The Washington herald., 1911-04-05

said. land filled by a great man. Cen
tlemen. l present TO you your Speaker,
the Hon. Champ Clark. of Missouri.
Talbot Administers Oath.
Speaker Clark seized his gavel, a new
one with an engraved silver plate that
some admirer sent him. raped a couple
of times, secured a reasonable reduction
in the racket and started ahead with
his speech. outlining the policies and pur-
poses OF the Democrats. Representative
The various State delegations then ad-
vanced TO the well in front OF the Speak
ers desk and took the oath collectively.
AS the Wyoming members went back to
their seats Speaker Clark called forward
the four Quakers of the House, who did
not swear, but affirmed their allegiance
They were Representatives Butler, Girest
and 4. Mitchell Palmer, OF Pennsylvania,
and Head, Of Delaware.
Next came the election of officers. The
names OF all the old Republican officers,
all OF whom have held their jobs for
many years. were formally proposed by
caucus Chairman Currier, but all were
defeated in the natural course of events,
except the bind chaplain. He, as Repre-
sentative Clayton. OF Alabama, put it.
is a real Christian and will pray just as
ardcntly and as hopefully for the Demo
Gratis in the future as he has done for
the Republicans in the past SO, in ad-
dition to Chaplain Couden, South Thin
BILE, Of Kentucky. was elected Clerk; L. ).
Jackson. of Indiana Sergeant-at-arms;
J. ]. Sinnott, of Virginia, Doorkeeper, and
William NJ. Dunbar. Of Georgia, Post
master.
Seat Drawing Tedious.
The gentlemen were still congratulating
one another when one of the secretaries
OF the Senate appeared to announce that
the upper branch had been organized, de-
sired to notify the President to that eff
feet, and was ready for business. The
Speaker appointed Messrs. Underwood.
Bartlett, of Georgia, and Mann to repre-
sent the House on this notification COM
mittee Then half a dozen resolutions.
fixing the hour of meeting at noon until
further notice, providing for the drawing
of seats. and arranging other routine
affairs. were adopted in short order.
The seat-drawing performance was as
tedious as usual BY resolution. Mr.. Can
non Minority Leader Mann. Gen. Harry
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, the father of
the House; Serene Z. Payne, of New
York. and John Dalzell, the Pennsylvania
standpatter and rules expert. were the
Republicans permitted to select their
seats ahead of the drawing. The Demo
Gratis equally favored were Floor Leader
Underwood Jones of Virginia. Talbot of
Maryland, Fitzgerald of New York, and
Gen. Isaac w. Sherwood of Ohio.
Uncle Joe showed that he has not
changed in his inclinations by picking out
seat within whispering distance Of
Payne and DalzelI, his longtime cronies.
Mr.. Mann selected a desk about midway
down the center aisle.
Then Chairman Henry, of the Rules
Committee, asked that the new Demo-
cratic rules, as agreed upon by caucus,
be printed on the record, to be taken up
the first thing to-day. This was agreed
to. and the House adjourned
Bryan and Harmon Meet.
An interesting little incident in the
House, before the body was called to
order, was the meeting of William Jen-
nings Bryan, of Nebraska, and Gov.
Judson Harmon, of Ohio. These two dis
Democrats have been in
for several days, stopping
at the same hotel and displaying no
apparently marked desire to get to-
sether. But yesterday they met in the
center aisle on the Democratic side, put
out their hands simultaneously, shook
long and hard. and smilingly chatted
amid the uproar. For uproar there was
when the two men came together. Uncle
Joe, grinning from ear to ear. jumped
from his seat and led the applause on
metropolitan side
The Democrats, many Of whom re-
tanned the belief that the peerless leader
is the greatest man who ever stepped in
shoe leather. did not need any one to
start them going. After the enthusiasm
had abated in some degree Mr.. Bryan
and Gov. Harmon took positions about
six feet apart in the aisle, while most
Of the Democrats on hand filed by and
gave them greetings.
'If Woodrow Wilson were only on
hand suggested Representative Rob-
erts, of Massachusetts,, a Republican,
this would certainly be a real bang-up
Democratic holiday"