Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03

a. - sloh' March death closed
toaay the career Of Champ Clark Of Mis-
towering hgure in national politics.
slal"art Of staiwarts in the democratic }
party.
He died in the very shadow Of the can
i'ol- Just over the way from the hoteI |
WheFe he has lived many years. house /
anu senate seethed in. the closing hours /
OF the congress Of which ne was an hon. |
ored member and leader. The stir Of
! legislative battle was with him 10 the ]
end He lived again in memory. as MS |
pulses tagged days of the eight years
| ne welded the speakers gavel in the
| house Those sorrowing at his bedside
h'ard the Old chiefLain mutter in his last
| delirium:
/ The question is on adoption of the
conference report"
| Ey mandate more binding than any
written law, congress barely halted in
reverence to mark the pag.ing Of the aged
! member Knowing as the years has taught
nm TO know the vital urgency OF time in
the, closing days of congress the for
mer speaker made known his will from
what iseHknew was his dea;h-bed. His
wish was caEried to both houses that no
halt in pubic business should be made
at his, death.
] In obedience to that behest. the house
peopled with his personal friends of
whatever party. halted a short half hour
| in Adjournment. then marched on with
It's crowded program.
in that pressing work. Mr. Clark took
active share up toNlittle more than ten
days ago. councilinG his party colleagues
as democratic leader. until a cold struck
nun down TO become victim TO the mfr
mites Of mis- seventy years of driving life
that reckoned nothing of his own physical
welfare His death threw a shadow over
every face in the chamber when Repre-
sentative Rucker. of the Missouri deie-
cation, arose to announce H. voice ciioked
/ with emotion. it was a haltinr. brief eu-
, logy he pronounced, but II drew from
members signs of sorrow more eloquent
than words to tell of ting place the dead
leader held in they affection and respect.
i Til" formal motion for half hour ad-
: ijournment was made by Representative
Mondell. republican leader
Mr.. Ciark would have been II years
, cd had he hyed until next Monday. but
| his Is years Of service in the house would
. have enied Friday. 9or he was defeated
I for reelection.
In the subdusd talk on floor. or in CLOAK
? rooms while the house scorned the sug-
d eestion that the st0u.r heart of the Mis-
j sourian had been shaken by political de-
: feat. That ne had foreseen long in ad-
vance. they said. II was a more personal
matter that had broken his spirit they
}. insisted tine death a year ago Of his idol
r lied, three-year-old grandson and tname-
Y sake, Champ Clark Thomson.
eJ Since that blow it was said. Mr.. Clarls's
! colleagues had noted 4 waning of his
keen interest in public affairs and lit
: tie droop 10 the massive shoulders so IA
e miliar through the years in khe corridors
Of the capitol
There was one thing upon which they
were all agreed. that Mr.. Clark had died
rs nc wished to die, in the harness of MS
: life work. He had planned retirement 10
: his home in Bowling Green. Mo. after
, March I. but the end found him still
serving his country and his state in the
house. That made it possible for the
=, nouSe to vote his widow a year of her
;, husbands salary, rs its first business
g when the memorial adjournment was
= over.
Dr. Jesse Shoup. Mr.. Clark's physician
had little hope from the day his patient
e was taken down with 4 cold Pleurisy
II G.ve.cred quickly. but behind that there
-e was an accumulation OF ailments due
s largely 10 advanced age and the reckless
energy Mr.. Clark had thrown into his
work. To development of these the cold
10 opened an sy door. Ii was only 4. ques-
Of tion Of a little time. DR. Shoup knew
" despite the courageous fight his patient
ID was making. and besides Mrs. Clark. tn,
former speakers son. Bennett and hi:
daughter and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs
ar James NJ. Thompson. of New Orleans
in were at his bedside through all his las
ar hours.
b. In the senate. word OF Mr.. Clark,
& death was given by senate Harrison O
Mississippi. He spoke feelingiy OF th'
l. services the veteran democratic leade,
at had rendered his part yand the nation
N but Mr.. Clark's wishes that no halt in tn,
re business of congress should be made i
4 his honor prevailed and the senate KEEP
on at its work.
t. Bcth houses OF congress on Saturday
v however. will pay respcct TO The dead
In leader in a manner which has been dup
I'd Heated only ? few times in the history
8. of the nations laW-mskii,s body. Ten-
'tative arrangements for the funeral. al
81 announced tonight provided for furers
ID services at ten-thiriy o'clock Saturday
e. morning in the 't,Gsa chaHtJor. Befor,
m the services fhe body will iie in state ir
Or the halls in which Mr.. Clark fought fol
the right as he saw II.
Immediately after the funeral scrvic
pr es special funeral train bearing the
n body. the members OF the Clark family
lie the sergeants-at-arns OF the senat, ant
1g house. andIth special house and senate
lC committees named 70 attend 'ila U1di ser
vices, viii start on its way 10 the hom'
state ef the former speaker. ATrivin.
TX in s.. Louis ab-ut four .. n. Sunday. III
n body will be taken 10 q place YET TO b.
#. designated and there lie in state. Tht
4 next morning the last lap Of the lon
ee journey 10 Bowling Green will he made
and in the midst Of home scenes an,
surrounded by tncse he l1nG represented
IN Champ Clark will ,e laid Is rest.
at Individual tributes TO the memory o
IN M. Clark quickly followed announce
So rnent of his d-ath Among these was ;
of telegram from The house o. representa-
tives Of Missouri. and snotacr from
Governor Parker Of Louisiana.
le Among the iniividual tributes was
I'd statement from "Cnc.e Joe" Cannon whit
$ preceded MT. Cart ds speaker and VINO
he upon completing record f.r service il
en- the house was the subject ot one OF .h
IA = addresses which Mr.. Clark made from
the floor of tho house.
IN Champ Clark died in the harness as
rs believe he preferredt 10 do" said '"Cnc,
IN joe Champ was my friend and CO.
g. league f,r more than a quarter of a cen
te fury and we cnsar red in many contest