Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri

              HON. CHAMP CLARK
OF   MISSOURI
SUBJECTS OF LECTURES
"Picturesque Public Men”             "Daniel Webster"
"Richer than Golconda"                      "Aaron Burr"
"The United States of America in the 20th Century" "Fraternity"

Mr. Clark Also Debates on
"Republicanism vs. Democracy"
with
Hon. C. H. Grosvenor of Ohio
HON.   CHAMP    CLARK    OF    MISSOURI
Introductory
SELDOM in the history of our country has a public man made so great and wide-spread a reputation as an orator as the Honorable Champ Clark, Congressman from Missouri. As a result, that commonwealth is today one of the best advertised states in the American Union, as was Kansas in the time of Ingalls, as was Mississippi in the time of Sargent S. Prentiss; Kentucky in the time of Henry Clay; the old Bay State in the time of Webster, and Georgia during the last days of the short life of Henry W. Grady.
As a debater and as a thinker, Champ Clark takes the front rank either in or out of Congress. As a wit, his personal friends and the multitudes who have heard him place him high on the roll of those that "woo sweet laughter from the lips of men." Hon. Amos Cummings has said that Champ Clark may well be termed the Lorenzo Dow of the Democracy in the House. The motor of his elocution being impulsiveness, felicity gleams in his eye as he weaves into the woof of his argument fanciful phrases and fantastic suggestions. As a public lecturer, Champ Clark has achieved instant and unprecedented success, and has enjoyed   a   constant  and   increasing prestige   throughout the  United States.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS
Omaha World-Herald—Champ Clark is a man of splendid physique, tall, erect, athletic and the picture of health and physical manhood. A bright twinkle in the keen, blue eyes betrays the natural humorist, even if it did net crop out in the dry utterances that are the delight of the listener.
Chicago Chronicle.—When Mr. Clark concluded his wonderful address he was given an ovation. Members crowded about his desk from both sides of the House and congratulated, while the galleries were in an uproar. Speaker Reed, who had enjoyed his speech as much as any one, made no effort to suppress the applause and it was several minutes before the demonstration was over.
Washington (D. C.) Post—It is generally conceded that Champ Clark is putting up the most spicy lecture of any Democratic leader now in the field.
Washington (D. C.) Sentinel—The speech delivered by Hon. Champ Clark last Monday was one of the strongest, most classical and patriotic perorations ever delivered in Congress. This speech should be published in the text books of our public schools, so as to inspire children with the proper spirit of liberty and warn them of the danger which may destroy it.
Monominee (Mich.) Leader—Champ Clark is a man whose inimitable humor, fiery eloquence, sharp invective and undaunted courage have made him the most pic¬turesque figure in Congress and a foeman in debate whom the best orators fear.
San Francisco (Cal.) Call—The most prominent spokesman of his party in the House is Champ Clark of Missouri.
Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal—Champ Clark is the first man of letters in the American Congress to-day. There are men whose reading has been more extensive, more varied, men with more curious knowledge, but there is not one who has it at instant command so com¬pletely.
Washington (D. C.) Post—Champ Clark has a fad. He collects every story which has a Biblical quotation as its chief point, and for many years has made a study of the effect which the Bible has had upon law and custom. He has prepared a lecture entitled "Richer than Golconda,'' in which all this information is interest¬ingly presented.
Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch—Champ Clark spoke first. The speech was brimful of facts, scintillated with wit, coruscated with epigram and metaphor and had vim and snap enough to awaken the most jaded intellectual appetite.
St. Louis Republic—Champ Clark's eloquence and wit are the joy of the whole country and the pride of all Missourians.
Quincy (Ill.) Daily Journal—Big, brainy, scholarly eloquent Champ Clark is universally admitted to be one of the brightest men of his time.
HON.   CHAMP    CLARK    OF    MISSOURI
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS
St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette—As an orator Champ Clark has no superior.
Kansas City Journal—Champ Clark is a genius and a bright and shining light is he, too.
Topeka (Kan.) State Journal—Champ Clark made the hit of the evening. His fame had come before him, but his magnetic presence, his logic, his sarcasm and his wholesome democracy won the hearts of the banqueters.
Denver (Colo.) Republican—Mr. Clark is a pleasing speaker and soon had the audience in good humor. His sallies were frequently interrupted with applause, laughter and cheers.
Kansas City Star—Champ Clark is the star attraction this year at the Ottawa assembly.
Kansas City (Mo.) Times—Champ Clark addressed an audience at the Gillis Opera House last night which packed the theatre to the farthest corner of the top gallery. The miserable weather could not keep them at home when there was a chance to hear an orator like Champ Clark talk.    It was a most remarkable meeting.
Washington Correspondence of St. Louis Republic—
There is no more popular man in the House than Mr. Clark, nor is there one whose speeches are listened to with greater enjoyment. He is the leading member of the committee on Foreign Affairs.
