Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - September 1, 1917
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September 1, 1917. Bennett C. Clark, Lieutenant-Colonel 6th Missouri Infantry, Camp Clark, Nevada, Missouri. My dear Bennett: The Bowling Green times says that there was born early this week to Mr. and Mrs. Arch Fry, an eleven and a half pound boy which they named Bennett Clark. Their Post Office is Bowling Green, Missouri. I am rather inclined to think, although I am not certain, that this is your first namesake. I wrote them a nice letter congratulating them on the boy and thanking them for doing you the great honor of naming their boy after you. I also sent them a souvenir spoon for him. You had better write them a letter and enclose a dollar to buy some little present for the boy. It is a great honor to have children named for you.. Governor Rubey was in to see me this morning to tell me about seeing you, and that your Colonel spoke in the very highest terms of you. All of which, is very pleasant to your father.
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No. 2. L-C. B. C. C. I see that a lot of palpitating statesmen are contemplating calling a convention at Jefferson City to invite Senators Stone and Reed to resign. And I was confidentially informed they they are going to invite three Missouri Congressmen to resign, although my informant didn’t know which three. There are some people that I know of who are picking a rod for their own backs. The Paris Mercury had a sketch which Newt Eryson copied, that the Chautauqua lecturers had three ways of getting applause. First: to whoop it up for President [Woodrow] Wilson. Second: to lambast John Barleycorn. Third: to jump on Senators Stone and Reed. He added that “they always got the applause.” The Devil himself can’t tell what is happening in Russia. What’s happening on the other fronts is fairly well known. The Germans seem to be losing gradually on the Western front. The Austrians are catching the Devil on the Italian front. The Russians seem to be running away, although Flood told me today that the Russian minister told him that he had a late dispatch of 17 pages from Petrograd in which it said they were improving their condition.
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No. 3. L-C. B. C. C. Tuesday night we took dinner with Honorable Breck Long. One of the guests was Barney Baruch, although I didn’t know who he was until the next day. Your mother ran across a very good picture of him in a magazine. That same night we went to a reception given by the Secretary of State at John Barrett’s to the Japanese Allies who were very enthusiastic for Democracy. (?). Night before last the Japanese allies gave a very elaborate dinner at the Willard followed by a dance. Your ma & I were of the party. I saw Barney Baruch and shook hands with him and told him I was sorry I didn’t know who he was at Long’s dinner. He seemed to be very friendly. He is a good looking man and very tall. Last night I attended a stag dinner given by Senator Salisbury to our Japanese allies. I was the only member of the House there. Secretary Lansing took me out to dinner, or I took him, or we took each other, whichever it was. We are both well. I am going to speak on the Monmouth Courthouse Battlefield on Monday. Tom is going down Sunday afternoon to Summit Point to bring Genevieve, her husband and
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Title | Champ Clark letter to Bennett Champ Clark - September 1, 1917 |
Creator | Clark, Champ |
Source | Clark, Champ. Letter to Bennett Champ Clark. 01 September 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 September 1, 1917 letter to his son Bennett, Champ Clark discussed local and international politics as well as his perceptions of the current developments in the war. 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. Note: The last page(s) of this letter are missing. |
Subject LCSH | Clark, Champ, 1850-1921; Stone, William Joel, 1848-1918; Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954; Reed, James A. (James Alexander), 1861-1944; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; World War, 1914-1918--Japan; World War, 1914-1918--Australia |
Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
Site Accession Number | C0666 |
Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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Date Original | September 1, 1917 |
Language | English |