Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-13
CONFIRM The
NOMINATIONS
Senate Approves Presidents
Choice For Cabinet Members
Senator Attacks Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The SEN
ate confirmed the nominations of VIII
liam H. Moody of Massachusetts to be
an associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States, Charles J..
Bonaparte of Maryland to be attorney
general, Victor H. Metcalf of Califor-
mia to be secretary of the navy and
Oscar s. Straus of New York to be sec
rotary of commerce and labor.
The opposition to Messrs. Moody and
Bonaparte, which had been raised in
the senate by a number of Democratic
senator's, was not strongly pressed at
the session. and no roll call was asked
for. On the vive voce vote for Mr.. b.
naparte, however, there were a num-
Der of negative votes OH the minority
side estimated at about fifteen.
There was no opposition to either
Mr.. Metcalf or Mr.. Stratus.
Secretary Taft made a report on the
death of ten ~convicts at Manila, in
mates of Bilibid prison, who during
experiments, without resistance on
their part, We're given a bottle of bu-
bonic plague serum. which was prob
ably substituted for a bottle of cholera
serum, with the result that the native
prisoners, to whom it was administer
ed, died.
Governor Smith in his cabled report
says the plague culture became mixed
with a%nticholera serum through the
displacement of one of the bottles by
a visitor.
The evidence submitted at the White
House by Gilchrist Stewart of the
Constitutional league in behalf of the
discharged soldiers of the Twenty-ffth
infantry has been turned over to Sec
rotary Taft.
The presidents answer to the senate
resolution calling for information re-
garding the discharged soldiers it is ex-
pected will be sent TO that body
shortly.
Several hours in the house were con-
sumed in debating an amendment re-
ferring to simpliied spelling, with the
result that the original provision on
that subject was eliminated and an
other amendment adopted. The new
provision instructs the public printer to
use the photography generally recog-
nized by the standard dictionaries.
During the discussion Mr.. sullivan
(Nlass.) remarked that if the president
by Imperial ukase' could change the
spelling of 800 words of the English
language he would have the authority
to change 10000 words or every word
in our language. If this could be done
he thought a new court language
might be established by executive de-
cree for the new American empire.
we got along very well with the
English language until the reign of the
present president of the United States
said Mr., Sullivan.
While Mr.. Grosyenor was discussing
the amendment Mr.. Towne IN. "
asked him whether the item referred
to was not "on page %, beginning
with line 23?'
yes, l believe So" replied Mr.. eros
venor.
Then is not that a double skiddoo,
and if so does it not of necessity go
0ut?"
""Oh, that's an old story" replied Mr..
G%rosvenor amid laughter.
Caustic criticism of President Roose-
velt's position OH the Japanese ques-
ton prefaced Senator Rayner's dis
cussion in the senate of the constitu-
tional questions involved.
If the military and civil forces of the
federal government were to be used by
the president, Mr.. Rayner said. it be-
anne very important to know his exact
power in the matter.
Because he said, "it is quite a Sc
rious matter, in view of the great ca
lamity that has lately befallen the city
of San Francisco, for the president
to contemplate the ~bombarding of the
city at this time and to declare war
against the boards of county school
trustees of California if there is no
justification or pretext upon which
such ferocious proceedings can be I'M
~dertaken."