Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-24
SUCCEED THEMSELVES
POLICE JUDGES SCOTT AND KIM
BALL REAPPoINTED.
Natter Decided at Cabinet Meeting To-
day-Names to Be Soon
Sent to Senate.

The President and Attorney General Knox
# the cabinet meeting today decided upon
Judges Scott and Kimball as their own
.uccessOrs on the Police Court bench or
he city The nominations will be sent TO
he Senate in a short time so that they may
20 acted upon before the present terms OF
he judges expire, which Will be about the
middle of January.
The reappointment of the two Judges has
,een foreshadowed in The Star. there hav-
ng been no opposition. and on the other
land. general unanimity of Endorsement
favorable TO the incumbents. Attorney
General Knox has been ready for some time
20 recommend that Judges Scott and Kim
ball be selected to succeed themselves, ana
he President has had no reasons of his
,wn why this recommendation should not
no carried out by him,
News of the nomination of Judges Kim
.,au and Scott was received at the Police
.ourt late this afternoon, and number of
lttorneys when approached expressed
themselves being highly gratif1ed with
the Presidents action. There were a num-
.,er of candidates mentioned for the APP
,cintments, chief among them being Jas.
T.. Pugh IT.. and A. Leftwich Sinclair. as
-istants to the corporation counsel. United
states Commissioner Arson S. Taylor, Jus
ice of the Peace Charles S. Bundy and
iSulton r. Gordon were also mentioned.
Judges Kimball and Scott, when seen by
Star reporter this afternoon, who informed
them of their nominations. expressed them
selves as being gratifed. but both declined
20 have anything to say at this time
Judge Scott's Carer.
Charles f Scott was born in Brooke
county. Va Cnow West Virginia.. of Scotch
parentage. His father was a large wool
grower His parents died when he was
quite young, and shortly after he sought
the Western Reserve of Ohio for better
educational advantages, attending an acad-
envy at Poland. Mahoning county, for sew
eral years. and subsequently graduated
from the Albany, n. Y, Law School. While
IN attendance there he, in 1861, formed
college company to enter the United States
service but the company was not accepted
because Governor Morgan had rendered
several entire regiments more than the
luota called for
Later he was directed to aid in enlsting
l. regiment of cavalry and while thus en-
gagged at Syracuse, N Y, he was injured
by the fall of his horse, and thus disabled
for two years, and was prevented from en-
tering active service, but was assigned to
he provost marshal department of West
Virginia and assisted in that work until the
close of the war. April Is 1865. he was
lonoTabiy discharged and entered upon the
practice Of the law in his native county.
he was elected to the legiSla ture for five
erns. and was later nominated for Con-
sress in the first congressional district, but
I being largely democratic, he was de-
'eated
Subsequently he held several offices of
profit and trust under the United States,
md was six years since appointed to
'eed the late Judge Miller as judge of the
United States branch of the Police Court of
this Dis -rict, and later nominated by him
TO the Senate, confirmed and commissioned
January TO- 1897. such. He was largely
jndorscd several years since for the office
If Commissioner OF this District, but it is
generally believed that President Mckinley
had another place In view for him.
Judge Scott has a wife and one daughter.
He and Mrs Scott are living in Mt. Pleas
ant. the daughter attending the Womans
College in Baltimore. Md.
Judge kimball has been a resident of the
District since August, 1863, when he came
mere from Fort Wayne. Ind, and entered
the internal revenue service. While thus
engaged he studied law. and in 1868 en-
tered into partnership with Frank Davidge
with whom he practiced before all of the
courts in the District.
Prior to March. 1891, one judge only was
m duty at the Police Court, but at that
time provision was made for another Judge
md Judge Kimball was appointed to the
position 10y President Harrison. He was re-
appointed To succeed himself on the bench
ny the late President Mckinley.
Judge kimball was a Union soldier dur
ing the civil war and. as is Judge Scott is
an active member of the G.. A. r. He is the
present commander of the Potomac depart
ment of that organization of old soldiers.
lie lives with MS family in southeast Wash
lngtOn, at go North Carolina avenue