The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-15
SPEECH Of CLARK
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
New Speaker Of the House Says
Democrats Are Now
= on Trial.
ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE
Republicans Asfonished Because There
Was Not a Ripple Of Discord
Among Democrats-Can-
non Full Of Fight.
.pecial Correspondence.

Washington, d. c.. April IA
Through your Geographic news ser
| vice your readers have learned of
| the organization of the Sixty-Second
Congress and the principal incidents
connected Herewith. With the re-
publicans controlling the Senate, by
a reduced majority of nine, and the
democrats masters OF the House by
a decisive majority of sixty-three,
the opening of the session was mark
ed by greater party rivalry than
| the Capitol has seen since the very
un-democratic landslide of 1894
swept the other party into power,
The advantage at the start is dis
tinctly with the democrats. They
have organized the House with per-
feet harmony-to the utter aston
ishment of their opponents. There
was not a ripple of discord The ex-
pertinent of having a select commit
tee, regularly elected in caucus ap-
point the other committees, hereto
fore appointed by the Speaker, has
proved most gratifying success.
Not a single change was asked when
the lists were submitted to the eau
Gus for approval. The Senate has
made up its committees in this way
for more than half a century; and
there was no reason why the House
should not do so, with equal satis-
faction-althoug the republicans
professed to believe it could not be
done. And, as a matter of fact, !
have no doubt that, in their present
bad humor, it would be quite impos-
sible to them
Not every member got what he
wanted. 1t would be untrue to say
that all are entirely pleased. That
has not been possible, under any sys-
| TEN OF organizing the committees
| either in the House or Senate. But
among those who got less than they
had hoped for this remark is COM
| mon; "WeII, did not get just what
T wanted; but | suppose ] got about
what was coming TO me-" An ear
nest desire for harmony was every
where apparent, along with highly
commendable willingness to make
personal sacrifices, if nece sary, in
order that the party might prove it
self worthy of ''the higher conf
dence" of the people, which it hopes
to win next year.
There is little indication Of har-
mony among the House republicans.
The line between the regulars" and
in car , CT.t - g IiCfi r,p r lyr
drawn now as it was in the last
Congress and harmony seems inn
possible so long as the leaders of
these factions that fought so bitter
~ then are sent back here Your
'Uncle joe Cannon, now reduced
to the ranks, and seyenty-five years
old, but as spry as a young fellow
of sixty. viii never forget nor for
give the indignity put upon him
| when he was summarily removed
| from the Committee on Rules and
| stripped of most of his power He
| is full of fight and bitterness, and
has not missed an opportunity since
Ito crack an insurgent over the head.
| His speech on the second day of
| this new session sounded a note of
| defiance and threw down a challenge
to continuous battle. And the un-
| involved members of his party look
on with regret. and admit, if you can
prevail upon them to talk confiden-
TALLY, that about the only chance
| they have of winning the Presiden-
/ tial election, next year, lies in the
! possibility of serious democratic
| laundering.