The Washington herald., 1922-12-05
PR0GREsS|vES
BLOCK BUTLER
APPOINTMENT
Strength Of Bloc Shown When
Confirmation Of New Justice
by the Senate Is Prevented
sHIPsTEAD BEHIND FIGHT
La Toilette and Norris Act
for Minnesota Senator Elect
In Holding Up Nomination
By JAMES R. NOURSE.
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| ny JAMES II. NOOhSE.
Universal service.
1 Confirmation of Pierce Butlef,
st. Paul attorney, to be associate
| justice Of the Supreme Court, was
blocked yesterday in the Senate
just before the extra session
ended. Thus for the first time,
the group Of independents who
came into power at the last elec-
tion showed its hand.
SHIPSTEAD BEHIND ACTION.
The nomination was blocked in
Executive session at the request Of
Henrik Shipstead, Farmer.Labor
Senator-elect. who defeated Senator
Kellogg. sponsor for Buffers nomi-
patton. Inasmuch as Shipstead has
not yet taken his seat, the office
was performed for him by Senators
La Toilette and Norris. members Of
the new Progressive bloc, Of which
Shipstead is also a member.
Shipstead. who came here to at
tend the Progressive conference,
asked La Toilette and Norris to
have the oD9fnation held up be-
], cause certain of his constituents in
Minnesota desired an opportunity
to lay before the Senate reasons
why. in their opinion. Butler should
not be confirmed.
| Kellogg and Nelson, the Minnesota a
Senators. endeavored to have the
objection withdrawn. as they were
exceedingly anxious to have Butler
confirmed at the extra session. Nor
ris insisted. however. that the Ju-
dietary Committee, of which Nelson
is chairman, acted precipitately on
the nomination and rushed 1t to the
Senate without giving anybody u
chance to be heard.
! The failure of the Senate to act
upon the nomination will make II
necessary for President Harding to
submit IL again during the present
session. II it is not acted upon be-
fore March 4. it will go over to tho
first session of the sixty-eighth Con-
gress. when Shipstead will be in the
Senate and can handle the case in
his own way.
Shipstead declared yesterday that
he was gathering evidence" against
Butler. which he will present to
the Judiciary Committee. He de.
clined to divulge the nature OF his
charges against Butler further than
to say that. in his opinion, Butler
has been too closely identified with
corporation influences to be suit
able nominee for the Supreme Bench.
WOMAN CONFIRMED.
A large number of other nomi-
nations failed of confirmation be-
! cause the Senate was unable to
reach them before the time OF ad-
I journment.
| Mrs Lucille Atcherson. Column
bus. Ohio. first woman to be named
to diplomatic post, was con-
firmed rs secretary of embassy
or legation. fourth class. Other
nominations confirmed were:
Augustus T. Seymour, Ohio, as
! sistant attorney, general. succeed
ng Guy d. Goff; F. G. Boatright.
United States attorney southern
district Of Georgia; A. r. Ed
ridge, United States marshal,
northern district of Texas.
Nominations which failed Of
/ confirmation included all the men,
bcrs of the fact-finding coal COM
mission, as follows: John Hays
Hammond. Thomas r. Marshall
| Samuel Alschuler. Clark Howell,
George Otis Smith. Edward T.
| Devine and Charles p. Neill.
Other nominations. which failed
were:
Louis NJ. Hall. collector of Gus
toms, St. Louis; George V. Denny,
collector Of customs. Savannah;
| Walter l.. Cohen. comptroller of
customs. New Orleans: Joseph w.
Tolbert, United States marshal
northern district South Carolina
Clinton o. Richardson, collector Of
I Oo1A
circuit judge, Baltimore: and Alex
Linsay. associate justice of Su-
preme Court Of Hawaii.
RECEIVE PROMOTIONS.
The Senate confirmed about 200
postmasters and $500 promotions
in the Army. Seven brigadier
generals, raised to the rank Of
major general. and twelve colonies.
promoted to be brigadier gtnerals,
were among those confirmed.
The new major generals are as
follows:
Andre Walker Brewster, vice
George Bell; Edward Mann Lewis,
vice Clarence r. Edwards; Edgar
Russell, vice Charles ]. Bailey:
Frank Long Winn, vice Francis ]
Herman: George Brand Duncan.
vice Edgar Russell. who Is to be
retired from active service follow
ing his promotion; Ernest Kinds.
vice Frank L. Winn, also to he
retired; Robert Lee Howe, vice
William NJ. Wright.
The new brigadiers are:
Ric hmond Pearson Davis,
Charles Henry Barth, John Nc.
D., Auley Palmer, Harris Wells, Ed
ward Leonard King. Harold Benja-
min Fiske, Frank Ross Mccoy,
Halstead Dorey. Hugh AIoysius
Drum, Stuart Heintzelman, VIII.
loughby Wake and John Bacon
Mcdonald.
The promotions were made possi-
BILE by recent action of the Army
plucking board. which retired
1856 officers and reduced in rank
179 colonies, 81 lieutenant colonels,
20 majors and 740 captains.