Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
HIS SUCCESSOR.
The Question Who Shall Be the
New Chisf Justice is Already
Being Discussed.
Carlisle &pp -srs t. lead In the Favor
Ell tue Democrats, With Oib.rs
Close Behind.
fhs Loss OF ihs spsassr &" tho Dsu,arrat1s
Fairy Would 10 F6l> Lsss So~
Than Formerly.
ABOUT SUCCESSION.

/ ABOUT SUCCESSION.
Special t. the Gazette.
! WAsnISaroS, March % Tho css,h Of
the Cnief Justice OF the Uaited States to-
day VAS great surprise sDd shock here.
His death VAS ciused bY acute pneuno-
nis consequent on e cold contracted st s
funeral Of relative two weekssEo His
illness followed, b1. wss no. thought TO
be Of serious nature and his sudden
death this morning WAS shock aud q
surprise TO every eEe HIS family cid
not even suspect his Illness WAS ssiinus,
and he gave Instructions to friends to
keep his Illness oaI * the
papers for issr Of alarming his
wife, who wss Ia Caliisrsis, and
nos 10 good health. Mrs. Waite will
retRrn her. at once il hcr condition will
permit. T1e funeral arrangements have
not been perfected, but will probsbly oc-
cur on her srriVsI here.
Already the question OF his successor
Is being discussed, politically. mhD OF
another party will 90 upon the bench.
Speculation Is very general. TIE two
aho have been especially spoken of are
Secretary BsYsrd snt Attorney G neral
Garland. Judge JAckaon, Of Tennessee,
and Judge Ssmmef, Of IadIanA, are slso
mentioned WHAT is thought to be NOS:
probable is that Speaker Carlisle vel! be
selected. He wss offered the seat now
occupied by Mr.. Lamar He declined re-
lucsantly, and his declination was as RI
lnctsnily received. Party necessity, he
said, compelled him to hold his present
position. he then told the President
that no other public position could SO
SUIT HIS DIsPosITIoE
ss place on the bench. The c3nsidera-
iions Of political eIpediency are now no
longer IN the way. The House Is organ
lied, and the policy CT The pArty is shaped
as to carry out the Presidents tariR
recommendations. Three months will
probably elapse before the vacancy is
filled. Then the tari6 bill vii. be
nut If the way and the
House will os ready to ADJOURN. This
will leave the way open to SIR. Carlisle II
he President should reptst his ,fler.
Don ID ckensoa IS Glso tpokeu OF, and
II Is known he hss the omhlu to some
day 1od himself n the bench. 1t Is urged
hist the sppoii tneut must go in Ihs
Sixth district, which Includes Michigan,
Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky. CIrli-le,
Thurman, Jackson aud Dickinson would
thus be e!is BILE. Some SAP the G is s
p1ss billy tf the promotion Of Judge
FeidI TN: the Democrats argue
this will not do, as he
is now eligible TO reurem ent
bsiug seGen'y-rno yesrs old and 1t best
1t cannot be expected he would 1--we many
wears more. The Democrats say they
muss Place man On The bench as C5ief
j astica who gives promise OF retaining
The flee fifteen or twenty years ss least.
SacFpfRry Vfiss Ia alsl u 10
couceded that the appointment will not
so 10 the sIuth, that secsion having al
ready been recognized by Mr. Lxmar's
seize ion. As the court will be evenly
divided on the telephone cases should
they be cons dersd before Chief Justice
is appointed, tia appointment Of the pre-
sidlnG: judge will De 6 rnsiter Of vital In
tsrsst ~
THE TELEPHONE pgoPLR.
J1s.iee Vale cast the deco 1g vote In
The Bill case last week, when sustained
The rights Of the latter + the Be- patent.
NJ. Lsmsr ard Mr.. Grsy did rot vote,
the former because 10 did MOI 20 upon
the bench until after the case wza cub
Mr.. Gray will probably nYL yote
because Il family connections with tels-
phone Institutions. Another name which
IS being discussed Is Solicitor General
'onks Ct Penney .van!s. BE is kn"Wn
20 possess The entire confidence
II President Cleveland ard his qIshfca-
ions for the seat are we'll known, bat
Vhsttver Is doue will net be done in
hurry End the President wilt cousid T the
nsiter carefully and will probably select
young nan who will ne crrtsin to run
he gauntlet for confirmation by The
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