Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-08
OTHER VISITORS NUMEROUS
Matter Of Court Appointments Dis.
cussed With Callers.
JUDGE WRIGHT IS MENTIONED
Suggestion Made to President That
He Would Be Suitable Man
for Supreme Bench.

White House today-mostly Supreme
Court and Court of Commerce talk
President Taft ascertained first-hand
something of the rapidity of the increase
Of the German-American population in
this country. Secretary Norton had made
an appointment for about fifty OF the
prominent German-Americans from New
York who attended the Won Steuben cere-
monies yesterday to shake hands with
the President. This fifty were there all
right and SO were eleven hundred and
fifty others.
full-chested German band stood in
front of the White House, and kept
knocking out music while the multi
piled fifty, carrying dozens of organiza-
ton flags and hundreds of United States
flags, filed into the executive Offices, and
gave Mr.. Taft hearty greeting, fol-
lowed by loud hurrahs, as he stood
with them afterward for photograph.
The President enjoyed the whole thing,
but Secretary Nortons worry he
saw his time schedule for the chief
executive going to splinters was great.
AS conductor of the Taft train, Mr..
Norton has lately arranged some pretty
fast schedules for receiving callers. He
has been pulling in on time, too. The
train was badly delayed today, though.
In spite Of all efforts to make up for
the lost minutes.
Two Ohio Delegations.
There were many other delegations
and many individual callers to see the
departed. Senator Burton and Repre-
sentative Longworth of Ohio passed in
two delegations to the President. One
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River Valley Improvement Association,
in Washington attending the Rivers and
Harbors Congress. The other was
delegation of Cincinnati business men,
headed by Mayor Schwab to urge the
President not to abandon Fort Thomas.
across the Ohio river from Cincinnati.
The War Department, as matter of
economy, proposes to do away with this
and other forts that are unnecessary.
couragement, and Fort Thomas will be
among those to go.
Another delegation consisted of the
New York delegates to the Rivers and
lutions adopted by the New Workers.
favoring the nomination of Henry W.
Hill of Buffalo for the new Court of
Commerce bench. The delegation was
scS Msh 4, eS s Cocks
Senator Smith and Representatives
Johnson, Finley and Aiken of South
Carolina. again urged the President to
name c. P. Sanders of Spartanburg, s.
c., for this court.
Resolution Is Presented.
One big delegation to see the President
was a committee from the recent lakes
to-guf deep waterways convention. held
at St Louis, at which some bitter things
nf tl,o IrAc S.-I,4
strongly defended by Representative Bar
tholdt. This committee was sent to
Washington to present the resolution
adopted at the time. The delegation was
headed by w. K. Kavanaugh of st. Louis,
who had assailed the President in strong
language at the convention. In receiving
the delegation. which was accompanied
by Representative Bartholdt, the Presi-
dent made this remark:
II was on the bench long enough to
know that Il Is the duty OF judge to
listen to the evidence of any man, al
though he may have been abusing the
court at the corner grocery"
Judge Daniel Thew Wright Of the ST.
preme Court Of the District Of Columbia
was presented to President Taft today as
a suitable man for the Supreme Court
| Of the United States. The good qualities
| of Judge Wright were spoken Of by Ross
Perry, e. S. Worthington and John J.
f1eHipiiil OF inc bar ASSOCIATION or the
District.
Representative Borland Of Missouri
spoke to the President In behalf Of Judge
Hook of Kansas for the Supreme Court.
| Representative Ellis Of Oregon, who
was asked by the President to talk about
1.-THE court appointments. suggested that
/ two Oregon men were mentioned for these
| MISREPRESENTATION Fulton and Judge e.
Fl. Carey of Portland.
Nominations Are Discussed.
Senator Gamble, ex-senator Teller of
Colorado and Representative Campbell of
] Kansas discussed the Supreme Court
| nominations with the chief executive
| Senator Crane of Massachusetts. SEN
| ator Lodge of the same state, Vice Presi-
dent Sherman, Speaker Cannon and many
| others saw the President during the day
| Senator Smoot requested a promotion
| to brigadier general for Col. Walter
Scott Of the 18th Infantry, stationed at
| Fort Douglas
| w. G. Brown, president of the New
| York Central, was one OF the numerous
callers Of the day
| Representative Poindexter Of Washing.
| ton called on the President to favor the
nomination of o. c. Moore Of Spokane
| for nomination as federal judge OF that
| state.
| President Taft, 1t is learned, will con-
| day or so, and probably will make the
PEANUT LUNCH IN CONGRESS.