The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-20
SHADOWS OF THE
COMING EVENTS
Rhode Island and Kentucky
Legislatures viii EndeavOr
to Choose Senators.

Congress does not promise anything
very stirring during the week. The
penal code bill. which is the unfinished
business in both houses, viii be dis
placed in The senate Monday b. the bill
authorizing the extension of the street
car tracks to the union depot in Wash
ington. and in the house a day or two
later by the urgent deficiency appro-
pTiatiOn bill. The street car bill prob
ably viii be discussed at considerable
length because of the desire of some
senators to amend it SO as to secure uni
versal transfers. As reported. the de-
ficiency bill will carry an appropriation
of something over so, 600, 000 and as
10000, GOO of this amount viii be for the
continuation OF work on the iSthmian
canal, it is considered almost certain
that the canal question will be discuss
cd extensively in connection with this
bill The bill will also carry large de-
ficiency appropriations for both the
war and navy departments. and it is
not improbable that there viii be more
or less dealing with those two branches
of the government service. If oppor-
tunity offers. the consideration of the
code bill will be continued i'm both
houses. but there is no prospect in eth
er house of concluding the work on thaC
measure.
AIdrich Financial Sill.
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the
committee on finance. hopes to report
his financial bill after the meeting of
the committee on Tuesday, but even if
he should be successful in getting the
bill out of committee so early. it is ex-
pected that discussion or the measure
no 7of do nv. fE--to
weeks TO permit senators to prepare
themselves for it. It is considered
probable that the financial debate viii
consume at least two or three weeks of
the senate's time.
Outside of congress the week viii
produce d number of interesting events
both at home and abroad On Tues
day the battleship fleet viii end it's
pleasant sojourn in the hospitable har-
Dor of Rio JaneiTo and enter upon what,
naval men consider the most interesting
stage of its long voyage-the one which
viii take it eventually through the
straits of Magellan. Its next stop viii
be at Punta Arenas, within the straits.
where the armada viii rest for five days
before it finishes the passage through
this foroiddinS body of water and heads
northWaTd for Callao. In the voyage
through the straits of Magellan Lieu
tenant Commander Cones torpedo boat
flotilla viii for the first time join the
big ships att sea. This viii necessitate
altering the original program of the
flotilla, and, according to the present
plans of the navy department, its visit
TO BuenOs AyTes and MonteVideO VIII
be cut out. After leaving Rio Janeiro
probably no word will be had of the
battleships until they report at Punta
Arenas.
Senatorial Contests.
In both Rhode Island and Kentucky
the legislatures viii continue their eff
forts 10 bread the deadlock over the
contest for United States senator The
Kentucky legislature will resume bal
foting on Monday, and that of Rhode
Island will meet on Tuesday, when it is
expected that the long-existing dead
lock will be broken and senator
named. The withdrawal of Colonel
Samuel p. Colt from the contest is ex-
pected 20 result in the election of Sen
ator Wetraore.
The North Carolina legislature will
convene in special session on Tuesday
for the specific purpose of considering
the railway passenger rate question and
to straighten out the complicated Sit
uation wiien has arisen there over the