Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-22
Speaker Lauds Democrats
for Work in Sixty
second Congress.
SEES 1912 VICTORY
President Taft and Republican
Old Guard Condemned for
ignoring Appeals.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Champ Clark.
speaker OF the house Of representa-
tives, in a review of the work Of the
first session OF the sixty-second con
gress, declares that the democratic
party set a good example for demo
Gratis everywhere and that the party
had redeemed every promise It made
in the campaign Of 1910, when the dem
ocrats wrested control OF the house
from the republicans.
AT this session the democrats have
made a record which has surprised our
friends and dumbfounded our enc
miles," said Speaker Clark. TT has put
heart and hope into democrats every
where. The extra session was extra
ordinary not only in the sense of be
ing a special 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-
gents, and the combined democrats
and republican insurgents in the sen-
ate, and especially by the unanimity
OF action developed by the house dem
ocrats.
NOI 6O Io
at was predicted freely, vociferous-
ly, enthusiastically and confidently
by the STAND pat press and orators
that we would go to pieces. On that
account and by reason OF that hope
| they reioiced that the extra session OF
congress was called, so that We might
go to pieces at the earliest possible
1 date. But we have sorely disappoint-
led all their expectations. They even
set the date when we would go TO
pieces, which was the day of the demo
cratic caucus on Jan. 49, but unfortu
nately for them in that caucus every
thing was done unanimously. The next
morning when they found we had
agreed in spite of their malicious pre-
dictions to the contrary, they had TO
pinch themselves to see II they were
awake. They then 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
are more thoroughly united I'm the
house at the end of the session, II pos
sible, than at the beginning.
GOOD EXAMPLE SET.
I'VE have set a good example TO
democrats everywhere. Sneered at for
years as a party Of mere negation anG
as being utterly lacking in ability for
constructive statesmanship. we passed
through the house more constructive
| legislation, and better, than has pass
ed through any house In the same
| length OF time in 20 years We have
In, th,t 20
houses.
I'VE redeemed every promise made
in order to carry the elections In 1910
We have economized; we passed the
reciprocity bill, the wool tariff bill, tn
free list bill, the cotton bill with thu
senate amendments, which included
the iron and steel schedule and tn
chemical schedule; we submitted for
ratification constitutional amendment
providing for popular election Of sena
tors of the United States. we passed "a
bill for the publication OF campaign
expenses before election; we liberaliz.
ed the rules. making the committees
elective by the house we passed a res
olution to admit New Mexico and Ari-
zona. and we passed a large number OF
other bills of more or less importance
II is a record Of which we may we'll be
stood up TO the rack Is entitled 20 hi5
country I'm 1912.
REPUBLICANS DEMOR4LIZED.
ITO show how completely the stand.
pat republicans are demoralized II is
only necessary to quote the newspaper
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