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Show CONGRESS H FOR LONG GRIND CHAMP CLARK AGAIN CHOSEN SPEAKER OF HOUSE AND CLARKE PRESIDES IN SENATE. Old-Time Republican Members Back Again in Lower Branch, But Democrats Dem-ocrats Have Majority In Both Houses. Washington. Congress assemblca and organized on Monday, December G. Four hours' work In the house saw Speaker Clark returned to the chair, Hoprescntatlvo Mann returned to the leadership of the Republican minority; tho Introduction of 2,000 bills and resolutions reso-lutions many of them proposing measures meas-ures of nntlonnl defense and many moro In opposition; tho reappearance of constitutional amendments to enfranchise en-franchise women and a miniature rules light that flickered out with tho adoption adop-tion of last year's rules with a few changes. In tho senate practically nothing was dono except the election of Senator Sena-tor Clarko of Arkausos as president pro tempore. Vice-President Marshall was absent because of the Illness of his wife. Both houses then, nftcr sending a Joint committee to tho White House to give official notice of the opening of c-ongross, adJourneduntil JTueftday Tho greatest budgcCofeXpcndUurcB over placed beforo any American congress con-gress in times of peace was brought In from tho various branches of tho government, gov-ernment, the total being some one hundred hun-dred and seventy million dollars moro than was asked for last year. The groat part of tho proposed Increased expenditure Is for tho enlarged army an danvy program, and aside from working out tho problem of national defense, It will be the business of congress con-gress to ralso tho revenue to pay for It. Old-timers, most of them Republicans Republi-cans re-elected after going down before be-fore tho presidential Democratic landslide land-slide of 1912, camo trooping back to places in tho house, eager for a part In tho absorbing business of the next few months. "Uncle Joe" Cannon sat on a bench in tho front row and laughed laugh-ed -while the house got Into Its llttlo row over the rules and hot referencee to "Cannonlsm" were hurled back and forth across tho dividing aisle. |