Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-12
p 0LITIC4L CHIT TI1THJUDGE FIELD

2 OLfTIC-IL CHAT NTH CDGEF FIELD
Justice Field of the United States su-
preme court has set out to traverse his
summer circuit, and when he returns to
Washington will have travelled thirteen
thousand miles, as he visits California.
While in Chicago he held very interesting
conversation with newspaper. Judge
Field is brother of David Dudley Field
and Cyrus A. Field and was appointed to
the supreme court bench by President Lin
coin. The Judge acts with the Democratic
party, and in previous years his name has
been mentioned in connection with the
presidency. He expressed the opinion
that the drift of things made 1t look as if
the Democratic party would win in 1884.
Judge Field made the interesting state
ment that he believed Mr.. Tilden to be a
candidate for the Democratic nomination.
A paper called the Aduance, issued in New
York City is behind him, said the Judge,
and that paper makes no secret in assert
ing that Mr.. Tilden cannot refuse TIE
nomination if rendered. If the people
were once satisfied that Mr.. TiIdens physi-
cal condition was such that he could direct
the canvas he would, in Judge Fields
opinion sweep the country. Mr.. Tilden,
he said, was grievously wronged in
1876, and there was disposition to
undo that wrong. The American people
love justice and will redress a wrong in the
spirit of fairness that peryades all classese
As to the outrageous wrong of 1876, he
knew whereof he spoke, because he was a
member of the electoral commission.
AS before remarked this conversation
with Judge Field is interesting, and even
important, to the extent of showing that so
prominent man and so capable student
of political events SO freely expresses him
elf, as stated. With such men approving,
and as well, desiring the nomination of
Mr.. Tilden, there can be hardly the shade
of doubt of what will happen, and as the
Judge says that nomination will sweep
the country.
Judge Field expressed the opinion that
the tariff would be an issue of the cam
paign, and he thought it would take the
form of a tariff for revenue with inciden-
tai protection. He said the government
was pledged to protection IN some meas
ure. All legislation and existing laws
uphold it in some degree, and it will not do
to withdraw at once the fostering care
over every industry.
Questioned about Republican candi-
dates, Judge Field proposed no ticket for
that party, though he kindly said of his
brother Justice Miller, whose name is some
times mentioned, that he is an able man
and one that the Republicans might be
able to unite upon.
In the course of his Chicago talk Judge
Field mentioned matter that Is probably
not generally known, that the supreme
court judges, when travelling upon the
circuit pay their own expenses. "a mem
Der of the supreme court" he said sis the
only government official who has to pay
his own expenses" This came about in
this way; some years ago Senator Ed
munds, as matter of spite to Judge
Smalley and to prevent him from getting
mileage, struck out the item for the su-
preme court and they have been without
any provision for their expenses ever since
In Judge Fields case he said his circuit
travelling expenses were $1,000, a year
whr.I he went alone, and if his wife accom-
hiuI, it cost him $4,000 So it seems hat
some of our great men have small streaks,
and Mr.. Edmunds is not without the
streak.