Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - November 25, 1917
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November 25, 1917. Bennett C. Clark, Lieutenant-Colonel, 140th U. S. Infantry, Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, [Oklahoma] My Dear Bennett: This is Sunday. Things are jogging along here in the usual way. Very few Congressmen or Senators here. Last night the District Masons gave a tremendous blow-out at Convention Hall. There must have been six or seven thousand people there. The Master of Ceremonies was ex-Grand Master Keiper. Grand Master Whitten made an elaborate speech of welcome . Two brass bands furnished the music. Sovereign Grand Commander Moore, Scottish Rite, Secretary Daniels, Secretary Baker, Arthur Brisbane, your Pap, a French Captain, an Italian General, and an American Colonel furnished the oratory. An actor by the name of Hanford who thinks he looks like Bryan, and is a big enough fool to pride himself on the fact, declaimed the Star Spangled Banner. You could have heard him bellow from the Capitol to the [written in right margin] Monday, 26. plan to get your telegram. Will attend to matter to-morrow. Today is “graduating” day out there, so they are all busy. I enclose “Billy’s” letter – Billy Sunday I mean. Also note from President in [ms illegible: 1 wd] to mines congratulating him on Buffalo speech.
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No. 2. L-C. B. C. C. Peace Monument. A female aviator was introduced and had sense enough not to make a speech. On the whole it was a tremendous success. The party was given to the soldiers here. I wish you had been there. Arthur Brisbane said I made a very fine and brilliant speech. Baker is a much better speechmaker than Josephus. I went down to Keen’s and ordered me a fine, middle weight overcoat--$65.0--highway robbery; be silk lined, etc. I went to see Weine before I went to Keen’s. Weine’s prices are just about as high as Keen’s. Your mother was with me and picked the Keen coat. It is a black ground with white specks through it which breaks the monotony of the blackness. Everything in the way of clothes is scandalously high--lot of robbers--ought to be in the Pen. Martin closed up the restaurant when Congress adjourned and hasn’t opened yet, so day before yesterday, Fitz wanted some cigars and couldn’t get them and sent his clerk to me to get a cob pipe, which I sent him. I hope he is enjoying it. Mann is back; looks dreadfully bad. I called at his office twice he was not in
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No. 2. L-C. B. C. C. Peace Monument. A female aviator was introduced and had sense enough not to make a speech. On the whole it was a tremendous success. The party was given to the soldiers here. I wish you had been there. Arthur Brisbane said I made a very fine and brilliant speech. Baker is a much better speechmaker than Josephus. I went down to Keen’s and ordered me a fine, middle weight overcoat--$65.0--highway robbery; be silk lined, etc. I went to see Weine before I went to Keen’s. Weine’s prices are just about as high as Keen’s. Your mother was with me and picked the Keen coat. It is a black ground with white specks through it which breaks the monotony of the blackness. Everything in the way of clothes is scandalously high--lot of robbers--ought to be in the Pen. Martin closed up the restaurant when Congress adjourned and hasn’t opened yet, so day before yesterday, Fitz wanted some cigars and couldn’t get them and sent his clerk to me to get a cob pipe, which I sent him. I hope he is enjoying it. Mann is back; looks dreadfully bad. I called at his office twice he was not in
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Title | Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - November 25, 1917 |
Creator | Clark, Champ |
Source | Clark, Champ. Letter to Bennett Champ Clark. 25 November 1917. Clark, Champ (1850-1921) and Bennett Champ (1890-1954), Papers, 1853-1973. C0666. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
Description | In this November 25, 1917 letter to his son Bennett, Champ Clark described a massive celebration for soldiers. 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; United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.); Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954; Celebrations |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C0666 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | November 25, 1917 |
Language | English |