The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
NOT BELIEV ED
HE WILL ACCEPT
President Realizes Great Respon
sibility in Naming Successor
to Brewer, and Is Anxious for
Favorable Answer From
New York Governor.
Politicians Grumble.
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Washington, D. c., April 23.-It Is
has written to Governor Hughes ask
ing him If he would consider an ap-
pointment to the Supreme Court bench
in the place made vacant by tho death
of Justice Brewer. No formal offer
of the place, 1t is understood. Is made
In the letter, but there is little doubt
that Governor Hughes can have the
appointment IL he will take It, Prest-
dent Tafts friends are under the I'M
preston that the letter went direct
from President Taft to Governor
Hughes, within the last few days, and
that Governor Hughes has not yet
answered 1T.
1t can be said that President Taft
approached Governor Hughes on the
subject of possible appointment to the
Supreme Court bench even before the
death of Justice Brewer. The talk be-
tween the President and the Cover
nor on this subject occurred while the
President was visiting the Governor at
the executive mansion in Albany about
the middle of March, and the Cover
nor, it is known. told the President
at that time that he did not feel
that he could afford to accept place
on the bench If contingency ever
arose in which he might be regarded
as available timber.
Believe He Will Decline.
No one in Washington seems tt
know definitely at this time what tbs
Governors feelings are on the sub
ject. but his friends in the New York
state delegation in Congress doubt II
he will accept one or two members
of the New York delegation said to-
day that they understood that Cover
nor Hughes had only about $4,000
when he entered the executive mansion
at Albany, and that he will leave II
with very little of this amount left The
Governor, when urged recently TO run
for third term. said that it was his
desire to return to the practice of law
and TO provide comfortably for his
family. An associate Justice of the
Supreme Court gets s12,5oo year.
The naming of Governor Hughes to
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Justice Brewer would eliminate the
Governor from the fall campaign. as
President Taft intends to send In the
nomination before the adjournment OF
Congress. The naming of Hughes also
would mean that the Governor would
have to resign, and this would put
Lieutenant-G Governor Horace White, OF
Syracuse, in the executive chair a.
Albany.
There has been some grumbling on
the part Of members of the New York
delegation over the possibility of los
ing the services of Hughes In this
way in the next campaign, but 1t is
known that President Taft in looking
over the field for Supreme Court can
didates is absolutely disregarding all
political considerations.
Realizes Responsibility.
Republicans who have talked with
the President recently on the sub
ject of the Supreme Court say that
he Is deeply conscious of the great
responsibility that is upon his shoul-
ders in appointing the successor to
Justice Brewer He realizes, 1t is said
that the selection of this one man
may determine the far-reaching de-
clsion in the Standard Oil and tobacco
trust case.
1t is said that Governor Hughes
would be very acceptable to members
Of the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate. which will be called upon tc
pass on the nomination. The general
impression among Senators and some
of Mr.. Tafts advisers is that the
Hughes appointment would be tho
most acceptable to the country al
large that the President could make