Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1914 — More Truth Than Poetry. [ARTICLE]

More Truth Than Poetry.

Champ Clark, the eloquent representative from Missouri, is a stanch champion of his state. "You people out in Missouri,” said a New York man to him, “are all right, but you are too provincial.” "Provincial?” snorted Clark. "Provincial? Why, let me tell you, sir, the shoe is on the other foot. Nobody in New York knows anything about Missouri, but everybody in Missouri knows all about New York.”