The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-12


the court
In. President expects his new Chief
Justice To- NJ .l"rtake at once the task Of
reforming M" equity procedure in this
country lie has also recommended in
his annual message that the Suprem.
Court IN. empowered Ia Law down rules
governing pTpcrdmr" at law
Il cannot conceive said the President
In his annual message. -anv higher duty
that the supreme Court could perform
than in leading the way in IA -implifiCa-
ton Of procedure in tn" United States
Courts
The President regards the reform OF
court procedure IN III. interests of the
poor man A. Second only in importance
to the decisions which the Supreme Court
will tie callei upon To max. IN the great
industrial cases pending before it.
There j. not likely Ia h.. any opposition
I'm the Senate 81 Justice Whites appoint
ment u il understood that b." viii he
acceptable l." the regular Republicans.
and a. between him and Mr. Hughes the
insurgents probably would rather have
Justice White. The insurgents have not
been favorabIy Inclined toward Mr.
Hughes since he gave ont his mcinoran-
dunn as Governor OF New York state
against IN. income tax constitutional
amendment
or course Justice Whites appointment
will be nightly gratifying 20 IN. Democrats
Although a Southernrr Justice White.
A. his record on the bench shows. has
strong Federal leanIngs. He sided with
the minority IN upholding the income
tax when IT was tested under Grover
Cleveland's administration and he also
ustain.d the Government in The. ins,ilar
cases. In the Northern Securities merg ger
case. however he Joined with the minor
ity in deciding against the Government
These arc the most striking cases in which
he has participated.
The advancement ~ Justice White
will place a Confederate. veteran in the
highest judicial post in this country
Associate J,Istic. Lurtou who also
appointed by Mr.. Taft. - Confederate
veteran
The selection nj Justice White means
that Elihu Root probably would have been
the next Chief Justice ~ th- United States
10 New York State had NOT gon. Demo
cratic. The one objection that the Presi-
dent had To MIR Root was hts age He.
however. il ONLY one year older than Jus
tice White and undoubtedly the honor
would have been conferred upon him had
IL not been that Nh. s,irrend-ring uf his
seat in rh. Senate would have meant
the election Of a Democrat as his sue
cessor.
Edward Douglass White wa- taken
from the United States senate aud put
-. -
Cleveland in 1894 A. that time senator
White was 20 wears old In IN" Senate h,.
had mad. HIM -plf known hy his hrlllIInCy
as an orator and lugiCllu. Although h"
had opposed and with .-n-rgy. the passing
Of the old income tax law wht" h- was
IN the Ssnat" ne d- lIv-r.d u minority
opinion in his first wear a. an Associate"
Justice that the law Wis constitutional
II was Senator White who frumth. N''iIhi'
fl0Or led the opp tlDi to- tn" 9nfI-OpiIUu
hill in IN" Fitrv-S"Coni Congress with a
series of extremely clever speeches and
u was while "a senator that he told PT,-~I-
dent Cleveland most pliIplv thar II -igir
should bc on tho free. ut when tn" " ii-pn
iarT bill came into thu Senate Ia. and his
coilea gues wuuid vote against the blll
Mr. Whit was born VA rh" parish Of
I8fourchs. La IN March. lsIj His
father had been Governor II Tennessee
from 1884 - l-37 II" was sent 10 school
az Mount ~ Narv'-. Maryland. Lud later
went ~ th. Jesuit colleges ~ " - or
lcPn- and ti-oTg-tpwn H.. wa- AZ
Crorg"toSn whom III" civil war br"h'
OUT and although he w.l- only IL when
Sumter was fired un h" j. ~ -"hppl, r.
-urncC 20 Louisiana and uttered 10" on
federal" army - - private. ~rNlng for
s"V.rel years and finally gaming an ~
Golntm'nt on "a" stan ~ Cen R.-a'I
The war over justice. WHIT. entered the
Law Offices II Edward B.'rmud.7. u ho
was then Chief Justice 81 l."iii-IRna. and
h. was acmlttrd - rh.' har IN i-''~ SIX
wears later h" was elected ~ .i'' N''ns or
FOR four y.gr-
Al tho clos. II hl- Senator'S, c.~....'
Gov Nicolls madr HIM An Associate
.ItisrIc" Of ~" Supreme Court Of Louisiana
on which n.'nrh he served from l>'- -
1880 Ia Nav, tSSN. he Ma 'l""t"d - ~"
United States S.ndi-
Justice Mhltr WIS one. If tbs. largest
individual sugar planter ~ Louisiana
and had th" reputation az 'l"' time ~
his appointment 10 tn" N'lpT"tn" Oir'
bench 81 being one Of tn. w"arh--' men
in tho New Orlsan- bar H.. VA 'v'-I a
sturdy CathoIl" and wa- IA" first nf that
faith 10 b., ~ ih.. SupTein" Court after
the death of Roger fancy
Judge Joseph X Lamar. who has been
named TO take III" Ilac" l"t' vacant ny
Justice Nhiir- advancement. - ~ war
old H.. born IN Georgia and Wa
educated AT th. University of G"OTgIa
Washington and I..' University and ai
Bethany College he Ma admitted Ia
the bar in 1879 and practi-..d AZ Augusta
In 1913 h. b.'Cain" a. A--o.'Iai. Justice Of
the Suprem. Court Of ti"nrgid
Judge Van D..vant"r Wa born in
Indiana and il nos 81 v,'a-- old III" wa
ono ~ N" Judges ~ IN. Eighth circuit
who voted against the ~ lrdIrd OIL Com
pAny in tho decision which ~ now pending
on appeal h.for. IN" Supr"m" Court .
Mr. Van D-vant.r was graduated from
Ashbury NOW DePauwD University and
chs Cincinnati Law School After three
years 81 prsctic. in Indiana h" moved 10
Chayenn. Wyo.
In 1897 he was appointed Assistant
Attorney General OF the United States
and asst gn.d 30 IN. Department Of IN.
Interior. In February. 1879. h. was APP
pointed United States Circuit Judx" Of
the Eighth district and has served there
since.
Julian " Mack .aA born in San Fran
cisco in IsSs and was graduated IN law
from Harvard IN iss5 liz studied az III.
uIniversitie. Of Berlin and L-ip-c from
1887 10 isS IL. served a. Professor III
Law Of Northwestern University and
afterward ~ the same chair IN the M
ver-iry Of Chicago ~" wa- civil service
commissioner ia Chicago ~ iiH3, Judg" II
sn. lr,IlIf g'pgIrT Of t'DDk county IN 1851