| Show I I 4 I I r p g t 1 f t t t Speaker er Clark Clam Displeased With Progress President Is Making C CHAMP IL lP CLARK speaker of the thc House seems displeased over the splendid progress the President is making in the affections and mud respect I of the people as Os a result of the to heart talks he is having with thorn theta on his swing through h the west Mr rr Clark who entertains the tho hope hOlle that he ninny may be the Democratic c candidate for President a hope shared by all lo loyal nl Republicans because of the case with which he could be bo defeated affects to believe tho the President is injuring his own cause h by his western speeches Whether Mr Clark does doos or does docs not really believe this i is immaterial The President probably is not trying to please Mr r. r Clark The Tho progress the tho President is making mn may be gauged by tho the effect his speeches had upon the people of Salt SnIt Lake Those who heard him here are convinced con that nowhere on his tour did he give such splendid addresses as those delivered during the thc Salt Lake Lako visit The Tho facts arc are that the President President dent lent has been delivering the same kind hind of speeches over o since he started and they have sumo same impression elsewhere The published reports in the thc newspapers naturally fail to give a picture of tho the honest sincere and earnest manner in which they and delivered deli None hears hear Mr r. r Taft without being impressed by his evident honesty and sincerity an effect not so easily reached through the newspaper newspaper news news- paper reports The Tho Republican party hones hoes and trusts that Speaker Clark will not become frightened and withdraw from the contest for the presidential nomination Mr rr Taft will easily defeat nn any Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- candidate that enter enters the lists against him but in the tho case of Speaker Clark the tho victory victor would be so easy as to amount practically to no contest at all The Tho speaker is the tho clown of the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic cratie party ho he holds hold the tho same relation to national politics that Arlie Arlic does to the great national game ame baseball Latham m despite his glass las arm hi his stiffened muscles and his llis dimming si sight is is still worth a place on the salary solar roll because of his ability to entertain and amI amuse an audience Clarks Clark's value to the Democracy is along alone the yam same line inc His TIis remarks are arc neither instructive nor informing in in- forming formin b but lt thc they are aro vastl vastly costly amusing and entertaining enter enter- Sonic Some SO lC years ago afo Clark announced that when lm he heas was tray elected speaker of the thc House Honse if it ever e happened happened hap hap- I he lIe would drive e a team of Missouri mules mule up Penns Pennsylvania avenue a from tho the White House HOlle t the to 0 the he capitol on the day ho took the oath of office When hen the elevation of Clark to the P was about to occur an enthusiastic citizen of Missouri Mis Missouri fis- fis l the Clark boast boat and offered t to o furnish the mules Knowing Knowin that a reputation I for levity levit will kill any politician Clark denied the stor story and severely se rC reprimanded his hig constituent admirer admirer ad ad- surer for offering tIle the mules mule The President ic is mill Ill s satisfied with what he is c doing and his supporters share his confidence af af t oJ |
