The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-01
Who WILL GET |T2
Suggestions as to Who viii be
Chief Justice.
Many Vsriegated Views Presented by volur'
teer sI4te-Makers. Governor Russell
Gels Plenty of Advice.

j have been somewhat interested
and more amused at the suggestions
that have been made as to what Gov
Russell will do. They are as various
and changing as the clouds in a sum-
mer sky. The fact that men Of sense
could predict some of the absurd
things that the Governor will do.
shows the low estimate the people
put upon RusselFs common sense
Given an important public duty, they
expect him to do any absurd or fan
tastic thing that no other Governor
would think of doing, and which with
all his quirks and wirings-in and wir-
ings-out, russell himself, fantastic
and phantasmagorial as he is, would
hardly think of doing even in his
widest moments.
Among the suggestions as 10 the
Governors action that / have hearc
advanced are these:
l. He will appoint Furches CHEZ
Justice and put Charles Austin Cook
in Furche' place.
2. He VIII appoint Chas. A. Cook
Chief Justice.
g. He will elevate Furches and APP
point Virgilius Semper Lusk.
4. He will give Lusk the Chief JUS
ticeship.
5. He will appoint Judge Undertake
Chief Justice and appoint Cook on
the Superior court bench to succeed
Undertake. The man who suggested
that wonderful scheme forgot that
Warren county (the home of Cook) is
in the second judicial district, while
Franklin (the home of Timberlake)
is in the third judicial district. But
a little impossibilty like that does not
disturb the slate makers.
6. He will resign as Governor and
let Lieutenant Governor Reynolds
serve fifteen days; Reynolds will ac-
cept Buffers resignation as Senator
and appoint Butler Chief Justice; and
will then appoint Russell United States
Senator till the 4th of March. This
scheme is arranged to let Reynolds
write "ex-Governor" after mis- name;
to let Russell write ''ex-GoVernor AID
ex-senator" and to let Butler write
ex-senator and Chief Justice"
z. The Governor will then resign
and let Reynolds appoint him Chief
Justice for a term of two years.
s. He will appoint w. S. OBJ. Robin
son Chief Justice and name j. c. L.
Harris as Associate Justice.
8. He will appoint Timberake Chief
Justice and Baylus Cade Superior
Court Judge to succeed Undertake.
There are doubtless other theories
but these are the ones that are most
talked about. The Evening Times
says that there is every reason to
believe with confidence that Judge
Timberlal1e will be Chief Justice of the
North Carolina Supreme Court.
There is one other suggestion that
has been made, but nobody gives it
much weight. though it is the most
sensible suggestion that has been of
fered at ALL 1t is this: That realiz-
ing that the people of North Carolina
by a majority of over 10000 have de-
clared that they wish a government
administered by Democrats, Russell
will decline to fill the vacancy and will
let Governor Aycock make the APP
polntment. The Supreme Court does
not meet until February. and there is
really no reason why the Chief JUS
tice should be named before the Goth
of January.
Private Secretary Cade is reported
to have laughed at the suggestion of
the appointment of Butler and to have
said that "a Republican will be ap-
pointed"