The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-28

observation DY 3OOl a(xTlnS16ad. We
observe that on the day Pollock was ap-
pointed federal judge, one Cyrus Leland
had a very satisfactory interview with
the president. The old man seems still
to be able to draw some water at the
White House
Barney Sheridan makes the following
editorial comments on the appointment
of Judge Pollock. and also on the fight
made on him:
.@The appointment of Judge Pollock
of the Kansas supreme court to the
federal bench for the district of Kansas,
is the best selection the president could
have made. Mr.. Pollock is one of the
best lawyers of the state a man of in
tegrity and a thoroughbred gentleman
in all places and under all circum-
stances. He succeeds w. C. Hook, who
was promoted to the United States cir
cult court"
Every time poker playing has been
raised against a candidate from Kansas
for presidential appointment he has
won. 1t was raised against Dan Wag-
staff. against Jim Halloweli. against CIV
Leland, w. c. Perry, Lit Crum, w. C.
Jones, Joe Ady, Dick Morris, Henry c.
Sluss, B. F. Simpson, Al Green, Leslie
Perry, Ed Post, Judge Pollock, Sheri-
drew their commissions whether they
ever helped a bob-tail or not
After the Battle Odds and Ends.
llne following SGt6cllOQS are given
for what they may be worth. Adverse
criticisms of the appointment are very
rare in the exchanges. Some bitter
and drastic comments on the oDposi-
ton to Pollock are omitted. What is
credited to Troutman he possibly may
not have said, but it appeared as print
ed below in the Topeka Capitals Wash
ington correspondence today, as well
as in Kansas City paper.l
James A. Troutman, as credited in a
Washington dispatch to the Kansas
City Star: James A. Troutman left for
Topeka Friday morning. Before his de-
parture he said to a half dozen persons
that he would not present his charges
to the senate in an effort to defeat
Judge Pollock for confirmation. He had
also thought it over. he said. and had
come to the conclusion that maybe the
charges were not really so.
Lawrence Gazette: The Kansas ma
chine won in the judgeship fight in
Washing gton- The appointment of Pol
lock was a distinct and unequivocal
recognition of the Leland machine. No
one need try to conceal or deny this
plain fact. Must Kansas fight the ma
tional administration next year as well
as the state machine? 1t looks so.
Leavenworth Times: Senator Long
certainly won a great victory in the
naming of Judge Pollock. One Kansas
senator and six congressman were
against Judge Pollock, and the influence
of Senator Long, Cyrus Leland and
Governor Bailey was able to control the
situation 1t shows as the Times has
contended from the start that Senator
Long has the supreme confidence of
and is most powerful with President
Roosevelt.
Wichita Beacon: Judge Pollock is not
perfect, but his private life is above re-
proach and of all the applicants for the
judgeship he is the nearest the people
supreme bench and fearless in what he
conceives to be right. No political party,
ever can swerve him from what he be-
lieves to be just and this one decision
shows he has the courage of his conyic-
tions. The peccadilles he was charged
with being guilty of, have been COM
mitted by almost every politician in
this country. Social qualities are pre-
dominant in his make up and he may
have engaged in a friendly game of
cards He is lawyer in the
strictest sense of the term and a. bust
ness man of sagacity and integrity. One
thing that goes to his favor, Judge Pol
lock is not first choice of the corpora
tions and it is fortunate he takes high
place among the jurists of the country
without obligations to trusts and COM
bines. Those who know him best be-
lieve he will render only justice to all
Kansas City Star: Judge Pollocks
friends are able to point with pride to
the fact that he held four aces vester-
day. There is a lesson in the appoint
ment of Judge Pollock if the Kansas
politicians will only learn it. It is that
those who play the game of politics
should play it fair. The appointment
leaves no doubt as to which one of the
Kansas senators is trusted at the
White House.
Kansas City Times: The case of John
c. Pollock of Kansas is worth remem-
bering. His enemies knocked him into
a federal judgeshiD for life. The Pol
lock case is only one of hundreds with
which the president of the United
States has to deal in the course of his
term. Spite charges continually have
estimated at its true worth. The task
must be a thoroughly disagreeable one
especially when it becomes an old
story. The country may be thankful
that it has president who isn't afraid
in such cases to take the bull by the
horns and to decide promptly and just
ly. Charles Blood Smith, one of the
candidates for federal judge, was
which were filed against him, but he
could not overcome the support of ].
Ralph Burton.
OlIdWa Herald Inc new IeOerdf
judge is as years old, and was. like all
great men, born on a farm-further-
more, he had the good judgment to be
born in Ohio. In a recent reference to
himself, in answer to question, Judge
Pollock quotes the familiar expression
made by Caesar: 81 am a plain blunt
man that loves my friends There
have,' he continued ''been no meteors
or skyrockets in my career Judge
Pollock advanced from school teaching
TO the law and has been a SIIccesSf111
before the highest courts
Of the land. AS an associate justice of
the Kansas supreme court he has been
a valuable member of that body, his
decisions being uniformly commended
for their evidence of legal knowledge
and clear reason. Judge Pollock has
been a resident of Winfield since 1885,
Atchison Globe: Think of attacking
Pollock because of Jim Troutman's