The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-20
BRYAN MEETING
PROMINENT MEN
Situation in New York Inter-
esting From Many
Points of View.
MOVEMENTS OF Mr.. TAFT
PROGRAM OF SENATE AND.
HOUSE FOR THIS WEEK.

The presence at New York at the be-
ginning of this week of two prominent
figures in national politics will center
political interest in that city for a few
days at least. Neither VIM. j. Bryan
nor Secretary Taft is scheduled 10 make
any public utterance upon current is
sues. but Mr.. Bryan may take occa-
sion to touch upon affairs political at
the dinner of the Delaware sSb in Jer-
sey City on Tuesday evening. at which
he and Judson Harmon are to be the
chief guests
Bryan's Dates.
a number of conferences between Mr..
Bryan and prominent Democrats of
New York are expected to take place
during his stay in that Vicinity, and
these may be of unusual significance
in view of the interesting situation
growing out of the quarrel i'm the New
York Democratic state committee. On
Monday Mr.. Bryan Is to breakfast with
Henry Watterson at the Manhattan
club and to lunch with Augustus Van
WYck at the Lawyers club, when sew
erdl other Democrats may be present.
Monday night Mr. Bryan will deliver
a lecture i'm the borough of the Bronx
on Tuesday he viii be the guest of
Governor Fort of New Jersey at Tren-
ton, and that night will be the guest
of the Delaware club at Jersey City
He is also expected to speak at the
joint dinner of the members of the
Associated Press and the American
Newspaper Publishers association both
Of which organiZa tons viii meet in an
nual session in New York this week.
The dinner viii be served at the Wal
dOrf-Astoria Wednesday evening. Mr.
Bryan will return west probably on
Tuesday
Taft Program.
Secretary Taft win be in New York
during Monday only and will deliver
the principal address al a meeting of
the Laymen's missionary movement. to
be held at Carnegie hall Monday night
Three state conventions and a large
number of congressional district con-
ventions to elect delegates to the ma
tiOnal convention will be held during
the week. The Nevada state Republican
convention will be held at Winnemuc-
"a on Monday; the New Hampshire
Republican convention at Concord on
Tuesday and the Illinois state Demo-
crate convention at Springfield on
Thursday.
Congressional Matters.
Republicans in congress having de-
cided to postpone their caucus on cur
rency legislation. the house viii not
take up that subject for the present,
but viii continue to give attention to
appropriation bills when there are such
measures on the calendar The sundry
civil bill will follow the diplomatic bill
as the next supply bill to receive con-
SiderdtiOn. but aS the committee on ap-
preparation will not be able to report
it TO the house before Wednesday. il
will be necessary for the house TO de-
vote the first few days of the week
10 other subjects. There are several
supply bills in conference. and an eff
fort viii be made to obtain action Of
representatives on these measures.
There are also plans looking to sus-
pension of the rules and passage of
several measures of miscellaneous
character
Filibuster to Continue.
There is little doubt that the Dem
ocratic members will seize upon every
such opportunity to prosecute their fill
buster for the purpose, as their leader,
Mr.. Williams puts it, "Of emphasizing
the Discrimination Of the Republican
house TO comply with the expressed
wish Of the president for necessary leg
isIatiOn."
This is likely to be met by the Re
publicans with stil stricter rules of
cloture and a sharp conflict is antici-
pated.
The senate will devote the week to
Brownsville and appropriation bills
Of the appropriation bills the one max
Ing provisions for the expenses for the
District of Columbia will be the first
to receive attention. and il will prob
ably be followed by the pension bill,
which makes provision for the payment
of allowances to old soldiers and their
widows.
Big Week on the Coast.
The people of Los Angeles and many
nearby cities and towns viii unite dur