Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-25
: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEWS FORECAST OF
THE INCOMING WEEK.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES :
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Washington, D. c., April 25.-The
coming week holds in promise an
abundance of events that will interest
newspaper readers. Politics, foreign
happenings, church celebrations, con-
ventions, sporting events and the en-
tertainment of the battleship fleet on
the Pacific coast will share in the
public attention.
More state and district political
conventions will be held next week
than during any similar period since
the present campaign began. OF these
the majority will be of the republic
can party. Secretary Taft will carry
off the honors of the most states, but
in the number of delegates he will
be beaten out by Senator Knox, for
whom the Pennsylvania state conven-
ton, to be held at Harrisburg next
Wednesday, will instruct it's sixty
eight delegates from that state.
Republican conventions, state and
district, will be held in two New Eng
land states during the week, Vermont
and Maine. From present indications
both are likely to follow the example
of Massachusetts in sending an unin-
structed delegation to Chicago, with
the majority of the individual men,
bers presumably for Taft. The Taft
managers expect to get the Colorado
delegation and also have hopes of cap
turing West Virginia, whose state
convention is to met at Parkersburg
Tuesday. Of the Southern states in
which republican state conventions
will be held during the week, Mary
land and South Carolina are regarded
as somewhat doubtful in their choice
for the presidency. Arkansas, Missis
sippi and North Carolina are placed in
the Taft column. The anti-administra-
ton republicans of Alabama will meet
in state convention in Birmingham
Wednesday and will choose delega-
ton to Chicago that will oppose Taft.
The week will likewise be one of
great activity for the democrats. Chief
interest will center in the state pri-
mary in Texas, which has already de-
veloped into one of the most bitter
political contests the Lone Star State
has ever witnessed. The point at
issue is whether or not Senator J. w.
Bailey shall be one of the delegates at
large TO the Denver convention. Other
democratic happenings that will at
tract attention will be the state con-
ventions in Connecticut and New Jer-
sey. In both states the signs seem to
asee1dt to dri<r.1cted- delegates to the
national convention.
The presidential aspirants of both
parties will be heard in public speech
es in several parts of the country.
William j. Bryan will circle through
the Middle West, Taft will be heard
Tuesday night in New York City and
Governor Johnson has accepted an in
vitation to speak in Detroit Wednes-
day night.
The American battleship fleet will
spend the entire week in the harbor
of Santa Barbara, where an elaborate
round of festivities in honor of the
officers and men will be carried out
The centennial celebration of the
New York diocese will be the cynosure
of all eyes in the Catholic world, at
tended, as it will be, by all of the
dignitaries of the church in this coun-
try and several from abroad.
Portugal is awaiting with some
anxiety the reassembling of parlia-
ment next Wednesday, when King
Emanuel will personally take the oath
before that body to observe the con-
stitution of Portugal.
Four of the Southern states will OBJ
serve Monday as Confederate Memo
rial day, and throughout the North
the same day will be celebrated in
honor of the birthday of General
Grant. The state prohibition election
in North Carolina will be another
event of interest.