Judge — August 5, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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E D Possible Rider for the Donkey. HAMP CLARK'S boom for the presidency would rapidly grow to larger proportions if he could over- come certain adverse influ- ences in his own State of Missouri. A year ago the Democratic convention of that State prematurely and unwisely indorsed ex-Governor Folk for presidential honors. Leading Mis- souri Democrats who have their own reasons for opposing Mr. Clark assert that the Democrats of that State are now bound to stand by Folk. Notably Senator Reed takes this position. Probably Mr. Reed really fa- vors a candidate who is nota Missourian and is hiding his real desires behind a pretense of loyalty to Mr. Folk. The indorsement of Folk last year was regarded as an empty compliment. Nobody then expected and nobody now ex- pects his nomination. He is ahas-been. The opportunity offered to him as Governor of Missouri to show that he was big enough for the presidency was not availed of. When Folk was indorsed last year, Clark was not thought of as a national figure. Now that con- ditions have changed, it is probable that the rank and file of the Missouri Democ- racy will change with them and take up their State’s liveliest son as their candidate for the nomination for President. What Bryan Wants. POLITICALLY speaking, Mr. Bryan invites sympathy because he says his body ‘tis scarred all over by the knives that have been wielded by the representatives of plutocracy.’’ Those who never felt a wound, as well as those who have, can jest at these alleged Mr. Bryan is a plutocrat himself scars, I T and with the plutocrats stands. None of his fellows of that class has ever drawn aknife on him. Many of them have aided him in his progress toward fortune. When he was nominated for President the first time, he was getting twenty-five dollars a week for news- paper work. He has since become a millionaire and is still eager in receiv- ing cash tributes. In the intervening years he has been engaged on the plat- form and in newspapers and magazines telling how dear the common, poverty- MOVING IN THE BEST CIRCLES. stricken people are to him, and he has exacted prices to the limit for the tell- ing. If he has any scars to show the public, they will wash off in private. It would be difficult to find in the country another man who has made so much money since 1906 on so limited a capital as Mr. Bryan had. He has given the people sympathy in words and they have paid him in coin of the realm. LITTLE learning is a dangerous thing, but get at least a little. ORIALS. Caustic Comment. HE NEW ocean steamships, in addi- tion to their bigness, have all the convenienc- es and luxuries of home, including golf courses, lawn-tennis courts, gymnasiums, swimming pools, billiard rooms, department stores, and soon, There may be those who imag- ine the limit has been reached or nearly so, They are mistaken. None of the stores aboard ships has yet advertised bargain sales or motion - picture shows. So there still remains room for improvement. * Speaker Clark is lamenting the fact that he will be out $1,000 a week so long as Con- gress is in session. Other members can go and fill Chau- tauqua engagements, but the speaker must remain in or near Washington, for there js no telling what may turn up. There are many Chautauqua institutions scattered through- out the country. They would rank as philanthropies of the highest class if they would combine and hire for their platforms a sufficient number of congressmen to keep a quo- rum away from Washington. Then Champ Clark might feel at liberty to go out and earn his thousand per week telling summer audiences all about tariff reform. * Professor Finley, of the New York City College, in his commencement speech, said that one man in every thirty was serving the country as a public official in some capacity. As to the other twenty-nine, most of them are at work trying to get a living and to pay the salary of the thirtieth. Most of them find it a pretty hard job to make both ends meet. comicbooks.com