The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
Speaker Holds Midnight Conference
With His Lleutenants and Plans
TO Land the Necessary
Votes.
HOPE TO WIN MONDAY
Clark Anxious to Reply to Bryan's
implied Charge That He Has
Been Dealing With
Tammany.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
BALTIMORE, June 0.-Speaker
Champ Clark made hurried trip
over from Washington tonight for q
midnight conference with his lieuten-
ants at the convention The Mis-
sourian met with his supporters in
the Emerson hotel. A final supreme
effort to land the necessary votes to
nominate Clark on Monday was the
war plan upon which the conference
worked
Among those present at the confer
ence were: Chairman Ollie James;
David II. Francis, of
Missouri, Clark's floor leader at the
convention; Senator Stone, Of Mis-
souri,, chairman OF the showme
delegation; w R. Hearst, John Tenn
pie Graves, Representative Scott
Ferris of Oklahoma, Delegate Nc
CURE Of California, and Senator Reed
of Missouri, 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 conven-
ton adjourned. The speaker, it was
said, had made up his mind to hurry
to Baltimore from Washington, ap-
pear on the floor of the convention
tonight, rise to a question of personal
privilege. and answer Bryan's implied
charge that he had dealt with Murphy
of Tammany hall to secure his nomi-
nation.
Hopes to Start Stampede.
1t was said that Clark submitted
to the conference a plan of appearing
before the convention on Monday with
this coup. Although the majority
agreed that possibly the speakers ap-
pearance in the hall might add the
spark to the Clark enthusiasm suffi-
cient to cause stampede to his
standard, there were number who
stood out against 1t on the ground
that the entry might be construed as
a confession of weakness and an in
timation that the Clark forces were
on the defensive.
In response to petition by wait
ing newspaper mon that he will ex-
plain his hasty trip to the conven-
tion city, Clark sent out the follow
ing written statement from his room:
Il came here to Baltimore to con-
fer with my friends on matters CON
cerning which I will probably have
something to say after the confer.
ence That Is all | have to say
now"
Clark Breaks With Bryan.
Champ Clark broke with w. j
Bryan tonight. Fastening over from
Washington, intending personally to
denounce the Nebraskan in the con,
vention for Bryan's charge that Clark
had dealt" with Tammany to obtain
the presidential nomination, Clark ar
rived here to find the convention ad
journed. He conferred with his lieu
tenants here and at O'Clock this
Sunday morning issued statement
and demanded that Bryan retract the
assertion that Clark had entered into
an alliance with the privilege seeking
interests. The statement Is as fol
lows:
CIark's Statement.
To-day in the national convention
an outrageous aspersion was cast or
me, and through me upon the demo
cratic party, by one who, of all men
ought to be the last to besmudge o
betray his friends Or his party.
so far as / am personally concern
ed it is enough to say that the charg'
which reflects upon my personal o
/ party integrity is utterly and abso
! lutely false. might afford to forge
myself. but | am by the choice of TIL
j democratic majority of the house 0
representatives the ranking officia
democrat in house life.
Il cannot be false or corrupt with
out reflecting on my party in the mos
serious way.
ANY man who enters into an ALI
ance with any selfish interest or PRIV
ileged class of this country to gail
the nomination for the presidency i
unworthy of the presidency and of tn
speakership of the house. have no
! entered into such an alliance and tn
democrat however distinguished VIII
4 charged me with this act, is traito
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