The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-07

Washington, D. c. Oct THE SUI
preme court of the United States will
convene next Monday at noon for one
of the most important sessions in its
history. During the coming eight
months it will have to pass upon cases
profoundly involving the industrial
and business life of the nation, and
this fact adds Importance to the pend
ing changes in the personnel of the
great court occasioned by the death
of Chief Justice Fuller and Associate
Justice Brewer and~the expected re-
tirement of Associate Justice Moody
Governor Charles e. Hughes of New
York has been confirmed in the place
of Justice Brewer, and there appears
excellent reasons to expect that he
will be named in place Of the chief
justice, although Associate Justice
Harlan, the senior surviving member
of the court has been much spoken of
for promotion to the chief-justiceship.
In any event, including Justice Hughes
there win be three new men on this
bench during the coming session.
President Taft has said that he will
make no recess appointments to the
court; this means that the chief JUS
tices and the place Of Justice Moody
probably will remain vacant until the
regular session of congress begins in
December
It also means undoubtedly that the
three great corporation cases upon
which the expectancy of the business
world is centered will not come up
for reargument at least until after the
Christmas recess of the court OF
these cases two, the Standard Oil case
and the so-called Tobacco Trust case,
were set for re-argument on Novem-
ber 14.i The series of corporation-tax
cases were merely restored to the cal
endar for re-argument In ordinary
circumstances this would throw them
over for a. year or more. The general
expectation is that none of the three
cases will be taken up until all the
vacancies in the court have been filled
and that then the corporation tax
cases will be advanced, and with the
other two cases mentioned, will be
set for dates relatively early in 1911
Aside from these celebrated cases
a tremendous amount of work awaits
the court at the beginning of its ses
sion Upwards of forty cases, many
} Of large import, have been assigned
for argument next Tuesday, or as soor
thereafter as possible. Ordinarily
} each justice delivers about 80 opin
ions during a year; hence If one mem
Der were to undertake to cover all o
} next Tuesdays docket he would no
be through with it until far into 1912
: Unbroken custom reserves the frs
day, Monday, theoretically at least Il
, paying the respects of the court t
! the president of the United States Be
fore the time of Cleveland, it is said
the court had practically never failes
Z to adjourn Immediately upon conven
: ing on the second Monday in October
to go in body to the White House
: Once or twice Cleveland was ava.
I from the city, and Roosevelt even NOR
frequently Nevertheless the call 0
\ the docket of cases to be argued ha
$ never been taken up on the openin
! day. Even if the president is not i
!. town, the court adjourns after receis
ing motions, until the following day
This year, President Taft will be a
Beverly; the fact will be announce
by Justice Harlan presiding, and th
court will adjourn. Largely on az
count of there not being full benc
last term many important cases wer
set for argument, out of their turn, 70
Tuesday. The continuing vacancie
may cause the further postponemen
of several of them The death Of 81
licitor General Bowers may also resul
in the postponement Of a number c
4 government cases.
The first big case set for argumen
is the dispute between the state {
West Virginia and the commonwealth
Il of Virginia as to the amount of none
y the former owes the latter by reason