The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-20
In ThreeWeeks Taft Has
Made Over /, 300
Nominations.
FIGHT TO CONFIRM
NOT YET DECIDED
During Whole Three Months OF
Last Congress in Cleveland's
First Term But 400 Were
Sent In-Senato- Lodge
Threatens Democrats
With Retaliation.

Washington. December iH.-COng ess
ad jOurucd for the Christmas holidays
to-day after some lively manOeuvres
to get President Taft's message into
INC record. secure action on the Presi-
dents recent appointments and bring
proceedings in the Archibald impeach-
mfnt trial 20 point whore they may
be disposed Of early ia January. The
Bouse was unable TO get a quorum,
and adjourned after a seventeen min
ute session without even having re
ceIved the Presidents message.
The message waited for four hours
10 secure entrance into the Senate
When that body convened at noon the
Republican Senators asked for i'm
mediate consideration again OF their
demand for an executive session 10
take up appointments The Democrats
consented TO the plan. and until the
Impeachment trial automatically took
The floor at 100 o'clock. the Senate
fought over the filing OF presidential
Offices. with the debate carried on be-
hind tightly closed doors II was
not until the impea ment court ad-
journsd about o'clock that the Presi-
cents message was received and read
Meet Again January ..
Both houses Of Congress adjourned
10 meet again January , The sitting
as a court OF Impeachment will recon
vene Friday. January :. The House
money trust committee. winding up its
session with !. p Morgan al 4.i0. ad-
l0urned until o'clock Monday. Jan
uary s. Practically all business Of
Congress will stand in allegiance
throughout the holidays. and ma
tority OF the members or both houses
VIII leave Washington for the vaca =
ton.
The senate confirmed but one APP
continent. that OF John II. Brown, as
postmaster at Concord. y. Il. in the
hour and a half of executive debate.
No action was taken on the reappoint-
Ilent or Edgar f Clark. whose term
as Interstate Commerce Commissioner
cApires December 81 Senator Hok-
Smith. acting for many Democrats.
offered a resolution for the conf m
alton OF army and navy appointments.
but the Republican Senators insisted
on starting at the head or the list for
lhe consideration Of postmasters.
Objections by SeIs.tor Hitchcock.
Democrat. that the post-office appoint
fnents mad not received consideration
by the full membership OF the Post
Once Committee. drew the decIsra-
lion from Senator Lodge that. il this
barrassing throughout the administra-
ton Of Woodrow Wilson Senator
Lodge declared that the Senate had
always followed the precedent OF con-
drming pOSJ-office appointments on the
r~coTame ndation OF the subcommittee
Dr Individual Senators to which they
Mere referred Senator Hitchcock
finally withdrew his objections. but
no action was taken on any OF the
other pOst-ofice appointments
Get sharp Reply
Figures presented by Senator >mOot
40 show that in previous changes % sd-
ininistrsticns the Senate always con-
firmed the appointments OF the rejir-
ing Presidents. met = sharp reply from
Senator II Jke Smith. lie declared that
President Taft had sent over 1899
appointments to the Senate during
three weeks of this session. while
President Cleveland sent In out 500
appointments during the whole three
months OF the last Congress Of the
arst Cleveland term.