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Show Y GL00W1Y PICTURE OF TROUBLE DRAWN AT CAPITAL Some Administration Officials Offi-cials See Creaking Machine Ma-chine After Mch. 4 WASH I NV;TOS. .Tan. Pipping ihcir brushes into the probability that the Republican majority in the senate sen-ate would refuse to confirm most of the 2u.fno nominations made by l'resi-lent l'resi-lent Wilson, some administration officials of-ficials painted a picture or a creaking government machine, floundering .Wont; for a time uft-r March 4 with a tot 'if important cogs missing. Failure itt the Republican senators at a scrci conference to reach any decision de-cision as to tho nominal Ions set the canvas. Republican leaders were not Inclined to tuke I hi idciure seriously, however. TO STUDY EFFECT. The question of th nominations occupied oc-cupied much of the time of the republican repub-lican conference. The official announcement an-nouncement said li o decision was richcd. hut some nf those attending the meeting said privately thut there hud teefi a "tacit"' agreement for the Republican member of the committees t. to take the nominations coming under their Jurisdiction, study condition in the executive departments and1 then -' 1 ,V'?prn'iTTis firnvf TrnnriTcTlcnrrr'rh I h -nmcratiir appointees in office after March 4 would result in any embarrassment embarrass-ment of these departments. A young regiment of officials now In Washington are holding-Yfftce bv vfr-i vfr-i uo of recces appointments. Should the senate full to act on their notnlna- lions before this congress quits on March .1, it is explained they will automatically auto-matically be out of jobs under the law. These officials Include all seven members mem-bers of the shipping boaj-d, two member. mem-ber. of the interstate commerce commission, com-mission, three chief officials in the patent pat-ent office, and five ussistant secrc-laiifs secrc-laiifs of the treasury. IN SAME BOAT. Then, too. there ;re lots of pos-t-IiiatTs, federal judges, marshal, federal fed-eral attorneys, registers of land offices and the like over the country who are m the same position. Some of these .tro elas.se J as emergency cafes and the Republican leaders have indicated that where there it found to be an emergency, action will he taken. Confirmation of President Wilson's appointments by the penjt would car- - - -Tv aiaum f thes4 offtca.ia uvwr into Uia-l-ptiblicati administration for terms ranging from one year to years In ex- es of the four for which Mr. Harding his been elected. Senator Idse of .Massachusetts, Hepuhhcnn lender, has announce that he does not propose to have the lKmoTati: administration I ill up a lot of bureau rhief.ships In the army and navy for the incoming administration and in this be has support sup-port of his Republican colleagues. I |