The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-15
POLITICAL NOTES.
The United States Judgeship the
All Absorbing Question-No
Trouble TO Get a Man to FIJI
the Position-Clerk Smith
Spoken of for the Position.

the fositlon-Clerk smith
| Spoken Of for the Position.
There Is an effort being made to have
| Senator George Gray appointed to the
Judgeship in the United States Court.
His friends hope by this means to send
another silver Democrat to the Senate,
thus paving the way four years hence for
asilver party. Every sound money man
whose place is filled In the Senate by a
silverite is just that much Roadway made
by the advocates of silver. Senator Gray
being Interested In the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, as far as the Judge
ship Is concerned 1t would not pay him
as well as his practice and the salary he
derives from holding his seat in the
Senate 1t would not surprise us to see
the vacancy held up until President.elect
Mckinley takes his seat in the White
Z House. As far as President Cleveland Is
concerned he does not care who shall fill
the office. He has already some one HIM.
dret and seventy appointments of his
making held up by the Senate, who have
thus far refused to confirm them.
The Republicans Of Delaware would
like. to see the office held by q Republican
judge There Is plenty Of available timber
amongst the Republican lawyers to choose
sure Is brought to bear upon President
Cleveland between now and the fourth
day OF March to get him to name tho
judge
1t has been said that the late Judge
Wales never had one of his decisions re-
versed. If this be So and we have no
reason to doubt it, the decisions of this
court should be upheld by having man
appointed who would DO an honor to the
State.
This is the ono absorbing question now
amongst the judiciary in our Statewide
will succeed Judge WalesY
Democratic Glasses in the Sunday Star
says:
IS. Redmond Smith, the present clerk of
the United States Court, is tho only ono
SO far named who has no factional enc.
niles. He has carefully kept his robes
clean from the dirt Of factional quarrels,
and to-day possesses the respect Of both
sides. Thoroughly well versed in the
business Of the court well-read 10 tho law
and having been for years the conhdanJ
of Judge Wales, he would grace the bench
If elevated to it. His military record is
also recommendation, and the fact that |
he wears the Medal of Honor for bra very, |
President Mckinley
Both Republican and Democratic glasses |
in the Sunday Star have nothing new to |
tell politically in their respective columns,
except to speculate on who will be the |
late Judge Wales successor.
Our Constitutional Convention will give |
us such constitution that we will not
need another one in tho life time of the /
average Delawarean. What it lacks to
the interests of our citizens will |
not be worth considering or proposing.
The Evening Journal very APPLY puts it
to the Constitutional Convention as
follows.
rs IT NOT IN CONSISTENT.
ut Is astonishing how sensitive some
men get about railroad passes. Hero we
have our Constitutional Convention del Q.
gates talking about preventing the use Of
passes by State officials, and we wager
anything that all but two or three of them
are carrying and using term passes on
both the big railroad systems traversing
our State, and would be only too glad to
have them made ANIMALS by the railroad
Not only that, but they have limited the
legislative supplies TO $25 q member. We
Incline to The belief that when this years
supply accounts are audited that for the
Convention will be found
largely in excess Of the General Assembly.
We see by some of tho newspaper accounts
that when tho convention began work it
had five $40 unabridged dictionaries in its
hall and committee rooms for purposes of
and that now only one remains,
jhe other four having been taken away.
1--WE think that the convention had bet
Ter settle down to making a constitution
md leave to the General Assembly the
work Of making a Revised Code; and also
hat it should return all the railroad pass
IS its members are now using so industri-
,usly before aSting reflection upon other
tate officials by finally adopting an anti
)ass clause"