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Show POLITICS, CONGRESS i IN THE PUBLIC EVE Two Most Absorbing Topics of National Interest During the Present Week. DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER ' MAY BRING SENSATIONS Aspirants for Presidential Honors Hon-ors Will Be Kept Busy, Owing Ow-ing to Many Conventions-. ; Politics will fill a measure of the pub-lie pub-lie eye during tho week. In no less than six State and thirty-four district conventions con-ventions of the Republican and Democratic Demo-cratic parlies; Iwo States will hold primaries and three candidates for Presidential nominations Secrctary Tafr. Oovornor Hughes and William J. Bryan are ' programmed for active spceeli-niaking tours in various States. In Congress, the Democratic filibuster promises still further to enliven matters mat-ters in the House, while the Senate will give its time to appropriation meai-ures. meai-ures. Tho threat, of the Democratic members of tho House to continue their tactics of the past week will not be allowed al-lowed to obstruct the proceedings entirely, en-tirely, although such a course would have the effect of retarding rfetion, in spite pi the stringent cloture put in lorco by the Republicans. The Democrats Demo-crats declare I hey will delay legislation as. much as possible by offering amendments amend-ments and forcing rollcalls. and that every motion for a. recess will meet 1 with a demand for the aves and nav6. j Tnc Republicans are lust as determined ann will mnintain their position, oven at. the expense of legislative progress. u I The naval appropriation bill will sue-ceed sue-ceed the District of Columbia bill, and us consideration will consume a. large Part of the week, notwithstanding tho fact that much, if ziot all, genera) de-bato de-bato would be cut out. The employers 4 Jinbihty bill, amending the present law so as to meet the criticisms of t.he supreme su-preme court in tTie labor cases recently decided by that tribunal, will be considered consid-ered on Mpnday, and as it has been accepted ac-cepted as a. party measure, will be paseed beyond quostion. House com-! l-mtttee hearings on ,the Aldrich bill will l begin Wednesday.' . The Senate will make an effort, dur-nig dur-nig tho week to get, down to the serious seri-ous consideration of appropriation bills, the army bill will-bo reported Monday, uud will receive immediate consideration. considera-tion. Thr postoffice, pension and forti-ficatious forti-ficatious bills probably will follow iu that order. Tho Senate will thus be relieved re-lieved of the necessity of resorting to the general cnlendnr. on which 'there are always many bills which the lead-ers lead-ers prefer to have remain there. Both the Republican and Democratic panic of South Dakota will meet, in convention on Tuesday, the Republicans at Huron and the Democrats at Mitchell. Mit-chell. Iho Delaware Republican State convention will meet at Dover on the same d3y, and on Wednesday the "Virginia "Vir-ginia R-cpublicans w.ill gather at Lynchburg. Lynch-burg. On Friday tho Massachusetts Republican Re-publican convention will be held at Boston, Bos-ton, and on Saturda- the New York Stato Ropublicau convention will meet m New York City. At all of thes conventions delegates to the national conventions will be selected. Tuosdav will be primary day in Wisconsin and Saturday in Pennsylvania. Under the new primary olection law in Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, district, conventions arc done away with, candidates of all parties being be-ing selected at the primaries. Aspirauts for Presidential honors will put in a busy wool:. Taft will address ad-dress the Mckinley club at Omaha on .Monday evening; Tuesday he will attend at-tend a banquet given in his honor by the Commercial club of Council Bluffs, and then journcj' to Cincinnati, whore on Thursday afternoon he will be entertained enter-tained by the Cincinnati chamber of commerce, and in the evoning attend a banquet given by the Phoenix club of Cincinnati. On h'riday he probably will visit Louisville, returning to Washington Washing-ton on Snturdny. Governor Hughes's plans provide for a speoch on Monday night before the Brooklyn league, whon ho will havo something to say on the nnti-gnrrrbling bill. Friday he will attend at-tend the a.nnnal dinner of the Wator-town Wator-town (N. V.) chamber of commoruc, and on Saturday tho. Governor will be in Buffnlo, where a reception will bo held at the University dub previous to his review of the Seventy-fourth rogiment iu the evening. Later ho will address Ha Lawyers' club of Buffalo. William J. Bryan will speak in Donvcr Monday night and begin .a spoaklng campaign in New York State at Rochester on Friday. Fri-day. fc- - h Tlfo battleship floot having completed target practice at. Mugdalona bay. the crews will givo the greater part of the weak io tho work of putting the big Hhipa in condition for the receptions that await them at California ports. The warships will woigh anchor on Saturday Satur-day and point their prowB toward San Dieno bay. The torpedo fleet is expected ex-pected to arrive at Magdalena bay from Acupulco during the weok. |