The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-30
Warrington Letter.
(rroin our regular correspondents
WAsuINaToN, MARCH 26, 1883.

Washington on Friday morning last. no
one could believe it possible at first, LOT
although the Chief Justice was in his sew
nty-second year he was a remarkably
well preserved man, and to Judge from
outward appearances likely to live Tor
many years. He died suddenly from nef-
vous action of the heart. He had been
slightly aiing for several days but neither
he nor his physician realized that it was
anything more than cold. Chief Justice
Waite presided over the Supreme Court
last Monday and the long opinion in favor
of the Bell patent in the celebrated teie-
| phone case, which occupied two hours IN
its reading. was his last work. lie gradu-
ated from Yale College in 1887, and was
appointed to the Supreme Bench from
| Ohio, by President Grant in 1874.
| The appointment of successor to the
| late Chief Justice is by far the most I'M
portant question which Mr.. Cleveland has
| vet had to consider, and one which cannot
| fail to have an important bearing on the
coming Presidential election. Owing to
the almost equal division of opinion among
| the eight Justices Of the Supreme Court
on many important public and private
| questions, the new Chief Justice will have
an amount of power in shaping important
events, one might almost say i'll making
! history, that seldom falls to any one man
under Republican form of government,
and the importance of selecting man who
has the entire confidence of the country in
his integrity as well as his ability is one
which is clearly appreciated by everybody.
! That the President will select Democrat
| for this place goes without saying. lie
could not be expected to waive an oppor-
tunity Of securing the most important
| position under the Government for his
party But the country has right to de-
mand that the man selected shall not be
mere politician. His legal ability must be
of the highest order and his integrity nm
questioned. There are a number of Dem
oerats who can fill this bill If Mr. Cleye-
| land will select one of them the people of
all parties ought to be satisfied. Among
| those already prominently mentioned for
the vacant position are Speaker Carlisle,
who is thought by many to have the best
chances, because it is known that lie was
offered the last vacancy on the Supreme
| bench before Mr.. Lamar was appointed,
and that he declined it very reluctantly.
Don NJ. Dickinson. of Michigan, the pres
/ T. ~
be second in the race, but he is hardly
| likely to receive the appointment unless
the place be allowed to remain vacant un-
til after the election, because he could not
do The work mapped out for him in the
coming campaign if he were Chief Justice
! Among the other names are ex-senator
! Thurman, of Ohio; Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker, Of Virginia; Secretary Bayard, of
| Delaware; Secretary Endicott, of Massa-
chusetts; Attorney General Garland, of
Arkansas; Representative Collins. Of Mass. !;
Senator Gray, of Delaware; ex Senator Nc
Donald, of Indiana, and quite a number of
smaller men who only hope to gain little
notoriety by having themselves mentioned
in connection with SO exalted position
1t is said by prominent Democrats that the
appointment will not be made until after
the st. Louis convention, as Mr.. Cleveland
would be afraid ofantagonizing the friends
of aspirants, before that time The funeral
of the late Chief Justice will take place on
| Wednesday in the Hall of the House of
| ,I,2:
taken to Toledo Ohio, for interment ac-
companied by the special Congressional
committees, the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court, and the Ohio. delegation in
| Congress.
| The Senate has passed the bill reducing
the postage on seeds, bulbs, plants, cut
tngs, ETC., to four cents a pound. 1t has
also passed bill providing for an investi-
CATION Of all phases Of the alcoholic liquor
traffic by commission. The latter is to
consist of five persons to be selected by
the President and to remain in existence
until its work is completed but not to ex-
ceed two years.
The House committee on reform in the
civil service have decided to report the bill
favorably which apportions appointments
in the civil service at Washington equally
among the Congressional districts of the
several states upon the basis of population.
1t will also provide that the civil service
commission shall keep a record Of all per-
sons in the classified service in the Depart-
ments as Washington, showing at all times
the total number in such service from each
state and territory. In the future. certifi
Gates for appointments will be given to the
state or territory having the fewest num-
Der employed here, until each shall have
the proper number, based on population
as shown in the last census. If this bill
becomes a law, it will be many years be-
fore some of the states will get any an
pointments.
Washington is now full of distinguished
women from everywhere. They are dele
gates to the International Council in ses-
sion here. WESTON.
1T you have boy from six to twelve
years old that you value at twenty-five or
thirty thousand dollars. and would not
| part with him for twice that SIM taLo bi,o