Richmond (Va.) Dispatch—Hon. Champ Clark, member of Congress from Missouri, himself the most picturesque, will deliver an address on "Picturesque Public Men" on next Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Lyceum. As an orator, as a debater, as a thinker, Mr. Clark takes front rank. His originality is most marked. Nobcdy looks, thinks or speaks like him. His memory is simply omniverous and his graphic and entertaining way of putting things, his quaint humor, his fine diction, combined with his philosophy and practical wisdom, makes his public addresses exceedingly interesting.
Louisiana (Mo.) Times—Missouri has reason to be proud of Champ Clark's oratorical achievements. During his service in congress he has attracted more attention to his State and has knocked out bigger niches in the temple of fame as an orator than any man perhaps, of his age who ever held a seat in congress for a similar period. He made a speech to Tammany which set the entire nation talking; he has delivered speeches in congress which were published in the papers of foreign lands; he has pronounced orations which are classed by competent authorities as among the world's best. Mr. Clark's Tammany speech attracted more attention than did Webster's famous speech on 'The Landing of the Pilgrims," December 22, 1820, and gave him instantly a national fame as an orator. The plain, blunt way he put the truth caused the East to wonder at his courage. The hit he made with this speech was no accident, for he has gone on eclipsing this effort almost every year since. His speech on the Cuban question delivered in congress was copied in more languages than even a well educated man knows. It was copied in 22 papers in France alone. In these papers it appeared as representing the views of Democracy, while the speech of Chairman Hitt, of the foreign affairs committee, was quoted to represent the Republican attitude. In every country where liberty is loved was this speech of Mr. Clark's quoted. If Ticknor had possessed a copy of this speech as a pattern, he would not have experienced so much trouble to "keep the blood from bursting from his temples" over Webster's patriotic effort.
Washington (D. C.) Post—Champ Clark was the next speaker and he proved a great favorite. His language and style of delivery were such that his remarks were punctuated at almost every sentence with such a roar of applause that he found, it difficult to proceed.
Hannibal (Mo.) Journal—Champ Clark is perhaps the most unique character in Missouri. Tall and stout of figure, magnificently shaped head, superbly chiseled face, don't-care expression, lips that close like a letter press, a stride that prohibits anybody walking in his footsteps, he attracts attention anywhere.
Ottawa (Kan.) Republican—The speaker of the even¬ing, Hon. Champ Clark, was introduced by Dr. North-rup and immediately took his audience into his hand and held it in the hollow thereof for two short hours. His theme was one for which he has especial fitness and which he treated with true Clarkian uniqueness, "Picturesque Public Men." "I am going to talk," he said by way of prelude, "about that place where I have been for six years, and where I propose to stay until I am dead, defeated or promoted—the Congress of the United States."
Chester (Pa.) Republican, Ridley Park—Champ Clark has come and gone. The renowned oratorical fighter of the House of Representatives appeared in the Pres¬byterian Church last evening and lectured before a large and fashionable audience. For almost two hours the handsome, robust Missourian alternately amused, thrilled and instructed his audience, and seldom, indeed, has any person made such an impression on an audience.
Kansas City (Mo.) Times--Champ Clark's speech on the tariff when the Philippine bill was passed will be used as a text book by Wisconsin Democrats. Mr. Clark spoke nearly five hours, one of the longest speeches ever made in the House, and ran pretty much the entire range of Democratic contentions. The chairman of the Democratic committee of Wisconsin was so pleased with the speech that he ordered 4,000 copies printed and sent a copy to each member of his committee and to all central committeemen throughout the state.
Washington (D. C.) Post—Champ Clark had his day in the House of Representatives, and for three hours yesterday talked on the Philippine tariff bill and kindred topics in that delightful fashion so characteristic of the man. The mere announcement that the eloquent Missourian was to speak was sufficient to fill the gal¬leries, and on the floor of the House there were few vacant seats during the time Mr. Clark was speaking. Incidentally the "Champ Clark" brand of Democracy was defined by its most distinguished exponent, and the House was entertained and enlightened by a speech replete with wit, sarcasm, anecdote, ridicule, and re¬partee, due to the frequency of the interruptions and the clashing of some of the best mettle in the House. Mr. Clark's speech took a wide range. He talked of the pending bill and favored it, because it was a step in the right direction; he discussed the general tariff ques¬tion, and, in particular, the German tariff situation. As a result of interruption, some good natured and some rather irritating, he digressed to review Bryan's record on silver, and paid his respects in characteristic oratory to the Republican leaders.
St. Joseph (Mo.) News.—Champ Clark, who has more wit and brains than many another man who pretends to be a lecturer, is pleasing Missouri audiences with one of his best oratorical efforts, his topic being "Daniel Webster."
