The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-15
FIELD 10 RETIRE.
Supreme Court Justice to Be Succeed.
ed by Attorney General Mcgenna.
Judge Day Slated for PromOtion-secretary
Sherman Nay Also Conclude to Be
Relieved Of His Duties IN the
State department.

CHICAGO Get. 1s.--The Times Herald
today published the following from
Walter Wellmau. its Washington cor.
respondent Associate Justice Field,
OF the supreme court, having now
broken all records for length of saEv-
ice upon the bench, has made formal
application to be relieved December i
next Attorney General McKenna isl
to be his successor and Judge Day,
now assistant secretary of state, will
probably be appointed attorney gem
eraI These changes have all been de-
cided upon and viii be effected as soon
as congress meets, so that the senate
may confirm the appointments. At
the same time there may be other
changes in the cabinet. Secretary
Sherman may conclude to retire from
the state department If he does, it is
believed Secretary Long, of the navy
department. viii be chosen secretary
OF state and that Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt will be promoted to seere-
tary Of the navy. But the retirement
OF Justice Field, the appointment Of
Attorney General McKenna TO the va
cancy and the promotion of Judge Day
to . seat ia the cabinet are the only
changes now decided upon.
President Mckinley will not ask
Secretary Sherman to retire, but if
Sherman should conclude that the
Office makes too great demands upon
his strength and asks to be relieved of
its burdens, it is probable that Judge
Day may be promoted to the secretary
ship Of state. Otherwise he will be
made attorney general, in accordance
with the programme outlined above.
When Judge McKenna was asked to
become attorney general in the Nc
Kinley cabinet he expressed a prefer
enee for something upon the bench It
was then intimated to him that if he
would consent to take the attorney
generalship for time he might be
chosen as the successor of Justice
Field upon the supreme bench should
that justice decide to retire. It has
been an open secret ever since Mr.. Nc
Kenna took place in the cabinet that
he was slated for the first vacancy in
the supreme court. His desire to re.
turn to a judicial career and Judge
Days wish to be attorney general were
taken from the first to fit together and
form an accommodation which only
awaited opportunity to be effected.
The opportunity has now come, and
barring the contingency that Judge
Day may possibly become secretary oil
state, the tacitly understood pro,
gramme is to be carried out.
Justice Field has been eligible for
retirement ever since November 4
1895, when he reached the age of 10
years. Since that time there have
been frequent rumors that he was
about to leave the bench. There wa,
no foundation for any of them, how
ever, and it was not until short while
ago that he decided to take the step O.
which this is the first public announce
ment He then called upon the presi
dent and formally presented his letter
asking for retirement
twas on August IS last that Justic,
Field broke the record for length 0
service on the supreme beach, as i
was on that day that he exceeded tn
term of service of "a years five months
and six days to the credit of Chief JUS
tice Marshall, whose services had NJ
to that time been the longest in thr
history of the court. The total length
of Justice Fields service up to tn
time when his retirement will TAX,
effect, December 1, will be "a year
seven months and 20 days. Under tn
law Justice Field will receive the full
salary of an associate justice of tn
United States supreme eourt-Sl0,OO
per year-for the remainder of his life