Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-20
Robert NJ. New

WASHINGTON, May l9.-That
there is a feeling of more than dis.
content amongst the representatives
and senator's of the democratic faith,
and that it is increasing daily is
squarely evidenced by the private con.
versations of those national legislat-
ors in their hotels, in their private OF.
fees and in the cloak rooms of the
house and senate. Wherever they
meet, whether for purposes Of party
conferences over pending committee
assignments, the tariff schedules, or
the coal mine horrors in West Vir-
GINA, the talk. Invariably turns to-
ward the end to the ~dilatoriness OF
the White House in transmitting to
the senate the presidential and other
nominees for federal offices, large and
small.
That this dilatoriness is remark
able to their minds in the burden OF
their complaints, and although some
Of them are well aware of the sub
stantial reasons of the chief executive
for withholding long and a%nxiously
loOked-for appointments, the majority
of them are ignorant of them, or at
least profess to be SO. Their mails,
they say to another, are getting Bis
ger and the remonstrances from the
expectant folks at home are becom-
ing more and more ugly and insistent,
. some instances almost amounting
to %intimations of broken pledges.
, hey are bling blamed for the delay,
and, although they have time and
time again protested that the fault
does not lie at their doors, their con.
stituents absolutely refuse to be-
lieve them.
One congressman whose party loyal
ty has never been questioned and up
on whose supposed influence quite a
number of his friends at home have
confidently been banking, related to
a group of fellow mourners his ex-
pcrience at one of the big government
departments. 81 went to the pOstoffice
department this morning." he said,
and reminded the postmaster gener-
al that | had turned into him some
strong recommendations for Eostmas-
%tcrships, in places where The incum-
bcnts' term had expired a long time
ago, that the names | had presented
to him for those jobs were Of most
uncxceptionable ~citizcns-all excel
lent party men-and that in no in
stance was there any opposition eth
err in our party or out OF it, to their
appointment. a.
Just guess what he said to me.
You would not imagine it, if some OF
you hadn't been through the same
mill as myself. He assured me that
he had sent all of those nominations
to the White House days ago, and
that they: are all held up there for
some reason or other. In point OF
fact, the miserable driblets of presi-
Dental nominations that are nova
days filtered into the senate are dis.
gushing my people and seriously an.
noying me, for they are regarded as
about all that the president has had
recommended to him by congressman
and Others"
A,ots of other congressman are In
a peck of, trouble about the cleft
overs" as the American COnsuls
named or transferred by Mr.. Taft in
the closing days of his term are term
ed, who are hanging about Washing
ton in disconsolate crowds, fearing
that, although they are supposed to
be protected by the sham cloak of the
hypocritical civil service they will be
sent up Salt River and classified
among the has-beens. Many of those
| consular officers have seen years OF
practical service, and have been Off
cially slated for sought-after trans
fers, either as promotions, or for
some other equally sound reasons.
Still others are callow youngsters,
who haven't yet had an opportunity
of making good, and have only recent
ly passed tho examinations that now
adays entitle them to become full
nedged attaches of the consular serv'
ice. Anyhow, there is a respectable
grove of them, and every mothers
son of the squad is hiking after his
individual representative or senator,
with fearful requests to be taken
| care or" - "">t'"