The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04
!. Time Since 1895 That Demo.
Gratis Rule the Country and
They are Full of
Joy.
I DOT OF TWELVE
|hamp Clark Elected Speaker Today
Amid the Applause Of the
Gallery and
Floor.

House Membership.
New Democratic members 81
lew Republican members ...... 45
lew Socialist members ........ /
Total number of new members. ~
Seven new Democratic and two new
Republicans served in former con-
resses.
Total number Of Democrats $3.50. 22S
Total number Of Republicans -. .160
Total Socialistic number ........ /
Democratic majority over Republi-
bans, 6S.
Vacancies in the second Pennsyl-
kania and ninth Iowa districts will
Be filed with Republicans, making the
Democratic majority over the Republi-
kans 66.
Senate.
New Democrats .........4..... II
New Republicans ................ b
Total number of new members y. II
Total number of Republicans 80
#Total number of Democrats ...... Al
Republican majority .......... 9
/ Vacancy Colorado will be filed by
Q Democrat making the Republican
majority s.
| WASHINGTON, April I, -Lesions OF
happy Democrats today stormed the
House end of the Capitol, the prize
OF their November victory.
stalwart Champ Clark was the stal
feature Of the occasion SO joyous tt
his party brethern. AS he sank grace
fully onto the high back chair, the
Cannon throne, the climax of the part.
triumph seemed to have been reached
and the acclamation of the Democrats
on the floor and in the balconies was
without bounds.
Since March 4, 1895, when Chas. Z
Crisp, of Georgia, laid aside the gavel
there had been no Democrat in tn
Speakers chair.
Over on the Senate of the house o
government there had been a larg
shrlnkage in the Republican majorit
but no change in party control and $
there was no demonstration to ma
the dignity of the opening ceremonie'
Holdover Senators were almost daze
by the number of strange men in thei
mldst, mostly unknown and unsun
veterans who had bossed the Senat
for years.
on the dot of twelve. gavel taps &
Doth ends of the Capitol signaled fc
order and the special session was III
DER way. President Taft had moboli
ed the statesmen to get action on h
reciprocity trade agreement with Cal
ada, which was passed by the la:
House but neatly smothered by tt
Senate.
Democrats in the House expected
reach the subject by-and-by and,
'ne meantime, will try their hands
revision of features of the Payn
Aidrlch tariff law. Reduced rates
wool, Schedule X, will be. their fir
ohering. Predictions of members, ;
% the length of the session ranl
III TIME from July to September.
interests centered in the House b
cause of the turnover in control. M'
were willing to give high prices +
lhe privilege Of seeing "Uncle Jo
Nannon with the minority on the flo
and the valiant Missourian, with Il
hatlonal flag as background and Il
terrible mace at his side, referee t
dolngs in the pit.
mere was an awful jam. Folks w
were children when the Democra
iast held the House and 1t seem
mere could not be any speakers
cept Tom" Reed and Joe" Cannc
marched in columns to the Capt.
hours before the time for opening t
session. They packed the hallwa
ahd patiently faced locked doors b
Jug the time when they should be
inltted. With the opening Of the W
3 % the seats there followed a rush a
and scramble and the galleries We
filed.
Women. radiant in the bright hu