Show CONGRESS READY FOR LOG CHAMP CLARK AGAIN CHOSEN SPEAKER OF HOUSE AND CLARKE PRESIDES IN ENATE SENATE S old time republican members back sack again in lower branch but democrat democrats have majority in both houis hous s washington Con congress gresi assembled and organized on monday lov iday december 6 four hours work ork inthe house saw speaker clack cla k returned to the chair mann returned to the tho leadership of the republican minority tho the introduction of 2 bills and resolutions lut ions many of them thern proposing measures of national defense and many more in opposition the reappearance of constitutional amendments to enfranchise franchise women and a miniature nilea rules fight that flickered out with the adoption of last years rulea rules ith jp fi few changes chau gea in tho the senate practically nothing was dono done except the election of sena tor clarko clarke of arkansas as president pro vice president marshall was abbene u because of the illness of his hi a W afe both houses then after sending a joint committee to thu white llomo u to give official notice of the ope ling of rf can congress gress adjourned until tuesday tho the greatest grea teat budget of expenditures over ever placed before any american con gress in time times of peace waa was brought in from tho the various arlous branches of the gov ern ment the total being some one hua hun dred and nod seventy million dollars more than was asked tor for last year the great part of the proposed increased expenditure Is for the enlarged army an danvy program and aside from working out the problem of national defense dof ense it will be the business of con gresa gross to raise the revenue to pay for it old timers most of them republicans elected reelected re ro after going down don before the presidential democratic landslide of 1912 came trooping bak ba k to place places in the house eager for a part in the absorbing business of the next few months uncle joe cannon sat on a bench I 1 the front ro row and laughed while tho the house got into aft little row raw over the rules and hot to bere ere buried back and forth across the dividing aisle |