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DEFEAT OF HORNBLOVER
HIS NOMINATION TO THE SU-
PREME COURT REJECTED.

Twe,re Democrats, Fifteen Republic
cans and Three Populists Vote
Against, and Eighteen Democrats
and Six Republicans Vote for His
Confirmation.
BY vote Of 80 to "a, the United States
Senate rejected the nomination OF William B.
Hornblower, Of New YORK, to be an Assocl-
ate Justice OF the Supreme Court, to ill the
vacancy caused by the death Of the late JUS
tce Blatcnford.
At 1915 the Senate, on motion Of Senator
Hill, went into executive session and the
Hornblower nomination was at once taken
up. Mr.. Hill opened the fight against it.
His tone was dispassionate and his manner
quiet. He did not reflect upon the President
or upon the personal character OF the
nominee Almost his entire speech was de-
voted to criticism OF the policy of selecting
for so exalted all Office a man of so limited
an experience as Mr.. Hornblower.
Senator Villas, following Mr.. Hill, made
strong plea for confirmation. He antagon-
lied the Senator from New York in regard to
the qualifications of Dir. Hornblower for the
office, and asserted that the preponder-'
ance Of testimony was in the lat
ters favor. During the course OF his speech
Senator Villas took occasion to read the
letters from number OF prominent attorneys
of New York City and elsewhere throughout
the country referring to the high personal
character and ability as a lawyer OF Mr..
Hornblower.
Senator Villas concluded his speech at 4.40
and was followed by Senator Pugh, who as
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee made
n review of the proceedings of the commit
tee and sketched the reasons for its action:
He opposed confirmation on the general
ground that Mr.. Hornblower was not sufti-
GENTLY eminent in his profession to entltle
him to the distinction.
Senators Gray, of Delaware, and Mitchell,
of Oregon. the latter a Republican, both
urged confirmation. Finally argument was
exhausted and the Senate proceeded to vote.
The result was a victory for the majority OF
the Judiciary Committee.
On the motion to sustain the adverse vote
of the Judiciary Committee the vote was as
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Call. Carey,
Chandler, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel, Dolph,
FRYE, Gallinger, German, Hansbrough, Hig-
gins, Hill. Irby, Jones (Ark.), Kyle, Murphy,
PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pugh, Quay.
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Vest, and
Wilson-30.
Nays-Messrs. Berry, Blackburn, Brice,
Caffrey, Gordon. Gray, Harris, Hawley, Hoar.
Hunton, Lodge, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, of
Oregon Morgan, Palmer, Platt, Proctor. Ran
som, Villas, Voorhees,. Walthall. White, OF
California, and White, of Louisiana-24.
The vote against Mr.. Hornblower was
composed Of 12 Democrats, Is Republicans.
and 8 Populists. The vote in his favor was
made up OF 1s Democrats and 6 Republicans.
Among those paired in opposition to con-
frmation were: Allison, Butler, Colquttt,
Camden, Dixon, Dubois, Faulkner, George,
Gibson, Jones, ofNevada; Manderson, Pas
co. Power and Vance
Those paired in favor OF confirmation
were Aldrlch, Cameron, Davis, Cullom,
Hale, Lindsay, Mcmillan, MCPHERSON, Nor.
rilI, Sherman, Smith, Squire, Turple and
Washburn.