New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-10
LAMAFS ESPECIAL UNFI7NES&
HIS CONsrITU rIONAL HEREsIEs.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT ExPosFs THE Ex-REBELs
ISCAPAcrTY TO PASS ON coNsriTU-
TIoNAL QUESTIONS
The Federal Club of this city It's headquarters
ut No. 619 Madis.nava last evening and after provid
ING fer onnittee TO cendsr snd report upon the adj
Visibility Of the clubs jsinaE the State Republican
League took these resolutions proposed BY John FL
Guon opposing the confirmation Of Secretary Lamar ~
| an Associate Justice If the supreme Court:
wn.r.a l. Lamar he. bean u.mnas:d 70 the peel pss
Re,eyed rss the F.er. Club opposed % tn. confirms,
the arch Rebel Jefferson Davis
Resovsd That OF these resolutions DO sent TO- the
Hon William NJ Eva,ss ami the Hon. Frank Hi'cocf Son.
Theodore Roosevelt said that while he approved the
resolutions he osld the grounds which
they bassd and thought that mnch stronger obso
tons TO Mr. Lansrs confirmation existed and should DO
stated. he added:
There ssod gentlemen connected with the pres
Administration who actively opposed to Mr Lamar
II Mr. Lamar rejected 1t should b the ground
he cannot stand The ss which should be sppsd By the
Senate which should be unusually careful In con.
frmins . nominee to . high judicial ONCE The
Democratic party may. and hope will cut Of
power next tArplause But in such action NAV
.s.S al tn: Ss
questions long xdmi.is
5,.., ..:;:
or Sf %ia.tss 4 s1s Outrage sppsns
man JaossSa :: Mlni',.f Mexico: >:
s n. sronns that he ssioa-. 70 thar cas-. political
n a. rt Win rrisa,s" read i
s iSr ms man u 70 Ii. Court
ts becomes especially outrageous.
DIscPLps OF rANEY NOT WANTED.
Now. nothing for LAmars being . Southerner. or
for having rebellion. bot only a to
qualifications and his attitude towar the Constitution
and the Amendments TO It. 1 shoud 10 extremely
reluctant to sec q disciple of fancy .rain on
the bench tseversi voices; 80 would TT The
Republicans stand where the FederaIs DID sitter the
Of no wnn the Of 1 o. Fad sss
tra: that remained In over and Tor %a1s year, they .nS
me
cos.titusiou Sy Nasonal sianSsrds sorry
zee one among :s ouS s1 :. rsn 1as 20 n
how what he Endorses the constitutional
~ t." co
:SoT heat sf ALL he % But no
% %.s VI. sG.s
.u' took ss in the 'Gern n. S. Il sn. ass
lion an ana ee"faa. and oon.saaov
+. named BIT C holm .eans any NAM
when he has not accrptsi the results OF the war fns
fs % a. va. a" most M. hss I'D
a , h. S.t r4sun ssa we n.9 s or h.
mot 81 on the sarcm- bench Lamar clear
oa any ne the not
s. s ha Nso al soSo1asSsy he
nothing 70 say against ais confirmation
TRAITORS AS BAD AS PRISON BIRDS.
Isaac p. Chambers said that looking back Buchan-
ans administration and remembering how, By the men
whs had upheld the constitution it then stood
Just as MT Lamar naked to do-srraneenouts
had been mads to tura tho Cenfsderaoy tho
my and Navy. should to put OF that
Nd In office again. He pacsd his objection on the
ground that traitor bal n man wis had been
Prison and that Ike these they should be dis
qualified from holding Office.
Roosevelt then offered the fsswlng substitute tor
that portion Of the proposed resolution which stated the
grounds OF opposition
1t highest degree nadvsabe that the
supr.me Court should again tall under the control OF men
who believe the Constitutional doctrines OF tho school
thai produced Chief Justice Taney, and
Whreds IL equally iDavlsablo TO put on the bencha
amrndments conslitu that adopted
durnx the last quarter OF q century. aud
Whsrsds, No man should be appointed or confirmed as Q
In the doctrine OF indssoube National unity and OF the
equality bsore the law OF all the races nhsbtns these
UnIied States
GOOD LAWYERS FOR JUDGES.
Another member added the following:
shall highest legal judicial
shall bring greatest efficiency to tho bench
should be confirmed IN sucn position.
The resolutions as thus amended then unan-
william f. Kers, Charles f. Bidwell. James ~
Phipps. H. ID. Hunt. Frank Hoyt william r. LAWS, G.
Hurry. w. D. Murphy. Edgar Bell. @. watrsns. Frank
Boyt and Frank Full srren.
The Eighth Ward Republican Association OF Newark.
N. j. at its meeting held last discussed the aomi
nation 81 Mr. Lamar. and passed resolutions denouuciag
1t and calling the Republican Scnate W reject IL