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Show SPEAKER CLARK 8CARESJ0N-V0TER ATitAJma crrrr nl j ,. July io. Speaker Champ Clark, In addressing a record attendance tonight nt the convention of the Christian Endeavor Rociety, declared that the hoodlum who goes to the polls and votes was a better man than the '"fine lmired citizen" who says he is tuo busy to enter politics and cast his vote. The address was listened to with close attention. "There la no room In the United States for a pessimist or an idler," fcald Mr Clark at the outset "Any man wlio mlss3 two general elections elec-tions should be disfranchised. Our forefathers did not fight so wo could Rlt at home. They wanted us to have our own say at elections. That's what the rvtrap was about. "If I had one prayer that I was sure would bo nnswered. it would be that every citizen should acquire sufficient suf-ficient education to read his own ballot bal-lot and cast It an an American cltl-een cltl-een should. Hoodlums run our elections elec-tions and the hoodlum who goes and votes is a better man than the clti-ren clti-ren who falls to cast his ballot. It Is the duty of every Christian citizen io take a hand In politics These fine haired citizens who say they are t Cf KlIOl' fn nnfrt. nnllllnn n.... 1. n .1 nIH .jj uunj. 'u cuici (juuitus uiu uuu gluteus glu-teus The greatest thing before the American public Is tho question of citizenship. cit-izenship. I don't think the United States is going to the dogs, no matter mat-ter whether a Republican or a Democrat Demo-crat wins out next yeAr "Tho world In general is growins better, and particularly our part of tho country In my opinion wo will soon devise a schoma that will give labor tho benefit of its toll and koep riches from a few greedy souls Signs point that tho change 1b In sight and the employer will soon share his profits with his workmen." |