Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-17
Week May Determine Whether Island will
Continue Sovereign Power.
PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN NEW YORK
Fight Between 0de.l and Parsons for Con-
troll Of Repuollcan Organization.
lnTtRtsT IN In coMaANY CONTEST
Forces Friendly 40 Mayor Mcclellan
Trying TO wrest Control from
ohsrIes Murphy-Hryan's
southePn Tour.
future OF ISLAND N BALANCE

WASHINGTON, sol,t. l6.-Cuba undoubt-
ealy Will noio the interest OF the world
uutlng the week TO CONT. fiIe visit Oh
secretaries Tart and 5acon to the island
rep1Diic with the aNowed purpose Of BRING
ing about solution OF tie trouble "InoI
already has resulted IN bio, -hed and con-
mercial disruption Is a. Ned on ali
sides as an event vi n rtance IN
world affairs. Preceded, q &. ed and
followed by a founidsbie ~ sea
lighting forces. The repres Of
President Roosevelt will reach ~
capital early In the week and the u. %>
has besn made in Office circles tina ~:
work will be completed within seven \ ~
within that limited time it is expec'
that IL will have been definitely determined,
whether an anicable settlement OF the
conflict in the island can be brought about
without further intervention on the part Of
the United states 1t is probable that
upon the success or failure Of the mission
entrusted to Secretaries Taft and Bacon
depends the immediate future of the new
repubiic-whether IL shall remain as at
present, a sovereign state, or shall come
under the active protection of the United
States for time, at least, under the PRO-
visions OF the Piatt amendment.
Primary Elections in New York.
On Tuesday primary elections will be
held In New York by both the democratic
and republican parties Much interest is
taken in these primaries this year because
Of contests for control being waged against
b. b. odell. jr, the present head OF the
state republican Organization, and Charles
f. Murphy, head Of the Tammany democ-
racy.
The opposition to odell in New York
chairman OF the county republican COM
mittee. who recently visited President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and received from
the presidents an endorsement of Mr.. Par
sons course In political affairs. In Tam
many the situation is more complicated.
but opposed to him are forces friendly to
Mayor Mcclellan, while the adherents Of
Congressman Timothy d. Sullivan, who are
very powerful In the organization. have
not yet indicated their position. Whether
tlaeesescss York county delegates to- the
state democratic convention will be In
structed for william r. Hearst for gov
ernor may depend on the result of the
Tammany primaries as Murphy is generally
supposed to favor such an endorsement
One of the most interesting political
events of the week In New England will
he the state convention of the New Hamp-
shire republicans at Concord on Tuesday.
There are Ave candidates for the guber-
natoriai nomination including Winston
Churchill. the novelist.
BryaH's Southern Tour.
william ], Bryan will continue his
southern tour this week and will deliver
an address at Atlanta on Tuesday,
Seventeen candidates for places on the
team which will represent America in the
international automobile race for the Van
derbnt cup on October will race over
2g mile course on Long Island next
Saturday. The first fve cars to finish will
compose the American team for the nnal
race.