New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-23
HE4LTHY AND ACTIVE JUSTICES.
NO PRESENT CHANCE FOR RANDOLPH
TUCKER


IRON TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TrIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Randolph fuckers
withdrawal from Congress gives rise 10 tie that he
is - appontci 10 the first vacancy the Supreme
Court Bonch But there vacancy at present aud
lie created without the consent OF the rer
Ing Justice II may be years before Mr.. fuckers
ambition grathcd rho retirement u the Justices Is
purely voluntary Thoy hold their Offices during good
behavior" rs the Constitution says Hence jusica of
Supreme Court may remain the bench. though lie
deaf, dumb blind, long a. he choosea long
ut there Is life left IN his body Nothing except
"A successful Impeachment remove hun against his
will ALL to evade that all he has to do Is to keep honest
Tho OF 1860 provided that Judge may retire on full
pay he has reached tho OF seventy years and
has served ten years tho bench. This. II Is true
few vacancies but not by any meaus as great
a number antlcpated> Democrats, for instance.
thought that President Cleveland ~ould have an 0pp0r-
tunity in OF his tenn to fill lou. vacancies II
seems Joubtul however whether he will I'll more than
one aud this vacancy Is not In any sense what
over forogone conclusion Justice Bradle. may resign
before Mr. Coy elands term expires but IL not as
SAIL a certainty lie himself has within year denied
In the most positive language that be bad any intention
OF resgning II doubtful whether he has changed his
mind them lie is la his scveDty-third year
Having served for nearly sixteen ycars on tho supreme
Court bench he is entitled to retire on full pay but he
shows no disposition give way. without being In
vigorous health, lie shows signs OF extreme physical
weakness suoh rs you might expect In a man OF his
years and Industrious habits OF life; do his mental
faculties scem been impaired Ivy reason OF his
age It may that death aonH VIII end Judge Brad
leys official and that he has maio up his mihd TO
die in harness.
The other justices who It was thought would retire
while Mr. Cleveland remained IN tine White uouso wero
Chief Justice Waite and Associate Justices Miller and
Field The Chief seventy his two associ
ates sixty Dut The former does nOt look wDn Ten
years VI his age tho latter would hardly I've taken by
anybody To he more than sixty five each. Justice Miller
mas been on bench twenty four years lie Ia there
fore the oldest Of the court IN aint Of service
He Is a tough, gnHrlS looking Old gentleman aud good
should say six more OF service II paray
ais aud apoplcxy spare him Justice Field has served
twenty yeas and the Chief Justice twevei Tue
one consequently. II already en- tIed To retirtrn on
full pay while The "t,sr WI, oG VIM. 20 Inn a Ia
MAS only appointed IN l3s no VIII nave u serve wv h1
Is stvenytwo years old no , ,an'' -" ~ M, c
the bench years. Woods II also Sky Two ana hts
bc.p n Justice Six years. Gray Is hfty eight. was a-
pointed IN 1881 bachelor and Il rel orted to DC tho
rchrst member Of the court lie does not look now
ever A. N he loved s enough to retire for At least
Uftreu wears 10 come and II lie remains single his no
terrain anon stay the bench may Toe Strengthened ny
the onpli, Of his old age Justice Harlan has heal
srOoth a. billiard ball. which gives hiu some "hat u a
p,rlarcha look. nut ne Is Ia really tue youngest nc
Der OF cont. ho is only hity thror Ike he tcst
o the younger judges he looks pretty heathy anu ac'e
aud not at all as II ne "1to ro".9 10 'ic",o ~" 80
no dependence DC placed GA Justices OF tho supreme
Court retiring soon as lLcg haNc If''hoh tnoA
HeioTe tho law OF 1869 passed they remained on
tine pcuch m thby dic1 Judge Grier was the nrst seiD
Der OF tho sup Court tO take adVan sc q" INC rct-
ing aW but tLou seventy two TIC LcNt 10 re-
Ire va Judge Ne sou aud he did step down until he
Nas seventy six Justice strong retired wbrn he was "a
m lie more than seventy but lac had grown so ra that
. cou,d not arguments. and TIE had no WISH u" re-
main on the beach under such crcuu ,tahces Jdstics
Swayue was seventy before lac cft TIE bench Jus
e Hunt was retired under special act OF congress
lie was oyer scYonty years ~ aud totally ulht.
phy sic.llv to perform the duties Of his ohce lie hd
4 I,,r
ou mil nav and La refused 10 resign uS The ten years
from the date OF hls appointments iad tirri Ills AL
seuce AMI that Judge CnOrd, who was also disabled
scron.Iy interfcrsd with tie 6uNne's OF the court
Mates came TO such point tbnt Congress "a" Itself
ca,,,,l,d 10 prouisr hunt full pay II ho only would
rer, This he finally did. hat Judge Clifford never re-
iircd lie declared would not do 40 until Dcul0-
cratic into Office. lie died al Tao age "i
SEVENTY seven having for two years previous 10 tat
titne bcen utterly unable to sit the b"hCh HIS MINI
I'D co,nprtey given way. Thus II viii be seen That
Mr. Cevrland'a opportunities for hne vacancies gu tue
bench ~ the SupTomt Court are bDt sIht "hd hae au
anln fuckers cIances To SIT Oh tho wool ustE ana dnp
Tic ken robe Of Justice BRADLEY not proIns-
| ing, 1t least not for the present.