The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-25
clark,s vaIedlctoru.

Speaker Clark today, delivering the yaledictory of the democratic house of the sixty-second congress, asserted that historians would declare with ab- solute truth that the house democrats of the sixty-first and sixty-second con gresses did great things and have" made a sweeping democratic victory approximately certain, q victory that will give us the house, the senate and the president"
 Dramatically addressing his col leagues while the clock across the house chamber was slowly moving to- ward tine final adjournment time, the speaker in 3 tribute to leaders of both parties, declared that no majority was ever more successfully led than by Representative Underwood nor any minority ever led more ably than by Representative Mann.
 Leader Mann, said he, has con tested with Leader Underwood every slep of the long and wearisOme road We have travelled with the stubborn courage of the English squares at Waterloo. l have not always agreed with Brother Mann-God forhid-but he lives up fully to his name. He is in very truth a man. Were it not for him, would feel decidedly lone some in the speakers chair"
 As speaker as "dean of the faculty so to speak" Mir Clark said. he fel, very proud of the membership of the house, and he declared his belief that democrats should sit in the seats of the mighty, hold every coigne Of van tage and every place of power.
 Speaker Clark said that for years the democrats had been sneered al "as party of negation, green hands in formulating and conducting public business. ridiculed as a mob. a rab- ble, without coherence or discipline as militia fighting regulars, and even the exact date on which we would dis solve into warning factions and go 10 pieces was set down in type" But" he added, the democrats have fought and won like veterans and constitute as thoroughly a disciplined force as ever appeared in the house or any other parliamentary body since par. liamentary bodies were instituted among men, mustered our full strength on every important proposi- ilon and passed two great tariff bills over the presidents veto. the first instance of the kind in the history of the republic" They had fought A good fight and kept the faith. he said
 MT Clark said that "so long as the earth spins upon it's axis or slides down the ecliptie, public men who would escape the peoples wrath would take to heart the simple and instruct i've story Of the astounding change in the political situation since that melancholy day in November 1909, when We were so completely flattened out Q The lesson. in brief. he said. was that the republicans. in order to get in promised to revise the tariff down, but, being in, they proceeded to revise it Up.
 The speaker expressed thanks, and the gratitude of the country, to "the brave, wise and patriotic republicans who co-operated with us in passing good bills. The secret of our marvel ous success" he said, lis simple unity of thought purpose and action. frequent counsel together, a spirit or mutual conciliation, strict adherence to principle, with utmost latitude ill non-essentials, subordination of indi. yidual desire, to the general party good, sacrifice of personal ambitions in the earnest, honest patriotic en. deayor to serve the whole people with whatever of capacity God has blessed us.
 We have won many victories he said but what is better, we have formed the habit of victory He sug. gested that Roscoe Conklings declara- ton that General Grants fame was earned not alone by things written but by the arduous greatness of things done. fits our ease like glove"
 What the democratic house accom-. rlished. so far as 1t could for the ame. horation of oonditions,~ said he. "thwarted as 1t has been by a repub- lican president. is only an earnest of what we will do when We come into full possession Of the three branches of government President Taft vetoed most of our bills Of a remedial char aeter, prerogrative unwisely exer. cised. He made his record, we made ours. On these records we appeal to the country with absolute confidence that when the polls close in November we will have elected democratic house and senate, Gov. Woodrow WiL son Co the presidency and Gov Mar. shall to the vice presidency con. summati0ns detontly to be wished.