The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1921, Page 2

PAGE TWO T HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1921 CHAMP CLARK. _ BELOVED IN. ALL PARTIES Takes From Public, Life Picturesque "Figure Oldest persons in “Who's B. Blackwell. ° WAS GREAT LEADER Keen Disappointment Was Failure to Land Presidency “ho in'1913 Washington, D. C., Ma ~—Thous- ands over the nation today mourn the death of Champ Clark, one of the most beloved of the nation’s states men, Ever & strong partisan he was loved by those whom he opposed poli ~ tically. 2 Led on 24 Ballots In the Democratic national conven- tion at Baltimore in 1912. Champ Clark led on’ twenty-seven ballots for the nomination as candidate for presi- dent and had a clear majority ou nine ballots. prior to the final naming sof Woodrow Wilson, The two-thirds «rule of the convention alone preveut- ed Mr.-Clark’s nomi ution. The, hon- or which his party thus paid him the most notable of his public life. In American political history Martin Van Buren was the ogiether man who. failed of the ic nom-' ination for the presidency after hav- ing received a majority, of the votes in the national convention, hut he en- joyed the unique ‘distinction of being . elected subsequently. William J. Bryan's sev tack‘on Mr, Clark, at Ba ing him with being a uted = with leaders representing the interests” held the convention in deadlock te more than a’ wee when it ended the nomination of Wilson. Bryan speech, declaring that Thomas ¥ Ryan, August Belmont and Charles F. Murphy were supporting Clark, was a bolt from the blue which made the Clark ranks waver. Clark suppgrt- ers declared afterward that none of the three leaders mentioned were for Clark as first choice, but that the unit rule carried the New York delegation to the Clark forces. “GETS-IT" TICKLES: Never Healed The breach between Clark never healed, met at a luncheon ¢ ual friends a few months later exchanged perfunctory. sp: hes Cc ness between Clark, and Wilson’ wore off after the president entered the White House and on legislative poi- cies they worked jin narmony except in one notable instance, the rep of the Panama tolls exemption, c Speaker Clark opposed unsuc ally The failure of his candidacy at Baltimpre never ceased to be the dis appointment of Mr. Clark's life. He refused nomination as vice-prestdent and told the House on the eve of his defeat that he preferred to remain as speaker. His election to the Speakership of Bryan and although they ranged by mut 2 h ational at. ore, charg prior to the Baltimore conyention, and it was by a united Democracy in récognition of the contest Mr. Cl: had made against the rule of Speaker Joseph Cannon. Mr. Clark had serv- ed in every Congress since and’ inclid- ing the 58rd in 1893 except the 54th when he was beaten. \ Born In 1850 Although Champ Clark was known as a Missourian he was born in And- erson, Ky., on March 7, 1850. He was but early in life he reduced this to Chanip ‘Clark. His first work was store, and-on a country newspaper. He was educated at Kentucky Uni- versity and Bethany College, and the Cinicnnati Law- School. For a sho:t time be was president of Marshall College and, at 22; held the record of being the youngest college president in the United States. ' In 1875 he moved to Missouri where he took up Pain—Then ‘Peels the ‘orn Ott, Flest Stops Au came proseguting attorney in: Pike County.. His next step was into the Missouri legislature where he framed the Misouri Primary Law, an anti- trust statute, and an Australian bal- lot law. He was permanent chairman of the democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1904 and headed the committee that notified | Alton B Parker’s of his Presidential nomina- tion. He was first sent to the national forum in 1893. Although then regard- ted as “green”, his strength in the House developed rapidly. When John Sharp Williams léft the House for ‘the Senate, Representative Clark was made minority leader by virtue of his seniority on the Ways and. Means Committee’ which drafted the Payne- Don't try to fox trot on corn tor- tured feet. Get rid of your corns. If Aldrich tariff act. His service on that committee in trying to keep A duties down won him the regard of hee ; you have never’ seen @ corn tickled to death, just appty’a few/Mrops of “Gets-It” to yours.’ ‘Thén ‘watch that corn die—peacefully as_if it had gone | to sleep. | Soon it is ‘nothing but a loose piece of dead skin that you can lift right off with your fingers. Get after them now. Your druggist has “Gets-It.” Costs but a trifle—or nothing at all if it fails., Mfd- by E. Lawrence -& .Co., Chicago. Sol@ in Bismarck by Cowan’s drug store, Len- hart Drug Co. x j the Democrats and his speeth ‘of five Rr ne WHEN YCU ASK FOR S BUTTER . & NORTRERN ASK Your Grocer Humpty Dumpiy Bread Produced by BARKER BAKERY ee MARGH 27th The day every; good dresser wants to look his ‘best. See my iter Styiis and Pat- terns; A selection to meet SONOS SORTA OR and i iy Mj he was minority leader, and the House came in the 62nd Congress | christened James Beauchamp Clark,! as a farm hand. clerk- in a generai! the study and practice of law, and be-! WHEN RAI howrs against’ the bill was one of the notable addresses of the Congress. Mr., Clark's sincerity, friendship | for opponents and adherents. alike. | his fairnes3 as a presiding officer and his knowledge of Q * anecdotes’* and humorous and bis marvelously retentive memory ‘ranked with his attributes of | leadership. He welded the minority j «tv a virtual Democratic unit when . after the ousting of Cannons which robbed the speakership of mahy of its powe he divided’ with majority leader Un derwood the control of the Democrats in the House and ,they formed a great working team. , Physieally A Giant Physically he was a giant of a(man, standing over six. feet two inches in | familiar figure in the Speaker's benci: in the gallery* entertained not only at an annual New Year's house and at other functions but gavé informai weekly luncheons at the Capital to which memberg and others were invit ed. Genevieve Clark, whose er ment to James M. Thompson Orleans newspaper editor, y nounced in the waning days 68rd Congréss, and Bennett Clar parliamentarian ‘of the House, at,,the Speaker's appointment, whom, the Speaker hoped to have succeed to his | seat in Congress comprised the rest of the immediaté family. "Remarkable Remarks f S. Lt “The indications Jare' that, once Car- eVer.”—Statement by management of Metropolitan Opera House, New York. ele ee - “Im Russia the failroad equipment has dwindled to four per cent of nor- mal."—Stanislaus Arct, high commis- sioner of Poland. ror in central and western Eyrope as there were before the outbreak of the conflict in 1914."Senator Medill Mc- Cormick. . * “I have solved the problent of squar- ing the circle, which has_ baffled methematicians for ages.’ — Joseph Leiner, Wheeling, W. Va., architect. per ees j “Sleeping sickness may be due to cerebral unrest caused by the war.”— Dr. Augustus Caille of Brooklyn, N. Y. * # Japan has had an average of 1000 cartnquakes annually ‘in soldier bonus bonds. / \ heighi@nd weighing a trifle more than pounds { Speaker Clark and Mrs. Cla’ al uso recovers, he will sing better than! “There are as Many men under arms! "FIVE OLDEST PERSONS IN “WHO'S WHO” TELL YOU HOW TO BREAK IN Who,” left towight: Dr. James Pea bles, Chauncey I. Filleyy Dy. Ammi B. Hyde; and jRev. Antoinette \ % ' * _ * * ; _Quiniet’s Nis : ' Here's\a method. built on’ 476 years! of practical, first-hand experience, { getting your name in “Who's: Who", | “Forget” self!) Bury you* personal | {ambitions in your activities/to, help others; «to better humanity. * Your own success will then take care of itself.” . The oldest persyns name‘ in this!) red-hound book of America’s famous --a.quintet whose combined ages total 476, years—testify sto the -ihfalli | ot this recipe. DR There’s Dr. Los Angeles, Cal, for ‘exaniple. At James Peebles of ; 99 he’s the oldest person, ‘Why's who” lists. Almost as soon 28 he had complet-! ed college he turned his activities to| helping others.~ First as a ‘teacher, then as editor, author and lecturer He was a member of the Indian peace commission. He aided many. health movements. In .1884 he wrote “How to Live a Century and Grow OM | Gracefully.” He ‘interested himself .n welfare work and was elected presi- ident of the California Humanitarta: ! League, composed of 35 reform as- | sociations. He has written ‘scores of scientific books. “You’ra ag, young. as you fee declared, and tripped..an airy littie hornpipe.on the porch. of his home as proof he was. stil] “feeling fit.” t THE REV.A. B HYDE Then there's'’Rév. Athmi B. Hyde of University’ ‘Park, ‘Col, who's 97. ; When he was only’ 22 he began to! ‘help others, as. professor. of languas-) es a the Casenovia (N. ¥.) Seminary, | His life since has beén-devoted to fur-| thering the cause of religion. He preached. He wrote books. He con- tributed for 58 years to.the Methodist Reviet¥ and wrote Sunday-school (nates for 2000 consecutive ‘weeks for the Christian Advocate. Since 1909 he has been professor of philology at the University of Denver. “I’m still able to deliver a lecture alled up- or preach a sermon whe: | on,” he says. i ‘RY maul i HE) | Henry Edward Pellew’ is 93. * Educated in. Engfand,; he was one !of.the founders, of Keble College, Ox- ! ford, and served on the executive boards of many English. institutions. He