The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-17
THE APPOINT MENT OF JACKSON
Opinion of the Republican Press on Prcsi-
dent Harrison's Action.

Opinion of the Republican Press on Prcsi-
dent Harrison's Action.
1t is a graceful and creditable act in
Mr. Harrison to select a democrat to
succeed Justice Lamar.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The appointment is one eminently
fit to be made. in fact we doubt if a
better appointment could have been
made. Cincinnati Tribune.
President Harrison has satisfied the
expectations of the country, preserved
the high standard of the supreme court
of the United States, and brought con-
fusion into the ranks of the opposition
st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
President Harrison has risen above
party and has secured for the supreme
court the services of the best man the
democratic party in the south had to
offer. Cleveland could not have done
be tern. Y. Advertiser.
The nomination of Circuit Judge
jackson, of Tennessee, to be justice of
the supreme court by President Har-
rison will surprise the country, but
cannot be criticised except by those
who insist that he was in duty bound
to nominate a epublican.-Indianap-
oils journal.
1t is an innovation in executive NOM
nations, bold one at that, and one
that will not please the republicans of
the country. Never before in the coun-
try's history has the chief executiv
gone out of his own party in filling SUI
preme court vacancies. - Wisconsin
State Journal
The south thus retains its representa-
! ton on the bench, while President
Harrison emphasizes the correct prin-
| ciple of non partisan judiciary, at
the same time paying a gentle compli-
ment to Mr.. Cleveland by this recog-
! milton of the ability of one of his APP
/ pointees. minneapolis Tribune.
President Harrison has disappointed
/ the republicans of the country by ap-
/ pointing a democrat to the supreme
bench; but democrats who now smile
/ cOmplacently can afford to wait. There
will be great many democrats disap-
! pointed when Cleveland takes Mr.. Har-
rison's chair.-lowa State Register.
No democratic senator will object
to his confirmation. for the reason that
he himself is democrat. Republicans
will be surprised that the president did
not appoint a member of his own party,
and many of them will only not be sur
prised, bat Disguised. Judge jackson,
however, is not partisan.
City Journal.
In all respects the appointment is an
I excellent one. Judge Jackson's intel
lectual and professional qualifications
cannot he questioned; his experience
is wide; his character is of the highest.
Moreover, since these things are con-
sidered, the geographical and political
aspects of the case are also favorable.
Detroit Tribune.
Mr.. Harrison throughout his admin
istration has been a strong party man,
but, nothing which he has done since
his Inauguration has strengthened him
more in the respect of the best ele
ments of all parties than will this latest
nomination. The Courier-J ournal joins
with the country in congratulate
ing him.-Louisville Courier-Journal
(Dem.l.
President Harrison has shown excel
lent Judgment in the appointment,
which was not expected in his own
party. 1t was believed that he would
appoint a republican. But he has
shown broad spirit in designating for
the high Office one who had been ap-
pointed by Cleveland to the federal
circuit bench, and whose merit was his
fituess for the office. --Minneapolis
Journal.
By appointing as the successor of
the late Justice Lamar on the bench of
the supreme court Judge Howell E.
Jackson, of the Sixth judicial circuit, |
President Harrison has at once dis
armed criticism for his course in max
ing the appointment so near the end of
his own term of office and kept good !
his record for selecting men for judicial
offices who are eXcellenty qualified. -
n. Y. Times Qnd.).
The president has been exceeding /
" fortunate in his selection of Il sue !
cessor to Justice Lamar upon the SUI |
preme bench. Judge Jackson's career |
upon the circuit court of the United |
States has been conspicuously promi- |
nent. He has displayed the qualities |
of learned and fearless judge, Just the .
kind of man needed to interpret the |
highest laws of the country. President |
Harrison is to be congr atulated upon |
his selection.-Clncinnati Times-Star.
President Harrison's action relieves |
him from the charge of partisanship |
which has been so freely brought |
against him by democrats and proves
him to be an executive who i not con-
trolled by party bias ia selection
of men to fill high i.,- ~ the ju-
dietary. Few presidents have shown
such conscientious regard for proprie-
ty in the matter of an appointment to
the supreme bench. 1t is not probable
that the came patriotic freedom and
independence would have been exer-
cised by a democratic PRESIDENT
Wheeling Intelligencer.
Justice and politics cannot be too
widely separated, and President Harri
son is to be congratulated upon this
appointment, not only from its in
trinsic excellence, but also from its in
dication that he has sufficient courage
to act up to the independence of his
convictions in the matter. This act
comes, moreover, with good grace as
a sequel to the ides of November, in
the avoidance of all basis for the ac-
cusation that the president desired to
use the powers OF patronage for par
tisan purposes up to the last minute
of his official existence. -Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
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CB The democrats are not saying
much about wild-cat CURRENCY lust now.