The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-22
AS Congress Concludes Ses-
sion, Clark Appeals to the
People in Support of a
Democratic Tariff. r
BRANDS TAFT BLOCK
Err OF LEGISLATION
Minority Leader Mann Says
Democrats Bungled AZ
fairs and Neglected Import
ant Legislation.
(National News Assoeiation)

(National News Assoeiation)
WASHINGTON. Aug Pin the
dying hours of the extra session
Speaker Champ Clark today issued an
optimistic statement reviewing the
work Of the session and declaring the
record of the Democratic house, Sur
prised our friends and dumfounded
our enemies" The speaker says the
Democrats have ,"acted rather than
talked and had done their best to re-
lieve the people of the burden of tax
alton owing to the high tariff, but
He appeals to the country to say
whether it will stand by the Demo
cratic tariff revisionists or by Presi-
dent Taft who vetoed their tariff bills.
Minority leader Mann issued state
ment attacking the Democratic record
in the the extra session and asserting
the members of that party in the
house would have been wiser to have
confined the special session to the
Canadian reciprocity, instead of CIV
ing "a performance of how to bungle
legislation He pointed out that the
Democratic amendments rendered leg
islation enacted worthy of the Presi-
dents veto while pension conserva-
tion and Panama Canal legislation was
neglected
Speaker Clark Optimistic.
Speaker Clark's statement is as fol-
lows:
"At this session the Democrats have
made a record which has surprised
eo1r friends ana dumfounded our en-
emies. 1t has put heart and hope in
the Democrats everywhere. The ex-
ira session of Congress was extraor-
binary, not only in the sense of being
a special session called by the Presi-
dent, but also in the quality of the
work done in the house by the COM
bined Democrats and the insurgents,
and the combined Democrats and Re-
publicans in the Senate, and especial
ly the unanimity of action developed
among the house Democrats.
1T was predicted freely, vociferous-
ly, enthusiastically and confidently by
the standpat press and orators that we
would go to pieces, but we have sore
| ly disappointed all their expectations.
They even set the date when we would
go to pieces which was the day of the
Democratic caucus, January 10, but
unfortunately for them in that case
everything was done Immediately.
The next morning when they found We
had agreed in spite of their predic-
tions to the contrary they had to
pinch themselves to see if they were
awake. Then they said surely we
would go to pieces as soon as we
reached the tariff question, but again
they were doomed to disappointment
and we did not go to pieces at all. We
were more thoroughly united in the
house at the end of the session, if pos
sible, than at the beginning.
1--WE have set a good example to
Democrats everywhere. Sneered al
as a party of near negation, and as
being utterly lacking in ability at con
structive craftsmanship we passed
through the house more constructive
legislation and better than has pass
ed through any house in the same
length of time in twenty years. We
have set the pace in that regard for
/ future houses.
Democrats Redeemed Promises.
| "We redeemed every promise made
to carry the election IN 1910. We have
economical. passed the reciprocity
bill, the free list bill, the statehood
bill with the senate amendment, the
iron and steel schedule and the chem
ical schedule, and submitted for rat
ification the constitutional amendment
providing for popular election of sen.
ators of the United States. We pass
ed a bill for publication of campaign
expenses before the election. We lib
eralized the rules, making the commit
tees elective by the huose; we passed
la resolution admitting New Mexico
and Arizona to the union and We pass
ed a large number of other bills oi
more or less importance. 1t is rec
! ord of which we may well be proud
and on which we will sweep the coun
try in 1912
ITO show completely the standpat
Republicans are demoralized it is only
necessary to quote the newspapers
statements that there was great re
joicing and congratulating at the
white house because we failed by q
scratch to get the two-thirds majority
ito override the presidents veto. al
Though we have only 63 majority In
the house To this complexion has il
come at last that President Taft who
.rode into power by huge majority
is glad to escape the humiliation 81
having his vetoes overriden In house
containing a Democratic majority o.
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