Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-19
Speaker Of House Meets Sec
retary Of State at Dinner
Arranged for Purpose of
Effecting Reconciliation
HATCHET BURIED FOR
GOOD OF DEMOCRACY
First Time Two Leaders Had
Spoken Since Convention,
When Nebraska0 Broke In
StructionS of His State
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Washington. April Speaker
Champ Clark and Secretary of state
William Jennings Bryan met ut IA
private luncheon here today shook
hands and issued public statements
declaring they had buried the hatchet
ANA put the personalities OF the Hnl-
tmore convention with the hvg0ncs
Tho luncheon was arranged hy rheo-
dorc A. Bell. OF California. temporary
chairman of the Denver convention ia
1908, and chairman of the California
delegation supporting Speaker Clark
at Baltimore and was given hy Ira
a. Bennett, editor Of the Washington
Post
Intense interest was aroused In lo-
ltieal circles over the reconciliation
OF the two antagonists. whose differ
ences became AGATE as result ot
events at the Baltimore convention.
Secretary Bryan's prepared state
ment issued tonight is as follows,
MY meeting with Mr. clark has
served to clear up a MISUNDERSTANDING
as 10 my exact position toward him
AT the Baltimore convention have
tried 10 make it clear to Mr. clark
I that I have always REGARDED and de
/ now regard him as a good. clean pro.
gressiVe democrat II my language at
baltimore created any impression thai
: J was charging MI. Clark with beinl
| In sympathy with any of the reac-
tionary forces ! ann glad of the op.
! portunitN to correct any such miseun-
struction of my words or acts. for
did not intend To reflect upon either
the personal or political integrity ai
the speaker. II Is my earnest wish
that there may be cordial cooperation
between the state department and thu
speaker in carrying out tho policies
Of the administration"
Here is Speaker Clark's state
ment
II is beyond the power Of Colonel
Bryan or amy one else to correct ths
injustice that was done to me at Bal
timorc. The loss of the presidential
nomination was small thing as conn
pared to the injury done To my rept-
tation in the eyes of the world Rui
now that Colonel Bryan In his pub
| lie statement has done what he can
| to remove the injurious impressions
that were created lay 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 OF
selfish considerations must give way
TO the duty that all democrats owe
to our party and To our country.
Those who sat mt the table with
the others already mentioned and saw
| the disappearance of what many po-
litical sages thought the most em-
| harrassing situation confronting
President Wilson's ADMINISTRATION
were
Vice President Marshall Secretary
Lane. Senators Kern and O'Gorman
! Representative crisp Secretary Tu-
multy. Assistant secretaries Osborn
ana Malone. of the state departments
Thomas T. Logan and l.. l.. James.
Those ia charge Of the affair said
Speaker Clark and Secretary Bryan
exchanged jokes and had q good
time The statements were given out
through Mr. Bennett
SO rnr IS known, it is the first time
the men have met since before the
| Baltimore invention. Speaker
Clarks friend have always said Mr.
Bryan prevented bis nomination and
that IT was through Mr. Bryan's ae-
tivty and Influence that the conven-
tion contrary to custom, refused e
give the speaker the necessary two.
thirds vote after il several times had
given 10 him majority stfohk
statements OF somewhat personal
nature were also issued by Mr. Bryan
ana Mr. clark at the time
The reconciliation was looked on
in political circles as the most sieniil-
cant political development Of the adj
minstration, $50 far