Arizona republican., 1911-03-02
TIME GREW
 TOO SHORT Why The Phoenix Sewer
 Bond Bill Failed RETURN OF MAYOR CHRISTY
It Was in Fair Shape When He Left Washington His Impression Regarding the Constitution - Alarming Suggestions Rumored.

Mayor Lloyd E. Christy returned yesterday morning from Washington
 where he went q couple of weeks
 ago in ihe interest Of the bill in congress authorizing the city of
 Phoenix to use q part of the sewer tEnd Tor the purchase Of the Lack system. When Ire mayor left Wash ington he had reason to believe that
 the nilI would pass, and he was therefore painfully disappointed when he read in a copy of The Republican winch he bought at Tempe yesterday morning tEat the house committee on territories had turned the bill down She day before
 The mayor could account for such action Of the committee only on the ground that it realized the hopeless- hess of getting action on the bill on the floor iE the house the closing days of congress. and so pigeonhoieu it.
 While in Washington the mayor. assisted by Delegate Cameron. worked aSsiduously for the bill. They had it before the committee whenever possi- ble and between times impOrtuned the members Of the committee No oppo- sition was developed to it in any quarter. On the contrary. most Of the members Of the committee ex- pressed their willingness to allow Phoenix to do what the city had q Tlain right to do.
 
 other matter before it that pressed upon it's attention and rather dis placed other business. There was delegation from New Mexico there urging the defeat or the constitution of that territory on the ground that its ratification had been accomplished at the election.
 The subcommittee of the house committee agreed to favorable recommendation of the sewer bond measure. and it was arranged by Mir Cameron that when the bill should pass the house it should be taken up by Chairman Beveridge Of the senate committee to be presented to the senate on the report Of the house com mittee
 Before leaving Washington Mayor Christy conferred with Delegate Cam erOn and Dwight E. Heard, and both agreed that everything had been done and that his further stay was need less. Tine failure of the measure can be attributed only to lack Of time. 1T the work could have been begun a month or only two weeks earlier. it would have been successful.
 When asked a Ct MaUpP Christy said that his time was so much occupied with the sewer bond matter that he could not devote at tention to statehood. He called at the White House once in company with several other Arizonians, Mir Perkins of Flagstaff Mir Nelson of Apache county. Dr. Wright and Post master Cassidy of Bisbee. but during the brief stay no mention was made of statehood or the Arizona cOnstitu- tion At the same time there were not fewer than seventy-five congress- men present and others were coming and going.
 Tn the course of his calls upon eongressmen with reference to the sewer bond matter, the subject of the constitution was frequently brought up and it was discussed more or less in his presence about the hotels. Mir Christy said that as a result of the discussion he had formed no definite impression as to the fate of the constitution, but he said that last Saturday night, shortly before he left for home. in a brief with MT Heard the latter told him that he believed the situation to be hopeless and that in no circumstances would the constitu tion be approved.
 But during his stay in Washington MT Christy said that he was some what alarmed by the frequency with which he had heard joint statehood He cannot but regard the present situation as a menacing one ing fire in congress.
 While at the capital Mayor Christy called at the office of the supervis- ing architect of the treasury depart ment. being introduced to that off cial by a mutual friend. He was told that the plans for the Phoenix federal were almost complete and that bids would probably be adver- tised for about March l5.
 The supervising architect did not state positively that he would be ready to call for bids by the middle of this month. but he though he would be able to do so" said the mayor
 Mayor Christy also ascertained that there is not the slightest chance of Phoenix securing a recount of her population lie called at the census