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Show yy MAKES READY TO ADJOURN Both Houses of Congress Finish Clark Reviews Re-views Work. Washington, Aug 2t. With both houses of congress today marking time awaiting agreement on a Bingle appropriation bill the adjournment of the second session of the Sixty-second congress was assured before sundown sun-down Early today both house and senate sent the general deficiency appropriation appropria-tion bill to a conference over minor disputes and both settled down to clear decks for adjourument- The adjournment resolution was drawn in the house and awaiting tho passage of the final appropriation bill before its introduction. Plans wevo arranged to have President Taft go to the capitol about mid-afternoon and take up the task of aisning the bills passed in the final moments of the senate. Speaker Ch,a.nip Clark, delivering :ho veledictory .of the Democratic louse'df rheSixty-second eongroSB .his afternoon, asserted that histor-aus histor-aus would declare with absolute truth :liat tho house Democrats of the Six-Ly-flrst and Sixty-second congresses 'did great things" and "have mado a sweeping Democratic victory approximately ap-proximately certain, a victor that will give us the house, the senate and Ihe presidont." The speaker, in a tribute to leaders of both parties, declared that no majority ma-jority was over more successfully led than by Representative Underwood, nor any minority evor more ably than hy Representative Mann "I have not," he said, "always agreed with Brother Mann God forbid for-bid but he lives up fully to his name, lie is hi every truth a man, ' Democrats Sneered At. Speaker Clark said that for years the Democrats had been sneered at "as a party or negation, green hands in formulating and conducting public business, ridiculed as a mob, rabble, without coherence or discipline as militia mi-litia fighting regulars, and even the exact date on which we would dissolve dis-solve into warriug factions and go to pieces was set down in type " "But." he added, "the Democrats have fought and won like veterans and constitute as thoroughly a disci plined force as ever appeared in tho house or any other narllamentary body tilnae such bodies were instituted among men, mustered our full strength on every important proposition proposi-tion and passed two great tariff bills over the president's veto, the first instance in-stance of the kind In the history of the republic." They had fought a good fight and kept the faith, he said. The speaker expressed thanks and the gratitude of "the country" to the "brave, wise and patriotic Republicans" Republi-cans" who co-operated "with us in passing good bills." "The secret of our marvelous success," suc-cess," he said, "Is simple unity of thought, purpose and action, frequent counsel together, a spirit of mutual conciliation and strict adherence to principle " "We have won many lctorlcs," he said, "but what is better, we havo formed the habit of victory." Thwarted by President. "What the Democratic house accomplished, ac-complished, so far as it could for tho amelioration of conditions," ho said, "thwarted as it has been by a P.e-publiean P.e-publiean president, is only an earnest of what we will do when we come into full possession of the three branches of government. President Taft vetoed most of our bills of a remedial character a prerogative un-wisoly un-wisoly exercised. He made his record, rec-ord, "we made ours. On these records rec-ords wo appeal to the country with absolute confidence that when tho polls close In November wo will Have elected a Democratic house and senate, sen-ate, Govornor Woodrow Wilson to tho presidency and Governor Marshall to the vice presidency consummations devoutly to be wished, which we believe be-lieve and hope will prove of enduring benefit to the entire Amorlcan people, peo-ple, of whatever persuasion, religious or political." Speaker Clark will start on a speaking speak-ing trip for Governor Wilson next week that will begin at Rocklaud, Me., August 29, and may develop Into a tour of the continent. Ho probably will epeak In Missouri and New Mexico Mex-ico after leaving New England and then proceed to the Pacific coast. The - olans are not complete. |