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Show BRYAN REPLIES TO CLAK'S STATEMENT By International News Service. BALTIMORE, June 30, William J. Bryan tonight replied to the statement of Speaker Clark, demanding that the Nebraskan prove or retract (he general charge made In convention that the Clark forces had allied themselves with the so-called privileged classes. In his statement state-ment Mr. Bryan said: I have received notice by publication publica-tion only. The only criticism I have made against Mr. Chirk is not that he had acted wrongfully, but that he has failed to act, I may overestimate overesti-mate the importance of the presidential presiden-tial office, but I have felt that an . aspirant for that office ought to manage man-age his own campaign and not allow al-low people to do things for him without with-out his direct and specific authority. The papers announced that Mr. Clark was neutral botween Mr. Parker and myself In the temporary chairmanship chairman-ship fight, and that he informed his supporters to vote aa they pleased. If that contest were purely a Question Ques-tion between Judge Parker and myself my-self as individuals, his refusal to take part would not be material, although he never sent out a piece of literature litera-ture or had a speech made In his behalf be-half that did not represent him as my special champion for sixteen years. Not Personal Contest. If he distributed any literature in which he associated his name with Mr. Parker's I shall be glad to withdraw with-draw this statement upon inspection of tho literature. But the contest between Judge Parker and myself was not a personal contest and everybody every-body except Mr. Clark knows this. It was a contest botween progressive Democracy on the one side and reactionary re-actionary Democracy on the other. and'I contend that In such a contest It was Mr. Clark's duty to take one side or tho other, If In his judgment there Is any material difference between be-tween the two klnd3 of Democracy; If ho Insists that there Is no difference, differ-ence, then he has no right to complain com-plain of criticism at the hands of those who believe that there Is a vital difference. But the activity of Mr. Clark's managers Is as objectionable objection-able as his own Inactivity. They have been In constant co-opcratlon with the reactionaries. If Mr. Clark did not authorize them to act he has, so far as I know, failed to rebuke them for acting. "Ninety Wax Figures." Take it for granted that he docs not object to the action of his managers man-agers In soliciting or at least In accepting ac-cepting without protest the support of thn ninety wax figures which Mr. Murphy under the unit rule uses to carry out the wishes of the prodn-tory prodn-tory Interests. The public Is not much Interested In Mr. Cark's opinion of me; he will have ample time In which he can express his opinion after the convention, whether he Is nominated or not: hut if I am any Judge of the news value of the items, the people would like to know Immediately Im-mediately whether he believes that the New York delegation which Is completely under tho domination of Mr. Murphy and which contains among Its members representatives, attorneys or agents of nearly every predatory Interest that Is oppressing' the people whether he considers that this delegation thus controlled by one man, who I controlled by thn Interest?, stands In the same position as delegates who represent the masses, and whether he has any objection ob-jection to a nomination made possible pos-sible only by the support of the New York delegation Clark Right at Heart. I have tried to advise Mr. Clark in ills own interest, as I believe, and In the Interest of the party, and It Is a source of great disappointment to me that he should havo listened to personal enemies of mine morn than he has to me. In using the . word "disappointment," I do not use it in a personal sense, for I havo no desire to Impose my advice upon him; but I do not feel that it Is presumptuous pre-sumptuous for mo to assume that I am better acquainted with the aehti-" mont of the people than those who havo had his ear and I am sure that I speak for a larger number. I am sure. too. that I am as disinterested as those upon whoso, counsel he relies, re-lies, for I have no Interest In the subject except my Interest In the principles and policies which can be advanced through the election of a Democratic president. I bcllove that Mr. Clark Is right at heart, but during dur-ing the last few days he has been misled and has failed to take advantage advan-tage of the opportunities presented to throw his Influence actively Into the balance when questions of great Importance Im-portance were at Issue. Bryan Distressed. Late Saturday Mr Bryan gave the Baltimore American a statement relating to Speaker Clark's position In the contest. con-test. The Baltimore American's statement state-ment Is as follows: It distressed me to have to do anything any-thing that might result In injury to the political fortunes of Mr. Clark. I havo known him for eighteen years, rejoiced In his selection as a minority leader and a vear and a half ago regarded re-garded him as more likely than any one else to fit Into the conditions, so far as I could then estimate them. If he had made good use of tho opportunity op-portunity he had he would have been nominated by acclamation, but Instead In-stead of leading the progressive element ele-ment of the party, the element with which he had always been Identified, he