The log cabin Democrat., 1914-06-11
CLARKE DISCLA|MS ASSAULT ON HAYS PEACE MAKERS ARE BUSY EFFORTS MADE TO HEAL RUP- HETEROGENEOUS STING
 ING REBUKE.

Little Rock, June S-Mutual friends of Senator James P Clarke and Gov. George w. Hays, hailing from Crittenden. St. Francis, Missis- sippi, Ouachita and other counties, spent several strenuous hours in Lit tie Rock Sunday afternoon, confer ring with the senator and governor, with the view of healing the rupture caused by Senator Clarke's attack on Governor Hays administration in a speech delivered on the eve of the close of the Democratic state conven- tion at Pine Bluff The conference with Governor Hays took place at the Hotel Marion, and later in the afternoon the peacemakers, headed by Judge E. A. Rolfe of Forrest City, conferred with Senator Clarke in his office in the Southern Trust building
 It was stated after the conference that Senator Clarke disclaimed any intention of attacking Governor Hays in his Pine Bluff speech and that the language attributed to him was mis- NOitSll uCd OG CliS SoNt1 lIOl, "ii1Ili caused the latter to criticise the sen ator in a public statement. Senator Clarke stated that he may issue statement before his departure for Washington relative to the matter. He had intended leaving today, but at the last moment decided to defer his departure.
 The statement of Governor Hays, lin which he administered a stinging rebuke to Senator Clarke and offered to resign his office if the senator would hand his nomination back to the people, was published yesterday It is in part as follows:
 Il have no defense to offer for my self or my administration, but leave that to the sound judgment of the people of the state. 1 feel, however, that there may be some misunder- standing as to my connection with the recent Democratic state conven tion, as published reports gave the impression that I was ignored. l did not ask or mane d single request of the convention or the committee.
 With reference to the platform, l wish to say that Judge Elliott, the chairman of the convention, came to me in person and requested me to serve as chairman of the platform committed 1 told him l would rath- CT not do so, and, in fact, declined to accept the appointment.
 "In the Gazette in which it is said that Senator Clarke 'raps Governor Hays after eulogizing Clyde Going, and where a reflection is cast by him that my nomination was stolen, the senator says: I would rather live under Republican administration than that of man who stole his cleo tion. To this l wish to say that the same State Central Committee that declared me the nominee for gover- nor last year was the committee that declared Senator Clarke the nominee for United States senator. If he re- fleets upon me, he reflects upon the Central Committee that acted in his case. If my nomination was stolen, it was done by this same Central Committee. When the State Central Committee declared me the nominee for governor last year, they did 1t without the slightest or remotest hope of reward, only expecting that l would fulfill the duties of that office in faithful and conscientious way. l had no federal patronage at my dis posal for which any one could look to or expect favoritism.
 q am as much in favor of clean politics as any man in the state, and have done my utmost to restore peace and harmony in the ranks of the Democratic party. I will go as far