The Detroit times., 1911-03-31
EXTRA SESSION
WILL Re HUMMER
Tariff, Reciprocity, Mexican Border
Maneuvres, Direct Election Of Sen
ators Will Make Hot News.
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 81
The activities of the extra session OF
congress just about to begin will have
to do with the following subjects:
ID Amendment and passage or
Canadian reciprocity tariff legislation.
Cd Creation OF a tariff free list"
embodying the principal articles which
enter into the cost of living.
(3) Schedule OK" the wool SEIZED
ule, to be revised downward Posi-
bly, also the cotton @schednie rS-A
ca Reorganization OF the house
and senate Choice or Champ Clark
to succeed Joseph O.. Cannon as speak
err James r. Mann to be chosen prob
ably as Republican minority leader
New committee organizations In the
senate; the progressive senators gain
ing representation on the large infiu-
entail committees. Aldrich succeeded
| by Gallihger or Penrose.
(5.) The Mexican affair. President
Taft to be called upon to give his
reasons for his unusual orders to the
army and the navy. Demand for full
information as TO diplomatic CORE
spondence, whether with Mexico or
Japan. Removal OF speculation as TO
whether Wall-st. or other causes have
been responsible for the expensive
military maneuvers.
Co Investigations. This includes
committee inquiries authorized by the
Democratic house into .thel affairs OF
the postofflce depar tment, the Interior
department. the weather bureau ana
other government departments.
ca Consideration OF the Argentine
battleship scandal.
(s1 Arizona and New Mexico state
| hood Senator Owen will Introduce
a 10-line bill at the opening OF the new
congress providing for the immediate
admission OF Arizona and New Mexico
on equal terms. This will be fought
| by enemies OF popular government,
notably by Senator Bailey.
co. The vacant Texas senatorship
! Senator Bailey has announced his In
| tention OF trying 10 continue as sen
| ator from Texas in spite OF his resig-
nation. The senate will consider
presidents, which show that such res
ignations cannot be revoked at the
| will OF the resigning party, .1
G0D Popular election Of senator's.
Senator Borah Will rentroduce his
resolution providing for the choice OF
senators by the people, and this Will
be held before the senate as unfinish-
ed business until another vote is taxi
en- on il. With the new membership
OF the senate II is expected that the
resolution will pass. ss-
G1D Misuse OF patronage by the
president OF the United States. Sen
ator Bourne proposes to take up again
7 hn pf hn M
age by the president for the purpose
OF effecting the choice of delegates and
securing second term nomination.
| IL is not unlikely that appointments
made in order TO secure delegates will
he held up in senate committees and
/ none OF the appointments confirmed,
thus bringing the matter TO sharp
issue between the progressives In the
senate and the president of the United
States. ~ ~ p
Q2) Consideration by the senate
of the administration dollar diplo-
macy" with the possibility OF impeach'
ment proceedings against Knox for
the course pursued by the state de-
partment in the German potash mat
ter. the Liberian matter. the securing
of loans I'm Central America in, China
and in Turkey, aud the Arsentine
scandal,
II is impossible TO tell beforehand
just which OF these things may be.
come the top-lincr, as II were, of the
congressional session. There are
many experts on public affairs who
look TO see the tariff overshadowed by
the investigation of the Mexican az.
fair. II Il should turn out that Pres
ident Taft is not frank with congress-
and through his friends attempts TO
defeat a resolution calling for all the
correspondence. there is no limit 10
the fireworks which may result Also.
n the correspondence when produced
does not show some at present I'M,
known good reason for the orders TO
the army and navy, but does tend to