The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18
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Such Mules as Washington Never
Saw Before Will Take Next
Speaker to Capitol for His
Triumphal Entry-Mrs.
Clark Declares He
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Washington, u. O., December t.
With the Democratic occupation fXed
fact for the Ides OF March Champ
Clark looms in Congress as the focal
and foremost igure Of the triumphant
Democracy
The gallant Miasouitan seems to be
slated for the apeakership practically
without opposition. Talk OF opposing
candidates Is sporadic and indefinite.
Mostly from affection. but largely from
sense Of the uselessness oil opposi-
ton, the leader of the present minority
seems to have walkoyer for the .hi.d
office in the republic.
Long years of tdcity, patient
courage in defeat, consistent champion
ship and unfailing Entertainers in the
gloomy days OF the party appear to
have rcaped their due reward in the
practical unanimity with which Aif
Clark will win the first fruits OF the
first congressional victory which the
Democrats have known in sixteen
years
For this reason tho representative
OF the Ninth Missouri becomes the cen
ire Of gossip. OF rumor and OF anec-
dote.
group of Democratic Congressman
lunehing In the House restaurant
Tuesday agreed that the FIRST Demo
cratic Speaker since Charles T. Crisp,
OF Georgia, ought to celebrate the re-
sumption of the gavel by his party in
some thoroughly Democratic ana i'm
pressiye way.
solid for the Mules.
In discussing what the new Demo-
cratic Speaker should do TO indicate
the ideals OF an earlier simplicity tho
little group of Democratic parttsans
revived With great enthusiasm The
proposition that the big Missouriap
should ride TO his prefermeut behind
the magnificent pair OF Missouri mules
which Luke Emerson. OF Bowling
Green. has presented to him for that
event. II was the consensus OF opinion
among the half-dozen men that moth.
ing would more ftly illustrate the I'M
pretending simplicity OF the genuine
spirit OF Tho great State from which
he came. than the Champ Clark surrey
and the Luke Emerson mules
~ was the strength and sturdiness
OF the Missouri mule that plowed the
THROWS from which arose the waving
corn which enriched the grauaries OF
the West. II is the mule whose tire
less energy carried the product of the
the distributing centres about these
fertile lands. 1t is the mule. rather
Than the horse, SO linked 10 Missouri
agriculture that the two are twins
rhverent treatment of this serious
subject, Mr.. Clark felt impelled 10
deny he had declared his intention
TO ride down the avenue in this demo-
cratic chariot But the Democratic
lnaiority, reveling in triumph and
fairly riotous in good nature and fun,
have decreed that the next Speaker
owes this much TO the galety of Con-
gress and to the spirit OF the times.
Mrs. Clark Enthusiastic.
spirit into the wholesome idea, and
declares her intention TO see that her
gallant husband. who, not being a
sufragist, has failed to ooncede her
civil and religious liberty in political
matters, must yield to her feminine
will In the program which his amiable
partisans have prescribed
SO Is the Joint product of Democratic
simplicity and of domestic persuasion.
It may be set down as n fixed fact that
the coming Speaker viii drive Lure
,Emerson's mules down the historic
avenue. which never saw the ike, or
the equal, of these splendid animals
before.
The Emersons are typical mis-
sourians of the stalwart and oravestl
breed of the virte West. they arc
men OF nerve. of daring enterprise, OF
swift and vigorous friendships and of
boundless generosity. There are two
OF them, Luke. the elder Emerson, anu
George, his younger brother Luxe
Is the owner Of tho greatest donkey.
farm in all the West. and perhaps mi
all the world.
Remarkable to relate, the proprietor
of the greatest donkey farm in all the
world is not Democrat, as he ought
In every political suggestion to be.
but is a stalwart Republican, with not
even baby elephant to show. the don
keys how they ought TO grow.
long time ago George, the younger
brother, survived the tragic end OF a
personal difficulty and Champ Clark !
the leading lawyer OF Bowling Green,tl
saw him faithfully through the trouplal
to the triumphant vindlcation. This
turned the Emerson spirit for the first
time softly toward the dauntless Miss
sourlan. whose own record has some
stern and ovcntful features, filed with
scars and serious days of n less peace
full Missouri
Slew Apache Chief.
lust before the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis, Luke Emerson, the Republican
proprietor of the donkey farm, to
winch mules had been added as an IN
cidental feature, grew tired of the Mis-
souri, solitudes, and went to Europe.
iSauntering one night through the outer
SUBURBS OIL Farls, u trio OF mugs, Whom
the Parisians call "Apachcs," attempt
ed to hold up MIR. Emerson for his
money.
In the course of the physical dis
cussicn, Luke Emerson, in his bland
and Wholesome Missouri way. slaugh-
tered the chief of the Apaches!. and put
the others to light. The French police
We're SO little accustomed to the Mis-
souri, method as to hold the proceedings
little irregular, and hauled Luke
Emerson before the French tribunals.
All alone in the gay capital of a for
eign country and facing this legal in
convenience, Luke Emerson bethought
him of the greatest man in his own