The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
MUCH INTEREST IN
 CANADA ELECTION Politicians Will Watch Reci-
 procity Fight TALK OF LAFOLLETTE Denver Man Says He Could Not Get Precinct in Colorado-Cali-
 fornia May Be Against Taft ,3sS Next Year
TALK OF LAFOLLETTE
Ry RALPH NJ. wHITEsIDE

fndue HeaNy SdiiiS III tii0 1oih'h' i'NiNii tag, or that the liberals have lost half a dozen or so seats in the British parliament causes only languid interest here. a.-
 But there Is one foreign election now on which will be followed with as keen an interest in Washington as though it was an election for members of Con gress.
 I allude of course to the election of the Canadian parliament. For upon its re-. suit hangs the fate of the reciprocity treaty which MT, Taft with so much diff ficulty, guided through Congress.
 From the Washington standpoint the result Is not in doubt. It is felt that Sir Wilfred Laurier who is recognized as master politician never would have gone to the country had he not been practically certain what the result would be.
 There is called to mind that in the Ca nadian northwest when Laurier in the past has been weakest, there are now some thousands of American Canadians who are red hot for reciprocity
 Nevertheless the progress of the cam paign is being followed with the keen est interest in Washington.
 What strength will La Toilette have In the republican national convention next
 
 here. For instance, A. M. Stevenson, of Denver, former republican national com mitteeman of Colorado, does not take se- riously the efforts of the progressive league in his state.
 "LaFolette couldn't get precinct, not to mention a county. in Coorado,' MT. Stevenson said There will be absolute ly no opposition in Colorado to the re- nomination for President Taft, the dele gation to the national convention will be solid.
 twill the republican carry Colorado In the election?" was asked.
 well, that's another question: replied Mir. Stevenson. There is no telling which way Colorado may go. but have strong hope that Colorado VIII De TOT MT. Taft. next year."
 Then comes a LaFoIlette voice from Minnesota. =, "The Minnesota state delegation will 20 instructed for Senator LaFolette, ac- cording to the present outlook, says James Manahan, a prominent attorney of | the Gopher state, who is in Washington
 on legal business.
 ] "A large BaFollette for President club was organized recently in Duluth, said MT. Manahan. "and strong clubs have already been formed in St. Paul and Min neapolis. A statewide organization is be- ing perfected under the leadership of Haryy Clapp son of United States Sena- tor Clapp, and Alexander Mcknight. 'I.aFollette sentiment is strong all over the state, and if the will of an enormous majority of republican voters is not thwarted by politicians the state deie- gation will be anti-Taft and pro-LaF ol- lette
 North Dakota also is practically cer- tain to send a LaFollette delegation, and xxytI Ia ilr politicians there throttle the will Of the republicans. s,k
 MT. Manahan and Attorney General Wickersham had hot clash at the con vention of the Minnesota State Bar as- sociation at Duluth over the recall or judges, the Minnesota attorney being em- phatically in favor of the plan. Unless sentiment among the republic ans of California is changed the state del- egaton to the republican national conven- ton next year will be an anti-Taft body, says Frederick s. Lyon, lawyer of Los Angeles While am not politician, I have taken great interest in politics, and have observed the trend of sentl- ment in the state. There can be no ques- ton that California Is totally in the hands of the progressives, and while 1t would be premature to say that the state will be for LaFollette, the situation at this time would indicate it.
 "The wing of the republican party Of which Senator Works is the head. has built up stronger machine than ever was known in the state, and this machine is controlled by the progressive faction. Whatever candidate Senator Works and his followers may support, therefore, will be the choice of California in the conven- tion."
 It is likely that President Taft will make a coast-to-coast trip this fail. lasting a month and a half. Whether to allow his itinerary lO extend from Beverly to San Francisco is ques- ton which the President probably will decide next week.
 The President will start from Rev. erly about the middle of September. This has been settled. As first planned, the trip included only the middle west ern states, and would have taken two weeks. Now 1t has heightened to n month, and possibly. two weeks more will be added to satisfy the desire to see and hear the President expressed by the Rocky mountains and the Pa cifc states. The trip will be next in extent to his circuit of the United States two years ago, when he was trayeling for two @Months.
 
 expects to go to Pittsburg; then Ro- chester. N. Y, fair; spend two days in Chicago; go to Davenport, la; tour Kansas, strike into Missouri; then go northwest into the Dakotas or through to the Pacific. He will make stops in Minnesota, tour Wisconsin and make several speeches, ending the trip at | the international dairy show at Mill wauk ee; go down into the middle west ern states and probably to some of those in the southeast. and return to Massachusetts by way of Washington After the trip the President feels 1 that he should have a months quiet at
 Beverly before taking up the burdens of another session of Congress "It is not probable that Colorado will elect. a United States senator to succeed the late Charles Hughes, Jr. until the next session of the legisla- ture. more than a year hence." says | A M. stevenson of Denver. Under the flaw I believe the governor would have | inc power to call an extra session of lthe legislature for the express purpose of choosing a senator. but there has been Snos suggestion that this will be donea " I E txrd.' % gusted the people of the state, and per- haps they are contented to be repre- sented by only one senator. It is possi- pIe. that the next legislature may be re-