The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-16
UNITED STATES SENAT OR CLARKE SAYS GOVERNMENT
 SHOULD DO ITS PART.
APPROPRIATIONS ARE CERTAIN
Hot Springs Not in the Light of a Charity Seeker Before Congress, but Has Genuine Claim Which Will Be Presented as a Demand.

Recognizing the great demand for fresh air and the desire of the peo- pie to get out in the open more. Unit ed States Senator James F. Clarke last evening, in discussing big things ahead for Hot Springs, not alone ac. quiesced in the things sought by the people here from the government. but expounded something new when he proposed that the government should build cog roads over these mountains that the visitors and the citizenship could enjoy a great privilege here which can not be enjoyed elsewhere, but the opportunity for which is ere ated in the physiological situation of this famous resort.
 Senator Clarke was greeted at the Auditorium Theatre last night by an unusual audience In Hot Springs it is no small compliment to any speak CT to have the audience both from numbers and from its personnel that greeted Senator Clarke last night In recognition of this fact Senator Clarke praised the people for their spirit of interest in their own affairs, and said that a certain extent of such selfish interest bespoke for better things for this municipality.
 ln the outset of ms speech he spoke of this community as a remark able one The difficulties of double ownership here he appreciated. Part of tine city was of the municipality and part Of the government That be- spoke for complexity that was in itself hindrance.
 Then the resort had suffered much from being in Arkansas from a pref udice that had been fixed, but which was gradually being no longer con sidere6 lie thought the great good of this national sanitarium had been too little understood. All its disabl- ities he regarded as imaginary.
 "T understand" said Senator Clarke, that this people are not looking for any bounty or charity, but they are simply demanding the isame treat ment that is accorded other people un- der similar conditions"
 Speaking of an appropriation Of $250,000 that had been all but carried through fine last Republican congress, only to meet defeat in the conferees committee, Senator Clarke said that the defeat of that appropriation was not caused by Republicans, but by two Democrats of the ccnferees commit tee, but that when the matter comes up again that defeat would not hap ren. The two men who defeated the Hot Springs item in the appropriation bill were young men of the house con- ferees, while Senator Clarke's friends on the committee were old men. The committee sessions lasted late into the morning hour, and the younger men wore the older ones out. but this would not happen again, because the seniority rule did not prevail on these committees, and now the senate would have stronger men to stand firm.
 Our right to reach our hands into the national treasury for Hot springs said Senator Clarke. lis because the United States government owns anc reserves the most vital part of Ho' Springs When l was fighting for al appropriation before, one of the com mittee said he would favor giving Nct Springs over to the state so the government might be through wltl it
 q immediately accepted in behaI of the state." said Senator Clarke and if ever the government woulC turn the resort over to the state or t' private ownership, it would be I'm proved far beyond what the govern ment has ever done for it.
 Senator Clarke also said the argu ment had been made against appro prations for Hot Springs that we ha' turned over our valuable franchises our government bath house leases U private individuals to get rich on Bu in reply to this he told the commit tee that if the whole city were Tn th hands of private ownership It woul' he much preferable than being hel by the government and the govern ment not helping in its upbuilding an improvement
 We ought to be abe now to flu over these beautiful mouhtains u