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Show Re-elected Speaker of the House by Vote 217 to 205. WASHINGTON, April 2. Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, was re-elected speaker of the house of representatives rep-resentatives today by a vote of 21 7 to 205. All of the Democrats present and four of the so-called Independents, Martin, Progressive, of Louisiana; Schall, Progressive, of Louisiana; London, Lon-don, Socialist, of New York, and Randall, Ran-dall, Prohibitionist, of California, voted vot-ed for Clark. Two Republicans, Gardner and Fuller Full-er of Massachusetts, voted for Rep resentative Lenroot of Wisconsin; Representatives Dallinger of Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, and Gray of New Jersey, voted for Representative Gillette of Massachusetts, and Representatives James of Michigan, and Haskell of New York, Republicans, voted present. pres-ent. The speaker was escorted to the chair by a committee of which Representative Repre-sentative Mann was the chairman. He was greeted with loud applause as he spoke in part as follows: ' - " Clark's Speech - v" "I fully appreciate the fact that it will be exceedingly difficult to discharge dis-charge the duties of the speakership in this house. It will be almost impossible im-possible to do so without the hearty co-operation of the members without regard to party affiliations. I will use my utmost endeavor to be absolutely fair and I invoke the aid of all tho members in doing so. All Are Patriots. "It is absolutely unnecessary and superfluous to lecture the membership on patriotism. We are all patriots as are the people who elected us. We are all Americans whether native or foreign-born, as our constituents. On many questions we are distinct as the billows, yet we are one as the sea when the honor and safety of the republic re-public are involved. Politics finds no (Continued on Page 10) CHAMP tiARK I IS RE-ELECTED I (Continued From Page 1) K place in this houso when the goneral W welfare and the common defense of , the nation are at stake. Let all the ends we aim at be our country's, and, ( in the accomplishment of these ends may the God of our fathers be with us ! and guide us in the way which will f; redound to the honor and perpetuity ! of the greatest republic that ever ex- f isted in all the flood of time." The speaker took the oath at 12:50 o'clock and members wore then sworn ? into office in groups by states. ' Speaker Clark's election was effected effect-ed in exactly one hour and 40 minutes min-utes after the house convened, tho exact time he predicted a fortnight ago. Immediately after the speaker's elec- j tion new members were sworn in and balloting was begun on the minor officers of-ficers of the house. It was at first thought that everything might be ' ready to hear the president soon after 3 o'clock, and the Republicans, however, how-ever, suddenly interposed obstacles of speedy disposition of the business by demanding separate roll calls on each office and It appeared that perfection , of the house organization might run late in the afternoon. |