New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
Congress Pays
Simple Tribute
AT Qark's Bier
Tender Eulogy of Veteran
Statesman i'm Chamber
Where He Once Ruled Is
Reflected by Hundreds
Dignitaries Join Humble
Symbolizes Life of the Man;
Body Taken to Bowling
Green on Special Train

WASHINGTON, March 5-As simply
as the man they eulogized had lived,
his fellows of the House of Represent
atives said their last farewell to-day
to Champ Clark, of Missouri.
The body of the former legislative
champion, dragged down at last by the
weight of years, lay in peaceful slum-
Der in the chamber where echoes Of
his voice seemed still to eddy and
whisper in memory Of his long years
of service And about it mourned men
Of every walk of life, high or low,
among whom he had moved in fellow
ship few short days ago.
Tonight, guarded by last honoring
escort of his colleagues in Congress,
the body was being taken by special
train back to Missouri, there to rest
among home folks from whom he
sprung. But something of his spirit
brooded still about the empty halls of
the Capitol, dedicated to the principle
that the people alone rule.
"He stood four square to the world
Senator Reed said of the dead leader in
adding the confirmation of the Senate
to the tribute of the House. Upon
his country's altar he placed the whole
wealth of his magnificent talents, the
zeal of youth, the energy of middle life,
the wisdom Of old age"
And the same thought had come to
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
speaking for membership whose sor-
row knew no partisan restraint.
"His memory will remain as an in
fuencc on the House and the country
he said, his voice shaken with emotion.
Those who knew him best, loved him
best, and yet there are millions who
never saw his countenance, who never
heard his magnetic voice, who never
in time Of personal need received his
counsel-they, too, loved him"
There was little more to the cere-
mony than that. Just the flower
draped coffin before the Speakers desk
and the massed flowers bearing the
sympathy of men and women known
the nation over grouped about it, the
solemn comfort of an old hymn or two,
the halting prayer of the aged chap
lain emeritus and the row on row Of
sorrowing friends. Blackrobed Judges
of the Supreme Court Cabinet officers,
diplomats, Senators, generals and ad-
mirals and the full mem bership of the
House were on the floor. their sympathy
centering on the dropping figure Of
Mrs. Clark.
And at the end long lines filled all
aisles to file silently past the bier and
gaze upon the countenance Of the vet
eran statesman for the last time. Sen
etors and Cabinet officers moved at
elbow with humber folk who work
about the great building, lines that
wrote in human documents the dem oc-
racy that Champ Clark had lived and
preached.
ST. LOUIS, March 5.-Arrange-
mems were completed tonight for the
reception of the body of Champ Clark
tomorrow. The special train bearing
the body is scheduled to arrive in the
afternoon, and the body will lie in
state at the City Hall until late at
night. The train will depart Monday
for Bowling Green, Mr.. Clark's home
town, and the body will lie in state at
the Pike County Court House until 2
D. m, the hour for the services.
A large delegation of prominent St.
Louis persons will accompany the
cortege to Bowling Green.
Twelve past potentates of Shriners
will act as honorary pall-bearers and
100 uniformed members Of the Shrine
also will act as a guard of honor.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March 81
Both branches of the General Assembly
will adjourn Monday in memory of the
late Champ Clark. Representative Mar
tin, Of Johnson County, to-day deliv-
cred eulogy of the former Speaker.
Representative Martin said he probably
is the only member now living who
served with Mr.. Clark in the Missouri
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