The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-04-25
CLARK MEETS BRYAN
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO BAL.
TlMORE CONVENTION FOR
GET PERSONALITIES.
RECONCILED Ar A LUNCHEON
Secretary and Speaker Exchange
Jokes and Have a Good Time
Significant Political
Move.

Washington, April u. Speaker
Champ Clark and Secretary of State
William j. Bryan met at private
luncheon here, shook hands and is
sued public statements declaring
they had buried the hatchet and put
the personalities Of the Baltimore
convention with the by-gones.
Bell Arranges Luncheon.
The luncheon was arranged by The
odore A. Bell OF California, tempo
rary chairman of the Denver conven-
ton III 1908, and chairman of the
California delegation supporting
Speaker Clark at Baltimore, and was
given by Ira r. Bennett, editor of the
Washington Post
Intense interest was aroused in po-
litical circles over the reconciliation
OF the two antagonists, whose differ
ences became acute as a result OF
events at the Baltimore convention
Secretary Bryan's prepared state
ment, is as follows:
Statement of Mr.. Bryan.
My meeting with Mr. Clark has
served to clear up a misunderstand-
ing as to my exact position toward
him at the Baltimore convention. /
have tried to make it clear to Mr..
Clark that | have always regarded
and do now regard him as good
clean progressive Democrat. II my
language as Baltimore created any inn
preston that was charging Mr.
Clark with being in sympathy with
any of the reactiOnary forces | am
glad Of the opportunity to correct any
such miscOnstruction of my words or
acts for | did not intend to reflect
upon either the personal or political
integrity Of the speaker. It is my
earnest wish that there may be cor.
dial cooperation between the state
department and the speaker in carry
ing out the policies of the admins
tration"
Mr.. Clark's Reply.
Here is Speaker Clark's statement:
ut is beyond the power Of Colonel
Bryan or anyone else to correct the
injustice that was done to me at Bal
timore. The loss Of the presidential
| nomination was a small thing as com
pared to the injury done to my repu-
tatiOn in the eyes of the world. But
now that Colonel Bryan, in his pub
lie statement, has done what he can
TO remove the injurious impressions
| that were created by his Baltimore
! speeches. | feel that we can all the
! better cooperate for the good of the
administration. | can only repeat
what | have publicly declared time
! and time again, that all personal or
selfish considerations must give way
to the duty that all Democrats owe
to our party and to our country"
Those Who Attended.
Those who sat the table with the
others already mentioned and saw
/ the disappearance of what many po-
litical sages thought the most en-
| barrassing situation confronting Presi-
dent Wilson's administration were:
| Vice President Marshall. Secretary
Lane, Senators Kern and O'Gorman.
Representative Crisp, Secretary Tu-
multy, Assistant Secretaries Osborne
and Malone of the state department
Thomas F. Logan and l.. l.. James.
Those in charge of the affair said
Speaker Clark and Secretary Bryan
exchanged jokes and had a good time.
The statements were sent out through
Mr. Bennett.
The reconciliation was looked upon
in political circles as the most signif-
! icant DOliticaI daVo1Onnoapt of tho a.,
sociation so far