Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-20

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! plimentary strain by adding that he was
| glad that the Senate had shown the Presi-
dent its independence by rejecting the two
previous nominations, and had also demon
strated that the Senators had their opin-
ions. honestly entertained and as honestly
expressed.
MIR. HIPS Remarks.
Senator Hill said: II rise for the purpose
| or seconding the motion Of the distinguish
| ed chairman OF the judiciary committee.
| representing, as / do, in part, the circuit
In which the vacancy exists, caused by the
| death OF the late lamented Judge Batch
| 1ord, and to I'LL which the nomination just
! reported has been presented to this body
! Ior It's consideration, a few suggestions on
my part at this time may not be inappro-
| pirate. Permit me to remark at the out
| set that this nomination. from a personal
| point OF view, is entirely understandable.
| Inc nominee is able, experienced, and
| satisfactory. He Is personally offensive to no
| one He has not been involved in any fac
| tonal dissensions and he possesses the con-
| 1ldence OF the democratic party of his state,
to which he is proud to belong. He has not
| antagoniZed any regular democratic or
/ ganization. and every Senator around this
circle knows and respects him. He is not
| without judicial experience, having for two
years, creditably served upon the bench of
| the supreme court of Louisiana, and his Sc
lection will prove acceptable to the bar of
! the United States and TO the people
while II Is true that Judge Whites Sc
| lection is most admirable and one in which
i most cheerfully acquiesce. II is. perhaps,
! equally true that the people of New York
in their local pride, will regret that the
President did not see fit to make a salts
factory appointment from the hundreds of
cGrnDRtpnt a IiGtin ,rie
III that great state, whose nomination would
nave provoked no opposition whatever and
who would have adorned and houored the
highest court In the land 1t may be as
serted as a fact that almost any one of tie
forty judges OF the supreme court of New
YORK state or any one of the present fed
eral judges there residing would have
| been acceptable to the Senate had the
President, in his wisdom, seen tit to honor
any one or them by nomination. 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.
The Two Former Nominations.
II do not propose on this occasion to add
single unpleasant remark to the unfcrtu-
nate contest which has occupied our atten-
ton for the past six weeks over the two
nc limitations which the majority of the SEN
ate regarded as unsuitable and objection
NeN~'
urged in successful opposition to their con-
firmation These contests have passed into
hiStory-there let them be judged. believe
that the state of New York was entitled to
the judgeship, and had the Senators from
that state been consulted, as they properly
should have been and as courtesy and usage
required, satisfactory selection from the
numerous eminent members of the bar of
my state could have easily been made You
Wen know mat the Senators from New York
candida n hair
ton was not Influenced by disappointment
Ihey pressed no favorites of theirs upon the
attention of the appointing power. but what
ever action they took was impelled nv their
seif-respect. and their loyalty to the peoples
interest which they represented, and to the
regular democratic organization to which
they belonged
THE President in the exercise of the sole
discretion which the Constitution vests in
him has seen fit to go outside of New York
and outside of the circuit where the vacancy
occurred, ana mas honored the Senate by the
appointment OF one of its distinguished
members from the far distant state of J,oui-
Siana, ana while this action may, perhaDs
Justly be regarded as slight to New York
anu 10 our circuit or a reflection upon ire
distinguished judiciary any memher 90
winch would have adorned the highest fed
eral court. yet we may congratlIIate our
serves that so admirable selection has
neen made. End reflect that after all the
question of locality or residence is a mat
ter of little consequence compared with the
other considerations involved in the choice
Tor so exalted a station. am entirely salts
ned with the present outcome 1t is with
pleasure, therefore, that | express NV do
sire that this nomination should be CON
firmed at once"
The Chief Justice Pleased.
Chief Justice Fuller was at the State De-
partment yesterday afternoon in consulta-
ton with Secretary Gresham when the news
or the nomination and confirmation of Sen
aSor White reached him. The chief iustica
was very much pleased. both at the char
acter OF the appointment and at the pros
pect that when the Supreme Court meets
AGAIN on the 9TH of March, it will be with
a 1uil bench, thus enabling that tribunal to
pass upon some very important cases which
nave been held in allegiance in order that
thelr decisions should have the weight of
the recorded opinions of all of the Justices
me chief justice said Of the appointment. |
L am very glad. Mr. White is an excellent !
lawyer, and he Will be a valuable acnuisi /
tion to the supreme bench, particularly he
cause OF his intimate knowledge of the civil |
code, or what is known as the code Nano-
leon. constructions of which are freuuentIv
called for in certain class of cases arising
IN the states originally included In the lin,
It's of the Louisiana purchase Our main
reliance in the past for informa ton on sucb
points was in Justice Bradley and we shall
Justice White particularly on ac
count of his ability in that line and. of
course, on account of his excellent charac-
er legally and socially"