Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-02
CHAMP CLARK,
EX-LEADER OF
HOUSE, EXPIRES
Former Speaker, Who Narrow
Iv Missed Presidency, VIC
tim of Long Illness.
kMILY IS AT BEDSIDE

Acu1NcTON, March Champ
riark. former Speaker OF the HouSe
and Democratic leader dled mere a.
2:1O p. m. today .,o
clark had been i'll for some time
suffering from pleurisy complicated
bv stomach trouble. Death had Deen
ornected for several days.
Tbe ex-speaker would have been
=, nov+ Monday. Three days before
hts birthday he would have retired
s-on Congress, where he served con-
t;nuously since 1895, having Oeen
sneaker for eight years.
7, 1910. Clark, as Democratic leauel,
Dleved part in the near oVerlhloN - y
Sneaker Joe Cannon and his pLollINe4io
a. +ba+ 6pbt made him a leading con
tender for the Democratic nomination AO-
president in Baltimore in I91z' .,.,
He had a majority in the COZ, con' t',I13
I b1t was beaten on the forty min "a -
by woodrow Wilson ClaIA "Ss Few
80 felt bitter at his defeat Tor Ie"
z - ~ ar his death he and Wilson
"a nrogressed toward friendship.
FAMILY Is
AT BEDSIDE
AT Clark's bedside when he oleu We" 49,
his wife. his son, Bennett CARA 80 80
daughter, Mrs. James NJ 1h0HPSO--'
Orleans ,,z -. +ska an
sd4ournment as is customary, III NeA0A
600 to the wishes of the dead man
Todav during a brief interval when
,..oa,-orad consciousness, Mr.. Clark
asked that leaders of the house oiN
So1.+a he requested not TO take an al
Sor-nment as he realized they hau
great deal of work before them anu anu
fbus in his dying moments, the eIea1 e''-st
N,ncern of this leader OF Americans "19
: the business Of Congress, the Ousl-
y SIS which has been SO much OF MS uAii'
~ for the last quarter century
House recessed thirty minutes I'M
5istaIv upon hearing Of Clarks death-
U+ FOR the tvo-thirds rule or the
sItimore convention Champ clark woulu
have been the Democratic nominee AoL
PRECEDENT of the United States instead Oh
woodrow Wilson in 19l2
7or tvventy-seven ballots in that MS
D ..-g. convention Champ Clark held
commanding lead and for nine OF these
nod a clean majority Of the convention
votes. Then came the famous a.
street. spcech OF William J. br! an
which turned the tide and resulteo-
: deadlock e more than wees" IN. sne
sslsefion of Wilson. Bryan insisted tLiaI
1ngust Belmont, Charles F. Murphy
-r5er,ss RYAN and other representatives
- ssfhA interests were supporting lhs
S1,ssonrtan. and although Clark's sup
nortars pointed out that none OF Inc
~ workers was for their candidate as
Nrs+ choice the effect OF the attack
could not be overcome. -, -,
S-1o-k was offered the second place on
the ticket, but declined TO accept It.
NATIVE OF
KENTUCKY.
Cbristened James Beauchamp ClarA'
i +ba Congressman was born at Anderson
Kv March I. 1879. Early in life he ao-
h-sviated his name to Champ" and IN
A+u tSe 1912 campaign few outside OF MS
5. A.Xediate friends had guessed that there
Eas more than this to his orlglhaA no
S,.eD.lature- Like many Of our best
known Americans, he had WORKED MS ""S
IN from the ranks Of the tOiling masses
D ~ - -,ed his fl rst money as farm hand.
later he became a clerk In geheral
800 and in a few months was graduated
10 a country newspaper.
The one-time Speaker rounded out BIS
a5rcation in the Kentucky University
Petbanv College and the Cincinnati La"
school At % he was president OF Mar
4 shan College, being the youngest college
T.resident in the country. Mr.. Clark De
.an,e a NIissOurian in the early seventies.
Il He started his career in his adopted StaUe
as struggling young lawyer tOoA d
dver into politics, became prosecuting at
a tornev in Pike County, and then went
f-Ta
when the 1904 Democratic national
conventfOn in St Louis came along ne
3 was selected as permanent chairman and
vas chosen to head the committee that
vent to formally notify Alton b. Parker
~ his nomination to head the ticket
CONGRESSMAN
IN 1898.
He went to the national capital as a
member Of the Fifty-Third Congress IN
4 1928 from the Ninth Missouri district, and
has been member OF that body ever
since with the exception Of one term
y 1So5 TO 1S9T-when he was beaten HIS
= present term would have sent him back
3 INTO private life, however, he having been
beaten at the last election
He first became minority leader OF the
81 tIonsa nt the second session of the Sixty
- Second Congress. He succeeded John
n sharpe Williams in that post. AS a
s member Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee which drafted the Payne Aldrich
4 tariff act he led the Democratic attack on
high duties. delivering one speech when
4 lasted for nearly five hours against the
s. measure.
- CLARK had been a consistent fighter for
uniform primary law for the entire
= 4Rf Aptry, has ranked as one of the lead
s. 81 supporters OF the daylight saving
e Rment. and his name is linked with
fm4nv constructive measures now on the
~ statute books.
In 1881 Mr.. Clark married Genevleve
4 Bennett Of Aux yasee, Galloway County
Missouri Mrs. Clark has been a fGmt'it 7
~ figure in the Speakers bench in the gal
lery during the long years OF her 1lls-
a bands service in that body and has been
8 prominent in the social life Of the capt
81 tal She was an ardent suffra aZette In the
s DAYS before women were allowed TO vote
~ and took an active part in most OF her
husbands campaigns. Bennett Clark,
son Of the Speaker. was made parliamen-
sarian of the House in the Sixty Third
q Congress
Bennett Clark said his fathers burial
viii be at Bowling Green, Mo.