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

Canadian reciprocity tariff legislation.
CD Creation of tariff free list
embodying the principal articles which
enter into the cost OF living.
(3) Schedule *" the wool sched'
ule, TO be revised downward. Posi-
bly, also the cotton schedule
(4) Reorganization of the house
and senate. Choice OF Champ Clark
to succeed Joseph G.. Cannon as speak
er. 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 Gallinger or Penrose.
(5.) The Mexican aair 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.
(6) Investigations. This includes
committee inquiries authorized by the
Democratic house into the affairs OF
the postoffice department, the interior
department. the weather bureau ans
other government departments.
ca Consideration OF the Argentine
battleship scandal
(8.) 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.
(9) The vacant Texas senatorship.
Senator Bailey has announced his In
tention of trying TO continue as SEN
ator from Texas in spite OF his resig-
nations cannot be revoked at the win
OF the resigning party.
1O.) Popular election OF senators.
senator Borahy VIII refntroduce 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 TAX
en- on II. With the new membership
OF the senate, It Is expected that the
resolution will pass.
CID Misuse OF patronage by the
president OF the United States. Sen
ator Bourne proposes TO take up again
the subject of the misuse OF patron
age by the president for the purpose
OF eecting the choice OF delegates and
securing a second term nomination.
IL is not unlikely that appointments
made in order to secure delegates will
be held up I'm 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.
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Q2.) Consideration by the senate
of the ADMINISTRATORS 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 In Central America, In China
and In Turkey, and the Argentine
scandal
Ii is impossible to tell beforehand
just which of these things may be-
come the top liner, as II were, OF the
congressional session. There are
many experts on public aairs, who
look to see the tari overshadowed by
the investigation OF the Mexican ar
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 to
the fireworks which may result. Also,
II the correspondence when produced
does ont show some at present un-
known good reason for the orders TO
the army and navy, but noes tend to
confirm the growing belief that the
whole affair was ordered by Wall-st. In
the interest OF Mexican speculative Sc
curities, the consequences Will be
equally serious.
Another subject which may over
shadow the tariff discussion is the
fight over popular government. That
issue IS becoming more clear-cut every
day. The action Of former Senator
Bailey I'm coming into the open as
champion of special privilege and op-
ponent of popular government, shows
what Standard Oil and the big corpor-
ations thing about the Arizona consti-
tuition and about the activities OF the
progressive league in general. This
campaign is going to be fought out.
Jonathan Bourne is nothing IL not a
fighter. The men who are with him
I'm the progressive league are not only
in earnest, but they are willing to give
their time and money TO this fight,
and they are doing IT,
The administrators dollar diplo-
macy" is a subject which Is pregnant
with legislative consequences. II is
too early yet TO go into detail, but II
may be stated here, without fear OF
contradiction. that facts are coming
10 light as TO the peculiar activities
OF the American state department and
the president OF the United states
which will be a distinct shock TO the
people and the exposure OF which will
be far reaching in It's consequences.
OF no less Importance than all these
things is the tariff. In spite OF Pres
ident Taft's declaration that he de-
sires congress 10 do nothing except
pass the Canadian reciprocity legisla-
tion, schedule TX" (woolenI, and pos
slbIy the cotton schedule. will he re-
vised. Ifsthe president desires 10 veto
the revision OF this schedule. which
he has already declared TO be "inde-
fensible," he will have an opportunity
TO do so.
As to Canadian reciprocity, the pro