The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-04
CHAMP CLARK ANNIHILAIES ]. ?. DOLlIVER.
Hon. Champ Clark and Senator Jonathan p. Dol.
lMer Debate at Maysyille, Missouri.
BAuTLEeoF PEOPLE LISTEN SPELL BOUND
CLARK WINS A GREAT TRlUMpH.

Saturday, August lG: 1902, was q
greet daytto, Missouri Democracy. The
Hon. Champ CLARK, Missouri's, and
perhaps the nation S, greatest debster
met the stalwart Mckinley. RooseveltiI
republican, Hon. Jonathan P. DoliSer, 4
d Iowa. in joint debate and set tine
Missouri audience of ten thousand peo-I
Igole afire With enthusiasm. The debate
chad been widely billed and drew from.
the fog, corners OF the earth. DoallWer
opened the debate with speech Of an
hour sad quarter and Clark had the
same length in wliiGh to reply. Solar
as arsw-ment was concerned the quarter
of a hour would have been sutticient,in
which to answer every point madetby
the renowned Iowa senator but i@ the
following hour Mr.. CLARK literally ami.
hilatsd the speech of Dolliver frona' be-
ginning to end Itwas battle between
giants but the one was baaadi
capped by espousiag an unnatural, con-
ditien while the other stood face etface
with nature and was backed RID on
every hand by mature. Mr.. Clark said
inmrt:
The fact that sGIissouri repasEcans
1 sent to Iowa to have United StatessSen-
atos Jonathan prentlss Dolliver debate
witt me is proof conclusive that they
do.not believe that there is a republican
in.EIissouri able to hold up hls'end Of
the handspike in sen oratorical contest
witt Missouri democrat. Grand old
den, ocratic Missouri! Poor old qepubli-
can party of Missouri!
in.m glad the senator is here. 'tie is
enc of the republican big guns--aspresi-
dsG.al possibility. After looking, into
these acres of honest, intelligent, coura-
ge@-s, patriotic NIissouri democratic
faees, be can go back and tell Senator
Mar Gus A. HaRng, chairman CT tie re-
p.ab.ican natioaalycommittee, thatthere
is,ao use spending. Doodle in Missouri,
forc here IL no chance for them toecarry
this magnificent rcommonweaits-be
cause scalded cat breads cold H..ater
and,a burnt child'is afraid of fire. The
repu.,lica ms had Missouri once and their
reigr in his statetis the most shaaa eful
satutnalia, of crimei.s the entire histor y
of the human race.
Missouri. will gorep ublican againmhen
men, have lost 'the;:- reason enc are
beref: of the pomer.sc. memory an; not
till then.
"Poor oil d Missoukif' is the foul cry
of these wi 10 disgraee the state bg rssid-
ing init. If l bad snay way would
make 1t a felony witkout the benefit OF
clergy ever: to after that slandeSous
phrase agai n. Ie@a'ie solidly repa5li'
can. M-isso uri is solidly democratic. In
the laststen years datG ocratic Missozri
gained apop, 1iation enough, to gave'her
an addition Il CONGRESSMAN and thaEk
God he Will te democrat! Republican
Iowa stood stock still and for the negt
ten wears will have the same nGmbei
of congressman she has had 'foi
the last tsa years. These is demoaraeJ o.
and repubGca nism illustrated. Cisoose
ye betwIMt ,the m.
When j Was It child back in the hill
country of .skeutuckys Iialeard an old
!, country doctor say 's'Tke most sensi.
4 tive nerve liz the human anatomy is the
\ the nerve leading to the pocket book.' .