The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-16
POLITICS AND
PRIZE FIGHTS
Also a Meeting of Interest to
the Industrial
World.
MUCH GOING ON THIS WEEK
ST. PATRlCk's DAY cELE5RA-
TON IN NEW YORK.
MUCH GOING ON THIS WEEK

Politics. sports and industrial affairs
VIII share pretty evenly in the news max
ing Of the present week, so far as events
are foreshadowed Two state. one terri
toriai and nine district political conven-
lions are scheduled. There will be also
considerable political speech-making, and
Inc Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in f'eW
York have arranged 10 bring together two
candidates for the presidential nomination
OF the Republican party. No other cele-
pration of st. Patrick's day, which will
ran upon Tuesday, is likely to eclipse IN
interest the dinner of the Friendly Sons
IL New York, whose guests of honor and
principal speakers will be Secretary Taft
and Governor Hughes of New York.
The Iowa Republican state convention
VIII be held in Des Moines on Wednesday.
Rhode Island Democrats will meet in state
convention at Providence on Saturday,
and on the same day the New Mexico Re
publican territorial convention will be
held at Silver City.
The New York Democratic state COM
mittee will meet in New York Thursday
TO fix the date for the state conven-
ton.
Depends Upon La Toilette.
The date of the vote in the senate on
the Aldrich currency bill depends upon
Senator LaFollette. Owing 10 his illness,
il has been postponed from time to time.
IN order TO give him opportunity to pre-
sent his views, but he has now suffi-
GENTLY recovered TO make it certain that
ne VIII be heard this week Senator La
Toilette will be heard on Tuesday, and IL
Is expected that his address will extend
over into Wednesday, and possibly Thurs
day. He has prepared an exhaustive ar
gument in favor of his amendment for the
physical valuation of all railroads whose
bonds are to be accepted as security for
emergency bank issues. From the best
information now obtainable 1t is not like
~ that the Aldrich bill will reach the
: D no oalr
The house will give its entire time after
Monday 10 the appropriation bill. Mon
day VIII be given up to the consideration
OF bills TO which there is general assent
under the suspension rule. Both houses
are counting confidently on final adjourn
ment in May.
Secretary Taft will attend a meeting of
the Yale corporation at New Haven.
Sonn., on Monday, going from there to
New York.
Governor Hughes. following the St Pa
rlcks dinner. Will address the Delta Cp-
silon fraternity in New York. He will
return 10 Albany Wednesday Later he
expects TO attend the dinner Of the iowa
society in New York City, at which the
governor of Iowa expects to be pres
ent.
Target Practice for Fleet.
The American battleship fleet at Mag
dalena bay will put in busy week at
Target practice. At Panama. where the
torpedo boat flotilla arrived Saturday. |
preparations have been made for a Sc
Tjes of entertainments for the officers and |
men during the week. The vessels are
scheduled 10 leave Panama Saturday FOR |
Acapulco, Mexico.
An important conference of representa- |
lives of labor organizations will be held |
at Washington Wednesday, President |
Gompers, of the American Federation of |
Labor, having issued a call for a meeting
at that time Of the executive officers of |
the International Trades Unions of Amer |
ida, with the executive council of the fed |
Grafton. One of the chief topics dis |
cussed will be the decisions of the courts |
which have been adverse to organized /
la Dor
Further progress in the negotiations for
a settlement of the difficulties between |
China and Japan. growing out OF the /
seizure by China of the Japanese steamer
Tatsu Maru. is expected during this week
II is probable that the week will mark
the beginning of negotiations for peaes /
IN Morocco between Mulai Hafid, the in
surgent sultan, and Abd-el-Aziz, the sui
tan of record.
Emperor William is planning to ieaye
Berlin for his villa on the Island of Corfu
on Saturday. He goes in the hope of Sc
curing period of uninterrupted rest
Two Prize Fights.
The fistic world has it's interest cen
tered on the fight between Tommy Burns |
the American heavyweight fighter, and
Jem Roche of Dublin, the Irish champion |
which is to take place in Dublin on
tuesday. The bout is scheduled to 20
twenty rounds, for $3.50 a side and a
purse of $3.50.
Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly are train
ng hard for their bout. which will take
place Monday night at Milwaukee
-----------------