Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-08
BLUEGRASS MAN
ALREADY KNOWN
New Senate Member from Ken
lucky Has Been a Win
ner Before.
PREPARING FOR THE CENSUS
Budget of Interesting Gossip from
The Capital-tOWn-cnd for
burrows scat.

Special Correspondents.
washington Jan O. -Of the now RE-
publican senators who win take their
seats ,n March w. d. Bradley of kon-
lucky is ona of ODE best known in the
country due Go the fact Chat hc was
elected governor of his state whom 10
was thought Impossible 10 dislodgc The
Democrats m che Blue Grass common
wealth and because hc has been for
many years q prominent figure in the
national conventions of his party. Gov.
Bradley VIII succeed So The senate
Democrat who o. also an ex-governor
of Kentucky James q. McCreary.
The latter was only 80 years Of age
when he was houor,d with the govern
orship he served also ~ years 10 the
house or representatives before coming
10 the senate aud while In that body
became chairman of the very important
committee on foreign affairs.
PREPARATIONS FOR CENSUS TAX
ING.
The bin for the thirteenth census and
subsequent dcccnnial Censuses Is now
being perfected by the senate commit
tee. u provides That tine period OF
three wears beginning the first day Of
July ncxt preceding the census 10 be
commenced iu 1910 shall be known as
the deccnnial period and the reports
upon INQUIRIES shall Doe completed and
published within that period II Is pro-
posed 10 Increase the salaries Of the
director and assistant director OF the
census 60 1880 and $1,000, respectively,
Quite a rumhcr OF other salaries are
also 20 be increased The cost 10
Uncle Sam for taking the coming cen
sus VIII b. several millions larger IMAM
ever before. aud Efforts are being made
To have II The most correc. and compre-
hensige ever undertaken by the govern
ment An army OF clerks win be need
ga 90 do this vast amount OF work,
but the bulk of these appointments viii
not be- made until the year 1910.
ARRANGING FOR INAUGURAL DE
CORATtONs.
In tho street and hall decorations fo-
the Inauguration of Judge Taft as pres
ident practically an Of the hags or inc
government here viii be placed AZ the
DISPOSAL OF the committee having
charge OF the ceremonies. The stand
from which President Taft VIII deliver
his address from the east front Of the
Capitol senate wing OF the building,
win be more elaborateiy decorated than
any OF the many others 10 b. erected.
The parade viii be reviewed By Presi-
dent Taft from a big stand Immediate
~ in front OF the White House, as usu-
A. The next president is such a heavy
weight In size that he probably win not
mind the weather II Il happens 20 be
very cold and disagrceable In Wash
ington on the Attn Of March. But, all
the same. he viii De glad when the
thing Is over as it win be a wearis0me
day for the head Of the nation
DEVELOPMENT OF BRIDGE
BUILDING
The city Of ST. Louis Is 20 construct
another gigantic bridge across the
Mississippi river az that point Con-
gress IL asked 20 extend the time OF
completion for one year aud report
20 that effect has been fayorably or
dered by the house interstate and for
eign commerce committee. The hard
times OF last year probably had some
thing to do with the delay In the con-
struction Years ago the famous Eads
bridge at St Louis was the wonder OF
the world and was talked about al
over the civilized globe ln later years
bridges have been constructed that put
that mighty structure Ia the shade
The first suspension bridge ever built
Is that at Budapest. the capital 81
Hungary. The underground electric
railway was also first introduced in
that Hungarian city, but the system
has been greatly improved in ths
United states. n was just after the
overhead electric system became sue
cessful In the united States that Ga.
Hungarian Inventors discovered th'
underground circuit which was