Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
FAREWELL IN HOUSE BULL MOOSE SPLIT
Speaker Clark Delivers Ses Maryland Progressves in Row
son's VaIedictory Over Control OF Party.
LAUDS DEMOCRATS DEEDS DEMOCRATS ALSO AT ODDS
Believes Party Republican Leaders, Therefore
Done Great Things" in Jubilant Frame of Mind.
HAVE FULLY KEPT THE FAITH MACHINE is STILL SORE
Big in Pleasing 10
Campaign the Party
Speaker Clark Delivers Ses-
sion's VaIediCtory.
LAUDS DEMOCRATS DEEDS
Believes Members of Party Have
Done Great Things
HAVE FULLY KEPT THE FAITH
Praises Underwood and Mann-Pre-
diets Big Victory in the
Campaign.

Speaker Camp Clark last evening,
delivering the valedictory OF the demo-
cratic House of the Sixty-Second Con-
Sress, asserted that historians would de-
clare with absolute truth that the House
democrats of the Sixty-first and Sixty
second Congresses did great things" and
have made a sweeping democratic vic
tory approximately certain, victory that
will give us the House. the Senate and
the President"
Dramatically addressing his colleagues
while the clock across the House chamber
Was slowly moving toward the final adj
journment time, the Speaker, in a 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.
Display of Courage.
Leader Mann" said he. has con-
tested with Leader Underwood every
step 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 forbid, but
he lives up fully to his name. He is
every truth a man. Were it not for
him / would feel decidedly lonesome
in the Speakers chair.
AS Speaker-as dean of the faculty,
so to speak" Mr. Clark said, he felt
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 coign OF
vantage and every place of power
Speaker Clark said that for years the
democrats had Leen sneered at las a
party of negation. green hands in formu-
lating and conducting public business,
ridiculed as a mob. rabble. without CO.
herence or discipline as militia fighting
regulars, and even the exact date on
which We would dissolve into warning
factions and go to pieces was set down
in type.
But" lie added. 1.-The democrats have
fought and won like veterans and consti-
tute as thoroughly disciplined force as
ever appeared in the House or any other
parliamentary body since parliamentary
bodies were instituted among men, mus
tered our full strength on every import
ant proposition 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.
Comment on Political Change.
Mr.. Clark said that so long as the
earth spins upon its axis or slides down
the epiiiptic" public men who would escape
the peoples wrath would take to heart
the simple and instructive story of the
astounding change in the political situa-
ton since that melancholy day in No
vember. 1905, when we We're SO complete
ly flattened out" 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 pro-
ceeded to revise IL up
gratitude of the country. to 1.-The brave,
Wise and patriotic republicans who CO.
'perated with us in passing good bills
The secret Gre Of our marvellous success"
Irpose and action, frequent counsel to-
ether. spirit of mutual conciliation
strict adj erence to principle, with utmost
latitude in non-essentials, subordination
Of individual desire to the general party
good, sacrifice of personal ambitions in
the earnest. honest. patriotic endeavor
la serve the whole people with whatever
al capacity God has blessed US"
Forms Habit of Victory.
We have won many victories" he
added. but what is better. we have formed
the habit of victory" He suggested that
Roscoe Conklng's declaration that Gen.
Grants fame was earned not alone by
things written, but by the arduous
greatness of things done, fits our case
like a glove
What the democratic House accom-
piished, so far as IL could for the anchor
alton of conditions said he. .thwarted
as IL has been by republican 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 character a prerogative unwise-
" exercised.
He made his record: we made ours.
on these records we appeal to the coun-
try with absolute confidence that when
the polls close in November we will
have elected a democratic House and
Senate Gov. Woodrow Wilson to the
presidency and Gov. Marshall to the
vice presidency-consumma devout-
~ to be wished, which we believe and
hope will prove of inestimable and en-
during benefit to the entire American
people OF whatever persuasion. religious
or political"