The copper era., 1911-04-14
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON
Current News of the Week and Some of the Events of Importance in Which
 Arizona Figures.
ESPECIAL TO THE COPPER ERA)

Among the Arizonans in the cap stal are George W. P. Hunt, who was president of the constitutional convention, F. M. Avis, E. B. O'Neil and c. H. Akers, all of PhoenIx. The gentlemen are here In the interests of securing approval of the Arizona constitution. Mir. Hoval Smith, of Bisbee, has also been here looking after private business matters. The Democratic House program is to se- cure joint action on the New Mexico and Arizona statehood documents, and then to pass their work on to the Senate. It is not expected that President Taft will act upon the Ari- zona constitution until it shall have been threshed out in Congress, al though at one time it was thought in some quarters that be might first disapprove of the document. The whole controversy seems to rest, as at last session, with the Senate, and while Arizona has its supporters there who will seek to secure ap- proval of its constitution, yet it is very questionable whether enough votes can be mustered to save the document.
 Two matters of foremost import ance to the people of Arizona, which are on the Democratic schedule, are the Canadian reciprocity and the tariff schedule on wool. Under the agreement proposed with Canada, cattle will be admitted to the mar kets of the United States, free of duty, and regions like those of Ari. zona, New Mexico and Texas which are large producers of cattle will be affected. The same regions are also vitally interested in the proposal re- garding the tariff on wool, as wool growing is one of the great indus tries. From a careful canvas of the situation, your correspondent finds that the wool industry is considered of vast importance to many sections of the east, including Ohio, Pennsyl- vania and New England, and that these regions will join with the noun tain states, extending as far west as the Pacific coast, in resisting a change in the present schedule. The Democrats of the House are pledged to reducing the tariff, and President Fast is also expected to bend every energy in the same direction.
 William Jennings Bryan's presence in Washington, and his close con- nection with the Democratic party leaders who have been framing policies, has given rise to all sorts of speculation, and good many people pretend to find in the Nebraskan's activities reasons to belive that he will again be the Presidential candi- date of his party. A substantial reason for doubting this is found in the fact that Speaker Champ Clark is anxiously seeking the presidential nomination, and it is hardly to be believed that he would be found working hand in glove with / MT. Bryan as at present, if the two were likely to be rivals at later day.
 The resolution by Senator LaFol- lette calling for another investigation of the Senator Lorimor case, has excited lively interest. The new dis closures at Springfield are no doubt serious enough to warrant the Senate in reope ming the whole matter, but Senators, Congressman and everyone else connected with the legislation, are SO sick and tired of the Illinois affair, that they will be loath to take it up again. If the progressive Senators insist upon the LaFollette resolution there will be without doubt another contest over Lorimor's title to his seat even more bitter than the last one.
 President Taft has been taking the House and Senate leaders into his condolences in reference to the Mexican war, which resulted in send ing our troops to the frontier. He has done this for the purpose of pre- venting an investigation by Congress
 Canadian reciprocity and the wool tariff will likely be the first matters to be settled by Congress. A revision of the schedule on wool is undoubted- ly agreeable to a great many Repub licans, as we'll as to Democrats.
 The factional lines in the Republi. can party seem to have been pretty we'll healed in the House of Repres entatives, but in the Senate the old condition has been but little changed beyond the fact that the progressive element has demanded and secured fuller recognition in the organization. But when it comes to unity of action there is not the same prospect as has been secured in the lower branch.