The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-15
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.

Brooklyn Eagle: The considerations
which governed Mr.. Taft in selecting
Mr.. White are broad and patriotic The
senate. the judiciary. and the people Of
the United States viii approve the ap-
pointment and Dir. Taft's reasons for
making H.
New York Sun: Mr.. Taft has by this
admirable appointment further empha-
sized not merely the independence Of the
judiciary but its removal from mere
partisan considerations. for he has given
the greatest honor that he can give 10
la Democrat, and that Democrat a
Southerner and an eX-Confederate Off
Ger.
New York World: Mr. Taft has re-
vea!ed in the four selections that he
has made and IN the elevation Of JUS
tice White admirable wisdom and tact
in consulting legitimate sectional and
political preferences. BY comforting the
Chief Justiceship upon a Louisiana
Democrat he gives 10 the South the
greatest national honor that it has re-
ceived since the eyil war.
Atlanta Constitution: A dramatic fea-
ture Of the sheaf OF judicial appoint
ments handed down by President Taft
and they constitute about the most i'm
portant act thus far of his administra-
tion-is the nomination OF Justice Ed
ward Douglass White, OF Louisiana, 10
be Chief Justice OF the United States
Supreme Court. succeeding Melville W.
~ al only a
Southern man, but as well a Democrat
and Confederate veteran, is made head
Of the most important judicial body in
the land
Albany N. " Journal: We never
credited the report that the President
intended to elevate Mr.. Hughes 10 the
| Chief Justiceship after an experience on
the United States Supreme Court Of
about ten weeks. That q Republican
President of the United States should ap-
point to the Chief Justiceship a Demo
erat, and especially at this particular
time. when there is a pronounced senti-
ment in favor OF making the Supreme
Court a legislative body. is highly com
mendable There Is every reason why
/ In the selection OF justices Of the Su-
premes Court partisan considerations
should not weigh
Springfield Republican: Chief Justice
White has from the very beginning OF
his service held a clear and consistent
position in favor of a construction OF
/ the law as directed, like the common
law, against unreasonable restraints OF
trade He has rejected the more ex-
IRENE position, which has generally
commanded the assent of a majority OF
1.-THE court, that the law applies to all
restraints, reasonable or unreasonable
He was therefore against the majority
! in the trans Missouri. the joint traffic,
and the Northern Securities cases; but
where individuals or concerns have con-
spired ia monopoIistic purpose or effect
Justice White has stood strongly with
the more radical judges in applying the
law.
! Baltimore American: Mr.. Taft may
have been influenced to some extent in
naming a successor to Chief Justice Full
Ter by the fact OF recent Democratic
successes and the fact that those sue
cesses viii bring the Democrats prom
inently into the field of determining the
policy of the country in the future, rel
alive to industrial concerns. But whether
this is or is not the case, his naming OF
Justice White will appeal to the country
as certainly demonstrating that no politi-
cal bias can possibly operate with Mr.
Taft n the field from which politica
/ preferences should be excluded. Although
il is believed that Mr. Taft would moi
have made a mistake in naming justice
Hughes for the premier position on ths
Supreme bench, the designation of Jus
tice White viii be received as indication
! Of the cautionary temperament of the
President The brillascy of Mr.. Hughe:
is unmatched with experience.