The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-26
SUPREME COURT
VACANCY FILLED
Governor Hughes Gets JUS
tice Brewers Seat.
PRESIDENT is PLEASED

had Doubts 40 to Acceptance when
OFFER Was Made--AetIon Removes
Notable Figure From New York
Politics and Leaders See Opening
For Roosevelts Personallty--TNew
Justice Acquired First Fame az
Gas Investigator.
Washington, April 28.-Charles II.
Hughes, governor OF New York state,
has accepted President Taft's offer
Of an appointment to the supreme
court bench, and his nomination is
now before the senate. This means
that Mr.. Hughes will resign, from the
govrrnorship and that Horace White
OF Syracuse will succeed him in the
executive office at Albany.
This change, however. will not
take place until the opening of the
fall term Of the supreme court early
In October, when Governor Hughes
will qualify as a member of the
bench. There will consequently be
only little more than two months
Of White as governor Of the Empire
state.
The acceptance by Governor
Hughes of the vacancy caused by the
death Of Justice Brewer means fur.
ther that the governors personality
will. be eliminated from the coming
campaign in New York state and that
the directing head and hand of Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be behind the Re-
publican fight there next fall
II can be said on high authority
that Republican leaders IN New York
are counting on the active support Of
Colonel Roosevelt to whip the party
organization into shape and to stand
behind II in the coming campaign.
There is good reason to say that as.
surances already have been received
from the mighty hunter that he will
lend hand to the task.
There is talk here that Collector
Loeb, Colonel Roosevelt's former sec
retary, may be drafted from the col.
iectorship to run the campaign next
fall and IL is even intimated that Mr..
Loeb may be pushed forward on his
record as housecleaner in the
sugar frauds as a candidate for gov.
ernor. Nobody here doubts now that
Mr.. Roosevelt will enter actively into
the New York state campaign; that
In fact he Will dominate the entire
fght. ,'%E y
The acceptance Of . Governor
Hughes came as surprise even to
President Taft himself The presi-
dem made his offer to Governor
Hughes by letter on April 20, and 1t
tool the governor only little more
than day to make up. his mind to
accept the appointment.
The president had had Governor
Hughes in mind for the supreme
bench long before Justice Brewer
died. When the president was In
Albany. about the middle of March.
he urged Governor Hughes to run for
a third term for CHIEF exc ,utiye OF
New York state, and when .he gov
reDoI told him II was impcs dble. Mr..
Taft suggested the possibility of an
appointment to the supreme bench.
At that time, however, Governor
Hughes said that he did not feel that
he could AFFORD to accept such an ap-
pointment.
The president, at last Fridays
cabinet meeting, discussed the ap.
pointment Of a successor to Justice
Brewer, and 1t was the unanimous
opinion Of the presidents advisers
that the appointment ought to be OF.
fered to Governor Hughes. and, on
the remote possibility that he might
change his mind, the president him.
self wrote to Mr.. Hughes. II was
plainly evident that the president
was highly pleased when the COVER.
nor's letter OF acceptance was re.
ceived. He at once prepared the
nomination for immediate submission
to the senate, and within an hour
after he had received the letter OF &C.
ceptance the nomination had been
formally presented to the senate for
conformation