The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-02

Washington. April 2. Speaker
Champ Clark was reelected today by
vote of 2l7 to POS over his RepubH.
can opponent, Representative Mann Of
Illinois, as the first step in organiza.
ton Of the house OF representatives.
the necessary preliminary to the de
livery Of President Wilson's war ad-
dress
Presidents Address Tonight.
President Wilson will address
joint session Of congress at eight
o'clock this evening
The president in his address, it is un.
derstOod, will refer to the traditional
friendship between the American peo-
| pie and the German people and will
differentiate between the German gov
ernment and the people it rules. He
also will recount his efforts to restore
peace in Europe and to maintain
peace with Germany.
Cabinet Doesn't Know.
Before going to congress the presi.
dent did not take even members Of
mis- cabinet into his confidence on the
exact terms Of his address. From in
formation he has called for and gen
eral discussion at cabinet meetings,
they know that he has concluded that
war with Germany seems inevitable.
II Is expected on every hand that he
will ask congress to declare that a
state of war exists between the Unit
ed States and Germany.
Flood Resolution.
This seemed so certain that Chair
man Flood Of the house foreign af
fairs committee, the administration
spokesman there, prepared resolu
tiOn to declare a state OF war and au
thorize the president to act.
The resolution follows:
Whereas. the recent course OF thC
imperial German government is In
. fact nothing less than war against thC
government and people Of the United
p States, be It
Resolved by the senate and thu
house Of representatives Of the United
/
: bled, that the state Of belligerency be
tween the United States and the I'M
perial German government which hal
e thus been thrust upon the Unite
States. Is hereby formally declared
and
z "That the president DE and he
" hereby authorized TO take immediat
II steps not only TO put the country in
thorough state of defense, but also {
N exert all of its power and employ O
.e pf its resources 10 carry on wa
~ against the imperial German govern
.s mcut and 10 bring the conflict to
I'M successful termination
Il Speaker Clark's Remarks.
IS Speaker Clark was escorted TO Oh
pr chair by % committee of which Re
of rcsou.atye Mann was the ch8irma
He was greeted with loud applaus
is from both sides of the chamber as d
rs spoke iu part as follows.
tv 81 fully appreciate the fact that
M win bee exceedingly difficult TO di
nj charge the duties of the speakersh
MS in this house 10 will be almost in
Io possible To do without the hearty C
MI operation of the members without r
"a gard TO party affiliations. will u
lo my utmost endeayor To be absolute
or fair. and invoke the aid OF all Il
So members In doing so.
le III is absolutely unnecessary al
ill suporiluous to lecture the membC
hc ship on patriotism. We are all pat
90 OTIS, as are the people who elected 1
lie We are all Americans, whether 4
ON tives or foreign born, as are our ca
NV stituents.
ad "On many questions We are 'distiu
10 as the billOws, yet We are one as {
OO sea when the honor and safety
nd. the republic are involved
ed Politics finds no place in Il
ar. house when the general welfare a
NO the common defense OF the nation q
no at stake. Let all the ends we aim
nor be our Country's and in the aCco
i've plshment OF these ends may the G
'or. OF our fathers be with US and gui
mi US In the way which will rebound
Tho the honor and perpetuty Of the gre
bis est republic that ever existed in
mst the flood OF time"
,llt. Required One Hour and Forty MIMI
ay. The speaker took the oath at /
Gus o'clock and the members then "
nty sworn into office In groups by sta
he Speaker Clark's election was
. n fcctcd in exactly one hour and ia
six minutes after the house convened,
sue. exact time he predicted a tortni
.ars ago
Four hundred and twenty.nine of
four hundred and thirty.thrce Ii,
.bot members of the house answered p
,ooI ent. The absentees were Representa-
tho Capstick OF New Jersey, Helgesen
,ast North Dakota, and Bloakloy of Pl
sylyania, Republicans; and Repre-