New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-01

est would diminish and that the army
If the disappointed would disappear.
Interest. however. did not flag. ana
when Mr.. Clark took the floor there
were hundreds still clamoring tor adj
mission. while within other hundreds
made the House chamber a bedlam.
clark's Losing Fight.
Speaker Clark-dshting losing hght
knowing that the votes were stacked
against him. called upon to answer at
tacks which accused him of undermining
the administration and with looking with
longing eyes on the nomination In 1915
received a remarkable tribute of applause
when he descended from the rostrum'
calling on Mr.. Underwood, his ally In inc
present fight. to preside over the turou-
lent and excited House. The speaker
moved 10 the centre aisle, stood confront
..s the cG<aring throns for full MIN
ute. and then began what even his poI'-
ical enemies concede 10 be remarhao'e
speech. in which ne Dared his heart. ana
with treuulous voice declared that ne
intended 10 stand by the party platform
and against the President. even II sue"
g step checked his political career.
There is no personal issue between
the President OF the United States ana
myself" the Speaker began ihere
has not been at any time. trust there
never will be-
His opouinS sentences were interrupted
with demonstrations. the galleries joining
in Then Mr. Clark. swinging into an
easv stride Of debate. opened hre o"
Tho New York World which has DIT
,eriv assailed the Speaker as a traitor 70
the administration. With singing Worus
IF rebuke ne replied, too. to critics win
i. his own party. who. he said, had mis-
.orstrued his views and accused him OF
seeking q nomination in 1910
Utters Possible Farewell.
WITH an the visor which has made
him an attraction upon the stump ana
he Chautauaua circuit. the Missoufiah
criticised with an air of kindly tolerance
those colleagues who had misunderstood
hin, He paused finally. dropped ms
voice and with touch OF patnos, paio
what may be his farewell to the Speaker
shin and the hope Of the Presidency as
he exclaimed:
The fact that ] am making TINS hsh'
Cor our platform pledges may end III!
public career
one might have heard a pin drop as
the Speaker began upon this intimate
personal theme. He continued with Just
a auaver in his voice and faraway iooA
in his eyes:
There are things worse than belhs
defeated for Congress or the speaker
shin. There are things worse than oeihg
defeated for the Presidency, and one OF
them is 20 repudate the platform upo"
which you arc elected. TO 90 back on the
principles Of a lifetime. can be happy
without the Presidency. / can be happy
without the Speakership. The happlest
hours of nv Congressional life have been
spent on the floor OF this House-not
there on the rostrum-engaging freely IN
the parliamentary struggles. great and
small which rage in this large and ener-
getc body.
If my constituents who have stood by
me with mistaken fidelity should retire
me to private life. If should leave the
scenes here. I can still be happy in the
love and affection Of my wife and chill
dren. IN the society Of my books, in the
cultivation OF my trees and flowers
"One thing is certain: When do go out
Of public life. whether II is next year or
twenty years hence. It will be with my IN
territy unlmpaired and my self-respect In
tact"
Closing Plea in Vain.
Even in the realization of coming defeat
tho Sneaker closed with plea which
would have moved his followers on any
other occasion. With all the dramatic
,ervor OF which he was capable with
tone of aDpeaI which touched deeply Dem
ocrats who have followed him blindly
wherever ne might lead for years, he con-
Guided:
Now NAV the God OF our fathers, who
nsrved 100000 backwoods Americans TO
a;ng their gage Of battle into the face OF
the mightiest monarch Of the world VINO
guided the hand OF Jefferson In Writing
the charter Of liberty. who sustained
Washington and his ragged and starving
army amid the horrors OF Valley Forge
ard who gave them complete victory on
the blood-stained heights of Yorktown
NAV he lead members 10 vote so as TO
prevent this stupendous folly. this un-
speakabl4 humiliation Of the American
Republic"
For more than minute after this
hvsteria prevailed on the floor and in the
galleries. Then came the droning voices
OF less magnetic speakers. the reading Of
letter from Richard Oney, advising
members TO sustain the President IN an
international crisis, and then the vote,
which even the Speaker, the majority
leader. the minority leader. the Progress
siye leader, the chairman OF the Demo
cratic Congressional campaign committee
and their followers could not change
against repeal
While il was evident that deep gratihca-
ton prevailed at the White House, the
President. determined not 10 glOat not
70 DO or say anything which We Id make
more bitter the defeat OF his opponents
on the wound in the party harmony more
slow 10 heal. declined 70 say anything
for publication.
Mr Wilson entertans no resentment
AGAINST Speaker Clark or Mr.. Under
wood as he feels that they fought con.
scentiOusly for the cause they believed
right lie told his close friends o-night
That ne hoped and believed that any
breach caused By the controversy voulC
be healed soon. and that the faction:
would I've reunited.
Adamson Speaks in Turmoil.