The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-18
CONVENTIONS;
 CONFERENCES E.1zz.-s -l.s .s<--s------ ss,-ai-.A News Events of This
 Week. POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS Democratic State Conventions tn !. N Half Dozen States. Both Houses of Congress Will Begin Business Today with Idea That
 This Will Be the Last

Conventions and conferences. politi- cal and religious. will have consid- erable share In the news report of the week. l>-.-'-
 Democratic state conventions will be held In half q dozen States to elect delegates to the Denver Convention. California's will meet in Fresno on Monday and on the same day the wash. ington State convention will be heio in Spokane. Democratic primaries throughout Alabama will also pc neIo on Monday. The Pennsylvania Dem ocratic State Convention will meet Tn Harrisburg on Tuesday and on that day Democratic primaries will De nelo to select national delegates and Pres- identiAl. electors in Florida. The New Jersey prohibition State convention ls also scheduled for Tuesday at Tren. ton. Missouri Democrats will meet, at Jefferson City and Michigan Democrats at Lansing. on Wednesday. On Ihurs- day. the Democrats of the District or Columbia will hold a district conven- lion at washington, and on Saturday. the Arizona Democratic State conVeh- ton will meet in Phoenix.
 Both houses of Congress VIII begin business Monday with the idea that this will be the last week of the present session, but opinions as to the exact date of adjournment vary all the way from Wednesday to Saturday. The ap- propriation bills have reached such . state of completeness that there ia H. tie doubt that if necessary to work on them could be finished within two or three days. Sevaral of these measures are still in. confluence. but all are near agreement. Only the general dehcien- cy bill remains to be acted upon by tne House. and 1t probably will De passed A- N41 mSaf That nilI and the military academy bill only re- main for original consideration Dy the Senate and neither will require exteno- ed time there.
 If nothing, else sin. the way of legis-. Iation was deeifeas there would ne no difficulty about getting away oy tne middle Of the week. but there ia too much anxiety te obtain a currency ersaottnent to permit quitting without more prolonged effort There is some aDprehenston of pocket veto Of the omnibus public buildings bill, and thefe will be no resolution of adjourn rnent so long as there is any uncer- talnty as to what the President may do with that measure in case Of adjourn ment before 1t is signed. It may there fore he set down that Congress will adjourn as soon as it is known whether there will be or will not be currency and when it is known that the public building bill will receive the Presidential sanction.
 Senator Bulkeley will make an effort Monday to revive consideration of the Brownsville question in the Senate. but the indications are that very little more attention. will be, given to the subject than to listen to his speech. For the rest. attention will be given by the Senate to the two remaining appropriation bills, to conference re- ports and to miscellaneous bills on the calendar. The House will continue to consider bills under suspension of the rules and will give much attention to reports.
 It is expected reports will be made by the paper and submarine boat in- committees during the week and that both will receive consider able attention If there is an agree ment on currency bill by. the con ference the measure will be extensively debated by both Houses.
 William Jennings Bryan will speak at Baltimore on Tuesday and Hagers- town. Maryland. on Wednesday, if his present plans are carried out, and on Thursday. Governor Johnson. of Min nesota. Is expected to deliver an ad- dress at Richmond.