Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-09-09
POLITICS. AGAIN
HOLD NEWS
BOARDS

WASHINGTON. September THE
annual holiday dedicated to organized
labor will be observed next Monday
throughout the country IN the custO.
mary manner. with parades. speech.
making aud ont door festivities.
William i. BRYAN will spend the
week IN the Middle West At Chicago,
on Monday, he will be- the speaker at
Labor Day demonstration under the
auspices of the Injunction Reform
League. The injunction plank in tae
Democratic national platform will be
the subject of Mr. Bryan address He
will remain IN Chicago the following
day 10 consult with the national com
mittee and other party leaders in re-
gard to the final details of the cam
paiga work Wednesday he will speak
before the Democratic state cOnven
tion Of Illinois az Peoria. on which oc.
ession John W. Kern and Adla v.
Stevenson also will be- heard. Mr.
Bryan will divide the remainder Of the
week between Illinois and several of
the neiglboring states.
Mr.. Taft, refreshed hy a week Of
recreation at Middle Bass island, will
go 20 Cincinnati, where he plans 30
spend the greater part of the time be-
tween now and election. An entire
floor ~ the Sinton hotel has been re-
served for the use of the candidate and
his campaign aides, which fact is TAX
en- a. an indication that he does not
intend 10 remain idle during the two
months ne will spend in his home city.
An interesting political contest that
has agitated the State of Washington
for several months past will eliminate
Tuesday in a general state primary. the
first 20 he held in that state. \omina
tions will be- made for United states
senator, members Of Congress and all
state and county officers As Wash
ington j. Republican state by some
10000 majority II i taken for granted
that the Republican nominations are
equivalent 20 election. United states
Senator Levi Ankenv j. candidate
for reelection and l. opposed 10y Con
gresham Wesley l.. Jones. who i re-
ported Ia have y good chance of sue.
cess. Governor Mead is candidate
for reelection and his principal op.
ponent On the Republican side il cx-
Governor Mcbride.
The Democratic primaries in Brook.
Ign on Tuesday will Doe watched with
keen interest as the result is expected
20 show the relative strength between
90 Boss Murphy and senator Nectar
rem, the arch-enemy of the Tammany
leader in the latter's efforts 20 control
the Kings County Democracy.
The Republican state convention in
Connecticut will be held Wednesday
and Congressman George l.. Lilley. of
Submarine Investigation Commit
tee fame, now seems assured Of the
nomination for governor.
Other political events of the week
will be the Democratic state ronven.
ton in Montana and the state conven.
tions of Illinois, Prohibitionists and
Democrats TO ratIfy the recent primary
results and adopt platforms.
The second annual congress of the
Playground Association of America
will assemble in New York Tuesday for
a session Of -four DAYS. The congress
will bring together the MAYORS. park.
school and health officers Of the chief
cities If the United States and lead.
ing educators and play experts. with
the idea Of stimulating every city in
the country TO make adequate play.
ground provisions for it's population.
NV bdllfNHlp Uffr VIII
arrive at Albany. West Australia
about the middle of tne week. and will
remain there six days 10 take coal
Albany is a small place. the population
being about 1000. hut according to al.
vices received from there the town is
planning 10 do it's share in entertain.
ing the visiting Americans
European events of the week that
viii he of interest to American readers
will be the meeting of the forty.frst
annual British Trades Union Congress
In Nottingham, the sixteenth Interna.
tional Congress of Americanists. which
will mold its sessions ut the University
Of Vienna, the first international con.
gress for the repression of adulterati0n
~ alimentary and pharmaceutical pro.
duets at Geneva, and the Eucharistic
Congress in London. The last.named
gathering in spoken of as the greatest
Catholic event for centuries in Eng
land. II will be attended by eminent
prelates from all parts Of the world.
Conspicuous among the Americans
present will be Cardinal Gibbons of
Baltimore.