The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-04
DEPosED CAR oRAclousLY
YIELDED THE GAVEL TO
SPEAKER CLARK.
MANY new FACES ARE SEEN
Democratic House and Republican
Senate Meet to Consider Taft Ad-
ministration Measure.

Washington, April 4.-Champ Clark,
of Missouri, today at. noon ascended
to the speakers throne, and, while the
deposed czar looked on with a smile,
picked up the gavel, gave the desk a
smart thump, and declared the sixty
second congress in session. The cere-
mony was repeated by the Vice Presi-
dent in the senate at the same time.
Both houses then sent official word to
President Taft that the extraordinary
session he had called was ready for
salRsiness.
Greatly to the disappointment of the
people of Washington, Speaker Clark
did not live up to his reputed promise
to ride to the capitol on the back of a
Mississippi mule. The new speaker
was given handsome reception by
his colleagues of the house, and for
mer Speaker Cannon was among the
first to congratulate him.
With large number OF new mem.
bers in both houses to be introduced
to their jobs, and numerous prelimi.
nary matters to be attended to, it will
probably be several days before the
wheels of the new congress are work
ing smoothly.
The Democratic leaders evidently
anticipate long and busy session to
be marked by the accomplishment OF
many things besides the passage OF
the Canadian reciprocity act, for
which the extraordinary session was
specifically called by the president
ONE expect to stay in Washington all
dmmer, and have made preparations
Fsq0rdingLy.
The day marked the opening of the
trial of the Democratic party to
demonstrate its worthiness to receive
''the wider confidence" of the voters
of the country. Representative Champ
Clark, of Missouri, in his speech ac-
cepting the speakership of the house
outlined the measures through which
the Democratic party hopes to con
tlnue to enjoy the faith of the people
In the house the Democratic ma
jority is 6S, against the Republican
majority in the last congress of 43.
The Republican majority in the
senate is nine against a Republican
majority in the last congress of 81.
There is one vacancy in the senate
from Colorado, whose legislature is
Democratic, and there are two vacan-
cies in the house, from the Ninth Iowa
and Second Pennsylvania Districts.
The interesting situation of Demo
cratic house and Republican senate
1Seeting to consider a Taft admins
I. <ive measure directs unusual at
tCN.ion to the convening of the sixty
second congress in extraordinary ses
sion at noon tomorrow. The political
complexions of the two branches OF
congress will be as follows:
House Democrats, 22S; Republicans
100; Socialist, /; vacancies, 2-the
Ninth Iowa and Second Pennsylvania
districts.
Senate-Republicans, so; Demo
crats, Al; vacancy, 1, from Colorado
The roll calls in the two branches
will show some remarkable changes
from the last session. In the house
the Democrats will show gain OF
f1fty-four members and the Republi
cans a loss of fifty-five, the Socialist
member, Victor Berger, of Milwaukee
accounting for the difference in the
equation.
By reason of the change resulting
fyam the election last November new
KSles win be seen, not only in the
nj lmbership of the house, but in the
whole organization. Republican EN-
ployes in great number will go out and
their places will be filed by Demo
Gratis. Choice rooms in the capitol
and the house office building long con
troled by the Republicans, will be sur
rendered to the representatives of the
party which is to gather up the house
reins.
Mann to Lead Republicans.
Representative James R. Mann, oi