Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-12

washington, Dec. l1.---i tcsiuSH' GU :
TODAY sent to the senate these nominal
tons:
TO be chief justice Of the supreme
court Of the United States-Associate
Justice Edward Douglass White OF
Louisiana.
TO be associate justices of the SUI
preme court OF the United States-Judgc
Willis Vandevanter Of Wyoming and
Judge Joseph Ruckcr Lamar of Georgia.
TO be Judges of the new court of COM
merce--NIartin A. Knapp. now chair
man Of the interstate commerce COM
mission, for u term of five years.
Robert w. Archbold, now United
states district judge for the middle dis
trlct Of Pennsylvania. term OF four
years. ,
William II. Hunt. now a judge Of the
court OF customs appeals. formerly Uni
ted States district Judge OF the District
of Montana, term of three years.
John Emmett Garland of South Da-
kota, TO be judge Of the new court of
commerce for term of two years. ms
is a, change from the original slate, Ar
thur c. Denison. United States district
Judge for the western division OF Michl-
gan having first been selected for this
Julian w. Mack, now judge in the
appellate circuit court of the First IL
linois district. term of one year.
TO be members Of the interstate COM
merce commission: b. H.. Meyer of
Wisconsin and CSC. McChord of Ken
lucky. so.
The appointments to the interstate
commerce commission are to BIO made
to I'LL tho vacancies caused by the Gle
walton Of Mr.. Knapp to tho commerce
court and tho forthcoming retirement
of former Senator Francis M Cockrell
of Missouri. The commission will elect
its new chairman. The members of tho
commission who remain are Messrs.
Clarke, Harlan, Clements, Lane and
Prouty.
The announcement that Justice
. White Is to be the new chief Justice I'M
doubtedly caused some surprise, be-
cause it had been generally understood
that Justice Charles E. Hughes WAS
slated for that honor. In the last two
or three days, however. It became
known that change In the head of
the supreme court slate might be
made.
HUGHES LACKED EXPERIENCE. e
some OF the presidents closest adj
vises argued with him that Justice
Hughess experience at the bar had not
been sufficient to warrant his promo
ton at this time to the highest judicial
position In the country. They claimed
that Mr.. Hughes reputation as law
yer had been gained principally IN his
conduct of two legislative investiga-
lions.
They offered the argument that JUS
tice Hughes was the youngest man on
tho bench and that he needed the ad-
vantage of maturing experience.
The president has been careful In
making his selections of Judges and he
! ok~t1
against Justice Hughes. The opposition
to Mr.. Hughes came not only from the
presidents advisers In Washington, but
also from the bar and from the judges
of the various courts. sss
Eliminating Justice Hughes and all
suggestions made from outside the
court, President Taft 1t Is said, turned
he dsregardcd all political consdera-
lions. Justice White IS a Democrat and
was born in Louisiana. He was ap-
pointed to the supreme court by Grover
Cleveland, and is 65 years old
So far as Washington can recall, this
is the first time thnt a chief justice of a
political faith opposite to that of the
administration has ever been appointed
Justice White was strongly urged for
promotion. In October last. Just as the
president was leaving the summer cap
ital ut Beverly, It BECAME known that
he, was seriously considering Justice
Whites appointment as chief Justice
Later on 1t seemed as II the prize would
go to some one else.
WHITE STRONG FEDERALIsT. a
AS member OF the supreme court
1t has fallen to Justice Whites lot to
participate In some of tho most famous
cases In the history Of the tribunal AZ
though a confederate and IL Democrat,
he Is said to hold probably the most
clearly marked ideas of federalism of
1 any Justice. He was with the govern
ment In all so-called insulnr cases In
volving the Philippines and other Ia
1 land possessions. He rendered u minorl-
~ opinion against the governments
contentious In the Northern Securities
cases aud also was with the minority
IN voting to sustain the income tax.
Justice White has been on the SUI
prcmcl bench for 1G years and Is now the
oldest Justice In commission whose age
Is less than 70. He graduated from
Georgetown university. In addition to
practising law in Louisiana. lie was a
Il sugar planter. He served in the Lou-
slnnu legislature MS n senator served
u Tor several years on the state supreme
Il court bench and subsequently was
\ elected to the United States senate.
He was serving his first term In that
& body when President Cleveland appoint-
20 him to the supreme court.
II JUDGE yENDEvENTER
n Judge Vendeventer. one of President
III Taft's selections as al, associate Justice,