The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-19
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. u. c.
Clark is the choice of

"Spoakcr Clark is the choice of n
vast majority of the people of ms
stat" for PRESIDENT said j. G. Har-
mon. a prominent lawyer of Boise
city. Ida. II can MAX" this statement
without fear of successful contradict
1i"n. and in addition. | might add that
n" is tn" choice of a majority of tho
N"tors of the great northwest. | have
been travelling around through that
section and have talked To many men
NJ least Speaker Clark is tho choice
IF H." Democratic party for president.
l'""pl" in tho great west hay" watche j
III" career of Speaker Clark from the
time he first came to Washington in
III" fifty third congress. They have
l"ad his speeches from end to end.
and they have not found in "a single
instance ANYTHING to which they might
take exception.
His record is before them. They
know where he stands on All questions
affecting tn" public pulse at the pres
cnt time. He has never gone behind
thu" returns. He is the most available
man. from every standpoint. whom
I'll" democrats could nominate and
could expect to carry the election in
November.
1T is my opinion that he is the
S'rond choice of all the delegates who
HAY" been instructed for the various
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n" does not secure tn" nomination at
the" Baltimore convention on the first
naii"t [ look to 500 him closen on tho
second or third. I have every reason
Tor making this prediction. The poo
pie of TN" country. in my opinion,
want Champ Clark. and they are go
ing To get what they want"
Uncle Joe" Fifty icars a Fighter.
II hay" known Uncle joe Cannon
f"r nearly fifty Years. and he has been
a ilsht"l all that time said Maj. Il.
w. M"Claughry, warden of the fed
eral prison at L~cavcnworth, Has. Il
itrst met MIR. Cannon at a conference
If union men at Springfield. III. in
1864. | was in the army. and had
come homo, along with other Illinois
mon. to see what could be done to
say" tn" state for Lincoln in that cleo
ZION. In the conference st Springfield
| VAS attracted by the vigor and Vim
of a T'uns fellow with red hair. He
sp"k". and to the point. | was told
that his nannn was Joe Cannon, and
n" vas the district attorney from TIL"
Gid judicial district where Lincoln had
his greatest practice and was better
known than anywhere els" in Illinois.
M"ll. he ought to he in the army
said l. WHY didn't tho governor give
him q commission in the army"
because VIC nave more important
work here at home for that Young
man was the answer. We can make
soldiers out of ali sorts of men, but
we can't make district attorneys. Joe
cannon lives in n part of the state
that ought To II" the most loyal to
iincoln. f"t ii is tillcd with copper
heads. Cann"n is looking after them.
and ma>ing it dangerous for them to
work as OPENLY in Illinois as they are
IN IJ16jaya T1n &c lar,lIio~ 1,en1- <l,.
enemies in III" rear ON the Wabash
~ remember that conversation re-
sarding tn" young district attorney,
and after the war + got better ac-
%Iualntcd with him. H." has been fight
ing ever since. and he has been abin
t" keep his eye on the enemy i'm the
roar. as we'll as the enemy in front.
ever since that time. His hair is no
longer red. hut there are red corpus
cles in his blood, and he seems TO be
Just as good - fighter now as he was
fifty years ago