Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-21
Unanimous Consent Concession Used
for First Time to Pass Bill
PRESIDENT SENDS NOMINATIONS
Richard c. Kersas Named for Am
basEador to stria-Hungary.
ROBERT BACON FOR FRANCE
Henry Lane Wilson of WashinEton 20
Succeed David u Thompson in
Mexfco-MarshaIs and At
torneyu Named.

zrAsEnNGTON. Dec eb-The senate and
Tie house concluded thei- arduous Isbors
ty 2 o'clock today. The Adjournment for
two weeks VIII be taken 70 enable the Mem
hers properly 70 observe the Christmas hol-
idays
ASIDE from the confirmation Of the nonai-
nakiar % Horace P. Burton Of Tennessee /
u 4 r an associate Justice OF the supreme
coir- and the confirmation Of W. J. Ellis
TO te governor Of New Mexico the principal
feature Of the senate proceedings was q
Fpeech laden with opti1uiem ana good cheer
'or the Christmas season by Senstor De
pew The address q the New Yorker was
called forth by whit be characterized as
tne pessinistic predictions in Senator La
FolIette's magazine and in many news
papers and other periodicals relating to the
tffect Of the present tariff Law uron prices
II necessaries Of life as wei as in relation
% dangers 10 the people because Of a pDd-
tag Exhaustion Of national resources
For the first rlrne since the Fitzgerald
rule providing for a unanimous consent
calendar was adopted that rule Was invoked
today in the house and one joint resolution
making available a small appropriation for
the Improvement Of the Tennessee rdver
and a blll Of local interest were passed.
Representative Monden q Wyoming
spoke al some length against the proposi-
ton given by the federal government con
trol % dams and water power rights In the
different states. defending Secretary Balm
ger in that connection and Rssai-ed the ae-
hon q certain government bureaus 1 al
temptig 10 usurp rights belonging TO the
people
The Distr4ct Of Columbia TIN carrying
ton
Representative Hardy Of Texas denounced
the publication Of Eforses charging men,
beers Of congress with corruption in con-
neet5on with proposed ship suhsldy legis-
lst1un-
Diplomatic ApPOintraentH.
Presisent Taft today sent TO the senate
the nomination of Richard c Kersns OF
Missouri TO be ambassador TO Austria
HurgAry.
President Taft also sent 10 the senate to
day the following other nominations Of
ambassadors and ministers;
Robert Bacon OF New York, ambassador
10 France
Henry Lane Wilson Of washington. am
bassador TO Mexico.
Charles Page Bryan Of Illinois. minister
10 Belgium
william James Calhoun Of Illinois, min
lister to China
Henry p F7eacher Of Pennsylvania, min
lister to Chile.
Henry 7. Gage Of California minister to
Portugal
P S ReYnolds Hit Of Illinois. minister
to Panama
John b Jackson Of New Jersey, minister
10 Cuba
FeHton r. Mccreery Of Michigan, min
lister TO Honduras.
Edwin V. Morgan q New York. minister
10 Paraguay
Charles W. Russell Of the District Of
Columbia. minister TO Persia
LaureteE S. sEeason Of Minnesota min
lister 10 Switzerland
Horace O. Knowles OF Delaware. minister
and consul general TO the Dominican re-
public.
The president also sent in the names Of
Rhe following secretaries Of ambassies
Philip NJ Brown Of the District Of Co
lunhiA- at City Of Mexico.
Htnry L. Jane Of Wisconsin. Constant
n0ple.
Irwin B LauEhlin Of PennEylvania- at
berlin
Hoffman PHILLIP OF New YORK. al RIO de
Janeirp
Montgomery Schuyler, jr.. OF New York
AT Toxic.
81 Petersburg.
Paxton Hibbea Of Indiana. al Neither
lands and LuKenburg.
Charles DunninE White Of New Jersey.
AZ Chrdssianla- Norway.
Belkan sehoyer Of Pennsylvania al Bo-
gotta. ColomhiE-
To be agent and consul general AT Cairo,
Egy9L PetsI Augustus Jay Of Rhode Is
lard
AttOrneEEN nd MArshaIs-
Frcsldtnt Taft sent 20 the senate today
the nominatious o. thc following United
states district attorneys:
William +. Truutmann for the eastern
dtslrict Of Illinois
william A. N0rthrutl for the southern
distret of uliuOis
Arba s Van Vslkenbursh. for the north
Ntstern distr5cl q Missouri
JossIh y. Morrison. FOR the territory Of
AuEouA-
RuteTs r Deylln. Tor rhs northern district
q California
Nalaoa Iarvia. for the sOIlhsra dizt-se,
81 Georgia
Robert Whltshsuse, for Nbine
J. =. French. for Massachusetts
Ernest =. Cochran, for Ssafh Carollna.
The gresldent also sent in the nomina-
foas % the fol0sing Cnltes States mar
Ehals-
Charles p. HiteA. for the eastern district
q Iulnuis
wuliAm HsukeL for ths southern district
pf New Nork-
crsighpO1 n Foraker. for New Mexico.
Pope ~ LonE- fer ths northern distract
~ Alabama
waiter a. 1ohason Tor the narthsrn dis
trscI - Georgia
NkEht Rider JHry stIn Oat.
HrNiON CITY. Tenn Dee ga.-TYhe tuYF
= h tke ulEht rieer ease reported late today
IA thEt rhfF were unable % EEree or q YER
dict- gudEe 1onea however, cent them bAck