St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-30
PECKHAM'S NOMINATION.

Ii Is to be hoped that the senate will
ignore Mr.. Eill's quarrel and pay some
attention to the country's needs by TAX
ing speedy action on the nomination.
Aitkin Age.
Mr.. Cleveland's latest nominee for
! justice of the supreme court once called
David b. Hill "a reptile in politics."
He is now likely to feel the serpent's
sting.-Duluth Herald.
Stepping aside from all questions of
qualification, his appointment brings
out In full relief the obstinacy Of the
president. 1t Is simply fight for party
supremacy between himself and David
b. Hill.-Mankato Free Press.
10 Senator Hill led the contest against
him IHOrnblower). President Cleveland
SenJlutO the senate the name of Wheel
er Ii. Peekham, OF New York, in place
0f HOrnblower. Peck is more OBJ
noxiou5 to Hill ttan the first nominee
FariDault Republican.
The president has nominated Wheeler
II. Peckham. of New York, an avowed
political enemy of Senator Hill, to be
associate justice of the supreme court.
to fill the existing vacancy. Senator
Hill will probably serve him as he did
Hornblower.-Moorhead News.
In the nomination of Wheeler Fl.
Peckham, of New York. for associate
justice of the supreme court. President
Cleveland has either Intentionally or
unintentiOnally, and the latter is more
probable, again Iramped OH the pet
corn Of David b. Hill-Rochester Re-
cord and Union.
The presidents second nominee is
Wheeler Ii. Peckham, of New York,
who is closely ldentined with the fund
holders and corporations. He is
brother of Judge Peckham. He bolted
Senator HIPS nomination for governor
and the senator may bolt MS nomina-
ton for associate juStice.-Preston Re-
publican.
Peckham is an anti-snapper, anti-Hill
and antl-Tammany man. Murphy and
Hill, the two New York senators, will
doubtless work 10 encompass his rejec-
ton by the senate. Thus tire appoint
-ment of justice of the supreme court
has developed into a squabDle between
the Cleveland and Hill factions in New
ork.-Faribault Pilot.
Still less can the country commend
the president for again nominating w.
Ii. Peckhan for the same high position
merely as aperSonal and political enemy
of Senator Hill, especially after the
scathing rebuke of at least one-halt of
the Democratic senators VINO had voted
against the presidents first choice
hutchinson Democrat.
Why senatorial courtesy should invest
the New York senators with power to
defeat nominee for position that SEN
atOrS from one state are as much inter-
eSted in as are those from another is a
conundrum. If the nomination was
one that interested New Workers eXclu.
siyely. then Hill and Murphy could with
propriety demand that their wishes in
the matter be respected. - Rochester
Record and Union.
MIR. Peckham, the newest nominee of
President Cleveland for the vacancy on
supreme bench of the United States, is
said by those who know him to be a
man worthy of the high position for
which he has been selected. There APP
pears to be one grave defect in his
character, however, which the president
overlooked. 1t was he vino character
lied Senator David B. Hill as "a rep.
tile" 1t is now in order to inquire:
Can reptile stlng?-Windom Reporter.
When Senator Hill was Gov. Hill
he insisted that senatorial dctation in
the matter of appointments was Internal
iHsolence. "Senates," said he. 'are not
amenable to public opinion, for it can
not reach them. They use the confirm
ing power to abuse it. to strengthen
and, at times, to enrich themselves, in
that satire OH all free and responsible
government known as secret sessions
a menace and an abomination to decency
and liberty ."-Rochester Record and
Union.
The principle of his appointment is
wrong. The supreme, court of the
United States Is the most exalted trb-
unal on earth. Its office is to clamly
weigh measures of the greatest i'm
portance and to sternly guard the liber-
ties of the people from the aggressions
of parties or legislatures. To fill this
high office men must be of the highest
ability. They must DE preeminently
honest and logical. But above all they
should be Of judicial temper and wide
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