The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
FORECAST OF NEWS
CENTER OF ATTENTION WILL BE
 AT WASHINGTON.
Meeting of Both Houses TOday--Thaw Case Also Matter of Much Pulp lie Concern--FIeet at
 Rio Saturday.

Except for the secod trial of Harry K. Thaw. which will begin on Monday and such political developments as may result from number of dinners and meetings in behalf of various Pres idential movements, the news interest of the week will be chiefly In Wash ington, where Congress will re-as- semble after the holiday recess and be- gin in earnest the business of the long session.
 Both the Senate and House will re- sume their sittings at noon Monday and while comparatively little in the way of actual legislation is expected this week. they will begin prepara- tions for real work The committees will now begin work in earnest and with a crush of bills for considera- ton, promised at once, both houses will have plenty to occupy them the remainder of the session.
 The Tillman resolution on the fnan- cial situation is still upon the, table in the Senate and is available as a sub- ject of discussion, The indication is however, that discussion of the finan- cial situation in the Senate will be postponed until a bill on that subject has been reported from the Committee on Finance. The Senate will adjourn for the day immediately on meeting on Monday, out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Mallory, of Flor Ida, whose death has occurred since the holiday adjournment. MT Mallory's successor, Hon. w. J. Bryan, Is ex- pected to be sworn in early this week. Resolutions of inquiry relative to the conditions in the navy which led to the resignation of Rear Admiral Brownson as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. are among the probabili- ties, but as Senator Hale, Chairman of "a CNnf91V1fffaa sfQfad that he would not present any inquiry of this character. his failure to act is re- garded by many as a quite clear fndi- cation that the Senate will not under take to enter upon any investigation at this time.
 A meeting of the House Committee on Ways and Means has been called for Monday to consider the Presidents message with the view to reporting plan for its distribution among the va rious House committees and if quo- rum is obtained such a report will be made at the Monday sitting. It de- bends upon this report whether the House will have any business before 1t at the beginning of its session. In the past, members have taken advantage of this report to make political speeches for "the good of the Union" and it is probable that some will fol low the custom this year. Both houses probably will adjourn on Thursday un' til the following Monday.
 Jackson Day dinners and number of meetings and speeches scheduled for the week promise to raise the po- litical temperature. Secretary Taft will speak at Cooper Union. New York on Friday, while on Tuesday at the same place the New York State League of Progressive Democratic Clubs-the Bryan organization-will hold its con-
 FNl frht Day dinner will be given at the Wal dorf- Astoria under the auspices Of the Democratic State Committee. These two events are made interesting by their bearing on the fight for the con" trol of the State delegation to the Democratic National Convention. An other political gathering of import aace will be the Bryan banquet to be given by the Jefferson Club at Chicago on Wednesday. In all this political ac- tivity Governor Hughes is not over looked, for on Thursday night the Re- publicans of the Twenty ninth New York Assembly District will give dollar dinner. the invitations to which state that 1t it is in the interest of an instructed Hughes delegation to the Republican National Convention.
 On behalf of the movement to reduce the cotton acreage and control prices. a meeting of the Farmers Educational and Protective union Will De helu III Memphis on Tuesday, when the plan evolved at recent meeting of the directors of the organization will be disclosed and acted upon.
 Rear Admiral Evans's fleet is expect ed to arrive at Rio on Saturday or Sunday. while some time during the week Commander Cone is expected to bring his torpedo fotilla into harbor at Pernambuco.
 Recent happenings in the Navy De- partment lend unusual interest to the annual convention of the Naval League of the United States in Washington on Friday. A list of speakers at the meet ing includes many members of Con- gress and officers of the navy, and it is not unlikely that those naval topics which of late have received so much publicity through the press will come up for discussion.