HON.   CHAMP    CLARK    OF    MISSOURI
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS
Columbia Herald—Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a recent article in the New York Amer¬ican paid a handsome compliment to Champ Clark, the 235 pounder who represents the Ninth district in con¬gress. There is a growing belief in the House of Rep¬resentatives that Mr. Clark is the proper person to lead the Democrats in that body, whether they be in the minority or majority. It would be a happy day for Missourians when they could make pilgrimages to Washington to look down from the galleries upon the ecstatic scene presented by "Our own Champ Clark," gavel in hand, presiding over a Democratic house. Mr. Hawthorne says: "There are few men of marked in-tellectual stature in the house, but most of the leading men are physically noteworthy. There could not be a finer and more harmonious organization, both mental and physical, than that of Champ Clark; Hepburn is all strong and of soldierly bearing; Judge Clayton has the vigor of the backwoods in him; and Shackelford, who lately made a telling speech against Williams, of Mississippi, has the aspect of a rugged farmer, clear eyed, strong bodied, with the grip of the hand that might have been acquired by holding the handles of the plow."
Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer—Though unpretending and unfrilled, Champ Clark is perhaps the most picturesque figure in the House of Representatives. Though he is what would ordinarily be called a good looking man, his personal appearance is not especially significant of the thoughts that burn within or the razor-like grace with which they are emitted. He has an ample frame and a quietly expressive face. His speeches are splendid examples of heart eloquence.
H. Gilson Gardner in Chicago Chronicle—There is no more entertaining speaker in congress than Champ Clark, of Bowling Green, Mo. Whenever he breaks out in the House he is sure to accumulate an audience. If he were not a politician he would undoubtedly be on the lecture platform; and, in fact, he has figured there to a considerable extent already.
St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Democrat—At the Louisiana Purchase banquet in Washington, Saturday night, Champ Clark fairly divided the oratorical honors of the evening with Mr. Dolliver. His speech was received with snouts of commendation.
Birmingham (Ala.) Herald—The next speakers were Secretary Hitchcock, Senator Thurston, Secretary Wil¬son and Representative Shafroth. Representative Champ Clark of Missouri spoke at some length and his address was received with enthusiasm.
Rocky Mountain News (Denver)—Congressman Champ Clark yesterday addressed the largest audience ever gathered in the Auditorium of the Boulder Chau¬tauqua and delivered to it a magnificent address.
New York Press—The speech of Mr. Clark was a notable effort, replete with unique epigrams and at¬tracted much attention.
Kansas City (Mo.) Journal-Republican—Champ Clark, if not invariably edifying (when he strikes politics, for instance)  is always entertaining.
La Grange (Ill.) Indicator—In the Clark sketch in the book entitled "Five Famous Missourians," it is made known that the brilliant Pike Countian was the youngest College President in the world.
Anaconda (Mont.) Standard—Champ Clark is one of the foremost Americans of his day. He is a conspicuous and unique figure in congress, a writer of originality and force, a magnetic orator, an enthusiast in everything he undertakes.
Washington (D. C.) Post—Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, rose to an eloquent effort yesterday in the House and entertained a large audience with views on the Philippine question, tersely expressed. For over two hours the Missourian regaled the House. Mr. Clark was in the best of form and adorned his emphatic utterances by quotations from literature and references to ancient and modern history. So while his effort was eloquent, it was also scholarly.
Sinclairsville (N. Y.) Spectator—In the 55th congress, Champ Clark, of Missouri, delivered a speech on "The Country Editor" which had a wider circulation than any other speech ever delivered in the House of Repre¬sentatives.
Eureka Springs (Ark.) Times Echo—Eureka Springs has often been honored by visitations from eminent speakers, but we can safely say that at no time in her history have her citizens been treated to a more elo¬quent, more brilliant or more finished oration than was given at the opera house last evening by one of Mis¬souri's gifted sons, the Hon. Champ Clark.
St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch—Champ Clark's speech on Missouri should be pamphleted for circulation every¬where.
Danville (Ill.) Press—Congressman Clark was the chief attraction at the Chautauqua yesterday and acquit¬ted himself very ably and brilliantly both in his morn¬ing and afternoon addresses. He is a man of fine, com¬manding presence, with a pleasant and genial manner of oratory, even in the making of his severest thrusts and is endowed with much native wit and humor joined to a great natural kindliness of heart which prevents his wonderful power of merciless ridicule from sinking into a vicious bitterness. He is a genuine orator and a powerful reasoner.
Utica (N. Y.) Saturday Globe—Champ Clark is one of the brainiest, brightest and most unique men in con¬gress. His inclination to see things in a humorous light, his witty and satirical speeches and his exuberant patriotism have given him a reputation throughout the country which few of the newer congressmen attain, and the impression he has made is an enviable one. In de¬bate he is one of the giants of the House and not many of his official associates care to cross swords with him. He says things which sting and can make his opponent feel decidedly uncomfortable by making him the laugh¬ing stock of the House. Clark's jokes are thoroughly original and stamp him as a genius. But Clark is more than a humorist. He is a man of great mental capacity and power, who deals intelligently with the serious affairs of statesmanship. He is a sound reasoner, a clear interpreter of complicated questions and has aston¬ished men of longer experience by his keen insight of governmental affairs. He is one of the influential ones among the minority in the present House of Representa¬tives.
Carbondale (Pa ) Leader—When Hon. Champ Clark rises to address the House there is not only a quorum, but usually every seat is occupied.
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