The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-06

Champ Clark the First Demo-
cratic Speaker in
Sixteen Years.


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I washington, ID. c., April 4. 1911
The opening to-day OF the Sixty.
second Congress, called into extraor
dinary session by President Taft, va.
not marked by any unusual incidents
President Taft did not send In nj.
message to Congress. It is under.
stood, however, that the message oi
the President will be short and con.
lined entirely to reciprocity with Can
ada
1t is also understood that the Presi.
dent will call the attention OF the
Democratic House to the fact that
tariff board, authorized by Con
gress and appointed by him, is now
investigating the differences in the
cost of production here and abroad
as to each article covered by the tar
III, and that that board will be able
to report On a number of important
schedules by the opening of the reg
ular session in December. and that
he will suggest that 1t would be wise
not to act in the dark, but for the
Congress to wait for the report of
this commission giving the facts.
Champ Clark and His Speech to the
House.
When Champ Clark, the new
Speaker-the first Democratic Speak
er in sixteen years-entered the
House, he was, of course, greeted
with very enthusiastic applause. On
formal roll-call Mr.. Clark was
elected Speaker receiving the united
vote of the Democratic majority,
while the minority vote was cast SOL
idly for Mr.. James R. Mann, of Illi-
nOis, Speaker Cannon having declined
to be candidate for the minority
Speakership.
Speaker Clark, in his speech ac-
cepting the high Office, outlined the
pledges which his party had made to
the people and the legislation which
he thought was necessary to keep
those pledges in good faith. The
keynote of his speech is summed up
in the following sentence:
'sWe are this day put on trial.
and the duty devolves on us to
demonstrate, not so much by fine
phrases as by good works. that
we are worthy of the confidence
imposed in us by the voters of
the land, and that We are wor-
thy of their wider confidence"
Among the distinguished Demo-
Gratis who were present to see the
election and inauguration of the first
Democratic Speaker in sixteen years,
were William ]. Bryan, three times
the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent, and a possible candidate for a
fourth nomination, and Governor
Harmon of Ohio, who is being groom
ed, by the conservative Democratic
for the Democratic nomina-I
ton.
The Democratic Program.
The House Democrats met in eau
Gus on Saturday night to elect the
chairmen and members OF the stand
ing committees of the House and to
outline the Democratic program of
the session.
This work had all been prepared
for the Caucus by the DemocraticI
on ways and means, which
had been selected by a prior Demo
cratic caucus several months ago. The
program announced to the caucus by
this committee provided for doing a
1umber of things besides considering
he Canadian reciprocity bill for
which the President called Congress
INTO extra session.
The program includes the consid-I
sration Of
The election of United States Sem
ltors by the peope;
Legislation providing for publicity
" campaign contributions before and
after elections;
The re-apportionment of the House
IN the basis OF the last census;
Investigation of the executive de-
,artments;
The admission OF Arizona and New
Mexico:
And some pop-gun revision OF the
ariff. including the WOODEN and cot
on schedules, and any other matters
hat may be authorized by the Demo
ratio caucus.
This report was unanimously
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