was “also identified with | London charities ‘and hospitals. In 1873 he came to the United States many New Jersey is issuing $12,000,000 to continue his work along social} and not for the god of the country,’ L ELIERS ——s- Bureaa “Of! Chifrities. He also was} Phone 684 - active in organizing night refuges. | - free libraries, coffee houses move for better housing faci —— : the tenement districts. ; ee ear ao = —— After serving commissionr 07) 7 New York Public Schools, es ta COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPHS 4 ( live in Washington, D. C., here he Beam pS interested himself in work among, tue Cx COLUMBIA RECOR! negroes, and in church work. z ON EASY TERMS IF DESIRED Pe MRS, BLACKWELL r COWAN’S DRUG ‘STORE y And there's Mrs. Antoinette Louisa \ Brown BlackWell of Elizabeth, N Ka She is 96 and the oldest woman in the = i heok of famous. were mapy men who yelled for the|CUT THIS ‘OUT — IT IS WORTH A year before she graduated fiom: flag who I! have sold the Status MONEY: Oberlin College, when she was only, of Liberty tor scrap iron and then his ali 3 21, she began platform speaking. Two} Kicked bec the supply didn't cut out 4] is, Slips enclose. with 5e years later she became a preacher.| equal the a What we need is and inal wee ‘oley nie 3806, Shef- She has devoted her life to the fight] unselfish ho ’ ie aad doesnt i nate Ye von for women, being among the first to GES easier estate tae a trial package pa ati eae ie ison sutrake ionat ire IF NOT—WHY NOT? taining Foley‘s Honey and Tar Come dream sn ae 4 pound for coughs, colds and croup; She preached it in the pulpit and LETTER, WRITING Foley Midney Fille $r paige aides wrote of it in her dozen books. The —How can you conceal a message ney and bladder ailments; and Foley latest of these, “The Social Side ot! 612 postcard to keep the postmaster | Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and Mind and Action,” was published as| ¢ygm reading it? : thoroughly cleansing cathartic. for late.as 1916. Between her: wr ak 2—What' is the proper salution to] constipation, biliousness, headaches, and. preaching and the work of tak* use in writing to a boarding house | and sluggish bowels. care of the seven children she reared.| keeper who is holding your trunk for t Mrs. Blackwell still had time to learn] the rent. to ‘paint and play the piano. 3—Is it possible to impart a tone r { Pr As to styles—well, Antoinette Black | of singerity to a love letter and yet P r mid f \ shakes her head. Short skimpy! make it dull reading in a breach of y al or skirts are a source of sorrow to her | promise suit? i “Remember that dignity begins with 4—In writing an anonymous let- ase ‘and Comfort tie fem unos ene eee: iitcn: ter to a. newsnanel, is it better ko i reedom ig a great thing—if it doesn’t! sign it ‘Vox Populi” or “ ub- how; a‘ go to their heads.” scriber”? Witaaieced shes ee cH AUNCEY FILLEY 5—What will take the wrinkles out| * Pyramid Pile Suppositories Fe # 4 sss _ , of a letter, carried in one’s pocket for For the pain and ‘distress due to Chauncey I. Filley of St. Louis is} week afier you have been request- stching, bleeding, protruding piles 91. : ed to mail it? or hemorrhoids, get ‘a 60 cent’ box ‘Although he repeatedly declined to Yesterday’s Questions Answered of Pyramid Pile Suppositories atthe 6 accept public office himself, turning; 2 Letters addressed to Tombstone “en down both the nomination for the St,| Arizona; are apt to wind up in the Louis mayoralty and appointment a3] dead ‘letter, office. postmaster general under McKinley.| -=The jspecial delivery stamp he has made a continuous fight for) shows a boy on a bicycle, but the good government. boy who posed for the picture has | ! He instituted. reforms in ‘St. Louis| since resigned. | that provided better gas and water. 38—In addressing a friend in state's | saved the city millions in fights] prison it is always best to use his! against public utility “steals” and] pen name. | ry supplied the evidence with which a 4—"Please Remit” written at the; 4 “city hall gang” was ousted and dis-| bottom of the letter, means that you; honest officials convicted. are shortly to have some correspon- Several on the constitutional con-| dence with a collection lawyer. vention that ousted slavery in’ Mis- 5—In sending eggs by mail, break- souri. He's busy today on a boox|age can be avoided by first hayd-boil- dealing with political cabinet making. | ing the eggs; y “Too many politicians today are in ei _— 7 ieteothal ie: fact j f ‘ olitics for the good of their pocket e largest quill toothpick factory : ? : . r z in the word is near Paris, where 30,- tate ne aulek rele nee bane jlines. 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