The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
NOMINATIONS NOT
YET CONFIRMED
Federal Appointments Made
More Than Week Ago for
Virginia Not Acted On.
"WATCHFUL WAITING" POLICY
President and Senators Each
Apparently Waiting for Other
to Play Next Card.

tSpccial TO The Times Dispatch.
Washington, March 2S.--Fivc OF tn"
large Federal appointments sent By
President Wilson TO the Senate over 4
week ago have not Decn confirmed 80
ported back to tho Senate by the COM
mittecs. several more days must clapse
before any further action is taken.
The nominations Of Thomas Burch,
Of Martinsvillc. and Richard II. Mann,
of Petersburg. TO be marshal in the
West, and district attorney I'm tho East.
respectively. have been looked for from
day to day. and the lack Of action in
these two matters Is beginning 10 Gre
ato something Of 81 mystery. In some
quarters the belief has been expressed
that President Wilson is holding up
the other t~o nominations IN order 20
see what action Senators Martin and
Swanson take on the i've sent In far.
II has been intimatcd that President
Wilson intends TO reward Congressman
Carter Glass for his efforts in behalf
OF the currency bill. b. giving him ono
o: the large Virginia appointments, and
that in the event the Senator's reject the
nomination OF John NJ. Hart OF Roa-
nolSc. as collector in the West. sidney
Sncitman. of ChristiansburE. may be
nominated as marshal in the West. on
the recommendation Of Congressman
Glass, In place of Thomas Burch. who
has been urged by the Senator's.
"WatchfuI Waiting"
The two Virginia Senator'S and Pres
iGent Wilson seem now TO have adopt
ID q policy OF "watchful waiting IN re-
gard 10 Virginia patronage
Appearances would indicate that the
Senator'S are not going to make any
haste about confirming the five men
nominated until the White House
plays It's next card and dominates
Burch and Mann. The White House
seems to be holding up the nomina-
tons Of Burch and Mann until the VIZ
Ginia Senators confirm the I've men
sent In. Unless the i've men sent in
are confirmed, President Wilson may
change his mind about Burch and
Mann
There is evidently something more
than ordinary routine delay to prevent
the confirmation OF either OF the five
for over a week. There is no spcci
fed period for confirming collectors.
inarshals and district attorneys, and
the time occupied in securing con-
hrmations during the present session
Of the Senate ranges from half an
hour in the case OF one North Caro-
lima collector. TO several months in
other instances In the case OF the
North Carolina collector. considerable
opposition was anticipated to the con-
firmation of Aston II. Watts. OF States
VILE, y. g, so Senator simmons polled
the committee personally. had an
executive session called, and had his
man confirmed in thirty minutes after
he was nominated. Other nominations
have laid in pigeonholes OF commit
tees for months without action.
If President Wilson holds up the
other TWO nominations very much
longer, it will force action BY the
Senator'S on the confirmation of the
five men already nominated, and com
pei the Senator'S 10 play the next card.
Should they confirm Moncurc. HamN-
ton, Byrd and Saunders. and reject
Hart. as many believe they will do.
il is believed II will so a long way
towards influencing President Wilson
in naming the other two officials.
II is understood that the Senators
have received a great number of pro-
tests from the Ninth Congressional
District against tho nomination or
Hart. asking them to withhold con-
nrmation The statement is freely
made by the Ninth District letter
writers that the turning down of
Rufus Ayers, Of the Ninth District. as
collector. will mean the loss or a grca,
number of votes for +. Tate Irvine. tho
Democratic nominee for Congress
The Senators have received hundreds
OF letters asking them to reject the
nomination of Hart, and use their besr
citoris 10 have the President change
his mind and nominate Ayers for the
good il will do the Ninth District
Democrats G. II. NJ