The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-04
CLARK REELECTED
SPEAKER Of HOUSE;
NAMED By SCHALL
Declaration of State of War In
troduced in Both Houses.
CITES WAR ACTS BY KAISER
Joint Resolution Directs the President
to Employ All the Resources of
Country to Garry on Conflict
Against Germany.

after the president left the capitol the
senate and house recOnvened and an
| identic joint resolution was introduced
in both houses, declaring the existence
| of state of war, and directing the
president to employ all the resources
of the country to carry on war against
| the imperial German government and
| bring the conflict to a successful con-
| clus1on. Because of the opposition to
| the measure by Senator Stone, chair
| man of the foreign relations commit
| tee, the resolution was introduced in
| the senate by Senator Martin of Vir-
| ginia, the Democratic floor leader. Rep
| resentative Flood, chairman Of the for
| eign affairs committee, introduced it in
| the house.
The resolution follows:
Joint resolution declaring that a
| state of war exists between the i'm
perial German government and the
| government and epople of the United
| States and making provision to prose
| cute the same:
Whereas, The recent acts of the
| imperial German government are acts
| of war against the government and
| people of the United States.
Resolved, By the senate and house
| of representatives of the United States
| of America in congress assembled, that
| the state Of war between the United
| States and the imperial German gov
| eminent which has thus been thrust
| upon the United States is hereby for
| mally declared and
| THAT the president be, and is here
| by authorized and directed to take i'm
| mediate steps not only to put the cOun-
| try in q thorough state Of defense, but
| also to exert all of its power and
employ all of its resources to carry on
| war against the imperial German gov
| eminent and to bring the conflict to a
successful termination"
| Washington, April 3.-Champ Clark
| of Missouri was elected speaker of
| the house of representatives of the
| Sixty-fifth session in a session of the
| house that was marked with SEN
sations almost from the outset.
| The speaker defeated James r. Mann
| of Illinois.
The vote resulted: Speaker Clark,
| 217; Representative Mann, 205; Rep
resentative LenrOot, 2; Representative
| Gillette, 2. Two members were re-
corded present but not voting.
Nominated by Progressive.
The dramatic moment of the house
organization preliminaries was the
| nomination of Champ Clark by Repre-
sentative Thomas D. Schall, the Pro-
gressive Republican of Minnesota.
The blind member was led to the
center of the house by page. His in
| trOductOry remarks were of patri-
otto nature, not disclosing the real OBJ
| ject of his speech. He continued:
"a state divided against itself in
| time Of peace may stand, but today
such q situation might be q serious
| menace. We should foregO party adj
vantages in time like this.
1.-THE peril of today renders partisan
ship dangerous because it might be
| construed as q country presenting a
divided front to the world. AS an in
| dependent Progressive Republican, I
have no hesitancy In saying how /
must vote under the circumstances.
"Were my country not in the face
of an international crisis, with the
president and the senate Democratic,
I would as a matter of party pride
cast my ballot for the Republican can
didate. he is able, alert, fair-mind-
ed. l should like to vote for him.
May Be Used Against Him.
81 realize that action [ am about to
take will be used to attempt my po-
Iitical death in Minnesota.
with my sightless eyes I would be
of little service to my country on the
field of battle, but / can use the light
that God gives me to vote right to-
day. l believe the president should
have q Democratic senate and house
behind him.
Under all these circumstances /
shall cast my vote for speaker for that
Progressive Democrat, Champ Clark
of Missouri"
Does the gentleman place Mr.. Clark
In nomination for speaker" asked
South Trimble, clerk of the house, who
was presiding.
'I gladly do So" said Schall.
Representative William S. Greene of
Massachusetts then arose to nominate
James R. Mann as the Republican can
didate, and the Republicans had their
first opportunity to applaud. Mr..
Greene, however, did not make any
formal speech in naming Mr.. Mann.
Representative LenroOt of Wiscon-
sin, who has been a keen critic Of some
of Mr.. Mann's acts, received thun-
derous applause from the Republican
side when he went into the well Of the
house to second Mann's nomination.
BE had previously been brought for
ward by faction Of the Republicans
rs a candidate for the speakership. It
was n dramatic moment when Lenroot,
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