Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-09

Nashville, Tenn, August S.-Jusuce
Jackson died here this afternoon. JUS
tice Jackson's residence is six miles out
in the country. The news of his death
was teIephoned from his house at $50
p. m.
The telephone was then Immediately
disconnected, apparently 10 staye OFT the
flood of inquiries from points far and
near, which began pouring in.
Justice Jackson was so seriously i'll
this spring that he was not expected to
recover. and the name of his successor
was considerably speculated on. The
idea was suggested by some that the
president would again name Messrs.
Peckham or Hornblower, of New York,
while the selection of man from the
West fell to Don Dickinson. POstmas-
ter General Wilson was strongly spoken
of as among the possibilities while the
majority Of opinion was that Secretary
Carlisle could have the place If he
wanted it. Mr.. Carlisle would be espec~
tally eligible, as he would be appointed
from the district that the death OF JUS
tice Jackson has made vacant.
The last time Judge Jackson was in
Washington was on the occasion OF the
re-hearing in the Income Tax cases last
May. He had been absent from the city
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fall, when, soon after the convening OF
the October term of court, he had been
compelled 10 go South, on account Of his
rapidly declining health. During his
absence there had been contradictory
reports as 10 his physical condition, but
the prevailing opinion among his COL
leagues on the bench was that me would
never again be able TO resume his seat.
Mr.. Jackson had the reputation in
this city, and especially about the Su
preme Court of being very sensitive
concerning any discussion of his health
in the public press, and he referred to
the subject very sparingly in his own
conversation. The other members Of
the court were therefore poorly advised
as to his condition. This state OF af-
for the equivocal character Of the an
noulcement OF the decision TO grant
re-hearing in the income tax cases,
which of necessity depended upon
Judge Jackson's presence.
He was In Washington on the occa-
sion of the re-hearing for several days
and gave his attention assiduously 10
the income tax cases. He sat through
the arguments, which continued for
three days, took part In the consulta-
ton of the court, and when the day ar
rived for the announcement Of the de-
cision, not only listened patiently to
the opinions of the other members OF
the court. but delivered a vigorous
opinion of his own in support of the
validity of the law. This occurred on
the twentieth Of May, and was his last
public appearance. He returned TO his
home in Tennessee late in May.
When Judge Jackson was here on
this occasion It was evident to all who
came in contact with him that life was
slowly but surely ebbing away and
that the effort he made in performing
his duties in that emergency was made
at the expense of his vitality.
As Senator and Justice of the Su-
preme Court, Mr.. Jackson had resided
in Washington about eight years His
associates here were confined largely
to his colleagues on the bench and in
the Senate chamber. BY them he was
universally esteemed as a man OF high
moral worth and rich intellectual at
tainments, as was evidenced in nOthinJ
so much as in the appointment to the
Supreme Bench by President Harrison
and his confirmation by Republican
Senate, notwithstanding he was a
Democrat.
Howell Edmund Jackson was born in
Paris. Tenn. April g. 1892. so that he
was in his sixty-third year al the time
of his death. Justice Jackson was n
classical scholar. graduating from the
West Tennessee College in 184S. he
studied law two years at the University
Of Virginia, and in Jackson under his
kinsmen, Judges A. w. o. To,ten and
Milton Brown; graduated from the
Lebanon Law School in 1856. which
year he located in Jackson and engag-
ed in the practice Of his profession; re-
moved to Memphis in 1853. there he
continued the practice Of the law; sery-
ed on the Supreme Bench by appoint
ment on two occasions and was once a
prOminant candidate for supreme judge
before the nominating convention: re-
located In Jackson in 1876: was elected
to the State House of Representatives
in 1880 on the State Credit platform:
was elected 10 the United States Senate
as a Democrat in 1881. and served tin
April r. 1886; was appointed United
States Circuit Judge by President
Cleveland and nominated for Associate
Justice by President Harrison: was con-
frmed by the Senate February IS.
1895. and entered upon the duties Of
that Office March (, 1894.