The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-24
MAY TAKE IT HIMSELF
Will Wait Until After the National
Election This Fall
COL. jim BOYD HAS A.HANKERlN' FOR IT
But His Ku-Kux Record is Most Too Uasavory
For Him 10 Venture Out on the Sea OF
Glory in Scramble For It. Adams
stRainr cnoken of' For Il,
being Spoken OF" For It.
,,oo;ol ~ Nevs and Obseryer.


Washington, ID. G.. May 23.-Judge
Ewart will not again be reappolnted
Just who his successor will be no one
but Senator Pritchard can tell. and 1T
is not improbable that the Senator
will wait until after the national
election before taking up the subject.
The action of the Senate Judiciary
in voting to let Ewal.t's nomination
die i'm committee is no surprise to
those on the inside And it will be
recalled that some weeks ago / stated
in a dispatch that Judge Ewart's
name would not be presented to the
Senate for confirmation. The state
ment is made by some Of Judges
friends that the judiciary committee
is afraid to give the Senate an OPP
portunity to vote, because it is not
improbable that he would be confirm
ed. 1t will be remembered that the
Judge was re-appointed after the adj
journment of last Congress on the
representation that a ajority of the
Senators desired an opportunity to
vote for his confirmation. But it
been too many for him and he will
therefore have to give way to some
other Republican. 1t was suggested
that Senator Pritchard might move
to discharge the Senate Judiciary
Committee from the further consider
alton of Judge Ewart's nomination
and thus bring the matter directly
before the Senate. Inquiry, however,
developes the fact that in cases of
nomination such a course is never pur-
sued and therefore it is not likely
that Senator Pritchard will make
such a move, however much he de-
sires Ewart's confirmation. 1t has
been reSmarked on all sides that not
in recent years has such fight been
waged for man as Senator Pritchard
has made for Judge Ewart.
Now who is to be the successor to
Ewart? That is the question asked
on all sides. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Boyd would not object if the
place was offered him. The President
thinks well of him and SO does SEN
ator Pritchard. 1t is admitted that
Boyd possesses the necessary quail
fications for the judgeship. And his
appointment would be acceptable. If
he should be selected it is not i'm
probable that some other North Caro-
lima Republican would be appointed
Assistant Attorney General. and thus
two pieces of pie would fall to the
lot Of the hungry.
Friends of Linney say he is good
material for the iudgeship. ''The
Bull of the Brushes will not be in the
next Congress, and therefore it would
not require much urging for him to
accept should Ewart's mantle be Of
fered. Spencer Adams and District
Attorney Holton have been spoken of
in connection with the judgeship. In
deed the woods are full of candidates
and it is this fact that is worrying
Senator Pritchard, on whose shout
ders the responsibility must rest. 1t
is very evident that he can't please
all of them, for each candidate will
say: Il should have received the APP
pointment," etc. President Mckinley.
however, could do the right thing
and prevent any hard feeling by Civ
ING the judgeship to Senator Pritch-
ard. But it is asserted most positive
" that the Senator does not want
the appointment and would not have
1T. However the Senator is strict
party man and has always given his
legal support to the administration.
This being true he could hardly de-
cline should the, President make the
appointment a personal matter. 1t
will be several months however be-
fore the name of Judge Ewart's sue
cessor will be known.