Bisbee daily review., 1911-01-18
SUGGESTS SOME REFORM
 IDEAS
Next Speaker of House Has Sensible Views on Several
 Subjects

WASHINGTON D. c. Jan IT, or course Champ Clark will be speaker. and Of course what Mir. Clark says is just now being listen ed to with a good deal Of interest ! Perhaps what Mir. Clark has recently said might be termed a part of the doctrine of New Nationalisn," as We are told that the term simply refers to old truths re-stated. Any how in his forceful way, Mir. Clark asserts as a truth the familiar idea that the term of president should be six years. and that of @ congress- man three years; the president he would make ineligible for re-elec- | tion. For the reason that the exist ing rules as to the time Of election and inauguration were made for the stage coach period. Mir Clark would change the time of election to the month of August, and the inaug- uration to october. He would a. mend the constitution to accomplish these changes.
 The feelings of the people Of Ari- zona in reference to statehood al mounts 10 a passion, is the graphic description of the conditions in the i territory as impressed upon a great many prominent men of the capital. beginning with President Taft and running down through the line of senators, congressman, newspaper men and others. by Hoval Smith, the mining man from Bisbee. BiE Smith has undoubtedly done good work here. and his enforced pres. ! snce at the capitol incident to @ slight illness from tonsilitis-from which he has recovered. has been to the advantage of the territory. Statehood would immediately insure an iupouring of new settlers, and a ' tremendous development of our nat i1ral resources, which are the great est in the west declares Mir. Smith ! The visitor found the people of the capital inclined to criticise some of the radical features of the consutu- tion, particularly the provision for Ithe recall Of the judges, Mir. Smith fayo-s a new constitutional conven-
 ton for Arizona that will eliminate | those objections so freely voiced Ihere, for the reason that he has be-
 come convinced that the powers 1 that be" may not accept the initial statehood plan put forth at the re-
 cent gathering at Phoenix.
 Delegate Ralph H. Cameron IS pre- pairing to take up a number of i'm
 portant bond issues before the com
 mittee on territories, now that those
 branches of the house are getting
 down to business after having recoy- cred from the effects of a rather long holiday vacation Among the impor-
 tant bond matters pending is an is-
 sue for S6O,OO0 by Phoenix, which
 was voted to take over the sewerage land drainage system from a private corporation and make 1t a municipal institution.
 The majority report of the commit tee favoring Senator Lorimer. of Illinois, is being vigorously assailed land the matter will be threshed out
 on the floor of the senate. It seems
 admitted that votes were purchased
 in the interests of the senator's cleo ltion. but the committee finds for the Illinois statesman. apparently on the
 ground that he would have been
 elected without the votes that were bought
 1 There are mutterings about the
 halls of congress that forbodes pos lsible trouble. The democratic party
 has a majority in the next congress.
 and in the caucus to be held this
 month for the purpose of formulating
 a plan of procedure, the southern
 members have votes enough to con trol any situation. And these south .ern democrats have patiently taken
 back seats" since before the war. and naturally as many have served a long time in minor committee posi-
 tions, they feel that choice cha a'rman-
 ships should be divided up amongst
 them, and according to the preced- ' ents of congress, they cannot see any reason why the north, which sends
 for the most part a new, or practical iy new representation. should ex- pect much in the way of honors. Be sides the committee places, there is 10 be clean sweep in the elctive and appointice positions in the house. and 1t is not at all strange that the south should point out the fact that it has long been patient and always loyal to the democratic party The i majority of southern democrats is smaIi-but raverf heIeSe # fc a ma