The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-06-22
FOLK NDORSED
FOR PRESIDENT BY MEMBER OF MIS-
SOURI, DEMOCRAT LEAGUE.


Folk, whom his friends are booming
for the Democratic nomination for
President in 1919, probably received
a greater ovation from the Missouri
Democratic League at the Folk
for-president banquet at the South
EN- Hotel last night than was ever
accorded him in his campaigns
throughout the State.
More than 500 members of the
league from practically every cllntT
of Missouri were present. They
were headed by Chairman Lon SAN
ders of st. Louis. and the meeting
was presided over by W. D. Van
diver, former Insurance Commission
er and former Congressman.
All the State Democratic officials
at Jefferson City attended and in
dorsed the movement to make Gov
ernor Folk the presidential nominee.
His candidacy was also indorsed by
James A. Reed of Kansas City, can
didate for the United States senaae
and Norman J. Colman, Secretary
of Agriculture in President Cleve-
lands Cabinet.
1t is probable that last nights
meeting viii result in the permanent
organization of the league in the in
terest of Folk for President.
A telegam from Congressman
Champ Clark, declaring that nobody
had been authorized to use his name
in connection with the presidential
nomination was read amidst enthus-
iasm. The telegram was addressed
to W. l.. Gupton. member of the
State Committee of the Ninth Con-
gressional District, and was read by
Charles NJ. Hay of Fulton. 1t fol-
lows:
4 am candidate for Congress
and for the speakership. Nobody is
authorized to announce me for Presi-
dent.
(sisned) CHAMP CLARK.
On motion of Mr.. Hay, greetings
were sent from the Folk meeting to
Congressman Clark, assuring him Of
tie support of the Missouri Demo
cratic League for the speakership-
and that they would put Mr.. Folk
in the White House as his leader
and co-worker.
The meeting closed with the
adoption Of resolution by a rising
vote, pleging those present to lend
their efforts to the movement to put
Mr.. Folk in the White House. The
resolution was offered by former
Congressman Riley Hall of Glasgow.
Three cheers then were given for the
guest of honor.
Norman ]. Colman created q
furore of enthusiasm by declaring
that Mr.. Folk had elements of
strength which no other Democrat
in the nation could present. He
said that in his experience of sixty
years in Missouri he had never seen
such representative crowd as that
which greeted Mr.. Folk last night
He declared that if Mr.. Folk were
nominated, he would be elected
President.
This statement coming from =
former member of Cleveland's Cabi-
net, was taken as significant and
was geeted with prolonged cheers.
Mr.. Folk did not commit himself
regarding the presidency in his ad-
dress, which was devoted to a scath-
ing criticism of the Republican ad-
ministratiOn. He declared the fight
against graft in the National Govern
ment must go on, and pointed to in
stances of graft during the last few ,
years in Republican misrule. He
declared against the protective tariff,
tariff, which he characterized as
legal graft, I" favored an income
tax and more government by the
people in the interest of the rommoa
good. What was needed, he sad.
was not new party. but the preseT-