East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-01

who, of all men, ought to be the last
to besmudge or betray his friends or
his party.
so far as I am personally con-
cerned, 1t is enough to say that the
charge which reflects upon my per-
sonal or party integrity is utterly and
absolutely false. l might afford to
forget myself, but am by the choice
of the democratic majority of the
house of representatives the ranking
official democrat in national public
life. l cannot be false or corrupt
without reflecting upon my party In
the most serious way.
Denies Alliance.
"Any man who enters into an al
lance with any selfish interest or
privileged class of this country to gain
the nomination for the presidency is
unworthy OF the presidency and Of
the speakership of the house. l have
not entered into such an alliance and
the democrat, however distinguished
who charged me with this act, is
traitor to the democratic party and
to his professed friendship to me.
81 am not here to plead for NOM
ination or to defend any mans politi-
cal action.
"I ask no undue consideration from
any man, be he friend or foe, but l
demand exact justice from every
democrat, either in this convention
or throughout the nation.
with William ]. Bryan and his
charge made in the convention today
the issue is proof or retraction.
shall expect him to meet that issue
"(Signed) CHAMP CLARK"
Meets His Supporters.
The Missourian met with his sup
porters in the Emerson hotel. A fl
nal supreme effort to land the neces-
sary votes to nominate Clark when
the convention assemblies today was
the war plan upon which the con-
frees worked.
Among those present at the confer
ence were:
Chairman Ollie James, ex-Gover-
nor David r. Francis of Missouri
Clark's floor leader at the conVen-
ton: Senator Stone of Missouri, chair
man of the "show-me" delegation;
William r. Hearst, John Temple
Graves, Representative Scott Ferris
of Oklahoma; Delegate MCGUIRE OF
California and Senator Reed of Mis-
souri,. who nominated the speaker.
Although the meeting was held be-
hind closed doors, it leaked out that
Clark was sorely disappointed that
he had not arrived before the con-
yention ajourned. The speaker, 1t was
said. made up his mind to hurry to
baltimore from Washington, to ap-
near on the floor of the convention,
rise to a question f persnal privilege
and answer Bryan's implied charge
that he had dealt with Murphy OF
Tammany Hall to secure his nomi-
nation.
Clark Not TO Appear.
II was said that Clark submitted
to the conference a plan appearing
before the convention today with this
coup. Although the majority agreed
that possibly the speakers appear
ance in the hall might add the spark
to the Clark enthusiasm sunfficient to
cause a stampede to his standard,
there were a number who stood out
against il on the ground that the en-
try might be construed as a confess
sion of weakness and intimation that
the Clark forces were on the defen-
sive.
In response to petition by wait
ing newspaper men that he explain
his hasty trip to the convention city,
Clark sent out the following written
statement from his room:
"I came here to confer with my
friends on matters concerning which
l will probably have something to
say after the conference. That is ak
have to say now"