became Imbued with the Idea that his special duty was to harmonize the two elements "of the party and prevent pre-vent a break in the ranks. The leader and the harmonlzer are two entirely different poisons, and Mr. Clark chose to be the latter. There are times when the harmonlzer is the most available candidate, but the situation Is different now. Tho country Is allvo with progressive Ideas, and progresslvlsm having been defeated in Chicago, two or three millions of Republicans are following the proceedings of this convention and waiting to sec whether they can use the Democratic party for the rebuking of the stnndpat Republicanism or be forced to organize a new party. Clark's First Mistake. Mr. Clark's first mistake was in attempting to overlook tho traditional tradition-al differences which exist In the Democratic Dem-ocratic party between the progressives progres-sives and the reactionaries. His second sec-ond mistake was In selecting managers man-agers who sought to advance his cause by manipulation rather than by the candid appeal which boflts tho present hour. After permitting a considerable number of reactionaries to come into the convention under Instructions, theso managers endeavored to win votes by tying up with the reactionary reaction-ary element of tho convention. While Mr. Clark himself remained neutral In the fight between Judge Parker and myself for temporary chairman, his managers were working like beavers for Judge Parker. SPEAKER'S LETTER TO SENATOR STONE By International News Service. BALTIMORE. June 30. Speaker Champ Clark. Missouri's candidate for tho nomination nomi-nation for president by tho Democratic national convention, tonight declared that he would remain a candidate boforo the convention until two-thirds of the delegates dele-gates had either nominated him or some i other candidate. Woodrow Wilson' delegations hold several sev-eral conferences today and decided to "stick It out to the finish." Oscar W. Underwood's phalnnx of 100 or more delegates from the south showed no break In their runks today. Thev le-cldc-d to "stand put" for their candidate. The deadlock which has existed In the convention through twenty-six ballots last week looks Just as adamantine tonight a It did whn tho convention adjourned Saturday night. All effort at compromise have failed. (Continued on Pago Seven.) cohthomersy over bui c01ii1es (Oontlnaed From page Two.) hntlrnnhi.nen,,1,ny of ntertalnlnp and buttonhollnc of delegates, but with little nn 'rl''18; rThfl convcntlon 1 made ffi'ffl1 of fnccf now to a national h ' invention, hut they seem to iihiU s.t;h01 pokcr Playors who sit "Slit and stick until tho last chip has been won or lost. Champ Clark's declaration to remain In tho race until the bitter ond came tonlRht n a letter wrltton In reply to one authorized au-thorized by practically all tho Clark delegates dele-gates In the convention. Tho delegates' letter, signed by Senator William .T. Mono of Missouri, urged the speaker to r?m.,i. ,n,lllc ,nce- declaring that for eight ballots he hart received a malorilv of tho ballots In tho convention, .and", therefore, was the nominee or tho majority ma-jority of the delegates of the convention and was entitled to a two-thirds vote of ratification of his nomination by tho convention. con-vention. Senator Stone's Letter. Senator Stone's letter was as follows: To the Hon. Champ Clark r Sir Aa a result of conferences of a large number of your supporters for the Democratic nomination for president, presi-dent, I am directed by their unanimous unani-mous voice to nddress to you the following fol-lowing communication: It 1b a first principle of Democracy that tho will of the majority shall prevail. The two-thirds rule observed by the Democratic party In national conventions, adopted originally In connoctlon with tho nomination of a candidate for vice president, was abrogated by practice long ago. Whenever during tho past sixty years a candidate has received a majority of tho votos, his title to the nomination nomina-tion has been recognized and has been ratified Immediately by tho addition addi-tion of a sufficient number to meet the" technical requirement of two-thirds. two-thirds. Says Precedent Binding. The precedent made during all these years has become a party law as bind ing in morals and In equity as If it were a wrltton statute. No fair-minded fair-minded man can deny that, and but for this fact the two-thirds rule would have been definitely abolished years ago. Nor can anyone, in reason, rea-son, or In right, question the declaration declara-tion that It Is a point of honor w.lth the party and the party's representatives representa-tives to sustain this tradition. Even though a bare majority of tho delegates had voted for you but once, the right of the party's representatives representa-tives to designate" you as a nominee would have been established, i3ut the fact that you held a clear majority major-ity on eight successive ballots proved conclusively that the expression expres-sion of the majority was In no sense tentative, but was deliberative and definite From every point of view, therefore, your title to the Democratic nomination for president is clear and unmistakable. Insist of Staying in. In view of these circumstances, we Insist that you owe it to the Democratic Demo-cratic party, to your supporters in the convention and to your own honor to continue as a candidnte until two-thirds two-thirds of the delegates shall meet the technical requirements and confirm the nomlnutlon, which