Show HELU OP UP IN SENATE GREAT NUMBER OF presidential nomination 16 ARE unconfirmed DEMOCRATS ARE MODERATE probably Pro bibly will approve tafts else eions for offices in republican stronghold strongholds wilson doubtless Doubt ls will name new now ambassadors end and ministers by GEORGE CLINTON washington leaden leaders of all parties say ay that never within their memory have thera been so 0 o many presides ul ual domination nominations held up in the senate enat as li to the case at the present time it hrs bps happened thai that a great many vacancies in the federal errice service from the federal bench beach down to the small eit eat presidential have occurred the lait last few month months and it la Is president Pre eldont tafts duty to nil ali them naturally the democrat know ing that they vill come into power in all branches branch Vs ol 01 tho the government in march deira some of these places for their i arty member members and as a a result it la Is likely that a good many of the Domin nominations aticus III fall of at confirmation and an opportunity will be given to tho the democratic president to name men of hia his own liking tor for the place places it ie Is now ap apparent however that there bore will be no attempt of the democrate democrats to bold hold up nomination for place places in republican stron bolds or for places plates which bavo no nn present holdover incumbents in them the party leaders say they do not believe in crippling the enrice service in any way and they admit the presidential right to name men fir places where here the republicans have been and still are in control the cnair representation in the states senate from the south lj is l j democratic and at a conference of thi democratic senators called to con alcher the patronage question lon it waa as agreed that the outgoing administration should not be permitted to nil all tho the office offices in the southern state states where the republicans are ara in a hopeless minority how approval Is withheld withhold now it would seem that the republicans still stilt being in a majority in the senate the presidents preel donta present ap point pediments ments might be confirmed no hatter iii utter what action thu tho democrats might choose to take but methods are pecullar in tha th baited states banate senatorial our temy so called takes cognizance of at t alu D objection of the two senators from any one state to the confirmation of at any man appointed to federal omeo in that state there Is in another condition which wars against the senates present approval of the president Is nominations or at least of at a good mary of them whilo the republicans have a majority in to the senate zere ere are a good many progressive who have nut not acted with their party breth broth ten on any subject of moment for a long time the progressive republicans have said that mr taft has given all the office offices to the other faction of the party and that they do not care to countenance what they coill by giving approval to prizes given where they should not be given diplomatic p will be confirmed at this session station for the reason that alt all such nominations can be revoked at the III ot at the president at any time this means that elect eleta as an soon as he comes into office can request the resignation of all the he higher diplomatic officer the resignations will be forthcoming at once when march comes all the ambassadors of at thi united states to foreign countries will tender their resignations in a body some same ot of the immis ter will not do so s unless their jesta nations are requested direct it Is to en probable however that alt all the ministers will be informed that thit their resignations will wll be accent ole to the new now inam tax law soon it cestas certain from present indications that an income tax law which the supreme court will not no because it cannot not declare unconstitutional will bo be passed by congress and signed by woodrow wilton before hd leaves the white house in 1917 it seems to be taken for grant ed that mr wilson will not seek a derond term and so the date ot at retirement ti Is here so fixed died A man may change his mind in four years how ever and the influence of at today may not be b the influence of tomorrow congress learned from tha th supreme court that it did not cave h ave the author ity to enact it federal income tax law it was this knowledge that led to the proposal of a simple amendment to the constitution ution giving the lawman ere ers the power which they sought it is la necessary that thir starts give their sanction to the amendment before it can become operative al at ready thirty four states havo passed affirmatively on the proposition hea two more moro of the states fall into line the national nat loBa legislators mn pass al arst any kind of at an income tax tat law that they canoose the middle west ohio indiana III nole missouri iowa laws kansas and arid the othir states which ordinarily are in the front rank of at real progress lye li lot isolation have sanctioned income tax by the states eon con ars states which hare have reacted rejected the ament are utah rhode island new now hampshire and connecticut in ten rt abed 00 action on the amendment yet baa been has has done nothing and pal sibly perhaps probably fhe she will til not a condition which la Is equally true que of five of the other elates states in which noth ing hai has been done but it la III believed that florida Flor lda new jersey and weal west virginia will take action through their legislatures during the coming inter winter and that oon soon after the democrats come into