The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

cratic majority. who goes to the Sen
j ate. and as. he faced the Speaker. ut
! ing words of praise and tribute
calling him the greatest speaker In
the history of the American Con.
gress" tears were plainly visible In
Champ Ciarks eyes. The House was
also glad, and 'noisily glad at that, to
hear from Representative Mitchell
Palmer. of Pennsylvania. who retires
| to private life, tina. he Ways and
Means Committee would hang a por-
| trait of Oscar Underwood ir the COM
mittee room, and the cheers which
greeted Champ Clark as ne al use to
speak were deafening.
Tribute 10 Underwood.
Representative Paimer's tribute to
Representative Underwood was the
first of the farewell speeches. He said
that probably the leadership In the
House had never been more conspic-
nous than that of Represe ntative I'm
derwood. that the qualities of man
and leader had won for him the re-
spect and admiration and affection OF
members of both parties
The same qualities OF leadership
which have marked the career of my
friend In the House. l am sure will
characterize his service in the more
dignified and august body in which
he is about to take his place. Pos
sesscd of consummate tact, infinite
patience, unfailinR good humor and
absolute poise and self control, Mr..
Underwood has always been mas
ter OF his forces and of himself. No
matter how fierceiy the battle may
have ragged about him Mr.. Underwood
has hewed to the line. calm and deter
mined. and has emerged victorious
ts&K. -
spect of friend and foe alike"
Greeted With Applause.
Arising amid the applause of both
sides of the House, Representative
Underwood replied:
II wish to say that no higher COM
plimcnt could he paid to me than to
receive the assurance of the affection
of my colleagues In this body. There
is no better place for young man to
have his opportunity than to hold
comfniss on to serve on the floor OF the
House Of Representative in the Con-
gress of the United States. In leaving
l want to say to you all that If nv
leadership has been IN any degree sue
ressful II Is not due 10 myself. but has
been due 10 the kindness. courtesy
and geNerOsitv that has been shown
me ~ the members on both sides
''Tcaav are about to close the
legislation of one ~ the most historic
Congresses I'm the hist orv NJ this ccun-
try ANhouph we have had stormy
sessions we have had MANY rorbats
leave this foo~ with the feelin~ I
bear 'he good will Of everv mawber.
and T u''sh 10 aasnre INV ro,'@a gues On
ho'h sides that Cor al, time thnra will
a'wavs rest ir NV h-art sincere af-
faction Cor evN~s' one Of Won
Praises Representative Mann.
Mr.. Speaker, in closing | wish to
compliment the other side of the
chamber on the great ability the ear
nestness of purns,Se. the faithfulness
to duty that hasSbeen displayed by its
chosen leader. Naturally. I hope that
my own party will remain in power
for many wears to come. But should
the tide of battle run against us in
the future and their flag once more
come to the top. 7 feel sure that the
DISTINGUISHED services Of the gentle
man who has commanded their forces
In tho last two conFrosaes---Ir Mann
of 1ilinois--will he recognized bv his
nnrtv and nv hts country for a more
| DISTINGUISHED service than he has had
Tribute tn Sneaker Clark.
Mr.. Speaker two decades ago we
started in political life together al
most at the same time. In leaving
time from giving public utteranca to
the feeling that / have for tho Speaker
of this House Of Representatives. We
each NAV have had our political am
! billions. But ] am glad to say to you
and to give public testimony that
during the twenty years we have hat
tied together for our party and its
principles there had been no moment
Of that time when the spirit o1
! friendship has not always existed be-
tween us: and I expect, Mr.. Speaker
and know II will go on down to the
end Of our lives.
"Y our distinguished services tC
your country need no monument You
have already achieved your place ir
the history Of our government. and
there Is no man in the United States
that moro Willingly and more gladly
, gives this Acknowledgement of the
services of the greatest Speaker oil
the American Congress"