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Show SUPPORT FIGHT OS TIMER Democratic Committeemen Declare for More Virile Floor Leadership. (Ohienfto Tribune Special Service ) WASHINGTON. .March SS.-The Demo-ci;itlc Demo-ci;itlc reorsanizaliou contn.lttco made inibhc tocisht letters from several Demo-h Demo-h , r .U"K,1'. "i'llccnien indorsinK ori l? doteat Clinn,,, Clark for ml. consresi '" houso ot the nL'xl -t tin; satisfied that unless leadership s had m the house the Uemocratic or-j-.mUation will Kn 1o pieces," wrote John t.. l-.v;iiis ot South Carolina. "Champ Clark is too old and his ideas are out ot touch with the times. ll0 is a reactionary reac-tionary and can't ftct over his defeat or nomination as president. To place 111,1 ln.',he leadership would bo absolutely absolute-ly suicidal. -.V' U- ,llor"brook of Oregon said that. thoro should he a Sreatcr degree of Harmony between the Democratic members mem-bers of both houses and the executive branch of the government." V,th'7' con''itteeinen indorsing the anti-Clark movement were J. G Craw-tord Craw-tord of Florida, Si. R. Amidon of Kansas, Tom Wade of Oklalloma and K. C. -Murchio of New Hampshire. l- K. I.uckctt, a Jefferson Citv, Mo., lawyer, wrote: "A large number of Democrats In this state think Mr. Clark has outlived his usefulness Mi congress, and an overwhelming over-whelming majority of them do not indorse in-dorse his attitude toward Mr. Wilson. c did not at the time, nor do we now, indorse his conscript convict speech. If your committee intrusts the leadership of the nfinority in the next congress to some other man than Clark, I feel sure you will hear no protest from Missouri Democracy." v |