St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-06
THERE IS "A PRECEDENT.
Lincoln Appointed Stephen j.
Field in 1868.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The criticism
upon the appointment by President
Harrison of Judge jackson to succeed
the late Associate Justice Lamar Oh the
supreme bench by j. S. Clarkson, and
published this morning, was the subject
of considerable discussion among polti-
clans today. The fact that as Clark
son had requested Senator Cu]lom to
protest against the confirmation of
Judge JackSOn's nomination. adds to
the interest Of the affair." Senator Cul-
lOm was seen this afternoon by re-
porter and asked what action, il any, he
had determined to take. He said that
he had been so busy with other matters
that he had been unable to consider the
subject, AID had nothing to say as to his
intentions with regard to the course of
the nomination. He said that Mr..
ClarkSOn'S message to him, which he
received yesterday, he considered to be
personal in its nature. and he did not
expect to make public either it or his
reply thereto, which had not yet been
sent.
1t is not considered probable by many
senators that Judge Jackson's nomina-
ton will be rejected, Notwithstanding
that there has arisen considerable op-
position to him among the Democratic
members of the body. They say Judge
Jackson is not satisfactory to them as a
party, and Senator Harris is quoted as
having referred to him as no more of
Democrat than "men on the other side
of the chamber" One of the presidents
friends said this afternoon that
Mr.. CIarkson's statement that no
other president had ever before
pnnnintn1 npnlhnr nf thn
supreme bench from the ranks of an
other political party was not we'll
founded in fact. lie said the president
had the precedent OF the Republican
president for his nomination of Judge
JacksOn-that in 1868 President Lincoln
nominated Stephen j. Field, a Demo
crat, TO place on the bench, which Mr..
Field still retains. He said that the
president before making the nomina-
ton Was assured that the confirmation
of the nomination of Il Republican was
extremely improbable, and, that being
the case, he chose to promote a Demo
crat who had demonstrated by his de-
clsiOns upon the bench that he was
prOtectioniSt and nationalist with a
biz IN"
There had been, he said, more convic-
tiOnS for violations of the federal elec-
OlOIl IdNS III OuuSO CdChSOL D COuIG Gldli
in any other circuit court in the cOun-
try. As matter of politics, he contn-
ued. under the circumstances of the
case, Judge Jackson's appointment was
most ecellent one. If he were now
rejected by the senate, he said, MIR.
Cleveland, of necessity almost, would
be compelled to send his name into the
senate again, thus preventing the posi-
bility of the nomination of man who
might be possessed of the undesirable
qualifications mentioned by Mr.. Clark
son in his letter criticiSing President
Harrlson's action. LII this connection,
Senator Dolph desires to have it stated
that the report that he was an appli
cant for the place on the supreme
bench made vacant by the death of
Justice Lamar is false. On the con-
trary, he had volunteered to say to the
president that. in his opinion, the ap-
pointee should be taken from Justice
Lamar's circuit.