Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — CLARK WILL AID WILSON [ARTICLE]

CLARK WILL AID WILSON

Speaker Declares His Defeat Was Brought About by Attacks 1 Made by Bryan. Washington, July 3. —Speaker Clark upon his return to Washington from Baltimore dictated the following statement: “No set of men ever made a better or braver fight for any man in this world than my friends all over the country made for me., They have my heartfelt thanks. We never had money enough even to pay fpr an adequate supply of postage stamps, and literature. I was tied down here by my duties of the speakership. I could therefore aid my friends very little. They made the fight, gave me 200,000 majority in the states where Governor Wilson and I competed in the primaries, and caused me to lead on 30 ballots in the convention, in nine of which I had a clear majority. "Nevertheless, the nomination was bestowed upon Governor Wilsop. I never scratched a Democratic ticket or bolted a Democratic nominee lh my life. I will not change the Democratic habit now. I am too seasoned a soldier not to accept cheerfully the fortunes of war. “I will support Governor Wilson with whatever power I possess and hope he will be elected. “I lost the nomination solely through the vile and malicious slanders of Cel. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. True, these slanders were by Innuendo and insinuation, but they were no less deadly for that reason." _ ...