Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-12-31 | Page 12 | The Clark-Bryan Imbroglio

II The Clark Bryan Imbroglio o V 1 HOULD Speaker Clarks Clark's resentment against Mr 1 Bryan prevent SHOULD amicable cable relations with tho the Nebraskan as a member fellow of the thc theS S 1 Wilson Tilson government go the tho situation is likely to grow embarrassing t I for the President Dr Wilson Tilson O owes Oes es a great deal to Mr Bryan and andI andis I is j expected e. to invite him into his cabinet as the head of one of the time t I most important executive e departments While ho he owes nothing to tu Mr rr I I Clark the latter is 5 much too ton powerful as speaker of the louse House to be bc S. S V snubbed or ignored The fhe presidential program ma may depend largely for f I its success upon the attitude of the speaker whose assistance is no less I essential to the administration than is that of Mr l Bryan t Speaker Clark has betrayed much irritation in discussing discussing- Bryan ever I t since bince the tho Baltimore convention when the tho opposition of the time latter cost costi costis is I the tho Missourian l the th nomination for the presidency His Ilis antipathy for forthe i IV the time three candidate is so palpable that leading Democratic newspapers newspapers news news- I papers evince alarm that th fend feud between the two may actually endanger a 0 ger gel the success of the Wilson administration Most l of time the Democratic 1 1 editors frankly advise that the tho speaker either cither be he compelled to abandon t his attitude or that the tho President elect use his influence for the selection t tion Lion of som other as speaker All agree that Champ Clarks Clark's likes and J ft I dislikes are arc much less important than the unimpeded progress of Democratic DemoI Democratic Demo Demo- I I cratic principles I H tI l- l 4 el