Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-04
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

POLlTlCS AND POLITICIANS
 The county option issue is expected to figure prominently in the coming state campaign in Minnesota
 Attorney General Wickersham will be the chief speaker at the Appomattox Day dinner of the Hamilton club in Chicago next month.
 John w. Gates, whose financial speculations have made him national character, is mention ed as a possible candidate for governor of Tex as on the republican ticket.
 Eau Claire has voted in favor of the commis- sion plan of government, being the first Wiscon- sin city to adopt the plan as provided by the new state law.
 At the city election next month Chicagoans will be given their first opportunity to vote on the question of saloons or no saloons.
 Judge Anderson S.. Reddenberry has been elected to congress from the second district of Georgia to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative James M. Griggs.
 Senator Piles of Wisconsin will probably re- tire from office at the end of his present term to become the legal representative of the Guggen- helm interests
 Two hundred and sixty y-three of the 39O mem bers of the national house of representatives, or neary 70 per cent were born in the States they represent.
 Michigan's 'dry' territory may be increased next month when number of counties are to exercise their privilege of voting on the ques- ton of abolishing the saloons.
 The free-for-a all race for the republican guber- material nomination in North Dakota is likely to receive impetus soon by announcement of Judge Nehemiah Davis, of Minot, of his candi- dacy for the nomination.
 Of shall of Indiana and Mayor Gaynor of New York are expected to be the chief speakers at the big democratic banquet to be held in Wash ington next month in celebration of Jefferson E birthday.
 Seven members of the present United States senate were born outside the United States. Lorimer of Illinois, Wetmore of Rhode Islan' and Sutherland of Utah were born in England Stephenson of Wisconsin and Gallinger of New Hampshire are natives of Canada. Nelson of Minnesota is native of Norway and Oliver of Pennsylvania was born in Ireland while his parents were visiting in that country.
 Since Galveston established the precedent less than ten years ago, nearly all of the lead ing cities of Texas have adopted the commits sion plan of government. Included among the number are Houston, Dallas, Fl Paso, San An IOulO, CHcIlIdll, dleSlllle, waco, ' OGU w OrJn, Austin, Denison Greenville and Beaumont In no other state of the union have so many citic adopted the commission plan, though the move ment is making rapid headway in Kansas, Ten nessee, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Cali fornia and the Dakotas.
 Believing that Speaker Cannon will not be candidate for the speakership of the Sixty sec ond congress, republicans tin New Hampshire are going to present the name of Congress- man Frank D. Currier of the second New Hamp- shire district, who has often been called to the chair by Speaker Cannon the past six years, as candidate. It is claimed that Representative Currier is one of the most capable presiding of fcers who has ever directed the affairs of the house. He acquired his knowledge of parlia- mentary affairs by long service as speaker of the New Hampshire house of representatives and as president of the New Hampshire senate
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