The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-22
MAD With TAFT [
1RspubI c,rs link fh1el Justice Saou'di !''i
Be K-p' in 'hr Patty.
CRITICISED il. BITTERLY

CRITICISED BITTERLY j, I. I R
Sore Of The More Dissruntled anu
p,ssppoinsed Members of the Pres
6 dents Party Say Among Them
selves That He Was Bulldosed by
.ho Opposition.
4 ccording to The Washington cor
I ,,eanon;,ent Of The Norfolk Leiger-
p,snatch. nothing that President TAFT
has done in tue twenty months tna'
he has held down Tie JOB has SO
ailenated the Republicans as h's ap
.nointm ents yesterday to the Supreme
bench Of the United States ana !tl.,', 10
+ the commerce court.
81 4 He Is being bitterly criticised On
all hands although the Senator'S an
Hongrsssmen are reluctant to STATE
4 their views publicly or to be quote
and tits limited thst-it will require
. hard fight to secure confirmation
of the men, named. with al even
chance that they may be rejected.
~. One prominent Renub!ican from
lu,po. SAID TO the writer:
.-t II am in favor Of having the morn
ang Drayer amended to read as fol-
lows: $50.
."Oh. Lora, make US Republicans
SO humble that we can view with
;oomrlaisance the d"ily appointment
OF Democrats to high ofIice by Our
s sallere7 Re>ubl' can President"
s2 Continuing this Republican said:
"out.in Illinois. We hesitot te to en-
dorse a Republican for high office
for fear it vii result in the se'ec-
/ tion OF a Democrat. Just see now
We have been treated by President
Teft. He took two members OF MS
cabinet from Illinois. slthoush one
z OF them claims Tennessee as his real
home. The i-st as half Democrat
and free trader named MacveaEh,
\ AMI the other a Sonthern Democrat
named Dickinson. Since that time
4 ne his invariably given Democrats
the preference IN Illinois and now
8 he cors the climex BY selecting Ju-
Ian M. Mack. of Chicago. virulent
Democrat, toeabe a member OF the
4 new commerca court. In every In
stance we have reeomnen 'ed strong
and able Feprb,lcans only to have
them passed BY ~
:3Y4 The main criticism .sagainst the
President In this last batch Of ap-
sentiments Is because he did net
stani en- his preroeatiye and refuse
to be b,,'ldozed bv the opposition
President Cleveland. Democrat. ney-
*er fared to select Democrat for
: the Supreme bench In the eight
years he held the Office. and all OF
the Republican Presidents since the
war h,ve named Republicans. Pres
! ident Harrison dt'- name Democrats
to be circuit or district judges. but
that Is as far as he went. All oi
President Taft's predecessors In the
!: last forty years Rave made their Sc
Z 5lecticns regardless OF protests.
But In the present instance It looks
80 II President Taft listened to pro.
tests and has tried compromise
chat does not seem; to please any
body. Notwithstanding thst he has
( already appointed one Democrat to
the Supreme bench In Justice Lur-
ton, President Taft was advised by
Senator Bailey. Democrat. to the
Suprelne bench out OF the three to be
named he would have trouble in hav'
ing them confirmed. Then Senator
Cumm!n?s. on heha!e ce the prosres,
sive Republicans. suggested that II
the appcintees were not satisfactory y
90 that faction, there would be trou.
Bile.
Instead Of standing by his pre-
rogative. the President has advanced
ore OF the Democratic Justices to be
chief Justice (Justice White. OF LOU
isiapa) over the heads OF Harlan
McKenna, Dey AMI other Republican
justices, and then has selected b
Georgia Democrat. Lamar. for one
Of the associate justices. leaving to
the Republicans but one Van De-
vanter, Of Wyoming. And this In
face OF the fact that nearly every
State in the Union presented The
names OF one or more Republican rs
who we're qualified for the place,
Hence the Republicans disgust and
hence the reports that there will be
. lively time before the appointees
are confirmed.
1t is pointed out that II Cleve.
land or Roosevelt we're in the White
House they would have dcGed the
Senate, would have selected their
men. and then dared the Senate &c
defeat their confirmation.
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