The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-24
.CLARK's NAME
BRINGS CHEERS
Roosevelt Wins Approval in Mis-.
souri, by Saying Speaker
Was Robbed.
ATTACKS G. O. ?. COMMITTEE

Joplin, Mo-, Sept. 23-When Col.
Roosevelt mentioned the name Of Champ
Clark In a fiery speech here tonight.
attacking the Republican National Com
mittee. an audience that damned the
Auditorium broke into terrific applause.
The former President alluded to Speak
er Clark as having been cheated out of
nomination for the Presidency by the
| bosses" While he knew that the
Speakers defeat is sore point with
most Democrats the colonel was totally
unprepared for the tremendous demon
| stration that ensued upon his reference
| to II.
For more than three minutes the
| throng yelled for Clark, and above the
| tumult arose cries of robbers" In
the vast audience was a good sprinkling
of independent Democrats. and it was
they who led the outburst.
The temper of the Democrats, who
helped swell the crowd at the Audi
forum. is reflected. so the Progressive
leaders say. throughout the State.
Speaker Clark's admirers, who carried
the State overwhelmingly for him at the
| spring primaries over Gov. Wilson, are
declared to be fiocking to Roosevelt and
the third party lineup, to express their
disapproval of the turn-down at Balti-
| more. When the throng had quieted
down Roosevelt said:
Bosses Robbed Clark.
Mr.. Clark carried the. primaries In
Missouri by a majority OF 100000. The
| bosses didn't want him nominated; they
, wanted another candidate. and they got
him by overriding the vote OF the peo-
pie in not only this but every State
where primaries were held, and Mr..
Clark carried.
1T was as willful a disregard Of the
votes as was evidenced in the Republi-
can convention in Chicago. The nomi-
nation in Baltimore belonged to Mr..
Clark. but the bosses handed 1t over
to Mr.. Wilson,
Attacking the Republican National
Committee. the colonel. in his speech
here. remarked that some Republican
| leaders were asking why the Progress
sives did not stay within the RepubIi-
| can party to rid IL Of its bosses.
Stay in the party?'' rosred Roose-
Welt. why. the people can't get into
II. The national committee has 50
boarded the party up that the people
| couldn't get into it with a jimmy.
THE national committee is made up
Of ffty-three politicians. most OF them
shady"
MOI" interrupted a voice.
Mostly shady Politicians
Yes" Kissed Roosevelt Most Of
them are shady politicians. There might
| have been just enough OF them who
| were not shady to have saved Sodom and
Gomorrah."
The colonel asserted that the National
Committee had got rid OF three-fourths
Of the Republican party and left 1t so
the committee could manage things
more easily for itself"
Asking the business men of the coun-
try to go with their party, the colonel
exclaimed:
1T is no use going with Taft. He is
dead cock in the pit" In regard to
the Democratic platform, the colonel
said to follow Mr.. Wilson would be to
plunge the country into chaos
III the Democrats mean what they
say. you can trust them to do mischief"
declared Roosevelt IF Mr.. Wilson cuts
out the protective tariff. as he says he
will do. he will cut out prosperity for
years to come We propose to pass
prosperity around. II Mr.. Wilson is
elected and his platform is put through.
there'll be no prosperity to pass around"