The Dickinson press., 1894-02-24
NEW j SUPREME JUSTICE
SENATOR WHITE OF LOUISIANA Is
M HONORED.
Ris Nomination Seat to the Senate
and ConArneA In . Very Few Man.
utes-The Filibustering Against the
Bland Bill Continues.

Washington, Feb. 2O.-The president
to-day sent to the senate the nomination
Of Senator Edward d. White of Louisi-
ana. to be an associate justice of the
Urited States supreme court, to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the death of Justice
Blatchford. The senate had hardly time
to recover from the surprise which the
lcmination had caused when the con-
firmation was announced. While months
had been spent in consideration of the
nominations of Messrs. Hornblower and
Peckham, and much time devoted to
them by tie senate committee on Ju-
dietary, the name of Mr.. White was not
referred to the committee at all. and in
less than an hour after the nomination
had been received the senate had placed
its seal Of approval upon the selection
and robbed itself of an esteemed member
and had given the supreme court the one
man necessary to make n full bench.
Edward Douglas White will take his seat
of the justices, and with the exception
of Justices Field and Harlan, he will
have entered at an earlier period in life
ttan any of the other justices, and will
have the exceptionally long term of twen-
He was born in the parish of la
Fourche, La, a I'd was forty-eight years
of age last November. He was educated
Mt Mount st. Mary's, near Emmetsburg,
Md, at the Jesuit college in New Or
leans, and finally at Georgetown college,
District of Columbia. He entered the
Confederate army, and after the war
was admitted to the bar by the Louisi-
ana supreme court, and practiced his pro-
fession during the troubled years which
followed the reconstruction period. In
1874 he began his political experience as
a state senator, lapsing into the law
again he became associate justice of the
supreme court of Louisiana in 1873, but
again turning to political pursuits, he
was elected to the United States senate
to succeed Senator Eustis, at present
minister to France, taking his seat March
4, 1891. By his appointment to-day he
will leave vacancy of full two years III
his senatorial term. The new justice is
a bachelor at present, but there is a
we'll defined rumor afloat that before the
year expires he will espouse well known
society woman who has been q brilliant
6grre in Washington.
The session of the senate was I'M
usually devoid of interest. Senator Hale
presented resolution to investigate GER
tsin printing contracts, but the matter
did not even create discussion in the
serate, although the resolution was
adopted. Senator Daniel opened his argu-
ment in support Of the administration in
the Hawaiian natter, and will conclude
t.norrow.
The filibuster over the silver bill in
the house continued to-day, and un ad-
journment was had to give the Democrats
an opportunity to consider the situation
in caucus. An order arrcsting absentees
was passed.
The success of the filibustcr against
the Bland silver seigniorage bill, which
has blocked proceedings in the house for
five days, forced the Democratic advo-
Gates of the measure to in, oke the decree
of caucus. There were present 13O
Democrats, but not Democratic member
of the New York delegation, all of whom
have Joined the obstructive movement,
was present, nor in fact any of the 9th
ers who Joined hands with them. A
resolution was unanimously adopted that
all Democrats record their votes either for
or against the measure. This will bring
the bill to vote tomorrow in all proba-
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