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Show Sentiment in West Said to Favor Fa-vor Speaker for the Presidential Presi-dential Chair. BURKE OF NORTH DAKOTA VICE PRES. POSSIBILITY Congressional Supply of Soft ' Drinks Cut Off by Bris-tow Bris-tow Committee. BY RALPH M. WHITESIDE. By Lcasud "Wire to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, July 22. That Clark boom for tho presidency scorns to have more life this hot weather than almost any other thing political around Washington. Wash-ington. Hardly a day passes that something some-thing 'does not develop showing that the heart of the Democratic mawses beats warm for the gallant Mlsaourlan. Vov Instance. Hon. Winfield Scott Hammond, the Minnesota Democrat who succeeds regularly In breaking Into congress, con-gress, and who has Just been home to .attend a conference of Democrats of the northwcslorn states, says: "Speaking of politics and the sentiment of the. great northwest, I was much Impressed Im-pressed with the applause which followed my reference to Spoakor Champ Clark during my speech. I had referred to him as the wise and watchful minority leader lead-er in a Republican houso, and as tho vigilant spoakor of the house after the accession of our party to power. There was an Immediate ovation whon I mentioned men-tioned the speaker, and It was spontaneous spon-taneous as woll as Impressive. It clearly clear-ly indicated to me that our western states have been looking upon Champ Clark as a presidential candidate. There was undoubtedly a strong sentiment for Clark amonc all the members of our St. Paul conference, and much of that sontlmenl was expressed in private conversation. con-versation. "It was the more encouraged bv the renewed announcements of Mr. Bryan that he was not. to bo considered as a presidential proposition next year, and lie mado it clear that he was very much in earnest. Burko for Vice President. "Hence tho, inclination toward Champ Clark. which. with Bryan present, seemed tho more significant. Another member of a St. Paul conference given much altentlo.n was Governor Burke of North Dakota. There were frequent expressions ex-pressions that If the next Democratic nominee for president should bo taken from tho east or near east Governor Burke would be very much In lino for the vice presidential nomination. "Western Democrats have known Governor Burke and have admired him for some time back. Ho is a lawyer who has been elected the Democratic governor of North Dakota three times, although It Is a strong Republican state. Burke Is what .1 designate a genuine Democrat, a reliable relia-ble one. the sort of man and Democrat you an depend on no matter what happens." hap-pens." La Follctte Sentiment. "Of course, the Republican organization organiza-tion people in the state are for Tafl. but it will be admitted among the strongost supporters of the president that Ihere Is much sentiment against him In his own party. It must not be overlooked that there Is a large following for Senator Sena-tor "La Follctlc In Minnesota and In the adjoining states. Tho La Follclto sentiment senti-ment Is well understood and appreciated by the regular Republicans of the. Taft organization, but they feel confident that Ihey can tighten things up when It comes to the election of delegates so that La. Follette will not have a single vote In Minnesota. "It cannot be denied that La Follette has some able men on his side In my state, but they cannot reach in a contesl with the regular organization crowd, which will be ably aided, no doubt, bv the full power of the administration hero in Washington, and we all know what that moans when It comes to the actual contesl. "I can hardly admit lhat there is much actual enthusiasm for tho president, presi-dent, but there Is a general admission that he will have little trouble In securing secur-ing renominatlon." Going a little further to the west wo have this opinion from former Senator Turner of "Washington: Admiro Speaker Clark. "There is a strong sentiment for Champ Clark as the coming Democratic candidate for president, and the Washington Wash-ington Democrats arc giving him much thought and attention. You find, not only in my stato but throughout tho west, an Increasing admiration for the socakor and a feeling that he would make a great campaign." Mr. Turner thinks La Follette probably prob-ably will gel Washington's vole In the Republican convention. Shut Off Lemonade Supply. Senator Brislow of Kansas is having some hard things said about him. for, sad to relate, in one of Ihe hottest earlv summers Washington has known there Is no lemonade In the senate wing of the capital and this Kansas man is held largely to blame. For years past the senate has done everything but swim In emonade during the hot season. II has been supplied In the clook rooms, tho committee rooms and even lit the private pri-vate rooms of senators. Not only lemonade, lemon-ade, but all sorts of boitlcd mineral waters, wa-ters, wllh tons of Ice to keep them cold. Senatorial throats couid be lubricated with these harmless beverages al almost al-most every turn and corner of tho north The lemonade season, according to precedent, pre-cedent, should have opened six weeks ago. But there Is a wave of reform and Hie t-enale Is closed as tight as Mavor Gaynor thinks New Vork is on Sundav. I here Is not even a lemonade side-door. Ple.nlv of plain Ice water H lo be had, and thai Is all. ..iT,,e'.',';..is a cpminlttee with the sounding title '"lo Audit and Control the Contingent Contin-gent lixpenscs of iho Senate." This Is the committee that used to supplv tho lomonadi;. it Is hkewl&o responsible lor shutting II oft'. There Is a sloi-v going around lhat the quashing of Je'mouade and mineral water privileges Is saving Ihe people of the United Slates $11)00 a month. Political wise men point lo this as another Indication that the senate Is undergoing fundamental changes and Is breaking Its rusty chains. The live senators who arc responsible for the diy throats and husky oratory in the chamber are Brlggs or New Jersev. Dillingham of Vermont, Brislow of Kansas, Kan-sas, Chirko of Arkansas and Williams or Mississippi. Brislow Is principally accused. ac-cused. Houso Has Power. Through Its control of the purse, the houso of representatives has ihe powc-i to force Ihe passage or Its tnrltr revision bills, and should hislst upon these measures meas-ures even If It means absolutely blocking th- wheels of the government," declares Judge lOdgai M. Farrar of Now Orleans, president of the American Bar association. associa-tion. .Judge I'arrar is a free trader, in favor of abolishing all custom houses except such as are needed to collect taxes on Imports of foreign liquors and cigars. "It was one of the greatest calamities In the history of the country when tho supremo court declared the Income tax unconstitutional. nald the southern jurist. jur-ist. "I would favor an amendment to the constitution taking away from the statea and lodging In "the central govern-. govern-. incut the sole right to lay and collect j taxes on Incomes and Inheritances, i "The Democratic houso was elected as the result of tho popular revolution Inst year," ho continued, "and It baa a duty to the people to carry out the mandate of lhat election." Judge Farrar said .that while he does not aoprove the protective tariff system, he Is not In favor or radical measures abolishing lhat system under which a vast business hns been built up. He advocates ad-vocates gradual reductions' In tariff rates. In his annual address before the American Amer-ican Bar association which meets In Boston Bos-ton the latter part of August, Judge Farrar will discuss a number of problems of legislation now pending before the congress, and express his Ideas upon the subject of reform of the federal Judicial system. |