Show CONTESTED S Mr Mi Barnes Having a Tough Time in inthe inthe the Senate Washington ton June contested nominations were before the senate today IS e eC session Ion They were those or of Benjamin F Barnes ASSistant tary to President and named for P postmaster of n D C Cand Cand and James Wickersham to be judo judge of tile the States court for the diStrict Of Alaska The Wickersham case was first on the calendar and Senator Carter moved to displace It This was done by a vote of 29 to 17 By this time it was wasso St so late that by a agreement nent the BarnES case went over until Saturday The opposition Is being l led l by Senator Tillman but he be announced that he would not delay a vote It Is 18 believed that Barnes wm be as a po poll dem demonstrated demonstrated that a majority maJory of the senate is not opP opposed to him The Wick Wickersham ease case was tn then n taken up again and unavailing effort wu was matte made by Sena torn tors Foraker and Bi Bailey y to get a vote yote Senator Lo Lodge reported the nomination of Herbert H D Peirce to be minister to N Norway It is said seid that Overy very Re Republican publican member of the c committee e signed the poll for fOI Mr Peiree Peirce |