The Prescott daily news., 1913-01-30
DEMOCRATS IN SENATE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER
 WITHOUT FIGHTING.
WILSON'S P0LITIC ATTITUDE
Reassertine His Progressive Inten- tlons, He Will Not Threaten in Ad- vance the Members of the Conser- vatlve Wing of Hs Party.
By GEORGE CLINTON.

Wilson's three keynote speeches, one at Staurton, one at Chicago and . one at Trenton, he made 1t evident that It Is his intention to make his administration progressive, giving the word the advanced meaning" which 1t holds in latter day politics and leg islation. Democrats in Washington construe the three speeches of their chleftain to mean that he will have in his cabinet only men who are recog nized as belonging to the progressive wing of the party. Some of the Re publicans seem to think that MT. Will sons extreme progressive pronounce ments mean that he will war against the conservative element of his party in congress.
 The Democrats in the senate of the progressive school, who seemingly have control of the party in that body, say that while MT. Wilson, as they have known all along is a progressive and intends to continue to be a pro gressfve, he will not take sides" in matters which are at issue between the conservatives and the progress sives in the house and the senate. What the progressive Democrats mean by this is that Mir. Wilson will urge his progressive policies, but will not threaten conservative Democrats in advance with retaliation if they do not stand for his legislative recommenda. tions.
 The Democrats say they want har mony in the senate and in the house, and that while the great party major ity in the house at the next session makes it certain all Mir Wilson's rec. concentrations will be sanctioned there without trouble. there are still difficulties ahead in the senate where the Democratic majority margin is so small The progressive Democrats continue to believe that, while Mir. Wilson's policies and arguments will be progressive he will use every paci- fcatory effort to bring the conserva- tive Democrats to determination to support his policies in order that the future of the party may not be jeop- ardiZed
 Plan of Progressive Democrats.
 The plan of the progressive Demo crats in the senate stands today just as it stood when 1t was outlined in these dispatches some time ago Some of the most important committee chairmanships will be given to the conservatives and thus seniority of service will be recognized. The pro- gressive Democrats who will be in control of the majority however have planned to so arrange things that on all important committees the majority membership shall represent what is called the more advanced wing of the party In other words, the intention seems to be to give place to many of the conservatives. but to deprive the place of good deal of it's power.
 There are eight of ten Democratic senators who stand on the line be- tween conservatism and radicalism. These senators have shown a dlsposi- ton to work in the main with the sen ators of the more progressive school. Those Democratic senators who are described as mildly conservative and also mildly progressive, have told some of their more advanced brethren that they recognize the party neces- sity of putting through Mir, Wilson's recommendations even if they are more advanced measures than 1t has been the habit of the mildly progress sive ones to smile upon in the past.
 Conservatives May "He Good.'
 It Is said here by progressive Demo- cratic leaders that the conservatives in the senate intend to be good to MT. Wilson; that most of them want to come back to the senate, that some of them have good chance to come back and that therefore they will not start their campaigns for return by quarrel with the leader of their party on the matter of progressive legisla- ton. Of course no one knows Just what will happen, but with the old time conservative leaders in the sen ate seemingly willing for the sake of harmony to accept the progressive dic- tum as to committee appointments and organization generally. there seems