The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-26
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Recent Elections.

ed Nebraska and elected their candi
dates for judges of the supreme court.
This is taken to be blow at the as
pirations of William J. Bryan to be
United States senator from that State.
At present the governor and state Off
cials and legislature of Nebraska are
Democrats. State officials and a Unit
ed States senator are to be chosen next
year.
There was a similar sign in Demo
cratic Indiana, which seems to be favor
able to the reelection of Senator AL
bert J. Beveridge. Az issue was made
over the mayoralty in the city of In
dianapolis and the Republicans won.
The senator is a resident of that city
and threw himself into the mayoralty
fight with much earnestness. The ma
jority of Indiana cities elected Demo
cratic mayors but the entire vote was
rather favorable to Republicans. In
Ohio cities the results, while due in
some measure to local issues, can but
have bearing on the big campaign
next wear, when Governor Harmon, now
supposed to be the leading Democratic
aspirant for the presidential nomina-
tion in 1912, will run for reelection.
The big cities like Cleveland, Columbus
and Cincinnati gave good Republican
pluralities. In the irst-named city the
defeat of Tom johnson for reelection
as mayor was a distinct Republican vic
tory.
The defeat of a constitutional amend
ment DISTINGUISHING the negroes in
Maryland, means that State is to re-
main close in future national elections
and will not be one party State. The
Legislature, however, is overwhelmingly
Democratic and Senator Isador Rayner
will be reelected this winter for a six
years term to begin March 4, 1910.
Maryland is one of the few States that
elects United States senators a year or
more in advance of the beginning of
the term.
All these little signs, while, perhaps,
of comparatively small party signifi-
canoe give the Republicans fresh cour-
age. They show, at least, that there
has been no great reversion of popular
sentiment since the presidential cleo
ton of 1908.
Prominent among the political ac
| tivities, incident to President Taft IS
return, will be the reaching for ripe
lplums upon the federal tree of patron
age. Events of the autumn have
matured luscious fruit. The plucking
of it will focus the energies of many
citizens for a while. There are at least
two important diplomatic positions to
be filled-the ambassadorship to Great
! Britain and the ministership to China
President Taft s ideas about filing
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Their than that he wants two men of
good ability. 1t .has been reported
| that Oscar T. Crosby, former army
engineer and graduate of West Point.
who made lots of money out of the
consolidation of street car system in
Washington about ten years ago and
who has travelled extensively in China
and Tnibet, may be chosen. He makes
| his residence now at Warrenton. Va.
! Only a few days ago the name of ex-
| Mayor Seth Low of New York. was
| brought out again as the probable sue
cessor to Ambassador Whitelaw Reid.
! The President is averse to allowing
| politics to influence his selection of
| men for these places, just as he is
averse to having any political consid-
| erations govern him in the nomination
| of a new justice for the Supreme Court.
| Gossip has been busy with the names
| of eminent lawyers for the vacancy
| caused by the death of Mr.. Justice
! Peckham. At first it was asserted quite
positively that the place would 60 to
| Circuit Judge Horace Fl. Lurton. of
| Tennessee. AS far as known President
! Taft has never said he intended to
nominate Judge Lurt0n. but quite an
| opposition has sprung up on the sup
| position that he would do so. Judge
! Lurton is sixtysix years old and there
are already two members Of the court
| from that circuit-Justice Harlan, of
| Kentucky. and Justice Day, of Ohio.
! Then representatives of organized labor
| are opposed to Judge Lurton because
| of his decisions in labor cases It is
more than likely that President Taft
will want a man who is younger. Those
who have searched the precedents say
| that no Judge as old as that has been
promoted to the Supreme Court
| There is much favorable mention of
! late of Attorney General Wickersham
| for the vacancy. He has demonstrated
his ability as a lawyer and his nomina-
tion would be very acceptable to New
/ 0rk state, Wnlcn with vermont ana
| Connecticut comprise the second cir
! cult. It has more federal court bust
| ness than any other of the nine Su-
! preme Court circuits. except the eighth,
| which is in the heart of the Mississippi
| Valley. Furthermore Acknowledgement
! Wickersham would be from the same
circuit as was Justice Peckham The
| New York sentiment is of course very
i aggressive for nomination from New
| York and ii will have weight with the
President As against the nomination
| of Judge Lurton II will be urged that
the entire Atlantic seaboard from
| Northern New England down 10 and
including the Carolinas would have no
representatives upon the Supreme Court
| if the Tennesseean were named The
| MARYLAND circuit. including the Virgin
las. has had no justice upon the Su-
preme Court since the days Of Chief
Justice Roger R. fancy and the Penn
| sylvania circuit. including New Jersey
| and Delaware, none since the retire
ment of Justice Shiras.
Another New York man. former
Judge Alton B. Parker, is being boom.