Show DEMOCRATS TS PREVENT ACTION I ON NOMINATIONS I Republican Senators Force Ex Executive Executive Executive Ex- Ex Session but Fail FailS tt to Hold Quorum S Feb 1 After f.-Arter After anol hel h- h W vv cr el Ineffectual effort today to force action on President Tafts Taft's nominations nomi nations pending In the Senate the Republicans Re He- ite- ite publicans decided to mako make no further move for tor the tha present It Is probable they will caucus before beginning th the fight tight a again aln Some Slime Republicans predicted predict predict- ed that any action b b bl caucus would b negative It has haa been demonstrated that the Democrats can c'an can block all confirmations said Senator Gallinger discussing the tho situation and man many of ot us consider it ita ita ita a pure waste of oC time to make makr further attempt at confirmation We Vc arc liable lia ha ble bl to decide to do nothing more T Today's days day's executive session was brief The Democrats forced an nit adjournment b by demanding a n. roll roil dull ull to establish n a quorum and then themselves themselves them theu- selves j to Insure a failure of or a quorum It is now considered probable that the next move for tor an executive session will ho no made malle by hy the Democrats and some believe it will result only in the confirmation of the arm army nav navy diplomatic diplo diplo- matic revenue cutter and public health service nominations |