The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01

position 10 thr President was tho onen-
sns .l gun OF his fight for the nomina-
had told all to whom he mad sno,,m ~
;t.nout me 1916 situation that If tho
c, .csiu Tn administration was a sue
cess Mr. Wilson would be rc-cIoct
sd' ana If 1T was a failure. the non,
NATION would not be worth hayin,,,,
s,s rs % 81 ms own future, the Speaker IN
inc presidency or tho spcakcrship
No PrrsonaI Issue.
-, IIhhere is no personal Issue between
me treSldent of the United States and
~ SCI, htsan Speaker Clark. Il trust
mere never viii be. / have at no t,me
uttered one word OF criticism OF ,ho
i,i rcsiuent' ~ no time. so far "a am
, 'ia,Vfiae .ii, or believe, has the Prcsi-
of mo. % '''''c's'n
have never for one moment on
Wyiiii.'meq the opinion that President
Mlsun iS actuatcd by other than mo
highest patriotic motives. 'i'c
CO., 10 not believe that President VIII
npi nv ever entertained any other
ms who find it necessary to dlffnr y,i ~
nm MN on THIS measure. President; WI.
De, co not desire breach in the
breach I'm the Dcrnocra tic nartv sra
'here Is no breach Gnu
a.! would scorn to believe that Pres,-
.i'Ht wilson countennnccs for ono mn
inent the efforts OF some Of tho 49,,
press L" represent that We are sccbl
With ms, w ne democratic party.
:yrtcu mat | am seeking 20 disrnnt
ne parry the wish is father To- n.
,hn.plying to what he called a "scur.
, Tious and slanderous article I'm Tho
Nv ne" ork World the speaker said
IN ms attitude toward the bin hv ''t ~,
mp subsidy. Interests" was :; ~ az.
ana false insinuation." Ease
- "h! man here believes tia, s,,,
St'iJ up here and now SO 49,. MN
l ThS De seen by hundreds of witnesscs -"
along Win cver rT ed named he said.
i Mn" hopes to be an ambassador n, lea
or i, pic. pen potentiary. consui-gcnn i
nf Ia some other fat ana jmicv t1h ~
ncch cndcavoring to plaS@ 1Vn' mas
thc ' .Ien,, TO The President eyer sine
( tnis surrender TO Great iir rin opposing
ider mihE gun In my campaign for - Era an
obsequ ' s'lsi II may Surprise these
h,hted TO any human beins, mi
Ina, 'a ~ he candidate In igIs and
i" the I'm not. not = candidate Conse0uc,nntn
- tuGir SANDER has been "a or, ~,
mental degradation" 6r"tuitous
Wishes President Vcu
'!Luihe, Speaker Clark s.ia 90,
never entertained the slirb,n said
uon mnrd INC President about fho i> MI
diI ~, JJoii'ention. wish him we'll !
s.ehdfastly SUPPORTED 1G s'f hin HIM inn, havo
called upon to bolt the p nint'l we are
"Thn ~, 'eiuse to do any such thin
ior our platform pledge" n,s inns fight
public career There are ,na,,, t3n my
or def tm'n aneinG defeated for J.onrr,"fess
vvcn worse than TO be dcfentcG1 n ~, , or
n,,ntuchcF' and one or them is "a NC
n n"m,"ta me platform on which va, -,
dom, can be happy without the nrcs;
snne can be happy without H.
rctir" me '' 70 n y. my cn,nstitnents should
.ippy ia me love and affection 80 30
M'lG ana children. in the sccic,v or my
irnns; an" In cultivatins flowers ana
Newspaper attacks, the Spcat.-
nmnh'fen, mad been actuatcd TO btil,,
American thing--an utterly IN ui! :
npie ,hIns---a thing which viii c@, 80
, ,r'.ri Scorn and derision OF the clv,lize.GG
Asserting that he had no cr,,io,s
for his Democratic colleagu.e.st 'G whn
n MILE vote for repeal. the Speakcp
diif"r in kndncss.'' Then he io itt US
en into an argument on the ,nr aru'icn :
tnG 'Gli Issue Who would be the chi 81
,i,'ni, ''IieS ot the repeal bill? no
ashcu. Inc transcontincntal rniiro,.i.'
~" lah"dian-p Pacific and the Tehunn'
i list 20 4a'' Gn ,ind;ilway heading the
~ noih up their old rates is nitrmjst;,r,
~ "ohh" ,ay run mad, and an Outrage on
''iciic'i people. ! refuse TO in,
"orSc any such program"
onserving that the President b,e
SHOWN mo reluctance in discharpi;""S,.
to ,G a@''Gs sm ana :, eXXeresing his power
Nncn he was elected PrcsIde,t ~
aec,hrcd mat he had become ipso ron
10 loader OF the party In the notinr ),
MI Clark said the declaration was
T"rf.ct but even leadership has its
- am willing to follow where no
COOS so long ms he is in the Whit
nonse. and so long as he does not ask
US To ropudiate plain pIatforn,
declaration." said the Speaker "a
Speaker Clark said: IF we have ON
,tIro INTO an engagement which for.
pas us TO manage our own affair."
th"n VIC must abide by it. however
Inent may have been found"
HOncst Opinions Differ
Honest opinions, he said differed
Whatever may be the differences
OF opinion respecting the merits OF tho
case. do President Wilson honor FOR
III" act. said the Speaker "If we're
In his place, and believed as he believes
would do M he has done More
over. have such confidence In tbo
President that L have not tho slightest