The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-08
President Sends il, Appoint
lncnts and Claims Them as s33
Being Made in Recess. n
COURSE REVOLUTIONARY; ...s
AKIN TO CENTRAL AMERl ca
Mr.. Roosevelt Criticised by5D Det,l.-SS
ocrats and Republicans Alike
Strong Talk Expected Oh
Floor of sc':nates secrc s: III.
tary Of Treasury Asks III
ManyAppropriati 5js5,8
(From our regular Re, CORES s, 8 pendent, Il


(From our Regular CORES pondent:l
clsely at the hour Of noon day. Presls,2
Gent Frye. Of the Senate. brought down y
bis gavel on the desk in front Of j;hinIis!
With the words: 81 4: q Il
THE hour provided by law 81 for tbs s3
meeting OF tho first regular session g tS
the Flfty-eighth Congress having ar FiS -iSs
rived, declare the extraordinary session.
adjourned without day. @ a Nh
The Senate at once rose to listen 10 v
the prayer offered by Chaplain Pret-ssi
lyman and then the routine busine ess5 OF
the. regular session was pro cecded witll:Sss
There was nothing but tho words $of. ttleEss
president pro tenn. to Indicate that the "
regular session had begun or that the
extraordinary session had ende et;;
the President says that tho appoin ntmentsi
which lie sent4t the Senate to-day we're
made In recess, and that, therefore, the
.nppotntees h Will discharge the duties of$s
tho offices to which they are appointcdsss
and viii draw the alary thereof .ss5
# his view Is not shared by a. hal & dozen
members of the Senate. Repii bllcans !. as
K of the President q s being wh ollyEunyyar
tranted hys the laws md tho Constl tior..is
Senator Lodge is bout the on Ia sstntor5lls 5lls
Otita thaF 0ort who de fcnds at the lew ufss
the President Il ana f1ie the but fge
;cral ridicule because of htst posi-
claims that thero was u iiont h
minute intervening between hes time siN' she ii
Eay e fell to declare the extra esstons atss
m end ana rose and fell gain to declare
the regular session convened. /. and that at#99
In that time tho appointments were cons
structively. made. 81 bi 3.s5 33$ t3sSsS
a Republican senn torf snld to-day that u
tho action OF the y President was dam
igerously near that Of the Pres sdentss $of
Central American countries to suspend r.
the constitution at viii. ItS is believed ii
thnt the President took he course which
he did in order to prevent the return OF as
General Leonard Wood to- the rank N Of
t1igader- general. 4. as he would have had M
to do had tho appoln ttnent been. regar ~ ~.
Ell as having been made during tho ses7-SSa
sion OF Congress. s5s35 & Il + ~ is5
Practically the whole Senate took tilA Il
view that the failure Of that body to act
on the appointment of Wood and Crur1l, N
the negro appointed during recess to es
collector OF the port OF Charleston, would "a
have the effect of making their appolnt.33sl
ments when sent in ut the beginning Of "A
the regular session, appointments ade
while the Congress was IN sessions. ia'i Had NJ
tic, President taken this view. Wood and rs
the l67 officers Of lower rank pro onoted 3
because OF his promotion would have
como back to the grade which they left IS
when they received recess appointnlentss5$
Crum too would have stepped down and X
out, awaiting tho confirmation of hiR NS
appointment. As;it Is now. he and Wood. .8st
and all others appointed to office during 7
The recess last summer. Will hold on an q i'll
draw their pay. liS5
1t is practically certain that the action 81
or the President will bo made the subject S
OF strong talk on the floor OF the Sem M
ate. 1t Is certain that many senators, n,
without regard to party, are severely
criticlsing tho Executive for. his action. &
which is entirely without precedent In the 4
history OF tho government.
The Senate's Session. s'
Tho Senate to-day closed the extreorll-s
OF the regular session, hut the transition
was So natural us to .be scarcely notice.
Of the called session; by announccment
from the chair, and the Offering Of tWp
pfayarS of sac u !ha wsh ha m
consisted Of the reading Of the P'resIdent'ss
message md the beg'1lning Of the 4 iscgs,
tWhs W bl!!l Mr.. Mr. ca!lom, Who Who has charge 81
It. made n speech. advocating Its passage $
IN the n,eres ot Asrfssn 1taae
from the Committee on Contingent Ex.8
penses on tho resolution Of Mt. Penrose
requesting the transmission to the Ssn-ss
ate by tho Postmaster-General OF all the a&'
papers relating to the postoitce investl-S 81
i Mi. German suggested a number ot N
amendments. the effect OF which waste
10 make an investlgGtlon into p9stoHics
affairs and to compel the commit ttceS ITO
make a report to the Senate by May 5lstt Ne
Mr. penrose. as author OF the resolu-f
zion and chairman OF the COMMITTEES, ,$ inr :Ss
dIcuted q Willingness to accept the amsnd-s8 u
ments, but Mr.. Plat, OF Connecticut, oh,
iected, \, "a SsSSss "
NJ Patt said that ,ass as 0rgIa,nIlly lntr;1S;
the. committee 70 extend Its inyestiHationS
General BrIstow's report, That, lie
thought. was Just what should be done, G
TO order n senatorial inyestlgat tlon now il.
would he to make n start ~ the dark,
WHICH he did not CONSIDER a,! wlse. i, y
oao atsr sSas %as aa osar nor
and Mr.. Cullom made d speech on tbs
Cuban reciprocity bill, AFTER which tRs
Senate adjourned until Tomorrow, S55
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED. '
Estimates Of Secretary Of Treas
ury for Virginia and Carolina.
wSs9G, EenG, enE tHssu1sr orrpnspsnSssn! psposssr
The Secretar,- ofsthe Treasury has sent n
70 Congress the followns Ass.!Sats ST. q ar