New-York tribune., 1921-03-03

nation, but Mr. Clarks wishes that no
halt Of business Of Congress should
be made in his honor prevailed, and
the Senate kept on at It's work.
House Services Saturday
Tentative arrangements for the
funeral provide for services at 1890
q. m Saturday in the chamber Of the
House
Immediately after the services in the
House chamber a special funeral train
Will leave for St. Louis. arriving there
about D. m. Sunday. The body Of
the former Speaker viii lie in state in
that city, at . lace yet to be desig-
mated, until early Monday morning.
when the funeral train VIII move on
TO Bowling Green. Mr. Clark's home,
where final services viii be held and
lnterrnent take place.
Whatever else may be said Of him.
and however potent may have been his
picturesque personality in the Demo-
cratic party and in Congress, Champ
Clark will live most conspicuously in
y
Of men to whom the Presidency beck
oned until it seemed within grasp, only
~ the crucial moment to vanish
IN the 1912 Baltimore convention
Clark led on twenty-seven ballots He
had st one time a clear ma jorlty Of
nine over Woodrow Wilson, then Gov
ernor Of New jersey, and ne remained
IN the lead until the thirtieth ballot;
under the ''two-thirds" rule Of the
convention. T25 II votes were necessary
to nominate. 1t was " J. Bryan. a
lifelong friend, whom IlarK regarded.
II not as & supporter, d least as being
not unfrlendly 20 his candidacy who
barred tle Wissourian's way TO the
realization OF tie ambition of his life.
Bryan interposed after the vote Of
the New York delegation had been
transferred from Judson Harmon. OF
ONO. TO Clark. In characteristically
oracular and ineXplici- speech from
the floor the Nebraskan attacked Clark,
ms nuatlng that be was affiliated with
leaders Identified with 'the interests. ~
Clark. in Washington. Immediately
boarded q train for Baltimore. where
he vehemently and indignantly asserted
the falsity of the aspersions he felt
had been cast upon him by Bryan;
but neither his vigorous denia1s nor
his lifelong record d-independent if
eccentric avaled to undo the mis-
chief OF the Nebrasksn covert attack.
deadlock ensued. and on each sub
sequent rollcall Clark S vote showed
q steady decline and that Of Wilson A
corresponding increase, until finally.
after week, Wilson was made the
nominee.
James Beauchamp Clark, ns lie was
named ny his parents, vas born in
Anderson County, Ky, March T, 1850,
the son Of John Hampton Clark and
Aletha Jane (Beauchamp) Clark. His
grandfather, Adrian Clark, was q ship
builder and glassmake. in New Jersey
and at one time well to do.
His Father Good Buggy Maker
"IIis partners" Champ Clark once
related. stole his substance and, run
ming away, left him melancholy ruin
My father, then a boy, was apprenticed
to buggy maker He worked as
jonrneyman buggy and coach maker
in Meadville. Penn, among other
pisces. My father was d good buggy
ma ker"
The father finally, in his wanderings.
feVnd himself in Lawrenceburg, Ky.
where he met and married the frau,
beautiful Aletha Jane Beauchamp, the
daughter of a member OF the Kentucky
Legislature. There were three children.
James Beauchamp. Elizabeth and an
other daughter, who died in infancy.
The mother died when Champ was a
small child. and the father. who sup
ported the family by travelling about
the section repairing clocks and
watches and, as occasion and emen-
gency arose. practicing dentistry.
placed Champ ard his sister with a