The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-16
FOR SOUTHERN MANI
CHAMP CLARK SUGGESTS ONE FOR
 PRESIDENT IN 1e12.
says It wn Be Bryan and RooseveIt Next Year, and that Will Be the
 End of the Ne-
 brnnkan

Ine only difference between a, lec- sure ana speech is that they charge TOT the lecture and the speech Is free" was one of the characteristic interpo- iations In Hon. Champ Cfark's lecture, wnlch was an occasion of delight to aose who attended the opening of the Lyceum season of 1907 in Montgomery at the Montgomery Theatre last night. put whether Mir. Clark lectures" or
 speaks, his listeners are certain to pc charmed by his quaint humor, close " attentive to lis narrative and ad- miring him for the strong force of his every serious utterance. x
 MT. Clark. as a nationai character of which the South fs. Justly proud, is too weil-known to Montgomerians not to be appreciated. He 10 the gem tleman from Missouri. He has laughed and the nation laughed with him. But he has done more serious things.
 Governor B. B. Conner introduced the speaker of the evening. referring to him as "a picturesque character,
 The subject of MT. Clark's lecture was 'Picturesque Public Men," His introduction was a running satire of the two branches of the national legis- lative body He said that the nation IS lucky in having two legislative bodies instead of one, as a preyenta- tive of rash Iegislation.
 In referring to the Senate. he said that now we have ninety-two, with the additions in the near future the num- Der Will go up to ninety-eight. but if we arnex the Philippines which God forbid, we are liable to have 5sS, 99s or any number, for no man on earth knows how many there is of them nor within b,000,000 of the number of in- habitants included In the annexation.
 He said for brains so to the House, for manners go to the Senate.
 In referring to the small number ef scholars the nation has seieted as President, Mir. Clark took occasion to say that Mir. Roosevelt might, by a bare chance. be included in the list. He knows little about more things than any man I have eyer ciapt eyes upon." the speaker said
 The lecture was scsns.iian. with epi- grams. and again placid with the gem tie hlimor which Is so natural in Mir. Clark. He, pictured the characteris- tics of Blaine and Reed, of Private John Allen, of }Dr. Everett and others. quoting from each of these in such a well-woven fabric of entertaining in- formation and biography that the au- dienee was intensely interested.
 He told of the conduct of affairs in the House. Illustrating how the keen satire of Speaker Reed had on more than one occasion forever ended the aspirations of ambitious Congressman.
 T believe" said he. that when we win we are entitled to the offices. and that when the Republicans have the upper hand they are entitled to the of- Aces. The trouble now is that there are so many Democrats holding ap- pointments under the Republican ad- ministraticn that they have turned demagogues.
 T wish that Roosevelt would fire every one of them, and promise that if we win this next election, and am returned to Congress. one of my pur- poses there will be to see that every Democrat who holds an office under the present administration walks the plank as speedily as the exigencies of the occasion will permit.
 ''In every speech that I make Tor the next five years" he said. T shall utter the one sentence. A southern man for President The safety of the, nation demands it, as well as the South and the North. It is a conspicuous fact that when man is elected Gov ernor of New York, Ohio or Indiana, he immediately becomes presidential timber. Not since Zachary Taylor have we had Southern President.
 s'The next opponents in the race for the highest ofice in the gift of the QSOUle WILL Dc w lAAANhlA SVAAhAh0a DA -"'e and Theodore Roosevelt. It will be the end of Bryanism any way you put 1t. Ek Bryan Is defeated, 1t will be the last 1x him If he wins. he stands ire xocably pledged to one term, and then Me can advocate a Southern man for President in 1912.
 "The South furnishes the backbonel of the Democracy. The fifteen States. that make up this solid constituency furnish just als brainy men in Con- gress, just as brainy men in the Senate, and just as staunch, steadfast and true citizens as does any other section of the country and we, are entitled to rec- ognition.
 when I stood at the St. Louis con- .yention and spoke for the nomination of General Cockre1l of Missouri, knew that we would have had at least hfty more Democratic Congressman if he were accepted.
 ; He said that as long as he lives hS will advocate a Southern man, and be-N seech those of kthe South to stand tc- gether for a President from ons 'nf the fifteen States.
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