In all fairness, Justice and morals has already been conferred upon you by a majority of tho delegatus representing forty-six Btatcs and territories of tho union. Upon receipt of assurance from you that under no circumstances will you permit your name to be withdrawn, we hereby pledge ourselves to vote for you on every ballot that sluUl hereafter be taken In tho convention. conven-tion. Very truly yours, WIL,I,IAM J. STONE, Chairman of the Missouri Delegation. Delega-tion. Speaker's Reply. The spcakor's reply was as follows; Washington, D. O. Hon. William J. Stone: Sir Referring to tho communication communica-tion of my supporters forwarded to mo by you. I beg to sav that in or dinary circumstances I -would bo the last one to encourage any movement which might tend to create a dtad-lock dtad-lock In a Democratic national convention conven-tion and thoreby perhaps Imperii tho standing of our party In the estimation estima-tion of the country. I believe I am speaking the exact truth when I say that no personal IntoreBt would weigh with me for one moment aa against my life-long devotion devo-tion to our party. If x majority of tho delegates had not declared their preference for me as their candidate, I could not entertain your proposal. The fact, however, that they have dono so on eight successive ballots creates an exceptional condition which surely merits careful and conscientious conscien-tious consideration. Custom Violated. It Is undoubtedly true that the custom of our party was violated when tho convention refrained from ratifying by a two-thirds vote the expressed wish of a majority. This was dono, according to my understanding, under-standing, at the Instigation of Mr, JBryan, who successfully solicited the co-operation of others in an effort to prevent such ratification. Mr Bryan set forth his reasons for pursuing pur-suing this course in a speech announcing announc-ing his own change of vote. Ho declared de-clared that I was a candldato at the primaries of Nebraska aa a progressive progres-sive and that upon this understanding understand-ing ho was oloctod a delegate and instructed to vote for mo In tho national na-tional convention. This is correct. I was regarded then und had been regarded for years as a progressive by tho Democrats of Nebraska and by Mr. Bryan What has since transpired trans-pired to convince Mr. Bryan that though In his Judgment a progressive only two months and even only one week ago, I am not a progressive now? Have I suddonly proved faithless faith-less to the principles which I have upheld steadfastly for twenty years? No. Have I been recreant to my trust as speaker of tho house of representatives? rep-resentatives? No. Mr. Bryan cites no act of mine as evidence of his assumption. Ho withholds his vote from tnc becauno "he will not participate par-ticipate In the nomination of any man whose nomination depends on the vote of tho New York delegation." delega-tion." He also says to the convention: conven-tion: "By your resolution, adopted night boforf last, you, by a vote of moro than -i to 1. pledged the coun-trv coun-trv that you would nomlnotn for tho presldonov no man who was under obligations to Morgan, Ryan, Belmont, Bel-mont, or any of tho privilege-seeking favor-hunting classes. This pledge. If kept, will have more influence on tlio result of tho election than the piutform or tho name of the candidate. candi-date. Tlow can that pledge be made I'nVctlvoV Them Ja but ono way. nanmlv, to nominate a. candidate who Is under no obligation to those whom these Interests either directly or Indirectly In-directly control." Says Implication Plain. Although Mr. Bryan's wolds are shrcwdU- choson o avoid making a direct chaw upon me. the Implication Implica-tion l plain. It Is that. If elected president of the L'nltod States I would consider myself 'obligated to those whom he mentioned and that I would bo "under the control of tbono Influences." Influ-ences." It would he Vn.m.lnnn " one holding my present official position posi-tion to express the Indignation which I feel at these veiled asporelons upon mMyh iSrlt'y has never before been questioned, for Ibc simple rnason that not once during the seventeen years I have served In congress ; havn 1 been subjected to the test of temptation through wrongful Influence In i any form. But whother I shall become vour designated candidate for president presi-dent or not, I am your speaker at a time when vour party is in tho crucible cruci-ble of scrutiny and I cannot, In duty, permit these aspersions to pnss unheeded. un-heeded. As apcakcr of the houso of representatives, as a lifelong Democrat, Demo-crat, proud of my party, an on American, Ameri-can, I pronounce Mr. Bryan's Implied accusations both false and Infamous. If I am speaking the truth with respect re-spect to this matter It follows necen-earllv necen-earllv that the rcusons advanced by Air. 'Brvan for departing from the tlmo-honorcd custom of our parly In rt'cognlzlnc tho voice of tho majority major-ity ar" not. reasons at all. but the HliiiUowcst of pretexts put forward to nchleve some purpose which I snail not attempt to divine. I bid you. then, pay to my fricruH that 1 accept with dccpesL gratitude their renewed assurancca of loyalty and now declare without qualification that my name will remain beforo the convention, subject to no tradn or dicker, until two. third of the dc e-pates e-pates nhall ratify or refuse to ratify the action of the majority. Very respectfully re-spectfully youra. (Signed) CHAMP CLARK. |