The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15
Declares the Man at Fork of the Greek Is the Wiest Pocan
I'LL BE SPEAKER, NOT CZAR"-- ---CLARK|
Democrats More Thoroughly United Than at Any Time Since
Polls Closed in 1892 He Says Thinks Representatives Re-
Gently Elected Are Superior Men Come in on Landslide

NcLE JOE was our czar, whn:
IkI are you going 20 be-" ] asked
Champ Clark of Missouri, who
VIII hold the gavel over the
HO next house. which will be
Democratic one. says w. s.
.,,cb IN the New York World.
II am going to be the FIRST real speaker
he house has had for fifty years -
bsmp Clark said,
There are so many kinds OF Demo-
nj Cleveland Democrats. hlsh-tariff
6smocrats end low-tarIff Democrats.
Xscfern and western and southern Demo-
Irsts-at least according to the newspa-
ksrs. What sort OF a Democrat are you.
IA Democrat" drawled Champ Clark.
IA q man who believes in Democratic
Ir3rripIes and who votes the Democratic
Ieket. That is the only kind OF Demo-
La there IS" Then he told his story.
4 aPeople bothered me n good deal dur
N the first Bryan presidential cam
aiKu." he said, asking about the dif-
|srsut kinds OF Democrats who were ad-
/ertIsed 10 eNist-gold Democrats and
liver Democrats, and Palmer and Buck
~ and Bryan and what not Democrats,
q used 10 tell 'em about Dick Good :
.nnn's dog My dawg, Dick used 10 say.
|s one.fourth setter. one-fourth pointer
nd the other half is Jest plain dawg.'
Vow, like that dog. most OF me is just
XIoin OetnOcEdt IIdl > lHt hlilu OF
Democrat ] am.
J Democrats United, He Says.
THE Republican veterans of the
"a OF fun over the Donnybrook fair
|<hich they insist is sure to follow Demo-
<ntic control. Is there any reason WIN
lie Democrats can't run the house, and
egislate?'
nf iS SnS
Eepubican whistlinG 20 keep up the party
|ouragc in this dark time. The Demo-
Ratio party has had no basic difference
.Ince the silver question. and that is set
<cd The Democrats are more thorough
n united today than they have been at
INV time since the polls closed In 1892
The Republicans are worse split up now
nan VIC were I'm 1896. and they will be
ougcr In recovering.
HThe house democrats are united. II
Ne seize our opportunity and meet the
+egponslbility with courage wisdom and
<3triotsm. We ought To have 4 long lease
y power. and ] am satisfied that we
ID the wilderness for u.s.
knows "The Man at the Fork of the
Il Creek
The coming election Of Champ Clark as
'peaker 10 The second place of power and
fUtlority IN The government VIII crown
career o! brave struggle that began
b hardship and poverty and has achieved
natioDal poiitica! leadership. Clark S
Elory is the traditional American poor
'oy- who famous" tale. Teachers
d country school houses viii tell the
.fory OF Champ Clark this winter 10
Prove that all American boys are still
1Qual. and each has n chance to be
1Tesident, II is said that the precocious
,qpils In the city school study the muck
nkers these days and know that the
fgend about equal opportunities is not
pal power in the land. and that presi-
lents are turned out, ready made. from
|he Office OF j. Pterpont Morgan But
b the country school houses the old
|dith In the republic is 5till taught. with
Vt the. higher criticism. The national
ETcngth OF Champ Clark comes from his
1oee relations with the country school
2pnlation. and with the constituent
-hom he is pleased TO call "the man at
ue fork OF the creek"
. II want, TO say that the man at the
ork OF the creek knows more about what
= going on than the fellow who lives i'm
|o"n. Clark once declared. "Hc takes
semi-week!y paper and daily II he
'lh gel II. and an agricultural paper.
le reads these papers line for line-cven
te advertisements. He never holds Of
zee; he never expects 10 hold office. His
'oting is matter OF faith. When he
'gmes 10 believe in man he believes in
I'm because lie thinks the man is right
It doesn't know anything about political
1.dnlpniaton. doesn't want TO. Take
'fyan and Roosevelt. 10 illustrate. Those