The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-22
Declares the Democratic Party
Has Set Good Example.
PROMISES REDEEMED.
Surprised Its Friends and Dunn
founded Its Enemies.
He TOsses a Bouquet to the In
surgent Republicans.

Washiugton, Aug. Champ Clark,
spea ker of the house of representatives,,
in a review of the work of the first
session of the Sixty-second congress,
declared that the Democratic party set
a good example for Democrats every
where and that the party had redeem
ed every promise it made in the cam
paign of 1910 when the Democrats
Egrested control of the house from the
Republicans.
AT this session the Democrats nave
made o record which has surprised our
friends and dumfounded our enemies, ="
said Speaker Clark. 1t has put heart
and hope into Democrats everywhere.
The extra session was extraordinary
not only i'm the sense Of being a spec
ial session called by the president. bat
also in the amount and quality of the
work done in the house by the COM
bned Democrats and insurgents and
the combined Democrats and Repubi-
can insurgents in the senate, and es-
pecally by the unanlmity of action de-
VeOped by the house Democrats
1T was predicted freely, vociferously
enthusiastically and confidently by the
standpat press and orators that We
would go TO pieces. On that account
and by reason Of that hope they re-
joiced that the extra session OF con-
gress was called. so that we might go
to pieces at the earliest possible date.
But we have disappointed all their ex-
pectations. They even set the date
when we would GO TO pieces, which was
the day of the Democratic caucus on
January 19. but unfortunately for
them, in that caucus everything was
done unanimously. The next morning
when they found we had agreed, in
spite of their malicious predictions to
the contrary, they had to pinch them
selves to see if they were awake.
They then said surely we would go
10 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 in the house at the
end Of the session, if possible, than at
the beginning
Set a Good Example.
I'VE have set a good example to
Democrats everywhere. Sneered at for
years as a party of mere negation and
as being utterly lacking in ability for
constructive craftsmanship, we passed
through the house more constructive
legislation and better than has passed
through any house in the same length
of time in 20 years. We have set the
pace in that regard for future houses
I'VE redeemed every promise made in
order to carry the elections in 1910. We
have econcmized; we passed the re
Ciprocity bin, the wool tariff bill, the
free list bill. the cotton bill with the
senate amendments; we submitted 70
ratification of the constitutional amend
meit providing for popular election of
senators of the United States, we pass
cd bill for the publication OF cam
paign expenses before the election; we
liberalized the rules. making the com
1nittees elective by the house; we passed
a resolution to admit New Mexico and
Arizona and we passed large number
of other bills of more or less import
ance. 1t is a record of which We may
we'll be proud and on which we VIII
sweep the country in 1872.
ITO show how completely the stand
nat Republicans are denoralized, it is
only necessary to quote the newspaper
statement that there was great reJolc-
ing and congratulation at the White
House because we failed by a scratch
to get the two-thirds majority to over
ride the presidents veto. although we
have only SO majority in the house. To
this complexion has it come at last,
that the president, who rode into
power by a huge majority, IS glad to
escape the humiliation of having his
vetoes overridden in a house contain
ing a majority of only So. Small favors
are thankfully received by the admin
istration.
Bouquet for Insurgents.
Notwithstanding the fact that four
cabinet members were on the floor of
the house lobbying in favor of the
veto with all of their power allure
ments and patronage o. the admins
tration to help them influence votes,
2 insurgent Republicans had the
courage and manhood 20 override the
presidents vetoes.
whats writ is writ and whatever
the future may have II store, the
honor of having perfect unanimity
among the Democrats ard of achiev-
ing an extraordinary amount of con-
structive statesmanship at tbs extraor-
binary session can never be taken away
from us Every Democrat in the
house and every insurgent Republi-
can who stood UP to the rack is en-
titled to his fun share Of credit.
1--WE honestly and persistently en-
d desvored to relieve the people of some
of their burden of taxation, but the
president would not have it. To use a
sporting phrase. he blocked the game.
On these issues we appeal to the coun-
try feeling absolutely certain that as
we have stood manfully for the best in
terests of the people. the people will
stand by us"
The four cabinet officers to whom
the speaker referred as having been
on the floor of the house when the
that body We're Attorney General
Wickersham. Postmaster General
Hitchcock. Secretary of War Stimson
and Secretary of CommefCe and Labor
Nagel.
3 Crawford Estate Small.
New York Aug. 22.-The estate Of F.
Marion Crawford the novelist who died
at Sorrento, Italy April 9. 1909, is APP