Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-16
TAFT AND HUGHES TO SPEAE
Candidates for President to Address
Sons Of St. Patrick in New York.
BUSY WEEK IN ALL LINES
senator La Fonette win Make Two
Days speech on AIdrich BlIl--
Labor Conferences in
WashinGtOn.

WASHINGTON. March Is - Politics,
sports and Industrial affairs win share
pretty evenly In the newsmaking for the
present week. 50 far as events are fore
shodawed. Two state, one territorial and
nine district political conventions are
scheduled. There will be also considerable
political spesch-msking and the Friendly
sons Of St Patrick in New York have ar
ranged TO bring together two candidates
for the presidential nomination Of the re-
publican party. No other celebration OF
ST. Patrick's day Is likely TO eclipse in m
terest the dinner of the Friendly Sons In
New York whose guests Of honor and prin-
cipal speakers will be Secretary Taft and
Governor Hughes
The Iowa republican state convention
will be held In Des Moines on Wednesday.
Rhode Island democrats viii meet in con-
vention at Providence on Saturday, and on
the same day the New Mexican republican
territorial convention VIII be held at Silver
City. The New York democratic state COM
mittee will meet In New York Thursday to
fix the date for the convention.
AIdrieh Bfn fn Senate.
The date OF the vote in the senate on the
Aldrich bill depends on Senator La Fol-
lette BY hts illness it has been postponed
from time to time In order 10 give him op-
portunity TO present his views. Senator La
Toilette will be heard on Tuesday, and IL
is believed his address viii extend over
into Wednesday. and possibly Thursday
He has prepared an exhaustive argument in
favor OF his amendment on the physical
valuation Of railroads whose bonds are to
be accepted as security for emergency bank
issues.
From the best information now obtain
able il is not likely the Aldrich bill will
reach the final stages during the present
week.
The house will give its entire time after
Monday to the appropriation bills. Mon
dag will 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 ad-
journment in May.
Taft and Hughes.
Secretary Taft viii attend a meeting OF
the Yale corporation at New Haven. Conn,
on Monday. going from there to New
YoN
Governor Hughes. following the st.
Patrick's dinner, will address the Delta
Epsilon society in New York He win
return to Albany Wednesday. Later he
expects to attend the dinner of the Iowa
society in New York City. at which the
governor Of Iowa is expected to be pres
ent
The American battleshir fleet at Magda-
lena bay will put in busy week at tar
get practice. At Panama, where lhe tor
pedO boat nOtilla arrived Saturday. prepa-
raIions have been made for q series of
entertainments for the officers and men
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scheduled TO leave Panama Saturday for
Acapulco, Mex.
The ninth annual convention of the
American Railway Engineering and Main
tenance of Way association will open
Chicago on Tuesday, continuing
Wednesday and Thursday Railroad pres
idents and vice presidents operating Off
cials and constructing engineers. repre-
senting approximately $780, 900 Of the 22O.-
900 miles of railroad in the United States
and instructors and engineering experts
Of Cornell university and the University
Of Wisconsin will attend
An important conference, Of representa-.
tives Of labor organizations will be held
at Washington Wednesday President
Gompers OF the American Federation OF
Labor having issued a call for a meetins
at the time of the executive officials OF
the international Trades Union Of Amer.
lea. with the executive council Of the
federation One OF the chief topics dis
cussed will be the decisions Of the courts
which have been adverse TO organized
labor.
| In Foreign Landa.
Further progress in the negotiations for
a settlement Of the difficulty betweer
China and Japan growing out of this
seizure by China Of the steamer TatsU
Maru is expected during this week
Emperor William is planning to leav,
Berlin for his villa on the island Of Corft
on Saturday. He goes in the hope OF Sc
curing a period of uninterrupted rest.
The fistic world has its interest cen
tered on the fight between Tommy Burns
the American heavyweight fighter. ans
Jem Roche Of Dublin on Tuesday. Tn,
bout is scheduled 10 go twenty rounds
for t2,5e0 side and a purse of $500.
Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly, both o.
chicago. are training hard for their bou
which Will take place Monday night a.