The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-03-02
President Roosevelt Names Ike
nosha's Favorite Son" for
the United States Bench.
LIFE POSITION FOR SENATOR.
Senator Will be Advanced to the Bench
in the Eastern District of Wiscon-
sin, and Will Accept the Posi-
ton rendered to Him.

Late Saturday afternoon President
Roosevelt sent to the United States
senate the nomination of Joseph V.
Ouarles, native of Kenosha, to be
United States judge for the eastern
district of Wisconsin, with headquar-
tiers at Milwaukee. The appoint
ment is to succeed Judge William H.
Seaman who is advanced to the posi-
ton of circuit judge for the Seventh
circuit, including Illinois, Wisconsin
and Indiana.
Sunday it was announced that the
president had decided to withdraw
the appointment for the time being,
and that the nomination would not be
sent to the senate until March 4.
This course was necessary through
the discovery that before that date
Mr.. Quarles is ineligible by reason of
a constitutional prohibition against
the appointment of a senator or rep
resentative during the time for which
he was elected to any federal office,
emo1uments of which shall have been
increased during such time.
1t happens that the salary of this
office, together with those of all other
district judges, was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000 year by the act of
1903, which was during Mr.. Quar1es'
term of Office, and he voted for the
measure. He will therefore be ineli-
gib1e for the appointment until after
his term as senator expires March 4,
and he so informed the president.
Roosevelt Immediately assured Mr..
Ouar1es that he would send his name
to the extra session to meet March 4.
1t is probable that Gov. LaFollette,
who takes his seat in the senate on
that day, will try to hold up the ap-
pointment, and he may be able to pre-
vent its being confirmed by the SEN
ate.
The announcement of the appoint
ment of Senator Quar1es came like
bolt from clear sky, and it was a
great surprise to the friends and po
1itica1 associates of the senator. For
some time he had been talked of as a
possible appointee to place on the
bench to be in charge of the new cir
cult which is to be made by congress,
but no one had even suggested that he
be placed on the bench in his home
city of Mi1wauk ee.
1t was as much of a surprise to SEN
ator Quarles as any one else, but he
has already announced that he will
accept the appointment if it is con-
frmed by the senate, and come to
Wisconsin Immediately to qualify for
the office. If there is no hitch in the
present program he will probably as
sumo his duties on the bench about
the 10th of March.
The appointment given to Senator
Quar1es is a life position, and it pays
a salary of $4,000 year. He is per-
mitted to retire on full pay when he
reaches the age of seventy years.
The district includes ali the eastern
part of Wisconsin, Kenosha being one
of the counties in the district. There
was great rejoicing in Kenosha when
it was reported that Senator Quar1es
had been named for the bench, and
many kilograms from Kenosha
friends were hurriedly forwarded to
Washington.
Senator Quar1es is one of the most
distinguished products of Kenosha
county, and the people of his native
city have followed his career with a
great deal of interest.
Senator Quar1es is native of
Southport, now Kenosha, where he
was born Dec. 10, 1843. The panic of
1857 placed the family in Strengthened
circumstances, but his father deter
mined that his children should not
fail of an education, even at the ex-
pense of parental sacrifice, and the
senator continued to pursue his
studies, being graduated from the
High school when IL.
He spent two years in teaching aud
IN other ways earning money for
college course. His determination
and industry made it possible for him
to enter the University of Michigan
in 1862, and ne became conspicuous
in his class at once, being elected it's
president, and class orator. Then the
war enlisted his sympathies, and he
joined the 39th Wisconsin infantry,
becoming lieutenant of Co. C.
After the expiration of his service
he returned to the university, and was
graduated there in 1866. He spent
year in the law department., was adj
mitted to the bar at Kenosha III 1866,
and became member of the firm of
Head & Quarles, during six years of
his connection with it being district
attorney of Kenosha county. In 1876
he was elected mayor Of this city, and