The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
DEMOCRATS TO WIN |.
IN 1872, SAYS CLARK
Eulogizes Party-DecIares 1t
Has Redeemed Promises.
MANN GIVES HIS VIEWS
Minority Leader Asserts Republicans
Acted WiseIy--Says Democrats
Should Have Confined SEES
sion to Reciprocity. I'll

Washington, Aug 23.-Champ Clark,
speaker Of the house of representa-.
tives, in a review of the work OF
the first session of the Sixty-second
congress, which adjourned Teusday,
declared that the Democratic party
set good example for Democrats
everywhere, that the party had re-
deemed every promise it made in the
campaign Of 1910, when the Demo-
Gratis wrested control of the house
from the Republicans, and that 1t will
sweep the country in 1912.
"At this session the Democrats
have made record which has sur
prised our friends and dumfounded
our enemies" said Speaker Clark. 1T
Gratis everywhere.
Failed to Go to Pieces.
ut was predicted freely, vocifer.
ously, 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 rejoiced that the extra session
of congress was called, so that we
might go to pieces at the earliest pos
sible date. But we have sorely dis
appointed all their expectations.
"We have set good example to
Democrats everywhere. Sneered at
for years as a party of mere negation
and as being utterly lacking in abil-
ity 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. r.
Redeemed Promises Of 1910.
"We redeemed every promise made
to carry the elections in 1910. We
economical; we passed the reciproc-
ity bill, the wool tariff bill, the freq
list bill, the cotton bill with the sem
ate amendments, which included the
iron and steel schedule and the chem,
ical schedule; we submitted for raft.
fication a constitutional amendment
providing for popular election Of sem
ators of the United States; we passed
a bill for the publication of campaign
expenses before the election; we
liberalized the rules, making the COM
mittees elective by the house; We
passed a resolution to admit New
Mexico and Arizona and we passed
a large number of other bills of more
or less importance II Is record Of
which we may we'll be proud and on
which we will sweep the country in
1912"
Hoist by Own Petard, Says Mann.
Washington, Aug. 23.-Republican
Leader Mann of the house, in state
ment issued giving the minority view
of the work of the extra session of
the Democratic house, declared that
the net result was to strengthen the
president and weaken the Democracy
put the president in a hole" in tariff
revision legislation, had been hoist
by their own petard"
"The special session" said Mr..
Mann, was called by the president
in the fulfillment of the obligation of
his agreement with Canada to consid-
er and pass upon the Canadian reci-
procity bill. That bill passed and has
become a law.
Points Out Democrats Mistake.
Democrats in the house would have
been wise if they had confined the
special session to the consideration
of the reciprocity bill only. Instead
of that they set out to show how they
could bungle legislation. They pre-
vented the passage of the constitu-
tional amendment for direct election
of senators by insisting upon coupling
with it another amendment to the con-
stitution to deprive the general gov
eminent of one of its necessary
powers.
They fought against publicity of
primary election expenses. They
nearly defeated statehood for Ari-
IONA. They prepared tariff bills with
out knowledge either of form or sub
stance. They brought in tariff bills
in grotesque form with plain avowal
that they neither knew nor cared what
the effect might be on the industries
of the country.
while entering upon the domain
of tari1 legislation they have refused
to consider other needed legislation"