St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-11
Judge Stafford's Appointme mt.
How the Lawyers will Feel.

Washington lawyers feel that their
nose is out of joint because the President
appointed judge to the supreme court
of the District of Columbia before they
had made any recommendation. Judge
Stafford will therefore face hostile bar
where he assumes his new position, but
the Washington lawyers will take diff
ferent view after they have practiced
before him a short time. When they
have learned Judge Stafford's calibre and
capacity by personal experience they will
be glad of the appointment.-[M ontpe-
lier Argus.
A Genuine Tribute to the Man.
It must be highly gratifying to Judge
Stafford of st. Johnsbury, to read the
many complimentary notices printed,
not only by Vermont papers but by
many in other states, on the occasion of
his appointment to the supreme bench of
the District of Columbia. The best of it
all is these are not mere perfunctory no.
tlces but genuine tributes to the worth
of man the state of Vermont can ill
afford to lose. The Courier is pleased
that a recognition of superior ability
has come to Judge Stafford, but it re-
grets that the opportunity for the en-
ployment OF such talent as is his is SO
limited in this state that he is compelled
A Well Deserved Honor.
It is not surprising that the president,
in selecting man to fill a vacant place
in the supreme court of the district of
Columbia, should have chosen Wendell
Phillips Stafford of Vermont. Judge
Stafford is man of unusual gifts, both of
character and as a writer, orator and
legal student, and the honor shown him
is well deserved. Vermonters should feel
no regret at this appointment though it
may, in a measure, take him away from
his native state. It will widen his op-
portunities and make an opening for
some of the other worth and ability, in
which the state abounds, to take a step
[Brattleboro Reformer.
Always Vermonter.
Judge Wendell P. Stafford leaves the
Vermont supreme court bench for
wider field, having been appointed to
seat on the supreme bench of the District
of Columbia. His departure is a real
loss to the state, not only by reason of
his faultless efficiency in the high post he
occupied, but because his personality
goes further than that and carries an i'm
press for good wherever it reaches.
Stafford, wherever he may be, will
always and ever be Vermonter.-
randolph Herald and News.
How They Feel in Vermont.
The displeasure of the Washington bar
over the appointment of a non resident
to the bench of the District of Columbia
is only exceeded by the appreciation of
the Vermont bar as to this appointment.
The trouble is that it removes from Yer
mont her most brilliant and promising
lawyer and jurist.-[Boston Herald.
A Good Word for MIR. Blodgett.
Harry Blodgett, Esq, of St. Johnsbury,
is being spoken ofas a successor to Judge
Stafford on the supreme court bench.
Mr.. Blodgett was born at Canaan in
this county and is therefore, to certain
extent, an Essex county boy. We are
always pleased to see our SONS promoted
by reason of their proven worth. If Mr..
Blodgett should succeed in this worthy
ambition we doubt not he will prove to
be an upright, conscientious, justice low
ing judge. cautious and sincere.-[ Essex
County Herald.