| Show 1 ak tr ra r ah W U R R y nominees of president have to run Ga gauntlet wilson having trouble in this respect than arty aay of his recent predecessors predecessor rs ca causes uses many for this condition washington D C president wildon Is having more trouble over his appointees to office than any ot of his recent predecessors in spite at 0 the personal onal care he be exercises in choosing men for high positions the disposition even among the democrats in congress 1 to 0 look askance at a new nominee fu fa r office has come to be a habit there are several causes underlying this attitude of congress they may be summed up as follows 1 several of the old line democrats 0 have always believed that th the 0 senate should exercise its constitutional prerogative of advising the president on nominations as well as consenting sen ting to them 2 0 alaby of the democrats young aia and old have declaimed so fiercely under republican administrations against big business that they cannot consistently vote for a man from that field of action tor for any office 3 gome come senators have a perma let lent suspicion against any maii man nominated tor for office or at the suggestion of some of the cabinet officers 4 any man who has written a book or a newspaper article must submit to a critical review of his works be tore fare passing muster for office 5 the republicans in general recalling the tact fact that the democrats in the senate held up president tafts nominations through an entire session of congress to save the places for themselves and in many instances having concrete objections to some of the nominees are ready to help out any democrat who wishes to make trouble over any of president wil sons bons nominations dominations there seems to be no limit these days to the investigating activities of the congressional committees it if a man has the temerity to accept from the president an offer of a public office he be may as well prepare at once to come to washington it if the office is big enough and lay bare his whole life to some sort of congressional investigating vesti gating body some members do not hesitate to say that congress la is rapidly degenerating into a society of gossips they believe that the limits of decency have been overstepped over stepped in some cases and that the quickest and best way to drive men of capacity and ability out of public office la is to force them to submit to the inquisitorial preliminary which now has become a requisite to a mere favorable report tor for a nomination on the other side are many eminent senators who assert that there Is ample justification at this time for a careful scrutiny not only of nominations for office but of legislation as well they point out that congress is amending so many of the important fird fundamental laws of the land that it becomes congress to see that the administration of these laws Is ed to men ot of proper qualifications who will not play politics or serve special interests in part at least the senators are riot not wholly responsible for the situation anybody who is intimate enough with them to see their corre spon dence from home will find out that the knockers are not all dead yet it is to be noted that the american ican voters who take the trouble to air their views vies to their congressmen aro are not only becoming more numerous but more cocksure ot of the finality of 0 their own opinions senators and representatives who are to bo be candidates at the coming elections have to face this hounding bounding and it is in this sort of atmosphere f t rough which the nominations and legislative suggestions of president wilson have to pass |
