Show r A WASHINGTON > Washington lBIt was rumored that the republican senators would hold a caucus this morning to discuss dis-cuss the expediency of taking some steps to break the deadlock but the report proved to be unfounded and Senator Dawes who has charge of the pending resolution asserts that no caucus meeting is now in contemplation contem-plation He further said today that he did not think there was any necessity for holding another caucus on the subject as the republicans have no proposition to offer except that which they have been offering to the democrats so long namely to elect officers first and proceed to executive ex-ecutive business afterwards Tho democrats likewise say they have no proposition to offer except to go into executive session and transact the accumulated executive business and thus according to present appearances ap-pearances the deadlock stands as lirm as ever There is no doubt however that the pressure to set aside the contest for offices and obtain ob-tain action on some at least of the 300 pending nominations is constantly gaining force and cannot very much longer be resisted It appears there are several important agencies vacant and a large amount of government gov-ernment property is left in the hands of persons not under bond and must remain there unguarded until the Senate confirms the appointments ap-pointments to fill the vacancies It arises from the fact that under the law an Indian agent does not hold office until his successor takes charge his official tenure expiring with his term The acting commissioner commis-sioner of Indian affairs himself has an appointment as chief clerk only Some of the republican senators now express themselves in favor of an executive session for the confirmation confir-mation of certain nominations and the general belief seems to be that this policy will bo adopted soon though this conclusion may be reached without the necessity of holding a caucus No criminal cases can be tried in this district because there is no United States marshal to serve the processes and the Indian bureau is embarrassed for want of a legitimate head to direct it |