Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
Champ Clark Felt Pulse OF
People in Middle West.
SAYS THEY ARE SATISFIED
Believes Country Has No Fear Be-
cause of Change in House Control.
ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON
Speaker-to-Be Returns to This City
Ready to Take Up Duties as
Democratic Leader.

Champ Clark got back to town last
night from the middle west, where he
has been making a two-week lecturing
and speaking tour. One week from next
Tuesday it will be proper to refer to him
as Speaker Champ Clark-and it sounds
good to him. Indeed, he is already being
addressed as MIR. Speaker" by those
who do not drop all prefixes and call hin,
Champ
Mr.. Clark comes back to Washington
after his little trip of feeling the pulse OF
the plain people convinced that the whole
country has gone democratic. plumb. He
thinks that the man in the street looks
forward with satisfaction to democratic
control, and that the man behind the
money bags is not alarmed. He found
that the fearsomely proclaimed menace
of democratic victory was a republican
bugaboo which doesn't scare anybody.
Mr.. Clark doesn't have to give any
worry to the organization of the House.
In the olden days this period in advance
of the assembling of Congress would have
been a busy time for the Speaker-pro
spective. The last time the democrats
came into power in the House there was
a rafting contest for the Speakership
going on between Mr.. Crisp of Georgia
and q field Of active candidates. Mr..
Clark's title to the Speakership has al
ready been assured. Neither will he have
to worry over the appointment of COM
done
Committees Selected.
All Mr. Clark will have to do on as
sembling day will be to see that he has
a newly starched white lawn tie and ac-
cept the gavel which Chief Clerk Nc
DOwell will hand him after he has been
formally elected Speaker.
Then he will draw from his inside coat
pocket q paper which Oscar Underwood
mittee assignments prepared for him by
the committee on committees, sand soy:
The chair announces tho appointment Of
the following committees" From that
time, on Mr.. Clark will look benignantly
down upon the House, receive and put
motions and see that that foxy old man.
Uncle Joe Cannon. doesn't try to start
something
A brand-new set Of rules. framed to
meet the demands of the new thought In
parliamentary procedure, and to be as
different as possible from the tyrannicai
rules of the czars. his predecessors, will
be handed to him to enforce-aftor he
studies them. In that respect he will
have the advantage over the last demo-
cratic Speaker, for Judge Crisp had to
work under a set of rules which embod-
led the essential features under which
the republicans had worked. BY COIN
cidence the son of the late Speaker Crisp
Is to be the parliamentary coach OF
Speaker Clark.
Mr.. Clark expresses the opinion that
Congress is likely to be in session well
into the summer. He recalls the fact
that twice before Congress has been
summoned in extraordinary session to
deal with the tariff and has found itself
still at work in the dog days
No Lack Of Harmony.
One thing Mr. Clark is certain of. and
that is that the republicans will be sadly
disappointed in their expectation of lack
Of democratic harmony. He does not
share the complacent egotism OF the re.
publicans that they alone are competen.
to frame a tariff law. He is quite sure
that all Of the knowledge Of tariff condi-
tions is not the exclusive property of one
political party.
Mr. Clark is also confident that the
democrats will be able to revise the wool
schedule in a way to meet with the ap-
proval of the consumers Of the country
and yet not to destroy any American in
dustry. He feels sure that the masses of
the people are back of the democratic
program In this respect.
Mr.. Clark hopes to see the democratic
House direct some sweeping investiga-
tions into the government departments
Ollie James Of Kensucky has promised
to introduce resolutions providing for
nine Investigations. and Mr.. Clark will
shall be composed of the ablest men in
the House. intent upon making a flne-
tooth inquiry into all the departments
Departmental investigation has always
been a long suit with the democrats
Another distinguished Missourian. who
was a colleague of Mr.. Clark. Mr.. Dock
cry, made a reputation for himself as an
Investigator Of departmental affairs that
had much to do with landing him In the
governors chair, 1t was afterward said.
Will Revise Wool Schedule.
man OF the new ways and means COM
mittee and committee on committees. and
who Is to be the militant leader Of the
House, is authority for the direct state
ment that the democrats will undertake
the revision Of the wool schedule. He
says that there is little discrepancy
in the schedule which the democrats in
tend to rectify.
MI. CHucTWOOu Has AOOIO taat tne
average protection in the wool schedule
given the manufacturer Is 80 per cent.
while the average labor cost Is 25 per
cent. He thinks that even the republican
platform demand for a protective tariff
based on the difference in cost between
this country and abroad could hardly
justify that difference.
Mr.. Underwood and his democratic col
leagues contend that the difference be-
tween these figures represents a margin
Of profit of Is per cent to the manufac-
turer and they propose to ''whack up
with the consumer.
1t is in the intention of the democratic
ways and means committee to go to work
on the wool schedule as soon as the
House is organized and the Canadian re-
ciprocity bill fairly launched.
The .'pruning committee Of the demo-
cro$ic nrDa MS Zation Mossra paJroar