Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-16
CABELL HELD UP
BY THE SENATE
ACTION SAID TO BE INTENDED As
SLAP AT SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY.
ACTED WITHOUT ADVICE
appointment Of Richmond Postmaster
as commissioner OF Internal Rev
cuuc Hang, BOD nG.lu.c-Aa5
Ec Confirmed.

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. - Special -
Two Important treasury uuu nations
those oft James F. Curtis. oI Boston.
Goo Dee Assistant Secretary and rs. p.
caLcl. ot Richmond. Va. 90 Doe Conn
miss lulcr of Internal EeVenue-were
nclJ uu hy the Finance Committee of
Zoe Senate ati Is meeting Friday
Aho 3D. 90 Official bias immediate sue
ncrNlsion over tne administration OF
Gstoms. the second over the admin
strauou of Internal revenue colec-
Ions- From chose two sources the
fo-crnmeut derives practically an its
income.
10 may bee that eventually The COM
uittct wan report both nominations
aNoraply. Just for the present how
ever. there is decided inclination
lo inquire into The qualifications of the
nominees Thee were selected 10y Sec
Rotary Macy cagh. and both are young
men.
Air. Curtis nomination was decided
upon without consulung senators
Lodge and Crane They are not. how
ever. opposing confirmation. Assistant
Secretary Norton, who formerly lived
ln Boston, and who enjoys the conf
dence ot secretary MacNcagh 20 "a very
high degree. IS understood 10 be
chiefly responsible Tor the Curtis nom
nation. The two are said 10 be old
time friends.
Under the Roosevelt administration
the Finance Committee had consider
able trouble over the selection OF am
Assistant Secretary OK the Treasury ln
charge of customs. Robert Armstroug
"a young man, who had been Secretary
shaw s. private secretary. was nom
mated Tor that oluce. lie was con-
nrmeU only after long struggle. Sem
atOr AldrlCh, the chairman OF finance
cOutenuing that he Was too young and
Inexperienced 10 have such an impor-
tant post
The fathers OF the tarim bin, as il
passed the Senate. say an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury has the
power through rulings and interpre-
tauOns 10 annul or modify many inn
pOrtant tariff provisions. An instance
I IS the provision about watches. Soon
after Assistant Secretary Reynolds
went out OF office a few weeks ago a
/ new Assistant Secretary. temporarily
detailed 10 his work. made a ruling
putting watches into a special classify
cation with Jewelry, and thereby null.
ufying a provision about watches
! which the Senate had forced into the
/ law after a big night with Senator
/ Beverldge. The ruling was subse
/ quently changed after protest by Sen
ator lodge.
| Illinois Exercised over CabeH.
! The Illinois Senators are partcu lar.
/ ~ eNercvised about the nomination o.
| Mr.. CaDeu 10 be COmmissiO ner OF In.
I c-nal Revenue Illinois is one OF ia,
/ great internal revenue states, and hel
| senator's feel that they should hav,
/ leen consulted. especially when tn,
I lominee was taken from Southerr
I State that has Democratic SENATOR
/ nd only one Repub lican Representa-
/ i've.
/ The situation has the elements o
| big war against the Secretary OF tn,
/ treasury. IL may result in "a com,
| Promise, which viii include a dehnit,
| Understanding between the Secretary
| md Senators AlGrich. Hale. CullOm
| nd others OF the Finance Committee
! 81 Withholding confirmation of thes,
/ nominations. the committee can fore,
the issue upon the President. who has
followed the plan Of giving his Cabine
officials free hand in choosing theil
lsuhordinates.
Speech Hits StandpatteTs.
To what extent, az at Rll. feeling II
the Senate and the House against Sec
rotary MacVeagh plays a part in th'
attitude OF the Finance Committee 10
ward Treasury Department nOmina
tons has not appeared. Mr.. Mac
Neagh. who lives In Chicago. is a Dem
ocrat who fought Organism, but hi
friendliness toward the Repu blical
party has not served to make ulinoi
Repu blicans recover from their dis
satisfaction over his appointment {,
the Cabinet.
Besides that. many Republican mem
bers OF Congress with high tariff pro
CllNlLlcS are klCAluk over tno speech ~
MacVeagh delivered in Boston thi
week In that speech he said that tn
enactment of the Payne tarin law wa
only the beginning or a thorough tarif
revision. The "standpatters" did no
u like that. and are saying so.
|, IL was signihcSnt in that connection
that the Senate yesterday confirmed tn
nominations OF former Mayor Edwin U
Curtis to be collector OF customs at Bos
ten, the second largest port OK the coun
try, and OF State Chairman George II
Doty to be his successor as subtreas
urcr OF Boston
Both nominations were promptly np
proved by the Finance Committed. bu