Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-23

"a bird in the hand" says Champ
Clark, lis the noblest work of God -"
He can say it with tears in his eyes.
too, for a good part Of the democratic
BIRDS have got out Of his hand In this
session OF congress. In the two or
three times that he has tried to make
the democratic minority Of the house
OF representatives walk pretty, they
have almost torn out the walls get
ting away from his leadership. After
that time he tried TO clip the wings
Of Speaker Cannon, to ind a dozen or
so or the democratic representatives
winding wool on the shears he might
appreciate afrcsh another Of his
favorite stories. It is a more or less
apocryphal experience, accredited to
Noah during the flood. The old man
had been a-pirootin' around until
every one was plum sick Of him. de-
clares Mr.. Clark. But the food came
all right, ana Noah went a-sailin'
down the stream on the crest Of the
rise. He spied one Of the onregener-
ate who had elm high in a tree.
Well. you old hard-shell,' hollers
Noah, what do you think of It 10Y p
"Aw,' says the old Teller, blinkin,
and shakin' the water out Of his hair.
this amt no hood. Down where I
R'A tiOhl AAiNS W'uAAh 4 NAAAh -
more'n a spring shower"
Don't think that Mr., Clark's Eng
lish style Is being tempered with in
this anecdote. That's the way they
talk down In Pike county, Mo, and as
Mr.. Clark wishes TO represent that
district in other congresses. he talks
that way too. And that sort of lang
uage really % Clark his first promi-
renee. on the Fourth Of July, 1898,
81 800 la-N4 - 80. AaaHIa Ia
Tammany had ever heard Of Beau
champ Clark. he made n singular
audacious speech in Tammany hall,
clothing his thoughts in Pike county
verbiage. Tammany went wild over
II, and Mr.. Clark. always alive to the
main chance, stored his carpet bag
with clippings from the New York
papers when he went back home.
They gwinc TO do me Il power Of
good down in Pike county" he de-
clarcd.
If he does his talking Pike, he
THINKS in Washington. however. A
man of tremendous force, undoubted
personal courage. n the master Of a
form of nude %eloquence that is per-
haps the rutlest ever heard in the
capitol when he gets going right. Mr..
Clark won his leadership of the demo-
cratic minority fairly. He was the
next biggest ma on the democratic
side to John Sharp Williams. When
Williams was elected to the senate
Clark fell heir TO his troubles. II re-
port from Washington is correct, he
is already tired Of driving n singularly
unrulcy team. His best plan will be
to fall back on his Pike county tac-
tics, a giant in Size, sanguine and
glowing in manner, charged with a
tremendous voice, he Is accustomed to
roar down the opposition. ON one Oc-
casIon some ono In Pike county VEN
tured to question n statement he made
In a speech
Lock the door" beloved Clark.
Close the windows. I'm going out
to cut out the heart of the man who
called me n har,"
Apologies followed and the inter
rupter escaped. For there is reason
to believe that Clark might have at
least tried to MAKE good, Whcn he
was sixteen years old he became
teacher Of a school near Lawrence
Vile, Ky. where he was born in 1859.
Tho school had thirty-hve unruly
scholars. who had been accustomed to
driving teachers away. Clark brought
an iron poker to school with him and
laid Il across his desk. Sometimes
he laid It across the pupils. But he
did not really have any trouble, al
though on one occasion a pcovish
scholar shot through the cor at him
with a rife. Clark belted on the two
six shooters that he always hung on
the wall behind the desk. leaped on
his horse, and chased tho interrupter
three miles. 1T always annoys me SO
TO be shot Mt" he said in explanation.
II other years he figured in more
than one of the gun-plays Which usu-
ally follow political arguments in the
rougher sections OF the south. His
aim has always been better than the
other fellows.
Whatever Clark may feel, he's OF
cealing IT, He learned to play poker
early in life. aud his face is r~ockbound
and impenortrable when he strikes n
rugged proposition. He Is particular