Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-18
NO D|SSENS|ON
At BALTIMORE
Missouri Senator Kills Rumors
Afloat in Convention
City.
ANY GOOD MAN WILL
DO FOR CHAIRMAN
Says Discussion of Two-Thirds
Rule Does Not Apply to
Coming Session.


3 BALTIMORE, June 1S.-The Clark
FORCES showed more spirit and conf
aence yesterday than al any time
since Baltimore became the Demo-
cratic Mecca.
senator William Joel Stone, of
Missouri, chief among the
or the Clark campaign, came over
from Washington and put a COM
plete quietus upon the rumored an
5 tagonism to the speaker threatened
py the alleged struggle among his
supporters of the convention. Sem
etor Stone said yesterday:
Il am for Clark. | have no other
interests to serve. The names of
several fine men have been men
TONED for temporary chairman. | do
not care much about that. Any hon
cradle man would preside with dig
nifty and perfect fairness. No man
worthy of the place could afford to
do anything else.
Craftsmanship Not Important.
The friends of two or three gentle
men whose names have been men
TONED have approached me to ascer-
tain how l stood on the temporary
chairmanship. I said to them, and
say now. that I consider that of very
minor importance. Speaker Clark's
friends cannot afford to split up in
a>fight merely to confer some feeting
honor on one friend as above an
other.
SO far as I am concerned, l want
10 do what I can to nominate and
elect Champ Clark President-nomi-
nate him because he will make the
best candidate. and elect him be-
cause he would make a good Presi-
1 dent. I would like to do a favor to
any Of u friends, but these smaller
ambitions must be put aside in the
! common interests-the nomination of
Clark"
Representative James T. Lloyd. Of
I Missouri. another of the Clark man
ayers. was shown Senator Stones
statement.
IT wish you would quote me- he
said, "as indorsing every word of 1t
most heartily. There has been en-
! tirely too much talk and speculation
, over the person favored by the
& speakers friends for temporary
GndlTIIlbH. Ally lOllpt dbiO man NhA
suit us"
On the question of the abolition Of
) the two-thirds rule, which he was
= quoted at st. Louis the other day as
/ favoring. Senator Stone explained
! that he had given out that statement
only to indicate the growing senti-
ment among Democrats everywhere
TO do away with the ancient and cum
bersome custom.
II did not say that I favored its
abrogation to be made applicable to
this convention" he said. 1T merely
spoke of it as ACQUISITION with which
we should have to deal some time in
order to, free the party from embar-
easements in the future. l am con-
WINGED hat the supporters of Clark
are better able to abide by the two
thirds rule at this convention than
are those of any of the other candi-
dates"
One of the most interesting outputs
of the overworked rumor factory at
tributed to Senator Gore, of Oklaho-
ma, a Woodrow Wilson supporter, a
statement that the New Jersey mans
boom had collapsed and that the blind
Senator from Oklahoma favored the
transfer of the Wilson vote to Sena-
tor Hoke Smith, of Georgia. Senator
Gore was here yesterday and held
several conferences with the Wilson
managers.
The rumor was traced to Harmon
: sources, but aside from admitting
they had heard of it, non of the
Buckeye candidates supporters would
say he placed much credence In IT.