Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-25
DO DEMOCRATS DESERVE CONFIDENCE?

DESERVE CONFIDENCE?
 Adjournment Of the extra session of congress being at hand. it's pro- oeedings may properly be reviewed to sum up what good has been ac- coaplished. For the first time In sixteen years the democrats were in possession of a majority in the house. and the popular win which entrusted them with this power now demands of them an accounting.
 The country expected and de- manded of the democrats two things, the elimination Of Cannon ism and a revision of the tariff The first reform was instituted upon the organization of the house when the special session convened on April 1. From this time forth, no speaker of the house will be a czar The democrats, however, were em- barrassed by being called suddenly into session before they could pos sibly prepare a general bill for tar if revision. The greater part of the session has been spent in futile efforts to frame three measures of revision and get them past the pres ident His veto has nullifled all ef- forts. but that shoulders upon him the entire responsibility for denying the relief from the high cost of nv- ing for which the people prayed The president will be held account able for that personally next year.
 Passing on from this record of one good thing accomplished as ez- pected and one other necessary thing waiting until the regular ses- sion of next winter to be finished we must give/ the democrats credit for enacting a rigid campaign pub licity bill This has been com mented upon at length heretofore.
 4 reapportiohment bill providing for an enlarged representation in congress has been enacted.
 Statehood for Arizona and New Mexico has also been provided by a compromise between congress and he president.
 Reciprocity with Canada has be- come effective, as far as action by this country is concerned. This can not be credited to the democratic house. as 1t was a White House measure in which congress con cured. Arbitration treaties with France and Great Britain, also measures emanating from the White House, were not coneurred in by a republican senate. So that all treaties may be excepted from the summing up of democratic achieve ments.
 The catalogue Of really construct i've legislation enacted by this extra session is brief, owing to check- males administered by the legisla- tive to the executive branch and vice versa. In an administration divided between opposite parties this is to bo expected. The people will judge which arm of the gov ernment struck the sturdicr blows in their behalf
 Naturally, when the democrats came into power, they sought to prove their partisan charges of mis- management extravaganza, graft end coilusion between the admins tration and big business interests. One of the features Of this session has been the amazing number Of investigations set afoot and the dis eoveries which have been made as a result of official probing. Truths have been revealed respecting oper- ations Of the steel and sugar trusts; greedy and cunning macsanations to secure control of Alaska public lands have been unearthed. and a contemptibie conspiracy to undo tho work of Dr. Wiley and get rid of him has been laid at the door Of