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Show CHAMP CLARK WELCOMED BY JLD.P.URILS Revisits His Birthplace and Tells Roseate Story of Democratic OutlooK. LAWBEXCEBL'RO. Ky.( Sept. 20. Champ Clark,'" speaker- of the national bona of representatives, "csme home" today to maka a speech ia behalf of the state" Democratie'tieket. Aa cort of 100 men, who were ptapils of Mr. Clark when he taight school in Anderson Ander-son eoontv, nearly forty years ago, were at the dehot to welcome him. Mr. Clark waa born in Anderson county coun-ty near Lawrenceburg aiatv-three years ago. Tbirlv-five year ago he removed with hi fa'milv to Missouri. It waa a gala day for th peopl of Iwrencehurg and surrounding country. Five thousand gallon of burgoo was served free to men. women and children. chil-dren. One of the feature of tb day waa a parade. Mr. Clark spok In part follow: "Triumpliant TimOerey I now th resounding re-sounding theme of every tonau. After seventeen year of wanderlna In the wilderness, we this day stand upon Mount Victory and look Into the promised land wr.rh we will enter end posse In Ho declared champ Clark, speaker of lh national house of rspr -senlatlvos. in end address Tier todav. Mr Clark was horn near I.arenrerHitg. March T. 16. and until today had not been tuere since he taught a country schuul. . Oinllnnlna. he Said:' 'Tlemocriits everywhere f cheerful, hopeful, confident, uttlted ahd aareaslve. tsiUIr oar Itepubllran friends are aad. hop, less, despondent, on llat defensjy and spill Into bitter factions constantly at .a-'h "liter's throats. "Ono of the chief reasvoa why wax area m tslS'VaaThot the emocrat. and In-auntdit In-auntdit KepuMleans In ojiwreas kept constantly hammering on the srnhai prrin.lse of the ttepubllean 'standpattera. on their gross perfidy to their pledge, and upon their scorn of the rlaliteous de-nisnds de-nisnds of the people. . We appealed to the cotintrv on that record and won an astonishing victory nhk-h, let ua hope. Is onl th. beginning of ton, aerie of ,'m lories far lower lal-, . .for greater ecunmla nd ft-(bellr gov. t nment." |