Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-05
JUDSON MAY
Be APPOINTED
TO HIGH COURT
Eminent Jurist Who Appeared
In Tax Case At Tombstone
Stands Well In Esteem of
Mr.. Taft.

Mr.. Judson is considered as one %
the most accomplished lawyers in the
country; he has written several law
books now recognized as the very
best authority on the subject of taxa
tim is s=zsss L tiais ee..saty LAST week
and appeared for the Copper Queen
Mining company in it's big tax suit
which was tried before Judge Doan.
This suit Is one of the largest ever
tried in this county.
The Washington correspondent OF
the st. Louis Republic sends the fol
lowing to his paper concerning Mr..
Judson and the probability of his APP
pointment as justice of the United
States supreme court:
Paste this up for reference after
March next:
For Secretary of the Interior
Charles Nagel, of ST. Louis. !
For Justice of the Supreme Court
Frederick N. Judson of st. Louis.
In connection with each place
these gentlemen are under ccnsidera-
ton by President-elect Taft. The
claims of each, both personal and po-
litical, are strong upon the president
to-be Missouri, after two successive
republican victories on the national
ticket, is in position compelling rec
ognition.
Frederick NJ. Judson, the eminent
lawyer of St Louis, Missouri, is now
being considered by President-elect
Taft as a desirable man TO fill one of
the early vacancies on the United
the list of his personal friends. In
fact, the discussion of the two men
for the positions comes from Taft
sources and not from their friends.
I'm Mr. JudsoRs case, the way to
ward realization lies clearer and more
open than that of Mr. Nagel IL is
counted among the certain happen
ings in the beginning of the Taft adj
ministration, If not sooner, that Chief
Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan, OF
the supreme court, will retire. The
former is a democrat, the latter q re-
publican.
''The court now stands six republi-
cans to three democrats. II the two
vacancies occur, President Taft would
have the appointment of a chief JUS
tice and one Justice In view of the
heavy preponderance OF republicans
now in the court, the argument would
be strong in favor of naming demo-
crat to one of the vacancies.
Mr.. Judsan is just the sort of nomf-
nal democrat VINO appeals to republi-
cans. He has not voted the democrat
ic ticket within the recent memory of
man. In the vague and hazy past he
is reported TO have actually balloted
in behalf of democratic nominees, but
ever since he has adhered TO the dem-
ocraey of nomenclature, at the same
time stumping and voting for the re
publican candidates. Judson would
be the same kind OF democratic justice
as Luke Wright is democratic MEM
| Der of the cabinet.
'In appointing Mr. Judson, Presi-
| dent Taft would De sure that the APP
| pointee's legal perspective and point
of view would fit in with the Roose-
velt-Taft policies and purpose. No
other probability OF the future has
greater substance than that linking
Mr.. Judson with the supreme court +"
In connection with the above the
Republic publishes the following as
the result of an interview with Mr..
Judson:
Frederick N Judson does not place
much cTedence in the report that ne
is to become one of the justices of the
supreme court. He says it's one of
the usual speculative stories about
what new president is likely to do.
Il have not heard | was to become
one of the justices of the United
States supreme conTt," said -Ir. I'd
son last night. Il am sure it is one
of the usual stories circulated about
the time new president is ready to
take office. / had not heard that any
vacancy was to occur very soon. .