The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-03
Clark as an Angel.

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Standard freely confesses, in the per-
to' nance of ex-senator Clark when
he poses before an audience as the
incarnation of the good, the true
ana the beautiful; when he places
his hand on his bosom and solemnly
declares on his sacred honor that he
| would rather hang in shame than
ask the people of Montana to vindi-
cate him." that, though in reality as
pure as snow, as chaste as ice, he
yet has not escaped calumny; that
the accusations of bOOdling brought
against him by vicious and fiendish
opposition are tissue OF vilifications;
that. as Brutus said to Cassius, there
is no terror in ,neir charges, for he
is armedso s,rong in honesty That they
pass by him as the IDLE wind, which
he respects not
o noble, virtious and godlike Clark;
shrinking at the thought OF Doodle like
young and startled fawn at the
rustling of the summer ureeze; sweet,
pure and unsullied Clark, in serene
innocence gliding through a great,
and model little Lord FauntlerOy, at
sight of whom strangers stop and fail
into paroXysms of admiration and de-
light; a witching little Red Riding
hood dancing in and out among the
ravenOus bears, ana by her frank
and artless ways compelling the big,
ungainly brutes to restrain their
carnivorous impulses and abandon
themselves to gleeful sport and frolic
on the green; dainty, spotless, sun
kissed lily of the valley, blossoming
forth in Solomon eclipsing glory amid |
a wilderness OF thorns and thistles:
such is Clark-W. A. Clark of Butte. |
Montana. We have his own word for |
it, and surely ne VINO is so sinless, |
stainless, immaculate and unblem-
ished otherwise, wouldn't lie.
To be sure, some men disagree with
Mr.. Clark in his estimate of himself.
There are men who go the length of
calling him DOouler, a briber, a
calruptiOnist, a registration suffer,
a thug importer. q purveyor to every
thing in politics that is rank and rot
ten and indecent and vicious and de-
To be sure, the supreme
court of Montana .ound his chief vice
roy guilty of boodling, and disbarred
him from the practice of law in con-
sequence; to be sure, committee
Of the United States senate pro-
Clark himself an unmiti-
gated boO>..er, and recommended his
prompt expulsion; but what Of that?
We have Clark's own word for it
that his name is absolutely unfair
nlshed; that he is the very soul of
honor, honesty and rectitude: that
he would rather hang his head in
shame than ask the people of Mon
ANA to vindicate him." that despite
all rumors to the contrary his angelic
skirts are clear, his wings in finest
feather, his crown on straight. and :
is harp of thousand strings in the
very best of tune. There you see
aim, up there sitting on the whitest
Ind fleeciest cloud of the bunch,
singing away and playing his harp to ,
beat the band; or if on joyous wings
-cleaving the skies-sun, moon and :
stars forgot-upward he fies-still
Ill his song shall be, No kerosene for !
ne. no. not for me!
What piece of work is Clark how
noble in reason! how infinite in
aculty. in form and movement how \
express and admirable! in action how
ike an angel. in apprehension how !
ike a god. yet Clark delights some
people not; no, nor Clark's system !
II politics. either-Anaconda Stan /
lard.