Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-23
TAFT RECEIVES OMAHA MEN
President Talks Over Judgeship with
Nebraska Visitors
CLAIMS OF GAZE CITY ARE URGED
Executive Rerainds Them that Terri
tory to ChOose from "a Large
Nothing VIII BE Done Unt1
COnsress Meets gain.


WASHINGTON, Dec. Especial Tele-
gram.)-Ex- Representative John L Ken
uedy and Howard Il Baldrige. representing
the Douglas County Bar association. fur
therfng the interests of lfyron L. Learned
to the Vandevanter vacancy on tsle cir
cult bench. were accorded a most crafty
ing reception today by President Taft.
For half an hour the president. who seemed
TO be especiziiy gracious in view OF the
fact that congress is off his hands for a
few days, gave a careful consideration to
an the gentlemen had to say as 10 Mr.
Learned's qualifications for the place The
representatives OF the bar association OF
Douglas county were led to infer from the
presidents talk that il was his theory to
promote district Judges to the circuit bench
where qualifications warranted such pro-
motion. the age q the Judge being in
cluded in these qualifications. as the presi-
dent desires TO iii fvacancies in the courts
OF the country Va. lrrsn who VIII have
years OF usefuiTsess IN tne bench.
While n is undoubtedly the purpose OF
the president TO make promotions from
the lower to the higher courts this is not
all conrronable. With AEr Kennedy and
Mr.. Baldrige the president went over the
whole situation and mentioned quite
number OF names that have been recon-
mended to him from the Eighth circuit
which. he stated. extended from The Mis-
sissippi river 70 the Rocky Mountains. and
from the north line OF the nation to Okla
homa- which, he suggested, was suffi-
cientIy large to contain a number OF strong
men.
Omaha Has Never Had Judge.
The Omaha men bore down on the fact
that Omaha has never had a Judge the
members on the district bench having come
from other sections Of the state Judge
". h Munger claiming Fremont as his
home. while Judge T. c. Munger halls
from Lincoln. The representatives OF the
Douglas county bar emphasized the action
which the bar association has taken in
the case OF MI Learned, which they urged
ought to have considerable weight with
the president Mr. Kennedy suggested
thar he had been Intimately associated
with Mr. Learned in the practice OF the
law for nearly twenty years. and that
Jher, had been no words of disagreement
or contention in al that time which led
the president faceuously 10 remark that
Mr.. Learned must certainly possess iu-
dicial atrainmenrs OF a high order to live
with his Scotch friend tAIr. Kennedy for
that length OF time without mussng
things up somewhat
There was no reservation whatsoever in
The conference with the president he had
time 10 give them and il was without
stint The president talked about Omaha
and many of its people. going 50 far as
10 say that he had spent many delightful
hour In the city and in companionship
E1th its citizens One impression the gen.
tlemen from Omaha rec = ed from the talk
OF the president was that republican win
be appointed q the vacancy caused by the
promotion Of Judge Vandevanter 70 the !
supreme bench
NJ. Tan gave no fntimatlun as 70 the ap-
poinrment. but stated that nothing would
be done until after the holidays and the
assembling Of congress. Mr. kennedy and
Mr. Raldrige left the White House well
satisfied
NJ BGldrge left washington after the
White House conferences for Baltimore .
where he viii be the guest OF Cardinal
Gibbons al luncheon From there be goes
10 Pennsylvania 20 spend tile holidays
Mr. Kennedy win leave for Omaha to-
morrow.