The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-04-02
4 INDEPENDENTS
AND A REPUBLICAN
HELP ELECT CLARK
Speaker Chosen In Hour and
Forty Minutes as He Had
Predicted.
APPLAUSE GREETS HIM.
Declares His Task Will BE
Difficult, but He Aims TO
BE Absolutely Fair.

wAsHINGToN. April 2 o. Speaker
Clark was reelected to-day by vote
Of 2i7 TO 2O5 over his Republican OPP
ponent. Representative Mann. as 'he
first step In organization Of the House
~ representatives necessary pre-
liminary 10 the delivery Of President
Wilson's "war" address.
All OF the Democrats present and
four OF the so-callcd Independents
Martin. Progressive Prutcotionist Of
Louisiana: schall, Progressive Of Min
ncsota; London, Socialist OF New York,
and Randall. Prohibitlonlst OF Cali
fornia, voted for Clark.
Two Republicans. Gardner and Full
Ter OF Massachusetts,. voted FOR Repre-
sentative Lcnroot OF Wisconsin. Repre-
scntatives Dallinger Of Massac husctts
and Gray OF New Jersey voted for Rep
rescntative Gillett Of Massachusetts,
and Representative james OF Michigan
and Haskell OF New York, Republicans,
voted present.
Former Senator Mason OF Illinois
was tho only Republican who voted
for Clark. The Speaker was escorted
10 the chair by a committee OF which
Representative Mann was the chair
man. lie was greeted with loud ap-
plause from both sides Of the chamber
as ne spoke In part as follows:
81 fully appreciate tho fact that
II will be exceedingly difficult to dls-
charge the duties OF the Speakorship
in this House. II will be almost i'm
possible to do No without the hearty
corporation OF the members without
regard To party affiliations. will use
my utmost ondeavor TO be absolutely
fair and | invoke the aid OF all the
members In doing so.
"lt is absolutely unnecessary and
superfuous to lecture the membership y
on patriotism. We are all patriots.
as are the people who elected US. We
are all Americans. whether natives
or foreign born. as our constituents.
on many questions we are distinct
rs the billows, yet we are one as tho
sea- when the honor and safety OF
the Republic Is involved. Politics
finds no place In this House when the
general welfare and tho common de.
tense OF the Nation are at stake. Let
all the ends we aim AZ be our eoun-
try's and IN the accomplishment OF
these ends may ths God OF our fathers
be with us and guide us In the way
which will rebound 10 tho honor and
peTpetuitY OF the greatest Republic
that ever existed In all the mood Of
time"
The Speaker took the oath at $50
o'clock and members then were sworn
into office in groups by states,
Speaker ClArks election was ef-
fected IN exactly one hour and forty
minutes after the House convened,
the exact time he predicted n fort
night ago.
The ofhcial vote on tho spcakcrshlp
was: Clark. 2i7: Mann, 205: Glllet, 9;
Lenroot, .; present, "a total Of i2S.
Representative Schall stirred tho
House when ne nominated Clark.
In normal times. he said. ho would
vote for Mann.
"To-day," schali said. "there should
be just one party, and that party the
American party, There II no better
way OF standing by the President than
by returning his party's organization
of the House. 1 shall cast my vote
for that progressive Democrat -
Champ Clark"
This is no time for any man "a
crtticlso tho President OF tho United
States, but I beg leave TO say that
Al would be better for the country II
the President were compelled To con
Bult the Republicans as well as tbs
Democrats" Lenroot said In second
ing Mann's nomination. You gentle
men probably will organize THU
House to-day. but want TO say thai
In the days 20 come there win bo nS
partisanshlp."
Nearly the entire Senate member
chip was present when Vice Presiden
Marshall called for order and
after the invocation, the PreAidsntI
proclamation calling the extraordinary
session was read
In both the House and the Senat,
the chaplains referred 60 tho problemI
confronting Congress.
senator johnson OF California wa
sworn In.
The senate after being in session
about ten minutes. cessed 20 awh
organization OF the Housa. Senator
Martin and Gallinger. tho two part!
leaders, were appointed to act with
House committee in notifying Presi