The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
NEWS FORECAST
IS PROMISING
Six State and "a District P0-
litiCaI Conventions
This Week.
CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD
BRYAN, HUGHES AND TAFT
BOOKED FOR SPEECHES.

Politics will fill a measure of the
public eye during the week. In no
less than six state and thirty-four dis
tricts political conventions will meet TO
choose delegates TO the national con-
ventions of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties; two states will hold
primaries and three candidates for pres
idential Misunderstanding Taft,
Gov. Hughes and William J. Bryan
are programmed for active speech
making tours in various states.
In congress the Democratic filibuster
promises still farther to enliven matters
in the house. while the senate will give
It's time to appropriation measures. The
threat of the Democratic members of
the house TO continue their tactics of
the Rast week will not be allowed to
obstruct the proceedings entirely, al
though such a course would have the
effect of retardipg action i'm spite of
the stringent cloture put i'm force by
the Republicans. The Democrats de-
clare they viii delay legislation as much
as possible by offering amendments and
forcing roll calls, and that every mo-
ton for a recess will meet with a de-
mand for the ayes and nays. The Re
publicans are just as determined. and
will maintain their position even at
the expense Of legislative progress.
Naval Bill in the House.
The naval appropriation bill will sue
coed the District of Columbia bill, and
It's consideration viii consume a large
part of the week. notwithstanding the
fact that much, If not all, general de-
bate would be cut out The employers
liability bill, amending the present law
so as to meet the criticisms of the .su-
preme court in the labor cases recently !
decided by that tribunal. will be con-
sidered on Monday and as it has been
accepted as a party measure, will be !
passed beyond question. House COM |
mittee hearings on the Aldrich bill will !
begin Wednesday.
The senate will make an effort dur |
ing the week TO get down to the seTi- |
Gus consideration of appropriation bills. |
The army bill will be reported Monday /
and will receive Immediate attention. /
The postoffice, pension and fortifica- |
lions bills probably will follow in that 4
order. The senate will thus be re- 4
lieved of the necessity of resOrting to |
the general calendar, on which there are /
always many bills whic hthe leaders /
prefer to have remain there.
Many Conventions.
Both the Republican and Democratic |
parties of South Dakota will meet in
c91ventiOn on Tuesday, the Republicans
at Huron, and the Democrats at Mitch
ell. The Delaware Republican state
convention will meet at Dover on the
same day, and on Wednesday the Vir-
sinia Republicans will gather at Lynch
burg. On Friday the Massachusetts Re-
publican convention viii be held at
Boston, and on Saturday the New York
state Republican state convention will
meet in New York City. At all of these
conventions delegates to the national
conventions will be selected Tuesday
viii be primary day in Wisconsin, and
Saturday in Pennsylvania. Under the
new primary election law in PennsyI-
vania district conventions are done
away with, candidates of all parties be-
ing selected at the primaries.
Week of speechmaking.
Aspirants for presidential honors will
put in a busy week
Taft will address the Mckinley club
at Omaha on Monday evening; Tues
day he viii attend a banquet given in
his honor by the Commercial club of
Council Bluffs, and then journey to
Cincinnati, where on Thursday after :
noon he will be entertained by the Gin
cinnau chamber OF commerce, and in r
he evening attend a banquet given by |
he Phoenix club of Cincinnati On
Friday he probably will visit Louisville.
TO Washington on Saturday.
Governor Hughes plans provide for
, speech on Monday night before the ,
Brooklyn league, when he will have
to say on the anti-gambling =
ill. Friday he will attend the an
lual dinner of the WATERFOWL, n. Y,
.hamber of commerce, and on Satur-
lag the governor will be in Buffalo,
where a reception will be held at the :
University club previous TO his review q
n the Seventy regiment in the /.
evening. Later he will address the :
lawyers club of Buffalo
William ]. Bryan viii speak in Dem :,
-er Monday night and begin a speaking =
I'm New York state at Roches-
er on Friday.
The battleship fleet having completed 4
arget practice at Magdalena bay, the =
rews will give the greater part of the .
week to the work of putting the bigl =
hips in condition for the receptions
hat await them at California ports
he warships will weigh anchor on Sat
rday and point their prows toward :
AN Diego bay. The torpedo fleet is p
expected to arrive at MagdaIena bay 3
rom Acapulco during the week.