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SUPREME BENCH
1sfs Qeies Was Once Turned Down By
Theodore Roosevelt
4 TRUST" JUDGE

Ma Was Called "Prfvate Gar Aur'
toa.~ and the Sobrtquct Sticks
Something About tho Prospective
nn,var& of Our Liberties Ia Thest
Cnited States
81 came here to see what kind 0:
q reputation his neishbors s'Ts !"
,ndJ,a Horace H. Lu.ton. VIII aat
been picked b. President Taft ''
succeed Justice Peckham On 'be
United States supreme court" q
OLSON Gardner. In Nashville. Tenn
q few days ago.
1.-The railroads and the corpora
tons OF Tennessee will be entries,
aat,s6ed with Judge Lurton's appoint
ueat.' said the 6ret man / aeken
He has served them here In Tennee
see long and faithfully. and they VII
be glad to see him promoted to tn
larger field
II asked what evidence there va
OF friendliness between Judge Lor
ton end the railroads. The fsmilia
designation. Private Car Lurton'
the lawyer answered. I suppos
you.ve beard what everybody know,
throughout This section Of the sout
about Judge Lurton'e haoitual US
OF peivate cars furnished By the raj
roads Up 10 the passage OF IN
Hepburn law, Judge Lurton scarcel
move, without the private car.
True enough. everywhere I wer
I found tales OF Lurton's pri7at
cars. Not for business merely di
he use them. but he gave privat
car parties, Once he took a part
OF young friends, men and womer
through the West. including q Wis:
10 the Yellowstone. On such oce
lions the railroads furnished nc
only the cars. but the chef, the pre-
visions and all the little extras thu
10 TO maize q 1unket Of this sol
complete.
1T should be understood that th
expenses Of these cars were born
es railroads which we're actual o
potential litigants In his court. A
One time. I am Informed. there wa
q receiveeehip which brought tn
management Of q railway into Judg'
Lurton's court. and the Judge stmr
~ indicated to the receiver bis de
sire to have a private car. The re
eetrer naturally obeysd.
Neither Judge Lurton nor hi
friends ere have denied bis fr'
quent habtual use Of private cars
Nor have they tried to justify 1t.
was talking to a grizaled corporatio
lawyer who vas most friendly.
the Judge.
~ don't think that story shoul
be brought up at this time said th
lawyer. Judge Lurton has re
formed and seen the error Of hi
ways Why not forget the past7
He went on TO say that this pr
vate cat affair had already lost tn
Judge q promotion to the suprem
court
ut was President Roosevelt
purpose to appoint Judge Lurton t
succeed Justice Brown the lewye
said. Judge Taft who was then ser
Rotary Of war. was pressing Luz
tomb name. But Roosevelt got tb
story OF Judge Lurton's 8 of pr
vate cars. and he dropped that ban
from his list
President Taft and Judge Luz
too were on the bench together. A
u time the court was made up G
Taft, Lurton and Day. the latte
being Mr.. Justice Day, Of the Unite
States supreme court. The distric
included Michigan, Ohio, Kentuck
and Tennessee. Judge Lurton owe
his appointment to President Cleyt
land.
"A leading member Of the Mast
willie bar end himself a corporate
lawyer John J. Vertress. What b
had to say Of Judge Lurton take
on added significance from the fac
that be Is personally and profef
sionaliy the judges friend.
I'm these days. said Mr.. We
trees, Judges and lawyers are ar
TO be classified under two heade
those who place the emphasis q
property rights. and those who blac'
the emphasis on personal rights. T
the former class belongs Judge Lu'
ton
The attorney went on to argu
that this position is the correct on
and that stability Of property shout
be made paramount talked wit
lawyers In Cincinnati and Memphis
snd found nothing to contradict th
Impression as TO Lurton's corporate
and railway leanings.
"If Judge Lurton has ever De
eided a motion or a case In q wa
dtstasteful to the Louisville an,
Nashville railroad said a Memphis
attorney. I have never heard of tn,
case and he added: This ma,
neal that the L. & n. road is al
ways right; but II that is what
means It Is singular to say tn
Toast
Judge Lurton's pro-railroai an,
pro-corporation record covers a pc
rind Of ahnnf 20 pnara II hnhn,