The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-02-27

which / most cheerfully acquiese, It is
perhaps equally true that the people
OF New York in their local pride will
regret that the President did not see
| TIT to make satisfactory appointment
| from the hundreds of competent law
yers and distinguished jurists in that
great State, whose nomination would
have provoked no opposition, and who
would have adorned the highest court
In the land. 1t may be asserted as q
iact that almost any one of the forty
Judges OF the Supreme Court of New
York State or any one of the present
Federal judges there residing, would
have been acceptable to the Senate.
had the President in his wisdom seen
mt to honor any one of them by nom
nation. There was no dispute upon
this point, but the Presidents choice,
In his opinion, seemed to have been
limited to a select few for reasons best
known to himself. I do not propose on
this occasion to add single unpleas-
ant remark to the unfortunate contest
which has occupied our attention for
the past six weeks over the two nomi-
nations which the majority of the SEN
ate regarded as unsuitable and objec-
tlonable. l do not retract q single
word which urged in successful op-
PoohoAoh w ohSll LnGSG
contests have passed into history
there let them be judged. | believe
that the State of New York was en-
titled to the jndgeship, and had the
Senators from that State been con-
suited, as they properly should have
been, and as courtesy and usage re-
quired, satisfactory selection from the
numerous eminent members of the bar
OF my State could have easily been made.
You well know that the Senators from
New York had no candidates of their
own. Their action was not influenced
by disappointment. They pressed no
iavorites of theirs upon the attention
OF the appointing power whatever
action they took was impelled by their
self-respect, and their loyalty to the
peoples interests which they repre-
sented, and to the regular Democratic
organization to which they belonged.
The President, in the exercise of
the discretion which the constitution
vests in him, has seen fit to go out
side of New York and outside
of the circuit where the vacancy
occurred, and has honored the Senate
by the appointment by one Of its dis
tinguished members from the far dis
tant State of Louisiana, and while this
action may perhaps, justly be regarded
us SllSnt 10 New YORK and to our
circuit or reflection upOn its dis
tinguished judiciary, any member of
which would have adorned the highest
Federal court, yet we may congratu-
late ourselves that so admirable a
selection has been made, and reflect
that, after all, the question of locality
or residence Is matter of little con-
sequence compared with the other
considerations involved in the choice
for so exalted a station. l am entirely
satisfied with the outcome. 1t is with
pleasure, therefore, that express my
desire that this nomination should be
| confirmed at once"
Mr.. Caffrey concluded the speeches
with a brief tribute to the worth of his
colleague, and expressed the pride his
State would take in the selection made
by the President.
The vote was then taken, and Mr..
White was confirmed without dis
senting voice.