The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-01
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. CHAMP CLARK ON HIS FARM. 9
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Tile Post has taken delight in pub-
iishne a letter resolved from be,lu-
nu section of Missouri twelve miles
nom thc roaring metropolis Of Bowling
Green. ~ bears tho unmistalable impress
md signature of ,hv Hon. champ Clark.
foimor and representative TO congress.
The distinguished Missouriau devotos
sonio space m Dis letter 20 a reply 10 his
critics. who argued that he had misap-
rlied the torn "1vell Beloved" sobri-
,.uot bestowed upon Louis XIV Of Frame.
AND which ne applied 90 Speaker Cannon
and John sharp Williams n noble
speech In tho closing hours of congress.
Ihe real purpose of the letter. however.
is to advise Ills friends that be is on hts
farm rcvclng in the Joys Of plow'ng and
building fences Tho Joyous influence of
sr.ing bubbles In every line, and GO is
with difficulty that Farmer Clark sticks
50 his task Of discussing extinct mon
urchs He speaks tf being "out on my
.9rn and buildm@ fence. and preparing
for che spring planting" of being con
farm, twelve miles AWAY from libru-
i5cs OF stoppne plowing long enough
Go prove that I vas right" OF q casual
set of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Carlyle,
and other books brought "out 20 nay farm
nlong with my agricultural implements"
ana of the Joy he feels when his letter is
conciudedi "Aiy toan. is rested, and J
mus, return 90 my plowing-a much more
pleasure and prontable performance than
wmnglng about dead kings
OF course it is, with what elatlon the
plowman representing the Ninth district
fares aneld, driving patent Old Bin ana
l}oax and Carrying his cherished vol
umes under his arm! How cheerily he
clucxs as he cleaees the sweet-smeliing
furrow. or wenves the cunning fabric OK
his fencc How pleasant is the old fence
corner wnero he piles his encyclopedias.
his Carlyle. and his beloved Tom Watson,
while he writes his letter 20 The POSI-
Having with contortions of tongue and
ron filled page Will the history Of the
bourbon King. the plowmaa throws the
4ons over his shoulders, gasps the Shin
ing handles Of the piow and clucks TO
bill and Botax Away they go, bobbing
across the field
The plowman Is in brown study. He
has failed TO clinch bis point when the
fence corner is reached again he halts
Bill and 3orax. and seatcnes among his
volumes until ne finds Tom Watson's
STORY OF France" There he finds the
paragraph he wants. and he copies # with
care, adding n sapicnt thought OF his
own lie muses. On the speech ne made
aud feels supreme contempt for his
critics. For a moment he IS carried back
10 the boisterous halls Of congress. He
sees Uncle joe" "J5an sharp" and an
the boys Messages come from the sem
ate. Conference reports are coming in.
rhe enemy win bear watching. The gall
leIies are filled The hour of final ad-
iournmeat Is approaching. There Is talk
90 an extra session. Members nl the
uisies and the Speakers gavel raps and
iaps Baker OF Brooklyn, is bowling
The enemy Inai.es a mysterious move--l
two-line rider TO the general deficiency,
decreasing democratic representation m
the house. 1t Is discovered. All Is con-
fusion
AT the crucial moment the gentleman
from Missouri rises. For what purpose
does the gentleman rise2 lie win show
item. With a tremendous effort he
launches his voice upon the roaring tide
Of debate. He IS .nsrired He runs from
argument 10 satire, and from logic to yi-
tupcmtion. He utters a tauut that stings
Ike "a whiplnsh. Tho entire Republican
side writhos and covers. It scowis-it
howls- It becomes hSld with rage. with
the hoarae cry OF "a mob the Republicans
rise as one man and leap toward him.
They mean TO tear him limb from limb
lie braces himself scizes the first missile
at hand and hurts it into the face Of the
foe. and-aWlkes 10 hud himself backeu