Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-04-25

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In the NatiuHal House o. Represen
atives lheTe are about 30 aEers
Nine out q ten u these not only Be
gan a. disciples Of Blackstone. but ex
pcct when theF quit politics. il erel
the vieiSdtudes heneofgatherthem u
and toss them overheard. % return L
that profession. To this end mani
attempt 10 keep up their law praetic,
between tines while serving a
NJ. c.
Champ Clark Is an exception TO thu;
rule. When be first went 10 Congres.
he had as much good law business a,
any ulan in his district He soon dis
covered. however, that be could mol
do justice 10 bothoonstitnents and hi:
clients Wishing to do entire justice
70 his constituents be quit the laE
early. Therein MAS be wiser than
most Of his fellows, for while some Of
them barely succeed in remaining tol-
erably fair lawyers be has turned his
talents 70 much better account in .
line between which and his Official
duties there is no conflict or friction
whatever.
His success as a lecturer and writer
for 50 short a time Is 10 say the least
remarkable During the four years
be has leetured be has produced nine
lectures, Picturesque Public Men, >
Daniel Webster, %GOlc0nda, ga
run Burr" Sir Robert Peel and the
Struggle for Free Trade in England, .
The Great Missourian, "Faterni-
Is, The United States in the 10Th
Century and Imperialism"
One Of these, Picturesque Public
Men" he has delivered III times.
Gen ]. B. Gordon has delivered his
famous lecture, Last Days. OF the
~C0nfederacy, 8 about coo times, but it
must be remembered that be has only
one lecture and has devoted all his
time delivering it for about six years,
while Mr.. Clark has nine and has only
been In the field four years and rarely
lectures except in the vacations Of
Congress. Only four or five Of his col
leagues In the House make any pre-
tentions as lecturers. With three Of
these, Lands, Of Indiana; Grosyenor,
q Ohio, and Deliver, Of Iowa, now
SENATOR Mr.. Clark lectured jointly.
one at a time, Of course, last season at
p Chautauqua assemblies. Some Of
these meetings lasted many days
even weeks but il is a fact that every
q Of them was more largely
attended on the day that Mr.. Clark
appeared than any other day Of the
course. And they do say that
when Mr.. Clark got strung out to
the bark Of the Mark Hanna
IDEAS that these gentlemen set up, the
Chautauqnans became 50 enthusiastic
that they eschewed the more quiet
and formal Chautauqua salute and re-
to the Old-fashioned and noisy
way Of elapping their hands and
stamping their feet 10 express their
JOY and approval. Mr.. Clark is one
Of the first orators Of the land and as
a lecturer already ranks with the best
in the nation.
As a writer his success has been no
less wonderful. His special eontribu-
tons to the Saturday Evening Post
and TO the magazines have attracted
wide attention. His regular weekly
syndicate letter is published in IS
and his Cloak Room Stories"
are eagerly sought by all lovers Of en-
t~ertaining current political literature.
Publishers have tempted Mr.. Clark to
put these stories out in book form, but
80 far he has declined.
His lectures and writings yield a
considerable income and it is suspect
ID that Just now he is bending his
energies to political advance
nent.