The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-20
PRESIDENT F0|LS
INSURGENTS PLAN
They Can't shclve Knapp il
He Can Prevent
N AWKWARD POSITION
Seek to Keep Him Of Commerce
Commission and New
Court, Too.

I Washington. December 1a.-Presi-
dent Taft, 1t is pretty well understood,
| objects to any little senatorial scheme
| there may be that may cause con-
frmation of the nominations of b. III
Meyer and c. c. McChord as Interstate
commerce commissioners without at
the same time confirming che nominal
lions OF Judge Archibald and Martin I'll
| Knapp as Judges of the ncw Court OF
| Commerce.
| Insurgent Senators are reported to
| be holding UP the Archibald and
! Knapp nominations, but are willing to
confirm Meyer and Knapp. In the case
of Mr. Knapp, for instance, he would
/ be out In the cold should his place on
! the Interstate Commerce Commission
be filed and his confirmation for cir
| cult Judge on the Court of Commerce
be defeslted
| President Taft was willing that
Chairman Knapp should be taken from
the Interstate Commerce Commission
provided he should be elevated to the
court. t1e would not be wiling, how
ever, that a situation should arise that
would take MIR. Knapp from the COM
mission and prevent his going on the
court.
Named to Fiji Vacancy.
! For the vacancy TO be created by the
promotion of Mr.. Knapp the President
nominated B. III. Meyer of Wisconsin,
protege and friend of Senator La Fol
lette. The 1nsurgent Senator's are said
ito be perfectly willing to confirm
Meyer and McChord, the latter taking
the place of Ex-senator Cockrell; bur
/ q 1aty a hi M
Archibald and Knapp in the air, in the
hope of defeating them for judges OF
| the Commerce Court.
| If the Senate does not wish to con-
! firm Mr.. Knapp's nomination the
| President wishes him to retain his
place on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. 1t is thought, therefore, that
he has informed administration sup
| porters in the Senate that he wishes
| the Knapp nomination acted upon be-
| fore the two commission nominations
are handled by the Senate.
Senators Brandegee and kean dis
cussed the situation with the President
| to- day.
| The Insurgents are said to be in a
rather awkward position about Mr..
| Knapp. He is generally believed TO be
| friendly to reasonable increases of
| freight rates TO the railroads If he
remains upon the Interstate Commerce
| Commission his vote will. they think
| go that way. If he is nominated as
| Judge of the Court OF Commerce hs
/ would, presumably, feel the same way
as to rates when an appeal goes be-
fore that court. So the Insurgents
would like to bottle Mr.. Knapp--keep
/ Eim off the commission and the court.
/ too.
YOungs to Get Another Term.
William j. Youngs, lifelong personal
| friend of eX-President Roosevelt, will
| be nominated within few days for
another term as United States Attorney
of the Eastern District of New York
This was practically decided upon at
the White House to-day. after the
President had conferences with Senator
Root and Representative Cocks of the
/ oyster Bay district. Senator Root has
Endorsed Youngs and Mr.. Cocks wants
him given another term. Youngs has
held the position eight years. and his
present term expires tomorrow. lie
was close friend OF Colonel Roose-
welt when the latter was Governor of
New York. Later he was the neighbor
of Colonel Roosevelt at oyster Bay.
When Colonel Roosevelt became Presi-
dent loungs's nomination as United
States Attorney was one of the first
he sent to the Senate.
Colonel Roosevelt has made no
recommendation in this case He has
steadfastly adhered to the determina-
ton he announced as he was leaving
the White House, that he would make
no Endorsements Of candidates that
might embarrass the President.
Returned Consul Phys Respects.
Carl F. Deichman, American Consul
at Nasasaki, Japan, paid his respects
to President Taft to-day and talked
! briefly about the attitude of the Japs
to this country. There ! sno un-
friendly feeling said Mr.. Deichman
While she has large army anc
navy her statesmen are bending their
energies toward the Industrial de.
velopment of the nation. They want
to make Japan one OF the greatest In
dustrial nations of the world, So fan
as immigration is concerned, Japanese
lahors are prohibited from coming tc
! the United States. They are encour.
! TO go to Manchuria. Formosa and 10.
' rea Japan's population is now So.
I; 100000, and this crowds the territory
too much
Representative Langley, of Ken
lucky, had an interview with the
President to-day respecting severa
Kentucky matters. The Kentucky Re,
puhlicans have for some time beer
seeking flrst-class diplomatic pos
) for Clay Howard. OF that State, ant
! the President wants to name him. HI
, has so far seen no suitable opening
There Is bad squabble on over the
United States attorneyshp of til,
s Eastern District. and 1t has been sug
gested that the President may asl
, Mar. Howard to become United State.
attorney J. N. SHARP was appointe'