Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-24
HIGGINS Was TURNED DOWN
Quay and Cameron Also in
the DoIeful Dumps.
ALL IGNORED BY THE PRESIDENT
A Democrat Given the Place
They Claimed.
Mr.. Spruance and Mar. Hoilingsworth
Both Fail to Get the Third Circuit
Judgeship--George NJ. Dallas, n Demo-
crat, Named--Higgins Is Fighting Mad.

Among the six appointments of circuit
judges made by President Harrison yester-
day week and published in The GAzETEE,
was the name of George NJ. Dallas of
Philadelphia, for the third district, com
prising Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware. This is the appointment for
which William q. Spruance of this city
was strongly urged, and it was thought
that the contest lay between him and
Lawyer $. >. Holingsworth Of Philadel-
phin. The latter was backed by Senators
cameron and Quay, and MIR. Spruance
was urged by Senator Higgins. The
President therefore. was in sad dilemma.
On one side was the "only Republican
senator from the border states" on the
other side the two senators who can con-
troll the Pennsylvania delegation to the
next national Republican convention. Be-
tween these two. conflicting forces the
President took to the woods and named
Pennsylvania Democrat for the place.
TuE'NEw JUDGE
George MiIllin Dallas was born in the
city of Pittsburg. February 7th, 1889.
Upon the death of his father Judge Ire
vanion Barlow Dallas, in April 1871, the
family removed to Philadelphia. Mr..
Dallas read law in the office of st. George
Tucker Campbell, but was admitted in
Pottsville to the bar of Schuyllill county
in August, 1889 when not vet of age. He
removed to Philadelphia in 1860, where he
has since been engaged in the practice of
law, spending one year in the office Of Mr..
Campbell.
lie was member Of the constitutional
convention of 1873. serving on the judi
ciary committee and the committee on leg
islation.
About five years ago he entered into
partnership with George l.. Crawford
under the firm name of Crawford &
Dallas. He was elected, few months ago,
bv the law school of the University OF
Pennsylvania, professor of torts evidence
and practice Of law, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Sydney
Biddle.
Mr., Dallas is widely known as lawyer
of brilliant attainments, thoroughly con-
versant with the law and noted for his
modesty. Mr.. Dallas is nephew of the
late George NJ. Dallas, Vice.president OF
the United States, and granddaughter OF
William Wilkins, United States Senator
from Pennsylvania. both of whom repre-.
sented this country at st. Petersburg.
HIGGINS WAS INDIGNANT.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, says: Senator Higgins
of Delaware, was very indignant over the
nomination of Mr.. Dallas, and several OF
the Pennsylvania members of the House
expressed like opinions. But at the Attor-
ney-general's Office it was said that there
was no district in which the President
could put a good Democrat on the bench
with greater safety than the Pennsylvania
district
According to the Records Washington
correspondent, Senators Higgins of Della
ware, and Cameron and Quay Of Pennsyl-
vania, arc very much dissatisfied with this
appointment and very indignant at the
President for having made it. They say
there was no necessity for appointing q
Democrat at all, much less such q one as
Dallas. Senator Higgins is very angry,
/ and has already set himself to the task of
defeating the nomination. Mr.. Higgins
had n candidate from Delaware, Mr.. W. G.
Spruance, for the appointment, and the
Pennsylvania senators were urging the ap-
pointlnent of a Pennsylvania, s. S. Hol-
lingsworth.
Philadelphia Republicans, according to
the Inquirer. We're chagrined. as well as
surprised, to learn of the appointment of a
Democrat from Pennsylvania. They did
not question the ability of George NJ.
Dallas, but the opinion was held by many
that i was strange that Democrat should
be taken from Pennsylvania, with her Re
publicanism so pronounced.
"BLocKs OF FIVE WOODS.
Judge Woods, the appointee in the
Seventh circuit, achieved considerable
notorety on account of his action in
quashing the indictments against Colonel
". W. Dudley in whit are popularity
known as the "blocks of five" cases In
this instance Mr.. Harrison is said to have
departed from the rule of appointing a
were Republicans, because of distrust OF
Judge Gresham. who has himself all I'M
pleasant manner of rising above politics
in judicial matters.
The Democrats are considerably in
censed at the appointment of Judge Woods
and it is proboble that strong effort will
be made to defeat his confirmation. With
this exception the nominations are CON
sitered particularly strong and are gen er-
allv rom meudpl