The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-31

1 session should be meagre, he may ask
 for a postponement until the senatorial
 seats generally are occupied.
 The question of Senator Shoots eligibil-
 ity is also in condition to be considered by
 the Senate, but as Senator Foraker is
 counted upon by the Utah senators s
 friends to lead in his defense, it is under
 stood that the question will be deferred l for a time, if not indefinitely. There is a
 growing disposition among senators to postpone action on the Shoot matter, and l predictions that the session will be per
 mitted to pass withOgt a vote are not | nfrequent. Mir. Shoot, however, is very | solicitous for ballot, and his wishes may | be permitted to prevail.
 By unanimous consent the Senate will | vote on January 12 on Senator Lafollette' s | bill placing limitation on the duration of the employment of railway operatives, and that measure is now in position to be
 called up for discussion at any time. The next appropriation bill to be re-
 ported to the House will be the fortifica- tion bill, and this will be followed by ap-
 pro priations for the District of Column
 bia, but neither will be ready for con sideration before January 10.
 1 Along the changes in state administra- i tions to take effect this week. much inter-
 est attaches to that in New York where 1 Charles D. Hughes. who won interna-
 tional fame the probing attorney in the
 insurance Investigation, becomes chief ex-
 ecutive of the state.
 i The situation in New York, however, is , more mixed in a political sense than it
 has been in years. This year all the cleo
 tive state officials except governor will
 be democrats This will be the first time in thirteen years that the democrats have | .l f1r ft,n for, l of Cunneen, an attorney general. The greater part of the state patronage, how
 ever, is still in the hands of the repub- ] licans, the governors appointing power
 covering wide range.
 The present hearing by the interstate
 commerce commission into the affairs of | the Union Pacific, postponed from last i week, will be opened in New York on l Friday. One of the first witnesses to be | called is D. II. Hartman, head of the i Union and Southern Pacific systems. and l fl is expected that his examination by the
 commission will prove to be very impor' tant and interesting.
 ! The Algeciras conference protocol pro- 1 Viding for Moroccan reforms having beer
 ratified by all the nations concerned. the 1 treaty will be signed by representatives of the different powers December 31 al
 Madrid. It is xpected that the regula- | tions governing the international police force in Morocco will shortly be drawn uI i by the French and Spanish delegates, the | Swiss colonel who is to command the l force and the Moorish war minister, Saic Mohammed Gabbas, who has been in structed by the Sultan to carry out the reforms provided by the convention.
 The Japanese training squadron, con- slsting of the cruisers Itsukushima, Has
 hidate and Matsushima, under command
 of Rear Admiral Kateoka, ex-president of the Naval Cadet school at Yokohama, and commander of the third squadron un-
 der Admiral Togo off Porto Arthur, will i start from Yokohama on cruise across
 the Pacific January g. The squadron is expected to arrive at San Francisco Feb
 ruary IS, and subsequently, will visit Se' attle and Tacoma.