possession ft et the alminie ration and both branches of at congress con grea an income tax law will be passed democratic leaden leaders in washington admit that when the special session meet meets and they are certain that in come taz tax legislation can be enacted they will breathe cuter aa as to what may happen to the resources in cie case the tariff for revenue only plan is i put into operation when the way ways and meana means committee waa was discussing revenue questions in conneZ conn eOon lon with the preparation of the tariff bills which mr taft vetoed it studied in come tax probabilities and it was finally agreed that it if a law putting uch such a tax luto into operation could be haec jit it would result in an income to the government the first year of about income tax legislation has inter bated congress in an academic way for a good many of these latter years some of the constitutional 4 of the house and senate have held that a law could could be e passed which woul would stand the test of the supreme court constituted as was the oufa OD which about eighteen yeara years ag declared such a law unconstitutional this kird of taxation as a it means of raising revenue and as a means el al so of in part making the rich as it Is to put pay a fair hare share of the nations expenses has no been compelled wholly to depend upon democratic support A good many republicans in the lower house hare favored income taxation and have not been afraid to jay day so to tafts plans for future what t its president tatt taft going to do afir b v leavea leaves office it has been and perhaps generally believed that ho he la Is to accept the kent men iou reship of law at his ilma mater yale university the first report WAS wits that th tin thi i phelp fund which was given to endow thi ket melt professorship yielded an un income of a year but it haa has been found that the actual income from it I 1 Is onix few hundreds of dollars and t therea theren therefore tore fore if it the president la Is to a taice taco ad vantage of the lectureship opportunity the university must take awne mebs mess ures urea to make the compensation adequate by providing funda funds from other than foundation sources the president it is to bald said would like nothing better than to get got back to the practice of the law but be he hesitates to do this becaro of the embarrassment fc frequently would com como from pleading caves before judges she holu bold their seats on the bench through his appointment it the president preel dent chuld shield have a case before tho the sup erne court he would find cont mated by several member members of that high Irl tunal who owe their appointments to hirn him and mo moreo revier cr the chief jua jun tice owes to mr taft ta his promotion kom com an associate to the highest rises first he will play oolf golf what the president intends to do for a whilo at any rate can be told without much ajai that the program is to be changed before entering upon an in active career lu in the law or as an instructor in it the president intends to go to augusta oa Us to lay stay for some weeks for a rest and for a chance to play golf without feeling that a it host boat of people are waiting to see him on official business and ut 19 waxing indig nant because the gamo same of golf ever was invented to alp ke vue ae chief mag strata rawsy tron from tie lis office ahtes bla rest remt at adrista it Is the presidents denta intention to go to his home 1 ft cincinnati for a while and then to xo go to deverly deterly mass for the summer haverly is the place where the prest dent has bits spent his summer vacations for some tome time it Is entirely possible in fact tentative plans plane already to the end have been made that mr taft next fall will go to europe to travel and to take things much easier than he ald the last tine ti tl ne he be was on the continent alien be waa was secretary of war be he made a ruh rush trip from the far epco on the tran tram St Siber berita laa railroad rali road to europe it ie is ald said thit mr r taft has ex pressed a desire to see europe in a leisurely lehu rely manner and after he hai has done this he will make up hie his mind what he la is to do la in the tile future it ii is reported that ho he haa has a private income of about 7 a year and that if it a law will yield him 6 la in addition ho will feel that he be has ha plenty of ratley to live upon and to support ua lis family la to a manner that it la Is generally conceded a former prea pre s ident of the united states should lire live glossip 1 about patronage in previous dispatches from wash inkton ington the subject of the removal by executive order of asoo postmasters pott naten from minor offices from the patronage hat tat waa was discussed the democrats crati be aleve that woodrow alaon whet he become becomes president preal dent will revoke he the or der and will the postmaster ships to their ps apslom lom status thi this question of hatm aage although it in bolves 35 amii off office icea la to not con cerling the party ratty which soon will be completely dominant ito much as do other and greater patronage patro Dage matters mr wilson can chana change the status of at the postmasters pot matler masters by a stroke of th the pen and if it he doe does it the at fertek will bo be in a way war under ala tl coo con arol of the Demo democratic crittle leader leaders in the districts in which they are located other which it will be within the power of at tho the president to main 3 am close to grater gater and arid concerning the incumbents of which the ii party leaden leaders atwara are an consult ed |