Arizona republican., 1911-08-23
Work of Special Session Weighed on Different Scales HESSRS. CLARK AND MANN
Former Believes Democrats Proved Capacity for Con- structive Statesmanship. Latter Says That They Are Blunderers.

Washington. Aug. %. - Speaker Clark in a review of the work of the first session of the siNty-second congress declared that the democratic party in congress had set good exam Die to democrats everywhere and that the party had redeemed every pedge made in the campaign of 1910.
 At this session the democrats made q record that is a surprise to their friends and has dumfounded their enemies" he said Tt has put heart and hope into democrats everywhere The extra session was extraordinary not only in the sense of being a spe- ciaI session, called by the president but also in the amount and quality of the work done in the house by the combined democrats and insur- gent republicans and the combined democrats and republican insurgents in the senate and especially by the upanimity of action developed by the house democrats.
 Tt was predicted freely, vocifer- ously. enthusiastically and continu- ously by the standpat press and ora tors that we would go to pieces. on that account, and by reason of that hope. they rejoiced that the extra session of congress was called SO that We might go to pieces at the earliest possible date. But We have sorelv disappointed their expectations.
 They even set the date when we would go to pieces, which was the date of the democratic caucus, Jan nary 19. But unfortunately in that caucus everything was done unan- imously. They said we would surely po to pieces as soon as we reached the tariff. but again they were doom ed to disappointment We are more thoroughly united in the house at the end of the session, if possible, than at the beginning.
 "Sneered at for years as party of mere negation, utterly lacking m ability for constructive statesman ship. We have passed more construc- tive legislation than any house Tn the same length of time in twenty years. We have redeemed every promise We made to carry the elections in 1910, We have economized, have passed the 
 list. and the cotton bills-With the sen ate amendment including the iron steel, chemical schedules; we have submitted for ratification. a consti- tutionaI amendment for the popular election of senators. the campaign publicitv expenses bill, and the New Mexico and Arizona statehood Dill.
 "To show how completely the standpat republicans are demorallzed 1t is only necessary to quote the newspaper statements of great re- joicing at the White House because we failed by a scratch to get two thirds majority to override the pres idents veto although we have only sfxty-three majority in the house. The president, who rode into power with a huge majority, is glad to es- cape the humiliation of having his veto overridden in a house containing a majority of only siXty-three.
 Notwithstanding the fact that four cabinet members were on the floor or the house lobbying in favor of the veto with all the power and patronage or the administration, twenty-two insur- gent republicans had the courage and manhood to override the presidents s veto. We honestly and persistently en- deavored tO relieve the people Of some of the burdens of taxation. but to use a sporting phrase, the president blocked the game On these issues We appeal to the country, feeling ab- solutely certain that as we stood for the best interest of the people, the people will stand by us.'
 The cabinet officers Clark referred to were Messrs Hitchcock, Wicker sham, Stimson and Nagle.