St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.

expressions from the ffeSS Oh
All Compilations and Parties.
Mr.. Cleveland is making no mistakes
in these days of business and politics.
Toledo Bee.
Mr.. Fuller is man fit for the place
and to whom no reasonable objection
can be taken.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
According to accounts Chief Justice
Fuller is Democrat-not an old Wing.
That's all right.-New York Herald.
The choice seems to be satisfactory
one, so far as the ability and character
of the nominee is concerned.-Albany
Express.
Mr.. Fuller has long been recognized
as a power, and, though Democrat, he
is esteemed alike by both parties.-
Omaha Herald.
his elders on the bench, nor too old for
long and vigorous service.-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
1t is Fuller of Illinois: good lawyer,
good Democrat and comes from good
state, looking at it from political point
of view.-NaShville Democrat.
The new chief-juStice is Democrat
of the old Douglas school and man of
genial character and profound attain
ments.-New York Evening Telegram.
He is clean man; not politician;
has no record to be explained or palli-
ated, and will, doubtless, receive unan-
imOuS vote of contirmation.- Louisville
CourieI-Journal.
1t is no objection to him that he has
never held a judicial position, only one
of the chief justices of the supreme
court having previous experience on the
bench.-Omaha Bee.
He will make one of the greatest
chief justices the country has had. For,
of course, the senate will confirm his
nomination. 1t will not dare to do 9TH
erwise.-Indianapoli Sentinel.
We are inclined to think he fills the
bill as a supporter of the doctrines
generally supposed to be distinctively
Southern as far as to the Interpretation
of the federal constitution. - Toledo
Blade.
No one acquainted with Mr.. Fuller
will question the wisdom of the appoint
ment, and his prompt and unanim Gus
confirmation by the senate will be a
matter of course.-Joliet Republic and
Sun.
The selection of Mr.. Fuller will
maintain the best traditions of thatl
lofty position, and will give universal
satisfaction to the people of the
United States of whatever party affilia-
tiOns.-New York Press.
The president seems to have made a
"center shot, in: his choice of chief
tuDate in the universal testimony to
character and ability than Mr.. Fuller
Detroit Journal. t}.
His professional attainmentS, how
ever, are beyond dispute, and he is
otherwise highly esteemed. His Dem
ocracy and his age-iust fifty-tive years
were the strong points in his favor
indianapolis Journal.
The West is entitled to the preference
as the home of broader and more modern
IDEAS. The newincumbent of the chief
juSticeship should be more progressive
than the court, as whole, is now in-
clined to be.-Detroit Free Press.
Judge Melville w. Fuller has for sew
eral years been one of the foremost
lawyers of Illinois. He has earned a
reputation for fairness and soundness of
Judgment. His legal attainments are of
the first order.-Kansas City Star.
Being held in the highest regard by
President Cleveland. and generally i'll
dorsed by the Democrats of the West,
his nomination can hardly fail to meet
with universal approval and hearty
confirmation by the senate.-Madison
Democrat.
He is an able lawyer and is held in
tSlct1l ny Illt duU. WIllC IItIt
others more eminent in the profession,
and perhaps better fitted for the place.
there will be general sense of relief
that the appointment is no worse.-Bur-
lingtOn HaWkeye.
The comments that are made to the
| effect that Mr.. Fuller is obscure as a
lawyer are hardly just. as he has rec
| ogniZed place among the leaders of the
Chicago bar. That he is capable as a
| jurist with Thurman OF Gray or George
| A. jerks is by no means so certain.-
| PittSburg Dispatch.
The cordial expressions of approval
and satisfaction with which those who
know Mr.. Fuller receive the news OF
| the nomination will predispoSe those
less favored to think the best of the Sc
lection. Time may prove his capacity
and fitness, but it would be better
appointment if the country at large had
| some preliminary evidence of his quail
fications for this high Office other than
the admiring tributes of partial friends.
Philadelphia Press.
| Under the circumstances, he cannot
hope to come to the great place thus
suddenly conferred upon him with the
ready and pleased acquieScence of the
country, as might have been the case
with a man who had long been in the
public eye. But if he has the learning
and the ability demanded by the post
| they will soon win recognition, and
none will be quicker to give it than the
political opponents of, the administra-
ton which selected him.-New York
| Trihuun