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Show SIR RESOLTE, THE NOBLESHOMAN WASHINGTON, March 13 "Par-ty "Par-ty lines arc obliterated by tears when men Ilka Champ Clark pass on," Bays the Republican Publicity .association, through Its president, Hon Jonathan Bourne Jr. "Ills passing removes from tho stage of American politics one of tho nations most picturesque characters, a states man of rare personal virtue, or sterling ster-ling probity, kindly humor nnd force ,ful speech. In the oratorical combats com-bats of jestcryear Tom Reed thrust yti a rapier, Ollle James smote (wlth a battle-axe: Screno Pnyno smashed with a bludgeon; Ebenozer Hill enmeshed his astagonlst In a net of statistics and transfixed him with a three tlncd fact. Dut Champ ,Clnrk wielded a broadsword. Of tho jbroed of Hack and How, he never dogged MacDuff, Nor was he ever guilty of slipping a dagger beneath tho fifth rib of hla opponent, or of polsonlag the party wassail bowl with dissension. He was an upstanding warrior and his civic precept was ono for the youth of the land to follow. i He was a Jcffersonlnn Democrat in (all that the term connotes, 6avo thai he spurned the chicanery which frequently fre-quently marred the methods ot the Sage or Montlcello. '-'Under our s stein of government itlio best legislation it-suits from the most cnpable opposition, and In American Am-erican parliamentary annals Champ Clarks chief bid to famo Is written In his leadership of the minority. It was an Achillean armor which withstood with-stood hlu onslaughts and ho often reached tho heel ot h'ls adversary. It was a strange quirk of rato that he should havo been olovacled to tho speakership after his own strong right arm had shorn that office of its power, and It Is to his everlasting credit as a sincere man that ho was content to abide by tho consequences of his act and sought not to resUr-rcct resUr-rcct that which he had slain. Ho kept the faith as he Interpreted tho fnlth. "There has been much discussion had tho Ilaltlmore convention been governed by tho majority rule whlclr would have nominated, probably elected, el-ected, Champ Clark to the presidency presiden-cy Vain speculation! nut to pursue pur-sue It: Champ cherished tho belle! that this government was big on- ough to lequlre more than ono man I to run It. Ho believed 1n taking I . i counsel with his associates. Ho was : raised on a farm that dovelops clear thlnklnjr.t He hod delved Into tho soli that developed backbone. He had smoJj thc-'swcatl of his fej-ow fej-ow laborersq-that develops sympathy sympa-thy and human understanding. Educated Edu-cated Yes. He, too, and at twenty-two, had been president of a col lege. Rut excluslvlsm had not re-trigerated re-trigerated hlq blood, nor had his heart become! academlzed by postul-atum. postul-atum. Ho had Franklin's contempt for display. JAs president ho would not have gone to Europe Imperial trappings ancHthe Incense of 'llmber-backpd 'llmber-backpd censer-swlngcrs would not havo lured hi hi from his post of du-y. du-y. He would have picked the bent, i regardless ofparty, to represent ouri Interebts nt Versailles, and the bacon 4 ' which they brought homo would not have been rancid with treachery and wormy with Intrigue. I "Clark was! severely crltlcUed for his statement in 1917 thai no 'ha rather bo n convict than a conscript 'j This was falsely Interpreted His faith In American patriotism was so strong that ho defined it a retler Hon on our people, to legislate them ' Into a duly which Ibey would hn-vej volunteered to1 porform. He missed . tho significance of 'selective draft ' Champ's weaknesses wore human which mado us lovo him more U strength was as the strength of ton because his hoait was pure Ho died as he deslied to die In harness. j He had gone down to defeat In the flood ot popular condemnation ot dictator-ahjp dictator-ahjp which awept away his party In November, but ho was spared tho humiliation hu-miliation of limping . back to I'lk-. county. Ou Wednesday afternoon, March 2nd, ho was recognized on the Floor of High Heaven as "The Gentleman From 'Missouri. " |