Evening star., 1909-05-10
DEMOCRAT GETS PLACE
President Names Connor for
North Carolina Judge.
LONG CONTEST IS ENDED
Nomination Settled Upon After .
Conference With Senators.
ALASKA PATRONAGE GIVEN OUT
Powell Named for Marshal at Nome.
Speaker Cannon and Chairman
Payne at White House.

Payne at White House.
The ong-pending contest over the
iudgeship Of the eastern district of North
Carolina was today settled by President
Taft sending to the Senate the nomina'
ton OF a democrat to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Thomas X. Pur-
NELL The nominee is Henry Groves Con-
nor, for ten years an associate justice
of the supreme court Of North Carolina,
and prior to that judge of the superior
court of the state. Judge Connor Is de-
scribed as a man Of liberal views, al
though he is a regular democrat. The
contest was settled after the President
had conferred this morning with Senators
Overman and Simons OF North Carolina.
The nomination OF democrat has been
opposed right along by the republicans
OF the state, but President Taft is deter
mined that In all cases affecting the
judiciary he will select the best men.
regardless of party affiliations. The bulk
Of the prominent republicans Of North
Carolina are in the western district OF
the state, and the vacancy In the
a class of republican lawyers as the
President desired.
Judge Connor is highly regarded
throughout the state as jurist and his
nomination will be satisfactory to all
except the leaders of the republican
party.
Speaker Cannon's Guess.
IF you will tell me when the Senate
will pass the tariff bill will give you q
pretty good guess as to when Congress
will adjourn" said Speaker Cannon at
the White House today. THE only thing
that moves and carries the previous
question In the Senate is from 96 to 100
In the shade" This means that the
Speaker Is Of the opinion that the hot
weather of July will be necessary to
shake the Senate from that long and
nous.
And Senator Warren added to this
view by saying that six months ago he
predicted that the tariff bill would not
he was still satisfied his representation
would prove a correct one.
Chairman Payne of the House ways and
means committee was not very optimistic
about early adjournment of the legisla-
tive body. He was in conference with the
President after Speaker Cannon went
away. The conference related to the Phil
ippines tariff bill and some other queS-
tions Mr.. Payne said he would report
the philippine measure to the House to-
day and hoped to call it up for considers
ton next Thursday. The President. he
said. fully understood the provisions of
the measure as agreed upon In the House.
Speaker Cannon visited the President
with Representative Vreeland of New
York. large number Of influential New
York politicians are interested in the oil
business as independents. They are clam
oring for duty on oil, claiming that the
Standard Oil Company controls the oil in
dustry in Mexico and II there is no duty
produced with cheap labor. and shipped
by water to New York and eastern points
to the possible serious injury of the busi-
ness of the independents
Kellogg Going Back to Law.
Frank B. Kellogg, republican national
committeeman from Minnesota and trust
buster of the Department of Justice for
a number of years, has informed Presi-
dent Taft and Attorney General Wicker
sham of his intention to close his rela-
tions with the administration when he
has completed his connection with the
two important cases he has been engaged
upon for several years. These are the
effort to have the Standard Oil Company
declared a combination in restraint OF
trade under the Sherman antitrust act
and the fight against E. H. Hartman to
declare the Union and Southern Pacific
roads a combination Of parallel and COM
the country. The Standard Oil case is
pretty well advanced. being now before
the United States circuit court of the
eighth circuit, the judges of which are
Sanborn, Van Devanter, Hook and
Adams.
Whatever is the decision Of that court
an appeal will be taken to the United
States Supreme Court. The Hartman
case is not so well advanced. and II Mr..
Kellogg remains with the administration
his government connection inside OF a
year or eighteen months. Mr.. Severance.
the Minneapolis law partner of Mr.. kel-
logg, has been in the west number OF
months taking the testimony OF the gov
ernment against the railroads. This work
will shortly be completed, and the at
torneys of the railroads will proceed with
the taking of testimony favorable to them.
At the earliest moment after that the
case will be submitted to the United
States Circuit Court.
While entertaining high opinion of Mr..
kellogg. 1t is said that Attorney General
Wickersham will not be averse to his re-
tirement. owing to the present policy or
the Department of Justice being in op-
position to paying high sI.acial fees to
legal talent for work in connection with
the trusts Mr.. Wickershams policy is to
employ bright lawyers and put them upon
the pay rolls of the department at annual
salaries. Mr.. Kellogg has been known as
the great trust buster of the department
for some years. He Is supposed to be re-
ceiving q special fee for his services.
fee, too, that hits the trust fund of the
department pretty heavy.
James NJ. Lamberton of Harrisburg.
Pa, q member of the celebrated Yale
class of '7s. Of which the President
was a member, went over college days
with the President today. Mr.. Lamber-
ton was introduced by Representative
OlmSted.
Alaska Patronage Settled.
Federal patronage troubles In Alaska
were settled for the present when the
President this morning sent to the
Senate the nomination of Thomas Ca
der Powell to be United States marshal
at Nome, which is the headquarters of
the second judicial division Of the ter
ritory. When President Taft was in
augurated there were six important
judicial Offices to be filled in Alaska.
two of them being judreships. The
faction headed by Gov. Hoggatt and
National Committeeman Shackleford
and the faction represented by James
Wickersham, the EewIy elected dele
gate in Congress from the territory.
were prevailed upon to get together
candidates for the six judicial Offices,
and the result has been that five of the
six have been Nominated by the Presl-
dent apd confirmed NV the Eepafe