The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-13
CONGRESS HAS
MUCH ON HAND
AIdriCh Bill to Be Taken Up by
Senate Committee at To-
morroW'S Meeting.
NAVY Bill ALSO A LIVE ONE
STIRRING EVENTS IN THE OLD
WORLD.

The world over, the weeks promise
of news-making events is unusually in
teresting. In congress the committee
rooms rather than the floors of the
senate and the house are now the CEN
tiers of interest and viii continue to he
so for some time. Thus far no really
important measure has received the
sanction of a committee in either house.
If the penal code bill be excepted, and
even on that measure all the work had
been done before the beginning of the
present session. The two subjects
which are attracting attention to the
exclusion of almost everything else are
the financial bill and the navy person
mel bill, the former by Senate Aldrich
and the latter by Senator Hale.
Aldrich Financial Bill.
The senate committee on finance will
take up the Aldrich bill at its sitting
next Tuesday. 1t is not believed that
the Democrats viii make any deter
mined opposition to the bill in commit
tee, and the indications are that it will
be given place on the senate calen-
dar sooner than even the Republican
advocates Of the measure expected.
There will be some effort to amend il,
both in committee and in the senate,
but whether amended or not, it will be
debated in the senate at length. Even
though the Democrats themselves
should favor the passage of the meas
ure. they would not permit the session
to go by without discussing the finan-
cial situation, and the Aldrich bill will
afford them the best opportunity for
this.
The Democrats will take advantage Of
every chance to make campaign mate
rial out of the situation. but in the end
they will not stand in the way of such
legislation as the Republican leaders
may agree upon.
Hale's Naval Bill.
Senator Hale's bill will receive its
first attention at the hands of the SEN
ate committee on naval affairs during
the present week. but it will probably
be some time before the measure can
be reported to the senate. There is lit
tie doubt that hearings will be ordered.
1t will be quite impossible to avoid
touching upon the retirement of Ad-
miTal Brownson, and if the subject is
once opened, there is no telling to what
extent it may be pursued.
The general question of the reOrgan-
ization of the>navy is of itself very i'm
pOrtant, but the addition of the Brown
son incident has added much to the
general interest in the proposed inyes-
tigation.
Chairman Tawney. of the house COM
mittee on appropriations will be in his
seat Monday morning. and the commit
tee viii Immediately proceed with the
consideration of appropriation bills.
The vOluminous bill providing for the
cOdifcatiOp of the penal laws holds the
right of way in both houses. 1t has
been under consideration in the house
for two or three days and it was given
the position Of unfinished business on
the senate calendar before the senate
adjourned last Thursday.
Senate Will Adjourn Thursday.
The senate will adjourn again on
Thursday. but the house will most like
ly continue it's work until the END Of
the week.
Among the conventions and gather
ings of various organizations which will
take place this week probably the most
interesting will be that of the National
Guard association at BGston on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. This
meeting will be largely instrumental in
determining the changes to be made in
the National Guard law resulting from
the expiration of the five-year period
allowed by the Dick BILL which was in
tended to bring the guard Organizat ton
into conformity with the. regular army.
Much interest is lent t0ethe meeting of
the Civic Forum in New York on Tues
day evening by the presence of Paul
Milyukoff the distinguished Russian
statesman and leader of the constitu-
tionalists. who comes TO America only
to address this meeting.
In Helena, Mont. on Tuesday, the
National Wool Growers association win
meet to discuss a number Of questions
of vital interest to sheep raisers.
Political Speeches.
Three presidential possibilities are
expected to make addresses at public
functions. On Tuesday Secretary Taft
will address the Ohio society in Phila-
delphia. Mr.. Bryan viii be the guest
of honor at dollar dinner in Lincoln,
Neb.. Wednesday evening, and is ex-
pected to make an address which will
be a reply to recent public speeches,
both Democratic and Republican, re-
garding the issues on which the cam
paign will be fought.
Governor Hughes is scheduled for
two speeches on Friday, one before the
West End WOmen's Republican asso-
citation of New York, and the other at
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