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Show HEARST'S PAPERS i TOSUPPORTCUIK I SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Speak- l & cr Champ Clark will be given the I pf support of the William R, Hearst iff Democratic faction In California, In tm his candidacy for the nomination for Ml the presidency, according to corres- " fr pondence made public today. In a M telegram to M. F. Ttrpoy, one of STf the leading Hearst supporters, Speak- J'dj or Clark asserted that he had stead- i&i fastly refused to permit campaigning r Mk in his behalf In states that had Ml avowed "favorite eon" candidates. For V Hp! this reason he would not enter tho Trw lists against Mr. Hearst In California. gJj4& This message was forwarded to m lS Mr. Hearst, and brought the reply W f" lhat he "could not for one moment tfT3 consider his (Clark's) retiring from $t$ California in my favor." V'-iy "Mr. Clark Is the logical candidate "csS, for president." said Mr. Hearst's mes- ftsSn sage, "and should receive not oiilv Ji'toii the Hupport of the Democratic voters tt'dhl in California, but of every state in J'!ik5 the union." ifittl |