The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-12-05

ming of the conflict between Roosevelt
and Taft. 1t is known that appoint
ments and promotions in the Army and
Navy and Post-Office Department will
fail of confirmation by the Senate, which
means that after the fourth of next
March, when the Democrats by the
overwhelming expression of the people
come into power, there will be many
vacancies to fill These places will be
filled by democratic appolntees.
The Democratic party feels justified
in asserting itself at the present time
and making its widespread victory an
effective and present one in fact; and
the Democratic leaders have decided to
ignore any message or messages from
the President, and to refuse to confirm
any of his nominations. So when Mr..
Wilson takes Office next March he will
have large number of offices to fill.
The extra session which he will call in
the spring will be a busy one, passing
the laws necessary to carry out Demo-
cratic pledges.
Not only in official circles, but in social
as well, is the spirit of looking forward
to the new administration exhibited.
Social fourths of March have already
come, by a sort of common consent, to
be acknowledged as the real leaders,
and the outgoing Chief Executive and
his Democracy belong, of course, the
social traditions left by the Bayards,
the Whitneys, the Lamars and the
Carlisles.
Everyone is interested in Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, the woman who after the
fourth of March will be the First lady
of the land" and her three attractive
daughters, who will share with her
heavy social responsibilities of the
administration. Washington society has
been much interested IN the coming
out" of Miss Esther Cleveland, at
Princeton.
1t will be recollected that Miss Cleve-
land was born in the White House dur
ing hers fathers first administration. 1t
is proper to say that the reign of Mrs
Alice Longworth, who was married in
the Whites. House during her fathers
administration, seems to be over.
AS the result of the wide spread crit
icism about delay and costs of litigation
in the courts, the highest court in the
world, the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, is the first to take effective
action looking to desired reforms. This
court has just revised the rules of prac-
tice for all federal courts, which if en-
forced, will prevent the delays and
costs about which there has been so
much complaint. The instance of
Michigan man injured in a street rail-
road accident while visiting Washington
in March, 1910, who died few weeks
ago, just before his case was reached
for trial, illustrates the crying need for
speedier justice. The court in which
this mans case was brought was estab-
lished by Republican Congress in 1863
taking the place of the existing court
which as.abolished for purely political
The law making body does
not now look with favor upon it. The
Democratic Congress now feels that
there are vastly greater reasons for
making schange than there were in
1863, especially as there is doubt whether
the new Supreme Court rules apply to
this particular court. With an army of
hungry office seekers calling for politi-
cal reward, the Democrats will find it
hard to resist the temptation to make
where possible.