Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-06
CLARKSON ANGRY.
He Doesn't Like the Nomination
of jackson.
BITTER LETTER AGAINST HARRISON

Charged with Party Perfiiy Almost Equal
to Moral Crime for Appointing Dem
ocrat to the Supreme eBench-CuIIom and
Houk Asked to Prevent Confirmation
Some Remarks on the south and the
Presidents Attitude as to That Section
Comment on the Matter at the Nation
al Capital.
WASHINGTON, Feb g. - The criticism
upon the appointment by President Harri-
son of Judge Jackson to succeed the late
Associate Justice Lamar on the supreme
bench made by j. S Clarkson was the sub
iect of considerable discussion among poll
ticians yesterday. The fact that Clarkson
had requested Senator Cullom to protest
against the confirmation of Judge Jack
sons nomination added interest to the
affair. Senator Cullom was seen yester-
day afternoon by a reporter and asked
what action, If any, he had determined to
Ilke He said that he had been so busy
With other matters that he had been IN
able to consider the subject and had moth
ing to say to his intentions with regard
to the course of the nomination.
Effect on the Confirmation.
He said that Mr. Clarkson's message 70
him which he received Saturday he con
sidered 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 by many of the
senators among the probabilities that
Judge Jackson's nomination viii be re-
! jected, Notwithstanding that there has
arisen considerable opposition to him
among the Democratic members of the
body. They say Judge jackson is not sat
| isfactory to them as a party man, and
Senator Harris is quoted as having referred
to him as no more of Democrat than
"men on the other side of the chamber"
Precedent for the President.
One of the presidents friends said
yesterday that Clarkson's statement
that no other president had ever
before appointed a member of the
supreme bench from the ranks of
another political party is not well founded
| in fact He said the president had the pre-
cedent of the first Republican president
for his nomination of Judge Jackson-that
in 1868 President Lincoln nominated Ste
phen J. Field a Democrat, to place on the
bench which Field still retains. He said that
the president Before making the nomination
| was assured that the confirmation of a Re
publican was extremely improbable.
Believes in Capitalizing Nation"
That being the case he chose to promote
| a Democrat who had demonstrated by his
decisions upon the bench that he was q
protectionist and nationalist with big
| NO" There had been, he said, more con
victions for violations of the federal elec
tion laws in Judge JacksOn's court than il
any other court in the country. As mat
ter of politics, he continued, in the circum
stances of the case Judge Iackson's ap
pointment was a most excellent one. Il
he were now rejected by the Senate Cleve
land. of necessity, almost, would be com
PEELED to send his name to the senate again
Dolph Wasn't a Candidate.
Thus the nomination of Jackson by Har
rison would prevent the nomination of ;
man who might be possessed of the unde
sirable qualifications mentioned by Clark
son in his letter criticising President Har
rison's action. In this connection Senator
Dolph desires to have it stated that the re
port that he was an applicant for the place
on the supreme bench made vacant by tn
death of Justice Lamar is false. On tht
contrary, he had volunteered to say to tn
president that in his opinion the appointc
should be taken from Justice Lamar's cir