New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-17
SUPREME COCRT 4PPOINTMENIN.
An EXCEPTIONAL NUMBER MADE Bf MIR HAM
MSON IN FOUR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ForR CHIEF JUSTICES.

FovR CHIEF JUSTICES.
Washington. Feb. 10 C>peclall WIN inc aPpo'"'
man, If Iuec Jackson President Harrison has named
four m.nb II t. Sup ere Court o e Uhl'd ~ YES
Thi. : an exceptionally large number Tor any rreS"
IA select i'm fonr years ana in the minds OF some Po
ule II seem, an unprecedentcdy large nuhDer' i"'''
+ con.idcrabl. INSTRUMENTATION this point even III
| III. mind, Of supposedly well informed newspaper
writers. one paper which has com, uhd'r oo, o'
recently rcmar, I'd We believe that IL mas ia'rn "
the lot II no other President to make so many 'u''"
oppointment, n, President HARRISON" ON account OF
the lack Of ll information which prevails OH 'i' '"o
,cct fact, regarding appointments 10 Tue 'up'".
h,lch cannot fail TO be interest II should D. aiued
thnt possibly The writer quoted meant TO ihciuu III VI
Mr. uarri,on's judicial appointments ana II inc ap
! pohtmon,s 20 the Circnt Courts oil Appears Nv 'aAe"
into account his statement may not lie open 10 queson
II j. not true a, appointments 70 the hlghe't COURT
| however
ono doe, not have to 90 further back than the time
~ Mr. Lincoln TO find a rcfuatiOn OF the statement OIL
| mi, point President Lincoln was In once Only
u, LONGER than President Harrison has BEEN AMI YET
I'm that tim, he named not less than hve members oi
| the supreme Court They We're tlet justice '."So
and Associate Justices Davis, >wavn" Miller ana f"u
resident Grant was In office eight Yeas ana III ti'
time nppontcd four mcmacr, cf the court oi last To-
u,moly chief JG, Zee Waite. AID Justices Str"Hs'
bradley and Hunt General Grant noihliae1 Ms AZ
torncy General, George H. Nllllau,, Tor JUSTICE III
I-73 but thu nomination was not confirmed. In Ms
rur wears in the Pe,id cv Vi. HAYES appoln ed tlie'
member, Of the supreme toIt-jn>ir"N ildlinh WOODS
and Matthews The nominal on OF Ht'hl"y VIA .'h'"S'
bov,ycr WAS not confirm before the expiration oi
Mr. IIoy,,', term. and he WIS renonina"d Dy iFs.-
deaf Garfield and then coniimea' heho' '"'"'c
Matthew, may be said 20 belong to boh Admi'S''"'
lions, Two Justice, appointed bv President Nlhf
and the same number by Pre,id' nj Cleveland mo
oup.lntrd b, Nj. Arthur wee Justices Or an ba ch
~ "A
Fullrr ard Justice Lamar
OF the present member, OF the supreme court ohl'
two were appointed prior T. President N'hurs &c III
iu.I IS Flc and LA Ian Justice Ftld as app lh'"i
y Mr. Lincoln In loO3 and has completed ALMOST 'hir'!
GEARS an fine bench In all probability ii, will retire
within the next three years, when ol cours'
hi, place will be tiled by r,sid"nl Cleveland.
Naturally for that vacancy when il occurs nan Lon
the Pacific slope will b. chosen
No writer who had thought Lack to President WASH
instons tim. could ia into the error Of saying tha'
Mr.. Harrison had appointed nor" members Oh inc 81
nrem. Court than any OF his predecessors. Not Only
did WASHINGTON appoint all Of the first tx menbeS OF
the court but during his eight years In Office he was
called upon 10 appoint less than four CHIEF Justices
The frs, head Of the supreme Court was a everybody
knows John JAY who had his choice oil al thr oh''e'
-, the di,uosa Of the President and chose this rs the
mos, aiouln.d and honorable. Nevertheless, he re
slrcd I'm 1875 In order To accept the G0verEor'lp OF
fll, A
odny, but i, serves convey an idea OF the relative
DIGNITY Of the Two Offices in the early year, OF the r.
rullic After Jays resignation Washington select
Edward Rutl.dge To succeed him. Rutledge hai pre-
,iou.lv becn an Associate Justice but hal resigned
After being appointed Chief Justice he came to WASH
,ncton and took hi, seat waiting be confirmed
Tx the senate. and in fact he never WAS confirmed,
rtly for political reason, and partly because he lost
hi, reason about this time
rh, n.N chief justice william Gushing. Of Msssa-
,, ans nltnouch he I, not commonly c0unlei H. on"
~ I'M. Ill ,ugu she'd company. lie was on Inc Delch
Of the supreme tUnU when promoter py Na,nans,ous
ia the head it. but although uianiousy ,ThuHu
~, IN. senate lie resigned IA week later sun n" re
sIucd h, place a. an Associate Justice until 1910
Alter mi, in>cD oliver Ellsworth OF tonnec, W. wa
Washington, next choice; he retained the once untll
nH T7,cn Iohn Marshall was electedthe great Chief
i,,i,e n. he is often ard rightly called. The seec
Itn M him bv President Adams was one OF the wses
.ct. Of hi, Administrations ANA Alaishal continued 10
bad ll.rc mon the bench OF the highest curt Tor
,, f,,,r v,.r, being succeeded by Roger Il. Fancy.
since The foundation Of the Government thcIe nave
h, uiuc chief Justices, although, strictly sI'c king
only ought to be '"nrd since hu na Mas T'
nuc, cont med did not take his seat AM thtre nav,
hn M more than forty nine Associate Justices
Marshall and story each served th'ry ior ycrs Mye
'tri,r onn William Johnson and the late Justice NIL
, r zach thirty Chief Justice fancy twenty-Aght
lam ,atron twenty eight, and Samuel Nelson twenty
The makeup Of the court In point OF numbers has
h.on changed more than once AT nrst th-Te were
SIx inders in all In l-o7 the number wa, Increased
,r,b 1gnc. occurred Until 1863 WHEN tenth justice
yra. added 90 represent the Pacific Coast stephen ,.
tied beIng appointed In lS3, In order u cirD IRE
dont Johnson n law was pissed proVlnihg that WHEN
unces occurred they should not be hlled until the
number OF justices should be reduced 10 SIX Dut III
IseO the number restored TO the former ngure.