East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-13
CLARK SUPPORTERS
STRONG FOR WILSON
Try Sen Fred t, Dubois Campaign

p ~ the managers OF Governor wilson 5
I campaign. l have written number
W letters TO democrats throughout
I the country who were especially ac-
tive in behalf of the candidacy of
Speaker Clark l should say that 1
communicated With from $4,000 TO
30 OOO active workers. They were
sent mostly to twenty-five states
which sent delegations to Baltimore
favorable to the speaker, No letters
were sent into the southern states nor
into New York. Indiana or Maine. The
speaker had a superb organization in
MasSac West Virginia, Mary
land. kentucky and also in all the
middle western, the Rocky mountain
and the Pacific coast states.
The responses have been wonder
fully numerous and encouraging. The
advocates of Speaker Clark were
very much disappointed at his failure
to get the nomination, but they are
loyal democrats. With a few eXcep-
tions Governor Wilson was their sec
ond choice. They went to Baltimore
with two andidates-Speaker Clark
and Governor Wilson. The thousands
of letters received indicate that Gov
ernor Wilson will receive the hearty
and earnest support of Speaker
Clark's friends. In my judgment,
Governor Wilson will receive many
more republican votes than he will
lose democratic votes. If this is
correct diagnosis of the situation and
no change occurs. Governor Wilson
will carry Maine. Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, New York,
Ohio, Indiana. Colorado, Mon
tana, Michigan and Illinois. He has
an even chance in California, Wash
ington and Nevada. He will carry
Idaho and Wyoming. providing the
Mormons who call themselves demo-
Gratis vote for him. Both President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt were eX-
tremely friendly to the Mormons and
favored them conspicuously. Cover
nor Wilson has refused to make any
trades or combination with them.
Naturally. the leaders of the Mormon
organization will throw their votes
to President Taft. Their fear, how
ever. that Governor Wilson will be
elected will, in my judgment, induce
them to give him a large number of
:heir votes, and if this is the case
Governor Wilson will carry Idaho,
Wyoming and Oregon, and possibly
Utah.
Governor Wilson is conducting a
magnificent campaign, and the indi-
cations are that he will gain steadily,
rather than lose. The fight is so
fierce among the republican factions
that each side prefers Governor Will
son to the other faction, and 1 can
see nothing to prevent the selection
of the governor by a tremendous ma
jority in the electoral college. 1t re-
quires only a plurality in a state to
give the entire electoral vote of the
state to the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes. With the
cleavage so marked in the republican
party, it is hard to indicate any state
in the Union which will certainly cast
its vote against Governor Wilson.
Vermont probably is the most reliable
republican state in the union; yet it
is not at all improbable that Governor
Wilson will carry Vermont in Novem-
Der.
The managers of Governor Wilson'S
campaign and the governor are to be
congratulated. Without brass bands
or braggadocio they are welding the
democrats of the entire country into
a united and harmonious party. This
presages well for the future. Cover
nor Wilson will go in as president with
a congress in harmony with him. This
again augurs well for the country.
It seems as though the long battle
by the people for the people is about
to be won in a most substantial and
satisfactory manner.
The following. is a copy of the let
ter which 1 have sent to upwards of
10000 democrats who were active
workers in behalf of Speaker Clark.
and l am convinced that they will
give the same loyal support to Cover
nor Wilson now that he is the demo-
cratic nominees:
National Headquarters Champ Clark
for President Fred T. Dubois,
Manager.
August 26, 1912.
My Dear Sir-After a conference
with Senator T. =. Gore, in charge of
the organization bureau of the demo-
cratic national committee, | am writ
ng you this letter.
THE contest at Baltimore was be-
tween Clark and Wilson. Each of
them represented the progressive
thought and the demand of the people
for remedial legislation. There was
no doubt in the minds of the great
majority that special privilege was
being favored by legislation in their
interest. The conviction had become
so fixed in the minds of the people
that they only needed a leader to
make a protest.
"It had seemed to me that Speaker
! Champ Clark was the proper leader.
/ You joined me in this view and to-
gether we made the fight for his
nomination. The convention at Bal
timore, however, thought it best to
ask Governor Wilson to lead the fight
in behalf of the people. l. myself
acquiesce in this decision. / am con.
vinced that Governor Wilson is sin
cerely and detreminedly opposed tC
c.ass legislation and that he will
) firmly contend for the masses as
=. against the classes. 1t is my opin-
: ion that he intends to unite the dem.
= ocratic party, doing away with fac
tional differences, and make of it an