Evening star., 1914-12-23
Presidents Disclaimer of Fric-
tion Is Construed as Form
of Defiance.
CAUSE OF DIFFERENCES
IS NOT YET ERADICATED
Belief Expressed That If Contest
Continues Extra Session of Con-
j gress Will Be Necessary.

President Wilson's declaration that
he was not at feud with the Senate was
at first construed by Il number of sena-
tors to be In the nature of profered
olive branch.
Upon second thought, however, ana
in view of information derived from
administration sources, these optimlsts
discovered Il thorn in the olive brahch-
While protesting peace. the President
they learned. has no intention OF WITH
drawing the nominations which are the
cause of the pl esent unpleasahthess eA-
listing between the executive ana tie
upper legislative body.
Senators discovered significance in
dispatch from Kansas City stating th"L
Ewing G. Bland, whose appointment as
United States marshal the Senate re-
iacted. has resigned from the position
he now holds, municipal judge in that
town. They jumped to the conclusion
that Mr. Bland would not give up one
iob unless he were assured of another.
Senators also realize that there was
10 suggestion from the w mite house
Indicating the withdrawal OF the hoihi-
alton of John D. Lynn as alstflct az
torney for the western district OF new
L n,
by the Senate.
Mystifies the Senators.
In view of these conditions senators
today are unable to account for the
Presidents seemingly pacifcatorv re
marks of yesterday. The reassurlhs
sentiments he expressed do not agree
it is said, with the cold facts OF 'he
case. Senators are unable to co1hPre-
hend how the President can declare
that there is no friction between nun
and the Senate when the cause VI u
tion sticks up in plain view. =.
One feature of the situation is caus-
ing worry to men in Congress VINO are
in touch with business interests oi lne
country. 1t is feared that II the SoIi-
test goes on an extra session oi III
Rress may be precipitated. Ihat Is tne
one thing that the business INTERESTS
do not want. President wilson hhom
this as well as any one else, 1of ne Has
been besought by men of large anairs
Who are kindly disposed toward MN
to prevent, if possible, an extra ses-
sion of Congress. .,,a
II is said to be a certainty that IN tne
present temper OF the sehate lha Eli not
get through at this session OF ConSress.
Beyond that, however, is the possloiiI,y
that such a deadlock may arse as Iiish.
even imperil appropriation bllls.
deadly earnest and so far as the fact OF
the situation is concerned the PRESIDENT
appears to be equally serious somepouy
in the Senate dug UP the platform OF tne
Democratic party adopted at the Balu-
more convention and turned to that para
graph in which the party afhrmed lts m
sistence that the respective rlgnts OF the
three coordinate branches OF the govern
,nent, the legislative. judiciary and execu-
tive, should be maintained and that there
should be no encroachment by one branch
upon another.
Wilson's Writings Recalled.
Then somebody else referred to Pres
ident Wilson's writings in which he
criticised very severely the attitude O.
Senators Platt and Conkling in their
celebrated feud with President Garfield
growing out of a patronage dispute
which resulted in the two New York
senators resigning their seats
Senators assume iii view of all the
circumstances OF the case that the
President proposes to stand pat, and it
is a thousand TO one wager that the
Senate will not give in.
For the present the President, sena-
tors admit, has the best of it. In the
case of Lynn, district attorney, and
Blum, the North Dakota postmaster,
the appointees are in office. 1t 13 very
much like the fellow who was in Jail
and, although his counsel told MIN they
could not put him there, he was there.
But after all, it Is by no means a
jest. In fact, the situation Is serious.
When senators go so far as to use the
word impeachment when discussing
the situation existing between the
President and the Senate, an idea may
be gained of the state of feeling.
Salary Prohibition Considered.
It is said that an amendment to the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill is being seriously con-
sidered for introduction in the Senate.
providing that none of the money ap-
propriated this year shall be used to
pay officials whose nominations have
been rejected by the Senate There is
q feeling that by placing such Il rider
on the appropriation bill the matter of
whether officials rejected by the Senate
are to continue in office will be set
tied quickly. Some of the senators
believe that already the laws provide
against such payment of salaries. But
others say that the language of the
law has been twisted in the past by
various Attorneys Genera, that
salaries might be paid to officials re-
ceiying so-called recess appointments,
and that a definite statement by Con-
gress will settle the matter