River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-29
The SUCCESSION.

Several Candidates Already In the Field
for the Nscancy ON the supreme Bench
speaker Cariisie's Chances Deemed
Good-Bayard, villas, Garland, Dickin-
son, Trumbud and Others Mentioned.
WASHINGTON. March 24-The death of
Chief-Justo e Waite naturally suggests
thoughts of his successor, and among MEM
beers of Congress the discussion OF the sud
den death OF the Chief Justice is supple
mented wi h speculation as TO who will DO
appointed to succeed him. The eight asso-
ciate Justices are; Justice Bradley, New
Jersey; Justice Gray, Massachusetts; Justice
Blatchford, New York; Justice Matthews,
Ohio; Justice Harlan Kentucky; Justice
Lamar. Mississippi; Justice Miller, Iowa,
and Justice Field, California Chief-Justice
Waite was also from Ohio. but as that State
still has represen tatiye on the bench its
modest lawyers are not in the present line
OF consideration
Associate-Justice Field is generally spoken
of as likely 10 succeed the Chief Justice.
Justice Field possesses all the qualifications
tor the office, but his age is likely to
operate against his selection He is in his
I'D year In SO far as partisan infiu-
ence may enter into the question of the
succession, policy would dictate to the
President the selection of a young man,
crat at the head of the court might be in
creased.
The names of Secretary Bayard and At
torney-General Garland are also mentioned
in connection with the succession, but
the more probable man is Speaker
Carlisle. II Is known that he was Of
fered the seat that Justice Lamar now oc-
cupies before it was offered TO that gentle
man He declined it very reluctantly and
his declination was as reluctantly received.
But it was agreed between him and
Mr.. Cleveland, after talking the mat
ter over, that the political situation
party necessity-required Mr. Carlisle's
presence in the House to organize it and to
work to bring the party together for the
passage of the Tariff bill The political rea-
sons that then interfered are no longer in
the way. The House is organized aud all
will be done that can be done toward pass
ing the Tariff bill and shaping party policy
before II Will be necessary TO appoint Chief
Justice Waite's successor
DETROIT, Mich, March "a Talk of a sue
cessor for the Chief Justice has already
commenced here, and the name most fire.
quently mentioned IN connection with the
office is that of Don NJ Dickinson, of Mich
igan
CHICAGO. March Speculation as to
tue buCCesSOT W OulSA-O uSbCc
Waite was active yesterday afternoon and
last night among lawyers of both parties
and Democratic politicians of the higher
grade. About the first name which seemed
to occur TO every one was that OF Judge
Lyman Trumbull, but on more mature re-
Election it was thought that his age
put him out of the race The PEN
sionable age of Supreme Court Judges is
90 years, and Judge Trumbull was "a
years of age in October last Judge Sco-
field, of Clarke County, is looked upon as q
good man for the place Hon. Melville w.
Fuller expressed the opinion that either
Minister Phelps or Secretary Bayard would
receive the appointment Mr. Fuller SAID:
Regarding the claims OF the West o mo-
ment's thought will suggest the names OF a
number OF men who might be considered avail.
able. Wisconsin has Colonel Villas, OF Madi-
son; James G.. jenkins, of milwaukee,, and
Judge Doolittle Indiana, suppose, would In
clude in her list OF candidates Mcdonald, Sen
ator Turpie, Judge Niblack, and possibly Voor-
hees Michigan has Don DickinsOn.h