The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-10
EVENTS OF THE
NEXT FEW DAYS
Financial Debate in the Senate
Will Be Opened by Aldrich
in Support of His Bill.
MANY SPEECHES EXPECTED
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN
OHIO TUESDAY.

The progress of the American battle
ships, political developments in Por-
tugal, the Ohio Republican primaries.
verdict in the case Of Lieutenant Cen
eral Stoessel at St. Petersburg, the re-
turn of C. w. Morse from abroad, the
start of the New York-Paris automo-
bile race, and Secretary TAFT S
speeches, are amOng1he more import
ant matters that will engage public
attention this week.
The battleship feet, which has now
passed through the Strait of Magellan,
will be lost to communication with the
world until Friday, when the ships are
expected to pass Valparaiso, unless
word is brought in by some passing
steamer The feet will not stop at
Valparaiso, but will steam close in to
shore and salute the town. The tor
pedo boat flotilla accompanied the bat
.tleships through the strait as far as
Cape Pillar, where the smaller vessels
were to take an inside passage to the
north. arriving al Talcahuane, the flo
tilla's next stop, on Saturday.
Financial Debate in Senate.
The long promised debate in the SEN
ate on the financial question will begin
Monday with an argument by Senator
Aldrich. chairman of the finance COM
mittee in support of his bill permitting
the issuance of emergency currency by
national banks. Among the Democrats
who probably will be heard on the
subject are Senators Teller, Bailey,
CulbersOn, Daniels, Clay and Bacon.
Senator Warren, chairman of the
committee on military affairs, will
make an effort TO secure consideration
of his army pay increase bill before the
debate of the financial bill gets too far
under way. Between the Aldrich bill
and the Warren bill there will be little
chance for the penal code bill. but if
opportunity offers it will be taken up.
Politics in the House.
In the house appropriation bills will
continue to receive attention, and the
political debate will be resumed at the
first opportunity.
On Monday Secretary Taft will adj
dress the Young Mems Republican
club at Kansas City, and on Wednes-
day he will deliver speech at ban
quet i'm celebration of Lincoln's birth
day at Grand Rapids, Mich. Friday he
will attend the graduating exercises at
the West Point military academy, and
Saturday he will speak at the annual
banquet of the Yale Alumni associa-
ton at Hartford, Conn.
Ohio Primaries Tuesday.
Primaries will be held Tuesday. in
Ohio to elect delegates to the Rebub-
lican state convention, which is TO Sc
Iect delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention. On Thursday and
Friday Wisconsin Democrats will hold
their state convention in Milwaukee to
nominate delegates to the national con-,
vention.
The 20,000-mile automobile endurance
contest from New York to Paris will
begin Wednesday, when the ears will
leave Times square at II o'clock.
The steamer Etruria, which is due at
New York Saturday from Liverpool.
will bring back Charles w. Morse, the
financier.
Another international marriage will
take place in New York City on Sat
urday, when Miss Theodore Shonts,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore P.
Shonts will become the wife of the
Due de Chaulnes of France.
The boxing bout between Tommy
Burns and Jack Palmer og Newcastle
will take place in London Monday.
George Meredith. the writer, will en-
ter upon his eightieth year on We'd
nesday, and plans are under way for
a celebration of the occasion in Lon
don. President Roosevelt has written
a congratulatory letter to Mr.. Mere
dith