The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-10

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couRT Is --LATEST SLATE IN
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WASHINGTON, Sept 10. The re:
bor4 DAT Attorney General William H.
Moody Is congo the Supreme Court
bench to succeed Justice Henry B.
brown persists here In spite of denials
ana lack Of combination, and coupled
WITH g 81 q strong belief that PresI-
dent Roosevelt win not be a candidate
Tor Ifs own place In 1908.
Iateiy. despite the Presidents re.
peated denia1s, there has been much
inciinaHon to believe that he viii have
10 reconsider his refusal to be can
didate, Wherever Mr. Moody's Sc
lection for the Supreme bench finds
sience. Il tends to dissipate this
theory and strengthen confidence in
me truth of the Presidents denials.
rhe two thipgs go together. Pres
ident3 Roosevelt offered the place
made vacant by Justice Browns re,
tiremept to Secretary Taft. Mr.. Taft
has long been anxious to go on the
bench and Mr.. Roosevelt offered him
Tie place because Of his knowledge
of that ambition! 1t is well known
here that only one thing would pre-
vent Mr.. Taft from accepting the
place and fulfilling his ambition, and
that Is the urging upon him by Mr.,
Roosevelt of Presidential candidacy.
The President did, in fact, offer the
Supreme Court place TO Taft only be-
cause he knew Of Taft's ambition, and
at the same time suggested the other
contingency to. him. 1t is even re-
ported that the President urged Taft
to3deciine the Justiceship for that rea'
son.
il Mr.. Moody is to become Supreme
Court Justice 1t is because Mr.. Taft
has declined 1t, and II Mr.. Taft has
declined, it is only because Mr.. Roose-
welt has succeeded In convincing him
that he should be Presidential can
dIdate instead. The President is,
therefore, bound in honor to Taft not
to step In and take the Presidential
prize away from him. However strong
Mr.. Roosevelt may feel bound by his
pledge In November, 1904, not to take
the nomination, there Is no question
that he will feel himself even more
strongly bound by his agreement with
M. Taft.
Hence it is that in all quarters
where Mr.. Moody's selection is accept
+ ed as fact, It is also accepted as
eliminating Mr.. Roosevelt situation, so
far as he can eliminate himself. 1t
{ is not considered possible by any one
who, knows the President that after
Taft to tarego his Supreme Court
ambitions, SO as to succeed him as
President, Mr.. Roosevelt could be in
fiuenced by any ordinary considera-
tion to take the nomination himself.
The selection of Mr.. Moody, If ne
has been selected, is believed to be
due to the Presidents desire to have
at least one man on The bench who is
thoroughly in sympathy with his
ideas. Mr.. Taft would have been that
man; but Mr.. Moody is even more iden
tified with the Presidents views than
is the Secretary of War. Mr.. Taft has
occasionally differed with the Presi-
dent on details, but Mr.. Moody has
never differed with him on anything.
Secretary Bonaparte is expected to
succeed Mr.. Moody, wh" ~''11 retire
from the Cabinet in few months.
even If he does not go on the bench.
There will be several Cabinet vacan-
cies by next spring, Messrs. Shaw and
Hitchcock going out as well as AIR.
Moody. Mr.. Cortelyou is generally
spoken OF as the next Secretary OF
the Treasury. so that new Postmas
ter General will probably have to be
selected. BY the middle of March
half the Cabinet will have to be
changed around. There Is some talk OF
Ambassador Meyer at st. Petersburg
for one of the new Cabinet places. Mr..
Meyer Is usually mentioned whenever
there's a vacancy anywhere, but up to
date It has stopped there.