The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-06
NEWS FORECAST
FOR The WEEK
ALL EYES ON WAsHINGToN---
FINAL SESSION or THE GOTH
CONGRESS BEGINS.
TEODY'S LAST MESSAGE
Naturally Awaited With Great inter
eet--Echo Of Brownsville Al
fair viii Be Heard in Su-
preme Court Monday.

Washington Dec. 5.--With the as
serbling Of the Sixtieth congress for
its final session and the reading of
the presidents message the eyes Of
the nation will turn toward the ma.
tional capital early in the coming
week
president Rooseveits annual mes
sage to congress will be the last OF
CT its kind which he viii submit to
that body and il is naturally awaited
with keen public interest At no time
during his term Of Office has the
president given attention to the
preparation of a message that he has
given this one Among the subjects
Of importance which the message Is
reasonably certain to touch upon are
the passage Of an antitrust law along
the lines proposed last year needed
labor legislation, additional fortifie
tions for the Philippines and for sea-
coast defense in this country, in
creased power for the interstate
commerce commission IN the super
vision Of rates, an endorsement OF
the postal savings bank project,
legislation requiring publicity Of cam
paign expense sa, new employers liza
bility law, the porgress in the con.
stnction OF the Panama canal, state
hood for New Mexico and Arizona,
child labor legislation. uniform di-
vCrce laws, tariff revision, and the
international amity resulting from
the cruise OF the Atlantic feet
Almost simultaneous with the as
sembling of congress series OF
n0table meetings il to be held In
Washington by bodies formed to pro.
mote the enactment OF various legis-
i1tise ssiieAsures In which, the country
Is interested During the week there
viii be meetings OF the governors OF
all the states and their advisers.
known as the National Conservation
commission TO list the natural re.
sources OF the United States; tie
Southern Commercial congress, to
call attention to the resources and
possibilities of the south; the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors congress.
10 work for a coheernt policy in the
Of the great natural
lines OF transportation, aud the Ma.
uonal Council of Commerce, to con.
slider the important features Of com.
nercial relations at home and
abroad.
An echo of the Brownsville affair
will be heard in the United States
supreme court Monday when the
ease of the former negro soldier,
Oscar Reid, who was dismissed from
the service without honor, owing 10
1ig alleged participation In the
Brownsville shooting will come up
for argument
President-elect Taft viii go to New
York Monday to speak at the annual
dinner of the North Carolina society
n New York His speech, II is ex-
pected, will be Of n character to
command national attention and of
particular interest to the south.
The literary world. at least the
English speaking par tof 1t, will be
AAA' iNHA'.tA ~ Altf AflfUl hilNA Vi AlFf
Milton Tercentenary, which Is to be
observed by colleges. literary socie,
lies and other bodies in England and |
America.
a national corn exposition will
open in Omaha and a national apple |
show viii hold forth in Spokane. |
Both exhibitions are Of wide scope |
md promise 10 attract much atten- |
ion.
Unless the governor or board Of |
laFdons iuterieres the death sentence |
Nili be carried out on Herman Bill |
TX at Chicago Friday Eillik is the I
crtune teller who was convicted Of /
ho murder Of five members OF the 1
Fzral family His case was carried I
% tho Unltel States supreme corItl
mi has attracted wide attention.