Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - January 25, 1918
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January 25, 1918. Lieut. Col. Bennett C .Clark, Brigade and Field Officers School, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonia, Texas. My dear Bennett: I just this minute received your very interesting letter for which I am truly grateful. I am not bothering my head about those fellows—what they say or do. I send the letters to you to break the monotony of camp life. I had a letter from Fred A. Morris which I enclose and in which he pronounces Bob White the most unmitigated scoundrel living; not barring the Kaiser. If I hadn’t been in New Orleans Christmas I would have owned Spear’s pasture. When I got back here I found a letter from Jim Davis saying Porter’s bank was pressing Bob for payment of a debt and offering to sell me the thing for $1750.00 I immediately wired him I would take it if the title was good. Of course there were four or five days in between his letter and my telegram.
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No. 2. L-C. B. C. C. It turned out he had already sold it to Bill Tinsley for $1500 so the paper says. Mrs. Adama wrote your mother it was $1700.00 but I don’t believe it. If I could have got it I would have cut the east end up into lots and sold them for enough to pay for it and we would have had the rest to do as we pleased with, but is is gone, and I can’t help it. The air is full of fur around here now. I sent you a paper also a copy of the Congressional Record. I am sending you yesterday’s Record. Also another copy of the Washington post. I am against Chamberlain’s Universal Military Training Bill and am against trying to put anybody over Wilson to run the war because the Constitution gives him authority to run the war. That is one of the things absolutely clear. Of course, If he wants a Munitions Minister, he can appoint one. I think Chamberlain must have been drunk when he made the New York speech. Anyhow the Devil’s to pay. Stone accused Roosevelt of being an agent of the Kaiser and Roosevelt, last night,
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No.3. L-C. B. C. C. accused Stone of being his agent; so there you are. I haven’t seen Roosevelt but I would go down and call on him if I wasn’t afraid they would try to hitch me up with him. I am sending you so me more letters. Just simply to interest you. Of course, after you read them you had better burn them. as somebody might get hold of them and make improper use of them. As they speak very freely about certain people—mum’s the word. I am glad you and Helen quit on such good terms I got Carroll Wisdom appointed on the Agricultural Board of Missouri. I got small places for Adcock, Percy Alexander and one of the McDannold boys, under George H. Moore. I would have got a place for Wick Mason of the same kind but he was too old. He is an example of an intelligent all round man Not being an expert in any particular thing – for this is the day of experts. One of my stenographers is Bob Sutton’s son and he seems to be a nice Chap. He has Smith’s place. Titus was into see me. He syas Dr. J. is in a bad way with his nose. Goodbye and God Bless you. Pater.
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Title | Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - January 25, 1918 |
Creator | Clark, Champ |
Source | Clark, Champ. Letter to Bennett Champ Clark. 25 January 1918. Clark, Champ (1850-1921) and Bennett Champ (1890-1954), Papers, 1853-1973. C0666. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
Description | In this January 25, 1918 letter to his son Bennett, Champ Clark discussed Senator George Chamberlain's Universal Military Training Bill. Champ Clark, a long-time resident of Bowling Green, Missouri, was a politician in the Democratic Party. He served as a representative of Missouri from 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1921. From 1911 to 1919 he served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Bennett Clark served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 140th Regiment, 35th Division and as Assistant Chief of Staff for the 88th Division during World War I, and was Missouri State Senator from 1933 to 1945. |
Subject LCSH | Clark, Champ, 1850-1921; Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954; United States. Army. Division, 35th; Fort Sam Houston (Tex.); Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Stone, William Joel, 18 |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C0666 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | January 25, 1918 |
Language | English |