The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
Champ CIark's Vagaries.

old tariff speech at the court house
Wednesday night to very unre-
sponsive audience. The name of
Democracy's idol in one Of the
carefully approached climaxes
failed to bring even a ripple of
applause, and the only applause
of the evening was at the end of
the harangue, and that because
the audience was tired and it
was the end.
During the course of his re-
marks he accused speaker Cam
non and Watson of Indiana in
their speeches at Kansas City of
inaccurancy of figures and excused
it on the plea that they were drink
ing Missouri river water. No one
has ever, even in a facetious vein
accused Clark of drinking Mis-
souri, river water it would be to
radical a change.
Clark asks Republicans to vote
for him on the ground that he has
done the Republicans in this dis
trict a favor when ever it was in
his powerto do so. AS Con-
gressman does not Clark draw his
salary to represent the Ninth Dis
triot, and is the Republican for
who he did the favor compelled to
continue him in Office simply be-
cause he did what he draws his
salary for doing? He is supposed
to represent the district and every
soul in it regardless of color, race
or political affiliations and no
man owes him or any other per-
son, public official or private citi-
zen any thing in any manner for
simply doing his duty.
Clark attempted to refute the
charge that no Democrat had ever
done anything for the betterment
J of the people, by going back to
the founder of his party, but stop
ped right there as no or no other
man has been able TO find a Dem
, mocrat who carried out the pre-
cedent and it was e virtual con-
fession that the accusation was
just.
: Clark asks the people to elect a
Democratic Congress, that they
may put in effect set of tariff
laws which will cure every evil
. from race suicide down and to
hear his eulogy, one would think
that the millennium would come
were these laws enacted but the
f fact Qike Banquo's ghost) arises
that the people of this country
gave just such law as he eulogies
, four year test with the result
/ which no man will ever forget,
. towit:
You couldent give farmer a
sheep. His corn was worth Is to
20 cents bushel. His horses and
9 mules were worth just one fourth
of what they are today. 1t was
the reign of "Coxeys army" and
"Free Soup houses" and even
! Clark himself will not deny that
these are facts uncontrovertible.
One of the create -r patriots that
America ever Produced, quoted
q these words: 81 know of no way
9 to Judge the future except by the
t past, and judging these Deity like
!. laws of Clarks by the past, we
:. would rather live under the Ding
e ley bill, with it's imperfections iii
imperfections there are,) and be
!, able to go out and earn enough
q and some besides to feed the wife
= and babies, buy shoes and stock.
: ings for their feet and coats fol
their backs, build the three room
house that Clark talks about, buy
our share of steele rails and be g
q railroad magnate, than to live in
- four room house, without the
money or the chance to earn it anG
valk the railroad track, and bt
, called a "bum." Our memory
I easily goes back to the days O.
Deifed Democratic laws and ne
y Buffoon of an orator is glib enough
: of tongue to erase that page O.
: life's realities. And there ar,
enough like us in this district tC
> see that the Hon. Champ Clarl
stays in Bowling Green the rest o
his life and allows man who il