The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-07

torney- General William Henry Harrison
Miller as associate justice OF the supreme
court to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Matthews. This will be
essentially friendly act on the part of
Mr.. Harrison and not an official one
dictated by either policy or good judgment
by the president of the United States. The
intimate personal relations existing be-
| tween these two men runs back to boyhOod
and the neighborly attitude of the Miller
and Harrison families antedates the birth
of these two eminent personages. But, all
that does not qualify the law partner of
| General Harrison to wear the black robe
of an associate justice and worthIly dis
pense righteous DEGREES in the musty,
solemn and mostly very stupid court room
| in the capitol The Senate, Republican
though it is, is not considered very kindly
disposed to Mr. Miller. They accepted him
as attorneys general because they regarded
the cabinet as sort of family affair over
which president should have full control,
but it is quite probable that they will hes
itate, and eventually refuse to confirm Mr..
Miller as associate justice.
In connection with this recent cor
respondence that took place between Ex-
Chief Justice Sanford of Utah, and the
attorney general may be pertinent as show
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Mr.. Miller's legal peculiarities was not the
only one he had in stock. We quote from
the Washington correspondent of the st.
Louis Republican:
"Chief Justice Sanford has been presid-
ing in the Utah supreme court. He has
been an acceptable Judge to Republicans
and Democrats alike, except to Judge Zane,
and those persons who thought that the
United States ought to run the United
i
cOrdiug to law. The first intimatiOu that
Judge Sanford had of the Presidents in
tentions was the receipt of a letter written
May 10 by Attorney General Miller, in
which he was directed by the President
to advise Judge Sanford that in his opin-
ion the public interests will be subserved
by change in the office of chief justice of
Utah, and this being so he will be pleased
to receive your resignation as said chief
justice
Justice Sanford being made of much
the same manly stuff that our own Judge
Brinkeris wrote to Miller, and very plainly
said that if his resignation was asked
for political reasons only the President
could have it as soon as the business of the |
court and the proper disposition of matters |
pending before me will permit But that |
if there were any charges against him he !
considered that it would be unWise, I'M
becoming and improper for him to resign |
until they were either proven or dis
proved and disposed Of To this the at
torney-general made the following answer,
which has but one parallel in the history |
of this very unique administration Of free |
play
I beg to say there are on file in this de-
partment some papers complaining of the |
manner in which your judicial duties are
discharged. Independent of these particular
complaints, however, the President has be-
come satisfied that your administration of
the Office was not in harmony with the
policy he deemed proper to be pursued
with reference to Utah affairs and for this
reason he desires TO make change, and
out Of courtesy, gave you an oppor-
tunity to resign. AS you did not see fit
to embrace this opportunity. the president
mas removed you and appointed your sue
cessOr. 'n-AlOuquerque n. NJ. Democrat,
June Il.