Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
CLARK BOOM A HIT
Minority Leader Mann Pleases
Fraternity Men.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO SPEAKER
Tells Delta Tau Delta Society He
Will Be Next President,
Probably.

1.-The man who holds the office second
in dignity in the United States is your
guest Of honor tonight: probably, In two
years, you can introduce him as the gen.
tleman who occupies the first position in
| the nation
Speaker Champ Clark was doomed for
| President OF the United States and his
election predicted in this utterance by
his political adversary and chief opponent
on the floor Of the House of Representa-
tives. James r. Mann, minority leader
The forecast. was made in speech before
the Delta Tau Delta Society. held at
Rauscher's last night. but, of course, no
body took Mr.. Mann seriously.
| Mr.. Mann expressed the hope that
there were no newspaper men present
to carry his words to the outside world.
He. may have been facetious, and he
may have been desperately in earnest
However. he said many nice things
about the democratic Speaker. and all
In just as much earnestness. apparent
ly, as he doomed him for President.
Two hundred men never made more
noise than these fraters of Greek let
ter society in acclaiming Speaker Clark.
That none Of them had consumption.
the Speaker said. was evident when he
acknowledged their tribute. They told
him in stentorian chorus that he was
| all TlSnt, anu tnen Cney cneoFeQ Tor
him so that all the world could hear
Sounded like a democratic convention
to Mr.. Clark, he admitted.
Defends Public Men.
A defense OF the honesty Of men in
public office was feature Of Mr.. Clark's
| speech.
"One of the twelve apostles was a great
rascal" said the Speaker. Not that
proportion of rascals are in public life.
l do not know one man in Congress who
| could be iured to vote on any PROPOSE
| ton, although many of them vote wrong.
The man who breaches the doctrine that
all public men are corrupt Is an enemy
Of the republic. 1t is not true"
Mr.. Clark declared that for ten years
| he has been an advocate of changing the
District Of Columbia into a territory
| with representation by delegate in Cor
gress. He said he would like to be about
town at election time to see the contest
between the 300 or 400 candidates for
delegate, who, he was confident, would
contest for the honor.
Thomas Reed, former republican Speak
er of the House of Representatives, Mr.
Clark regards as a great man. and said
that had he possessed the ability to make
himself popular, he would have been
the greatest republican after Lincoln
Roosevelt he spoke of as a man who
knew little more about things than any
other living man.
Clark's Tribute to Mann.
Paying his respect to Minority Leader
Mann. he said that Mr.. Mann's accom-
plishment In legislation while In Con-
gress is the most astonishing record ever
| made by any man in public service.
Get out Of Washington just as quick
as You can Mr.. Clark advised his
Greek letter fraters; go where American
citizens exercise the right of American
| citizenship. And then go into politics
| be democrats if you can, and, if not, be
| republicans.
Every American citizen owes part of
| MS time to the service of state. That
| does not mean that you must necessarily
run for Office. but you should study con-
ditions so that you can vote intelligently.
The exercise of that faculty is the hope
| Of the republic
| 1t is pleasant to live in WASHINGTON. Mr..
Clark admitted; but, he said, he grows
| sick at heart when he goes into the de-
partments and sees old gray-headed men
earning $500 or 800 year. hanging on
to their jobs by their eyelids. who would
| physicians somewhere else in the country
The United States Congress, in the
opinion OF Speaker Clark. is the greatest
legislative body on earth-"now that it
mented. The average ability of public
men in it's councils, he asserted, Is not
on the decline. but on the uprise.
| THE House of Representatives yields
less to the Senate than it ever did he
! declared. II am interested in knowing
when the Senate is going to get to work,
so that we can know when We can close
up and go home. We, in the House of
Representatives. can hang on as long
they can-we're a lot younger
Friendship of Opposite Party.
That he has as much good will from
republicans as from democrats in the
House of Representatives IS source
Iof qualification in being Speaker. said
Mr.. Clark. He expressed his pride in
the friendship of men politically op-