Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01
WHY CLARK REFUSES faint OF INSANITY
Reported Attitude of Speaker Testimony Given Defense OF
i Explained by Mssorians. Louis vondermIcr.
ALLEGED PLEDGE IN 1908 UNDER CHARGE OF MURDER
Agreed Sup Witnesses Tell His Eccentrcties
port Folk for President. and Tendency to Suicide.
REPORT OF DEAL LAST YEAR FEARED THE KILLED
Senator Reed the Tragedy Told by Mrs
| Extending Wonder
Reported Attitude of Speaker
Explained by Missourians.
ALLEGED PLEDGE IN 1908
Leaders Said to Have Agreed to Sup
port Folk for President.
REPORT OF DEAL LAST YEAR
Alleged Combination Between For
mer Governor and Senator Reed.
Extending Classified Service.

Missouri politicians of both parties
who have been at the White House in
the last week tell what they claim to
be the true story OF Speaker Clark's
reported declination to be considered
candidate for the democratic nomination
for President in spite of offers of sup
port from his own state and other
states
The story, apparently well authenti-
Gated, is that at the Missouri demo-
cratic state convention in 1905, ana
since that time. certain things have
happened to make ex-Gov. Folk the
Missouri candidate fer the democratic
nomination for President.
At the state convention three years
ago 1t Is well known that resolutions
were passed pledging the democrats
of the state to support Clark for
Speaker of the House and Folk for
President. Those resolutions We're
agreed to by Clark and the other demo-
cratic leaders. Then in 1910 three can
didates entered the statewide primary
for the democratic nomination FOR
senator. They were ex-Gov. Folk. ex-
Secretary David r. Francis and James
A. Reed. who finally triumphed.
Folk-Reed Combination.
Folk pulled out of the race at time
when his doing so meant much to Mr.
Reed. and there is said to have been
a positive understanding that II Folk
would get out of that race and give
his support to Reed the latter would
do everything In his power for Mr.
Folk for President. In pursuance OF
that understanding Mr.. Reed is COM
mitted to Folk and will endeavor to
swing the Missouri democratic delega-
ton to the next national convention to
the ex-governor.
To secure his own state delegation
Mr.. Clark would be compelled to dis
regard the understanding at the demo-
cratic convention. which. it Is stated,
he will not do, and he would also have
to fight the Reed-Folk combination,
mighty strong one In Missouri politics
at this time. 1t is said today to be
the intention Of warm admirers OF
Clark in other states to go ahead and
acquire delegates for him without his
sanction or consent and have these
delegates prepared to lead a stampede
for him at the right moment.
Extending the Classified Service.
President Taft has signed civil service
order placing under the classified service
the deputy auditors whose positions were
abolished at the end of the fiscal year
closed yesterday. There were seven dep
uty auditors, two for the Post Office De-
partment and one each for the other de-
partments. For some time there have
been two vacancies which have not been
filled. Congress last winter abolished
these positions and the President thought
the men who held them should be pro-
tected by the civil service. Several of the
former deputy auditors nave been given
places as chief clerks of their offices at
salaries almost as large as they formerly
paid.
Taft's denomination Favored.
The Republican Club of Portland, Ore,
a large organization of that city, has
adopted resolutions for the denomination
of President Taft and forwarded these to
the White House. Believing that one
good term deserves another" the resolu-
tons read I'VE nominate him for re-elec-
ton to the office of President of the
United States and call upon all good, true
republicans to aid and assist in securing
the election OF ten Taft delegates to the
na1t republican national convention"
The Hamilton Club of Chicago has in
dorsed the Presidents attitude on reel
procity.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Frank l.. Gilbert to
be collector OF internal revenue for the
second district of Wisconsin