The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-20
SENATOR WHITES SUCCESSOR.
Congressman blanchard seems 10 BE
In the Lead.

Congressman blanchard seems to BE
In the Lead.
New ORLEANS, La, Feb. 20, 1894.-The
Picayune's Minden, La, special says:-After
the news of Senator Whites appointment
dent interviewed a great many of the citi-
zens and found that Congressman n. G.
Blanchard is the unanimous choice for the
vacancy caused by Senator Whites appoint
ment to the Supreme Court bench. The
Governor will be strongly urged to appoint
him.
Colonel Carter, Internal Revenue Collec-
tor, who is in town, says he thinks that Gov
ernor Foster viii undoubtedly select Blanch-
ard.
The Times Democrats Baton Rouge, La,
special says:-The announcement of the APP
pointinent and confirmation of Senator e.
ID. White to the Supreme Court was a mat
ter of general surprise in official circles
here.
The Governor had an intimation yesterday
morning that the appointment of Senator
White was possible, but it seems even this
still left the matter more or less remote as a
reality.
The Governor yesterday evening expressed
himself as grauitied at the recognition the
President had given Louisiana and the
South in electing Senator White for the SUI
III SOA1u CLA A@AoOA ~S
Ambassador to France. He said sit was
gratifying in the extreme that we were
recognized has having men among us quail
fed for these exalted stations"
The Governor was asked in reference to
the appointment of a successor to Senator
White. He said the matter was one of great
moment, inc had come upon him quite I'M
expectedly, however, it could be relied upon
that a successor would be named as soon as
a conclusion in so important a matter could
be properly reached. The Governor, in the
meantime, declined to indicate whom he had
in view for this honor, beyond the general
terms quoted above. 1t is the opinion of
those close to the Administration, that the
successor to Senator White will be Mr..
Blanchard. Certainly a North L~ouisianian,
one that will take up the same views as SEN
ator White on sugar, and carry them out.
Justice whites Louisiana Prede-
cessor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1894.-Mr. Whites
only predecessor from Louisiana on the Su-
preme Bench was John A. Campbell, who re-
signed at the outbreak of the Wal and be-
came Assistant Secretary of Wa of the
Confederacy, subsequently resuming the
practice of law in New Orleans. Judge
Campbell was really appointed from Ala
bama, but all his intimate associations were
with New Orleans, where his tall, spare
figure and bushy, overhanging white
| eyebrows We're conspicuous in
| the courts in all cases OF
great Importance for many years after the
| termination of hostilities. Judge Campbell
| concurred in the celebrated Drod Scott de-
| cision of Chief Justice fancy, SO often err
~roneously quoted as laying down the dictum
that a negro had no rights which a white
| man was bound to respect. Chief Justice
fancy was the only member of the Catholic
Church appointed to the Supreme Bench be-
fore MIR. White. The new Justice is a man
of handsome physique and ample private
means. He is unmarried and lives in mod
est bachelor apartments at the Richmond,
one of the apartment houses of Washington.