Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-14
HIS FIDUS ACHATES.
a,rrisons Alter Ego to Get a Cir
cult JudgeShip,
,rToRNEY GENERALS AMBITION.
u, Closest Friend the President Has-Sis
,nsr,a Points to The Supreme Bsnch-Gsn-
ra Eaoch, Hauls Commissioner RAun
Over The Coals-fhs Oommlssioner's
Answer to Bis Structures.
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WASHINGTON, September 13.-The
....usnt that the President has de-
.4.5 10 give Attorney-General Miller
,npointment to one of the Circuit
I3,eships is no mere speculation, but
absolutely certain.
rso retirement Of Mr.. Miller from
,,, Cabinet will deprive Mr.. Harrison
n his closest friend aud advisor. Mr..
,rlar has not made brilliant Attorney
neral. and but little attention has
,.a7 attracted to him. He has been as
-r.5 Mr.. HarriSon's law partner in the
.5ninistration as he was at Indianap-
,Fs The two have consulted together
r,oD an questions arising in the admin
s,,orion and when they, with their two
ts,3. together, have taken q decided
aosi,ior. the opinions Of all the rest of
he Cabinet have not counted for much.
T,a TWO men have been trained each To
lr,riSh one-haN of an opinion, as IL
vsrs which being nut together make
,bs whole. Their minds naturally tend
In about the same direction, the end be-
mo merely corrective Of the other.
Harrison has been able 10 rely on Miller
=, .usrqin him in any position he might
.ste and with the President Miller's
or,riop has counted for more than that
NJ snv other in the Cabinet. just as
bs consulted his partner concerning law
ca,es Mr.. Harrison has consulted his
Attorney General. His first inquiry
oft-r getting the bearings Of question
himself has always been as TO the Az
tornev Generals views. The two men
seem 10 be necessary 20 each other, and
,5me of theiv friends are wondering
how NJ Harrison is going TO get along
Without his partner.
...1a outside world Mr.. Miller has
rst qcceared as an active factor in the
Cibiret, and he has not appeared open
n I'm public affairs. He has been the
0Mce man, not the advocate. lie oaS
made but few political friends, and has
r0r greatly extended his acquaintance
since hc appeared in public life. He
1aS NOT q sociable nature any more than
lss Mr.. Harrison, and he has seen as
pOitician or statesman. Persons
who have had business with his depart
ment generally express the opinion that
Be has administered il in simple, bust
le>S-like way, and II they have been
brought I'm contact with him often
enough 10 know him we'll they speak
highly of his official qualifications and
nIS personal qualities. lie is plain,
everyday man, without the least pre-
tense 10 brilliancy, and the severe sim
D.icity about the department is in strong
contrast TO the laced and ruilied admin
i>tration OF Brewster. He is not a man
who can Jump from one subject To an
other and still hold ali the tangled
threads OF each in place. This has made
Lm shrink sometimes from Interrupt
tiouS, and caused some 10 think him lack
Ing IN clvility. Such, however, is a
h2Sty Judgment He Is quite AZ civil
and accommodating as there is need
20 b..
A seat on the Supreme Bench Is the
object OF his ambition, and At ono time
Mr. Harrison had about concluded 70
give him the appointment when there
was vacancy, but they agreed that ii
cou q not well be done at that time. IL
known that Mr.. Harrison fully in
tends to elevate him 10 the Supreme
Bench If another vacancy occurs during
bis term, and 10 is believed that two are
very apt to occur. His appointment to
tae Circuit judgeship will not prevent
bis higher elevation when opportunity
for occurs.
lis likely, however, that Mr.. Har-
ri,On viii give oiTense 10 number OF
ambitious Indiana statesmen aud iuriStS
by showing his preference TO his AttOr-
.rv CaDar,1