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Show 00 BIG SENATE FIGHT ENDS Nearly All Taf t Appointments Appoint-ments Unconfirmed, Over 1400 For Wilson, to Fill Washington. March The senate late last night ended its struggles oven the Taft appointments by confirming the appointments of Colonels Carrol I A. Devol, James Parker and Hunter Liggett to brigadier generals The confirmations came at the end of a long fight led by Semi'.or Johnston 0 Alabama, who objected to Colonel De- j vol's promotion. With the vote upon! the army appointments, the tn nate ended Its executive sessions nnd will take no further action on any of the Taft appointments To President Wilson will fall the task of filling more than 14nu places made vacant by the refusal of tho senate to confirm appointments by President Taft since December 2 Thi-places Thi-places that become vacanl with the adjournment of congress today at noon included practically all appointments appoint-ments outtude of the diplomatic service, ser-vice, the navy. army, marine corps and ' allied serVloei Many Positions Involved. Main important positions arc involved in-volved in the list. Among them ar those of Edgar B Clark, Interstate commerce commissioner; or P Nelll. commissioner of labor; the three commissioners of the District ot Columbia; Co-lumbia; the nine m mbers of the new commission on industrial relations; Christian S. Pierce, to be assistant treasurer of the United States; w v. Warwick, to be i.ssistant comptroller ot the treasury, Walter F Prear, governor gov-ernor of Hawaii; Ernest A. Mott-Smith, Mott-Smith, secretary of Hawaii, and the executive council of Porto Rico Federal Judg6. The list of federal judges who failed of confirmation Included Richard Rich-ard E. Sloan of Arizona; .John M Cheney of Florida. Peter J. Hamilton Hamil-ton of Alabama for Porto Rico; Clinton Clin-ton W. Howard of Washington; Chas S. Cutting of Illinois: Charles c Mum-ford Mum-ford of Rhode Isluud, dlbtricl judges. Penton W. Booth of Illinois and Hen-' ry S. Boutell of Illinois, United States court of claims. S. B Kingsburg, John A Matthewroan and Charles F. Parson, circuit court of Hawaii. Federal attorneys in five districts; United States marshals in six districts, dis-tricts, more than 50 consular appointments appoint-ments and many collectors of customs, surveyor of customs and registers and receivers of land offices also failed of confirmation. The largest list of vacancies comes from the list of postmasters. While President Taft sent in more than 1,-350 1,-350 postoffice appointments, less than 1 a dozen men were confirmed. |