Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08
COMMENTS On TIE VIEW counr.

He Is well qualified to fill the position. as
we believe time will show. He has the ex-
perience along lines fitting him for the
position that come to but few. He Is
naturally equipped with q fine legal mind
and that with the training he has had
he will acquit himself honorably in that
high office, and the state will be proud Of
him.
Geneva Gazette: In making the appoint
ments for the supreme bench, Governor
Sheldon appointed three republicans and
one democrat. For three-year terms he
appointed two republicans, and for the
one-year terms one republican and one
democrat. Judge J. J. Sullivan was the
democrat who received the appointment,
and after qualifying for the position on
Tuesday and serving one day he resigned.
His reason for rcsigning and the history
of the whole affair makes very good cam
palgn material and but adds to the depth
of burial of Governor Sheldon.
York Times: Judge Sullivan evidently
thinks 1t not worth while to accept a po-
sition on the supreme bench for one year.
The law provides that the judges of the
supreme court shall reside in Lincoln. and
when Judge and Mrs. Sullivan had put
in a day trying to rent a house that
would suit them, they decided to quit the
| job and go home to Columbus, where he
has a lucrative practice. People who do
not live In Columbus are liable to wonder
that a man of good judgment should not
choose to reside elsewhere, under almost
any circumstances but we must remember
people get used to almost anything. In
cidents are related Of men who begged to
be returned to prison after serving a long
oanfapna THE cot,rt can prOpRcd with afw
judges while the governor is making up
his mind whom to appoint in the place Of
Judge Sullivan.
North Platte Tribune: Governor Sheldon
has brought upon himself much criticism
in the appointment of the supreme court
judges, selecting as he did residents of the
state living within seventy-five miles of
the Missouri river. and ignoring the ap-
p~licants from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
congressional districts-the only districts
in which the republicans were successful
at the late election. 1t seems to us that 1t
is about time that central and western
Nebraska receive a political square DEAL
1t is that part of the state that gives the
republican party its heavy vote. yet in
the distribution OF appointments by state
officers the dead line is drawn about
100 miles west of the Missouri river. II
all the able and capable men lived in the
extreme east part of the state. there might
be some excuse for the west part of the
state not being recognized, but we are
willing at any time to pit the representa-
tive men OF the west half against those OF
the east half, and the west half will lose
nothing by the comparison.
Aurora Republican,: In the appointment OF
four Judges of the sumpreme court, GOV
ernor Sheldon did not please all the people
of the state. Such a thing would have been
impossible. However, It is only a statement
of fact to say that he appointed four good
men. The appointment of w. B. Rose,
who was not a candidate for the place,
will be especially pleasing to the republic
cans of the state. Mr.. Rose stands In the
very front rank Of lawyers in legal attain
ment. He has a mind Of the highest dis
eliminating power and he possesses to a
marked degree the judicial temperament
SO essential in the Ideal judge. He is young
and vigorous. He is a genuine progressive,
not the kind that 'slops over" but the kind
who believes earnestly that the maxim
equality before the law should apply
today in all the departments of govern
ment. AS chairman of the state republic
can central committee he did more than
any other man in Nebraska to direct the
progressive legislation of the record-break-
ing legislature of two years ago. And as
deputy attorney general, his has been the
hand that has been the chief power in
giving force and effect to those same ex-
cellent statutes. His heart throbs in har-
mony with the interests of the people; he
has power; he has courage. He will grace
the position of Judge in our highest court,
and 10 ua ara NOT mistaken mora than
any other man on the bench, will bring
strength and influence to Nebraska's high
est tribunal.
Creighton Liberal: The appointment Of
w. b. Rose Of Lincoln to the supreme
bench by Governor Sheldon recalls the fact
that this man Rose was the bone of con-
tention which caused congressman Boyd
so much trouble this fall. Rose and Ross
Hammond were competitive aspirants for
the appointment as collector of internal
revenue. AT that time some of the
Hammond men were declaring that Rose
did not possess the virtues necessary
to cancel the stamps on a beer barrel, and
now the governor makes him a member
of the supreme court and gives him the
long term at that. If George Sheldon is a
clean citizen personally he is a dirty
politician. After the result of an election
where the amendments were carried and
the state became democratic he appoints
three members of the minority and one of
the majority and one of those of the minor
ity has nothing to commend him but twenty
years service at the public feed trough. II
the legislature should decide to ~recanvass
the vote and a new set of judges are APP
pointed by the incoming governor the state
will be plunged into a nice legal mess, but
this could have all been avoided II Sheldon
had been more of a man and less of a
political fat frier. Governer-elect Shallen-
berger offered to appoint the same judges
II Sheldon would select two good repub-
licans and two democrats.
Central City Republican: The appoint
ment of three republicans and one demo-
crat as supreme judges by Governor Shell
don last week has been the subject OF
some criticism. and IL the conditions as
stated by those who are doing the critics.
ing are correct. they have some cause for
their complaints. Prior to the primaries
there was some opposition on the part Of
the fusionists to the passage Of the amend
ment increasing the number Of supreme
court judges, but later they withdrew their
opposition and their party leaders and the
party organization endorsed the measure,
and at the primaries 1t was endorsed by