New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
WHEN JEFFDAVISC CONF
Dirt WW Fly, Plutocrats Shy, and
Wall Street--WeU, oh, Ny!

simultaneously yesterday with the special storm
warning issued by the weather bureau eayits
that bowling sou wester was on the way up 'he
coast, was announcement from Colonel harry
w Walker, the herald angel for William D. Sfyan'
that Senator Jefferson Davis would speak at the
Bryan meeting in Cooper Union on January To-
Senator JEFF Davis never has been in New fork.
He says ne has been too dodratted busy pro-
tecting his constituents against predatory wealth.
sab, TO visit the lair of the piutocrats
Senator jeff asked Colonel Walker TO say that
when he gets on the historic rostrum in Cooper
Union he proposes to give an oratorlcat barbecue
and that Wall Street will be the OK. ana 'hae
when he gets through there will be hide and
a pair of horns nailed 20 the wall at the pack
of the stage. with enough fried talow dripping
around to grease the patent leather pumps or the
Honorable Charles F. Murphy.
Colonel Walker says that the common people VIII
welcome Senator Jeff with a band. and tnat ai'ei
his speech he will have tine freedom OF the city.
Senator Jeff Is getting used to the ways OF the
garden variety o: politicians. AS United states
Senator he had the appointment of clerk ana
laborer. He appointed one daughter ciefh
and another the laborer's job. Down IN Ar
kansas jeff has his troubles as well as othcr
people. His enemies say that the best thfns ne
ever said his utterance that he was no KIN
of the original Jefferson Davis. Engrosseo reso-
lutons of thanks for disclaiming the supposed re-
lationship presented to him.
Senator Davis apparently iabors under the oe-
lusion that he is the first statesman of nanonai
reputation whose first appearance in the netlopo-
lis is to be signalized by speech at large mass
meeting. The Honorable Champ clark, OF NILS
souri,. Is good many laps ahead of him. ChatnP
was elected to Congress back in 1892. and before
he was sworn In he asked to make speech
in Tammany Hall the Fourth OF july. he
was far down on the list OF speakers. ano as
the meeting went he contracted stage ffish'
Leaning over Harry Walker. he told him ne
guessed he had cold feet and couldn go on.
Walker told him to brace up and be a man.
Walker" said he, maybe I can pun through
with this Job if you'll get g chew of tobacco.
Walker hustled out and bought him hve-cent
plug. returning just the chair announced
Champ as the next speaker. Champ put the en-
tire plug far back in the recesses of his facial
warehouse and cut loose with astonishing ora
tor;cal vigor. That night the copy readers of the
New York papers tossed into oblivion the pre-
pared speech of the .long talker'' and others and
used Champs first appearance speech entire
ing that way ever since When Colonel Walker
was asked yesterday if history would repeat ~
self, he said he hoped not.
Some of our people are afraid TO take the
hopples off OF Senator Davis right here in New
York" said Colonel Walker. ''but told them
Would stand for him. Persons at all sensitive as
to blood spashns would better wear rubber boots
The Senator tells me that when he gets through
with the trusts and the plutocrats OF this Town
we shall all be back to primal conoit.ohs-to d
condition of primal guilelessness and simplicity
The other speakers will be Augustus Ihomas'
Joseph J. Willet, Raymond Robbins, the settlement
worker and Judge Charles n. Bulger OF os"eSo.