Show CLA ON WORK OF CO s speaker champ dark clark the firt first democrat to preside 3 over a how coq to of repress natives in sixteen year years Is decidedly of the opinion that his party has ha made a good record in the first enon session of the sixty second congress for the first time in year years the r democrat have been tn in ccntron of one branch of the national government for the first time the democrats havi have had an opportunity 0 o initiate legisla tion and control the jetton action of one ond branch of the national legislature legis liture champ clark occue ei es the petition position which by everybody familiar with legislative Isla tive procedure la Is conceded to be the second place of importance in the official cale scale of the united state states government ern arn ment in the following signed article written for the american press association he expresses hi its of the work of the first eion session of the american congress in which the democratic party has ha controlled th house of representatives for sixteen years mr clark does not hesitate to criticize critic ise the president nor to bestow praise upon those insurgent republicans who have tried to assist the democrats in carry birg out a tariff revision program thi this utterance of speaker clark clarl not only on an account of the official position he occupies but alto also because he is one of fk 0 most prominent possibilities in the next presidential campaign is both interesting te and important by CHAMP CI ARK of the house of representatives pw P w TIE estr session 0 of I 1 con congress gres called by Il president resident taft which cow convened ened on april 4 has been a long one thoi 1 labors of the hu house have been it has made a magnificent record ou on which we iyo can very wel af ford to go to the countr ve tried our best to rhe gt e the people some re alef from the tariff larous and but pre president adent taft our efforts more a the tile pity veto of the wool bill contrasted with president tafts speech at winona the will decide in ber 1012 velch is tile better cause I 1 that of the democrats or that of the prisident loox he could veto the wot 4 SLI t i I 1 ra 1 4 fuoto copy rig I v merican Ie rican lati n cpr 8 her JER tit C cri ri wool bill MI ei eai lie eally tally in the face of his difficult to dt db it la is ivino anona na ccker I 1 PCT icel to the opinion stat he tie mill nere r tome ire cause to r his eto to mes g but onic once aej 1 V let 0 t not ot that wilt will be as aa 10 nm as be he tire discharged their new members embere in duty w with ith fidelity industry punt t all ty and cap capaci the P rower of Us te admin tetra istra both in patronage patron age axe and pr bonal solicitation we e came come very near nr the two thanie vote hect stettin ly the bills over ower big vat veto to pee pass earr barr nay bar the fact that we in the house three majority W on osa sixty stood by their insurgents twenty two ET ev manfully nian fully and democrat did hi his duty cry lne features ea turea t oneff one of the most pleas ne me ot of the extra session was the way to the new members comported them selves sij thy discharged barged their duty ith a oddity fidelity industry punctuality and capa capacity cit some of them made ex ez records foi fot new members the dire or of evil or of tho the stand pat prees and the rears fears ot of timorous Demo democrats pa Ps to the results ot of the extra session it la to now nov cheerfully admitted on all hands lands that ne e have hare ourselves EN E ery D e paper in III america without exception nearly all the in dependent patsa ami and some fair mind ed republican newspapers nes papers indorse our course democrat democrats did not put taft in a hole he avd saved dmm the trouble some lit III advised friends of preal dent loft haie ix aten en I 1 iming aiming that ive e ha han e tried weil to put iut him tu in a hole but I 1 ald sald 1 rida aug 13 in my speech closing the lic on the tile wool etu leto that instead of our trying to put blui bill in a hole he lie had ned beed u us the and had i ut lit lilan it in a hole it a I 1 by the st at ind patters and by thi himself hin iselt that tin th wool bill uni ni not duly duty congi considered dered it Is not true us os I 1 demonstrated in 1113 m i b tho the dates date i the rim ocr of tho the anys 9 and means mean commatti rare gave nearly nearl as much time to tho the ration of the ool schedule aloin as the berkof of the he nil means a n committee c in ta L sixtieth st and slit first ea daae to to the wool scho lulo and tile r other schedules bo otha that assar unit of the and hi III stand tand pat put cohorts roes goes tho tile woi wl vl neth it la is simpi preposterous and 14 1 a feeble effort to tind a reason for tin the wool x octo eto for n hach th re wis no re i 1 son except the tile demind of if the tile stand patters the thea and they only indorse the vetoes democrats made an honest effort to re deduc clue the tariff on nee escarm of life I 1 believe that three fourths 0 of the american people without regard to politics that the rates of the payne tariff bill ought to u bc on tho the necessaries Ile cess arles of life ahl democrats in both bouse house and senate seriate and the Ile publican ansur gent la in both bouse house and senate tried ho honestly netly to reduce them but the prest dint bould have hare nono none of it standing stan dInK III hie solemn and frequently quoted dt delant caration lon in his inonia speech that tho the rates of the wool schedule are too high and ought to b N reduced the th only politic politics we played wa was te to discharge our duty hon estly and keep our cromite pro mite p tho people are not f fools and tb ahl wul have no in deciding that e ba stood their f le da in nil things at this session and A i feel absolutely certain that they will stand by ns the stand appt organs charge us will havin pla plan id politics the only poll tic tics me played was as to discharge our duty honestly and courageously courageous IY and to keep our promises to the people N hach according to my way of thIn ling LIn Is tho tile only honest and hon lou orabe V ay 17 to play politics that 8 the tile only sort of politics that I 1 know how to play the only kind I 1 am will ing to play investigating Commil teea several of the inquiries will mill be con tinned during the interval between bet acen the adjournment of the extra session of congress and the convening of the reg ular cession session in december other corn that ha practically completa ed their flork ork IM inal boako O up their re ports port ono one of the most importing Import int of these committees Is iq ehst the teel t it is 1 composed asA follOw stanley Nen kentucky tucky chairman bar ball lett corRia tt c beall 11 texas littleton leton new N e I 1 ork maine youns young alle bIgan li an sterling illinois 4 danforth ew lorl ork a and nd gardner Massac hutts tb TI committee investigating the sugar ugar trust Is composed of Ilar dwick georgia ch nirman garrett tennes we N new ew lork jacoway Jao way ar kindis 1111 inker er michigan malhy new ner york madison NIS dison r kansa ania and hinds maine I 1 the tho committee inn ettig abing the election of genitor lorimer consists of elmort chairman gim ta outa cikot i 1 tones washington kenron n iowa johnston alabama ciori kern indiana indians and len tennessee the inquiring into the tile lection of f 9 Stephe Stephen neon pon of r I Is iq q anseln 14 it follows Iley lurn idaho idabo gio therlAnd utah bradley c chal kentucky Kini tucky paynter kentucky and becat ene abir |