time will be
after a hard fight, and after every
parliamentary expedient has been
exhausted. This session will be a
history maker and battle royal from
start to finish.
The Atlantic City money bill,
which the Republican magnates have
been incubsting this summer, is sure
to prove a Pandora's box for our
friends. the enemy. Senator Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, declares that if the
Republicans pass that DILL they will
lose the great Middle West, and with
it the Presidency. Au contraire, as
the French would say, The Post inti-
mates that the Republicans will lose
the Presidency if they don't pass 1t
THE PARTY's PREDIcAMENT.
$50. as these distinguished physi.
clans disagree as to the condition OF
the patient, it appears to me that the
Republicans are between the devil
and the deep, blue, omniverous sea.
For there are 'Injuns on the upper
road and sure death on the lower.
They are all split up the back and
down the front on militarism, impe-
rialism, trusts, and everything else.
With Roosevelt leading the Rspubli.
can jingoes, and Senators Hoar and
Mason leading the anti.jngoes, Re-