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CABINET CHANGES HUNG UP.
Senator's OBJECT 70 MOODY
AND BONAPARTE.

suggestions That BOnaparte 10 n Frienu OF
the Money Devil. and Is limit Ia rake
charge Of the work Of Prosecuting
the Trusts-knox Vouches for Him.
WASHINGTON. Dec, N.-ls Charles Joseph
Bonaparte, who is a membe Of President
Roosevelt's Cabinet. a friend Of the money
deviI2 Is be a fit man TO nave CHI arge Of
tho important work Of prosecuting the
trusts for the Government Of the United
States? These questions were sugg ested
in the Senate this afternoon when an effort
was made to secure con firmation OF the
nominations Of William He nry Moody TO
be an Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court and Mr.. Bonaparte to be Attorney
| General, vice Moody. Objection was made
TO confirmation and the nominations went
over.
Senator Teller OF Colorado made the OBJ
I lection which caused po stponement. 1t
was aimed more directly at the Moody
nomination, and was entirely unexpected,
as there was a feeling in the Senate that
Mr.. Moody and Mr.. Bonaparte woul d be
| confirmed without any trouble. The Com
mittee on the Judiciary at a meeting to-day
decided to order favorable reports on the
nominations OF Mr.. Moody and Mr.. Bona
parte, and the report in MIR. Moody's case
was made when the Senate went into execu-
tive session late this afternoon.
Then the trouble started. A. soon as
the nomination OF Mr.. Moody was taken up
! senator Culberson OF Texas obtained recog-
milton and read extracts from a published
speech delivered by Charles j. Bonaparte
before the trust conference at Chicago in
September, 1899. The reading occupied
several minutes. Among the many strik-
ing passages was this:
II regard the tendency OF combination as
an inevitable feature OF modern c~iviliza-
ton from which no free and enlightened
country can escape. II does not follow
from this that / regard it as a good thing, for
I consider il a complete fallacy that all the
changes brought about by modern c~iviliza-
ton nave been for the better; not a few OF
| them are, TO my mind, distinctly harmful.
| am not, however, prepared 20 say that this
tendency is harmful; it has a good side and a
bad side, and there is the less reason 20 make
! mp our minds as TO its merits, because what
ever we may think we cannot prevent
il. except at tho price OF liberty and civil
ization.
The reading was designed by Mr.. Culber-
son TO prove that Mr.. B~onaparte's utteranCe
was Inconsistent with the administration
policy of dealing with trusts. As soon as the
Texas Senator had finished Senator Knox OF
Pennsylvania arose. Then everybody be-
gan 70 laugh, Republicans as we'll as Demo-
Gratis. They saw the su n side of the
spectacle OF a former Attorney-General in
Mr.. Roosevelt's Cabinet and the original
trust prosecutor, being called on to show
that Mr.. Roosevelt was not trying 10 put a
friend OF trusts in the AttOrney-Generals
office. Mr.. Knox explained that he was
familiar with Mr.. Bonaparte's views on the
trust question and minated that they had
undergone a change since the Chicago con-
ference.
so have the views of many other Repub-
leans was suggested by a Senator.
This caused more laughter. Mr.. Knox
maintained his poise, and with a face all
smiles promised that Mr.. B~onaparte az
Attorney General could be relied upon TO
carry out the trus: busting policy Of the
President.
Senator Rayner of Maryland. Mr.. Bona
parties State, took the floor 70 discuss the
nomination OF Mr.. Bonaparte. when Senator
LOukc Ol NtdSsdCuusctlS ouBkcbtcu THAT u
Senate had before it the nomination OF Mr..
Moody for Associate Justice, and not the
nomination OF Mr.. ~Bonaparte. Vice-Presi-
dent Fairbanks sustained the point made
by Mr.. Lodge, whereupon Mr.. Teller said he
would object to the consideration Of the
Moody nomination, as well as all the Cabinet
nominations, and under a rule of the Senate
they went over. The Senate confirmed
several less important nominations and
adjourned,
II became known to-day that some of the
Southern Senators had been quietly digging
up material with a view of making a fight
against the confirmation of Mr.. Moody.
They unearthed a resolution proposed by
Mr.. Moody when he was a member Of the
House. the object Of which was to reduce
the representation in Congress from the
Southern States. Mr.. Moody is alleged to
have given expression 10 some positive
views on the question in I'm accompanying
interview.
A quiet conference among the Senator's
Interested led to the conclusion IN the part
Of some Of them that whilet they might delay
Mr.. Moody's confirmation they could not
reasonably hope 10 defeat il, and il is
probable that no serious fight will be made
against him.