The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-20
THENEW CIRCUIT JUDGES
APPLIC ATOMS RECEIVED FROM
ABOUT 25o LAWYERS.

Attorney General Miller Likely to Be
Appointed TO the Indiana Circuit,
in Which Case Nobls May Succeed
Him IN the Department of Justice
and Clerkson be Made Secretary of
the Interior.
There are on file in the department of
justice the applications Of about $50 more
or less eminent lawyers from all parts of
the country for appointment on the bench
of the new circuit court" says Washington
special to the Sun. Attorney General Miller
has had the privilege or pleasure of exam
lining these papers, some Of which are from
old-time Indiana friends of his own and of
President Harrison. Mr.. Miller's indorse-
ment OF some of these applications will, of
course. have great weight when the time
for making the appointments arrives. 1t is
not at all improbable, however, that the
Attorney General will fail to indorse
any OF his Ho0sier friends, but will
instead make an application in his
own name, indorss it and then make out a
commission for the circuit i'll which the
State OF Indiana is included in the name of
William Henry Harrison Miller. Indeed,
IL Is stated with much positivenesS here
to-day that it has already been determined
between the President and the Attorney
General that the latter shall take the judge
ship, thus permitting the President to avoid
the embarrassment of choosing a Judge
from among the list of Indiana applicants,
several of whom feel that the President is
under deep obligation to them for various
tavors extended at time when he needed
them.
In connection with the statement that the
n A.. "a l.
said that reconstruction of the cabinet
will take place on Nov /, by sending Secre-
tary Noble TO the department of justice;
John 5. Clarkson to the interior Depart
ment, and making Gen. Lew Wallace, or
some other equally good Indiana Harrison
republican, the successor of Secretary Proc
tor. Secretary Noble, it is well known,
wrote to the President early in the summer,
notifying him Of his desire to resign. The
President persuaded him to hold the matter
up Tor a while, ana in the mean
time take a protraoted vacation. Gen.
Noble went to Hot Springs, Ark, and after
ward to Richfield Springs, n. Y, and when
he returned he felt so much better that he
determined to remain in office, at least until
he could have O chance to secure an ap~
pointment more to his liking than that of
Secretary of the Interior. He would much
prefer to be Attorney General, and would
probably consent to an arrangement that
would mako him Mr. Miller's successor, es-
pecially as he would then still be in a way
to realize the ambition of his office-holding
years by eventually reaching place ON the
bench of tie supreme court.
But whether Mr.. Miller or Mr. Noble
gets the desired judgeship, the fact remains
that there are $50 eager applicants for ju
dicial appointments, and that this state of
things gives President Harrison an un-
usually fine opportunity TO play politics"
during the next few months. Ia addition
TO the nine places on the bench of the new
circuit court, be has at his disposal one or
two cabinet places. one judgeship of the
court OF claims, generally regarded as a
particularly desirable Office, and two inter-
state commerce commissionerships,
not to mention various minor places. This
is most unusual amount of high-class
patronage for President to have under his
thumb just as he is entering upon the con-
test for a denomination, and President
Harrison probably feels more than ever
justified in believing, what he is said to
| have stated at the beginning of the admin
istration, that providence is on his side. A
member of the cabinet, speaking few days
ago about this wonderful luck of Harrison
said:
ANY man but President Harrison could
not use valuable patronage in a perfectly
legitimate way to draw 70 his support the
influential friends Of the hundreds of appli-
cants, and make every one OF the appoint
ments count for several votes in the national
convention. Harrison, however, l am
sorry TO say generally plays politics at the
wrong time and in the wrong way, and
will be surprised if he does not do so now,
and utterly fritter away his great oppor-