The age-herald., 1901-11-10
ID CHANCE RECESS
 APPOINTMENTS. Roosevelt Will Investigate the Work of Mckinley SITUATION IN ALABAMA Three Appointments Have Been Made In This State Since Congress
 AdJourned-Rowo Over
 the coIlectorshIp.
SITUATION IN ALABAMA

Washington, November 9.-(Special)-
 It is understood that the President is giv- ing careful consideration to the recess
 appointments made by his predecessor, and as a result several men appointed since Congress convened may not have their names sent to the Senate next
 month for confirmation.
 The President has requested the mem bers of the cabinet to hand in a list of all recess appointments effecting their respective departments with a report on each case. While it is the Presidents general policy to send to the Senate for confirmation all of the recess appoint ments made by President Mckinley, he wishes as a matter of principle to know about the men for whose appointment he is to assume responsibility.
 The President Is said to be strongly in favor of reappointing Federal officials who have served acceptably for four years, unless there are specially strong reasons for superseding them; but, he is determined to apply the principal of mer- it rigidly to each case and will not feel bound to reappoint, the officials of the
 late President unless he believes they come up to the standard. During the present month he will have time to think
 over a number of cases where charges
 have been filed effecting ,ne administra- tion of office-holders.
 Three In Alabama.
 In the state of Alabama three appoint ments have been made since Congress adjourned, and accordingly these cases again come before the President when (, COr, Ina three appointees are District Attorney Vaughan of the Northern judicial Dis trict, District Attorney Reese of the Mid dle Judicial District, and District Attor- aey Wickersham of the Southern Judi cial District. In addition to these the
 President will shortly be confronted with
 several vacancies in the state force of
 Federal off1ce-holders The incumbents serve until their successors are appoint ed, but 1t is customary to make changes
 if such are contemplated, at the end of the four years. The four years term of Marshal Cooper of the Northern Dis trict expires January IA; on January 31 Marshal Bryan of the Middle District will have served four years; and on January r Marshal Simmons of the Southern District will have completed a like term of service.
 Naturally the competition for office among the Alabama Republicans Is too keen to suppose the above officials will have no opposition. It is reported at the Department of Justice that applications have already been he'd in sufficient num- | Der to fill the three places several times | over The President is also expected to | settle the Birmingham co1Iectorship while | he is passing upon the cases of recess appointees. .a One In Office-Other Appointment. The present status O. the collectorship l. &f.-fa fA fIo Ttrno ocI1rt Tln- partment and the commissioner of inter nal revenue desires the matter placed in a more business-like form. As it stands at present Bingham has the office, and Morton the appointment, though, upon the order of the late President, the Treasury Department has so far refused to issue Morton's commission, and Bing- hams friends claim he will continue in charge of Alabama internal revenue mat ters. It will not take President Roose- welt long to relieve the suspense. He does things quickly and the office-seeker will be spared the necessity of wintering in Washington this year at least
 Whether the President will ignore the Alabama Republican organization in the
 selection of appointees for the approach
 ing vacancies, as he did in the Federal iudgeship, is a question receiving much attention in Alabama circles here. The best opinion is that the organization will be compelled to put up good, clean men if they would hope to control the of- fees.
 The President is undoubtedly sincere in his statement frequently reiterated to vis- itors at the White House that he will appoint Democrats unless Republicans above reproach can be furnished him. The Alabama Republicans have just few weeks to get together and figure on the
 division of the loaves and fishes on Roose- veltian ideas.