The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-07
SUPREME COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
HIGHEST TRIBUNAL IN LAND
MAY ELECT GOV. HUGHES
CHIEF JUSTICE.
MANY IMPORTANT CASES
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust ET1'
pIoyers Liability LaW--Forty
Cases Set For Argument
Tuesday.


Washington, Oct, G.--The supreme
court of the United States will con
vene next Monday at noon for one OF
the most important sessions in It's
history. During the coming eight
months it will have to pass upon
cases profoundly involving the indus
trial and business life OF the nation,
and this fact adds importance to the
pending changes in the personnel OF
the great court occasioned by the
death of Chief Justice Fuller and AS
soeiate Justice Brewer and the eX-
Ebectka retirement of Asoseiafe 'les.
tice Moody. Gov. Charles Z. Hughes
of New York has been confirmed In
the place of Justice Brewer, and there
appears excellent reason TO expect
that he viii be named in place of the
chief Justice. although Associate JUS
tice 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 will 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
iustileship and the place of Justice
Moody probably will remain yacan'
Iuntil the regular session of congres
begins in December
Big Corporation Cases.
1t also means undoubtedly that the
three great corporation cases upor
which the expectancy of the busines;
world Is centered will not come NJ
for re-argument at least until after
the Christmas recess of the court. Ct
these cases two the Standard Oi
case and the so-called Tobacco Trus
case, were set for re.argument or
November IA. The series of corpora
ton tax cases were merely restoret
Ito the calendar for re.argument. Ii
ordinary circumstances, this woult
throw them over for year or more
The general expectation is that nom
of the three cases will be taken NJ
until all the vacancies in the cour
have been filled, and that then th
corporation tax cases will be advan(
, ed and with the other two cases men
toned, will be set for dates relf
lively early in 1911
Aside from these celebrated cause
, a tremendous amount Of work await
, the court at the beginning of its seS
sion. Upwards of forty cases. man
, Of large import. have been assgne
: for argument next Tuesday, or q
soon thereafter as possible. Ord
! narily, each justice delivers about 3
opinions during year; hence If on
member were to undertake to cove
n all of next Tuesdays docket, h
). woulI not be through with 1t until f.
[ into 1912.
n Unbroken custom reserves the ~,
day, Monday. theoretically at leas
q to paying the respects of the cou
to the president of the United state
q Before the time OF Cleveland, 1t
I said, the court had practically nev'
failed to adjourn Immediately upC
}. convening on the second Monday
q October, to go In body to the Viii
House. Once or twice Cleveland WI
away from the city, and Rooseve
even more frequently. Neverthele
the call Of the docket Of cases to
ic argued has never been taken up {
n the opening dan Even if the pre-!
x lent Is not in town. the court d
IS iourns after receiving motions, I'm
NJ tie following day. This. year Pre-
% dent Taft will be at Beverly, the. IA
will be announced by Justice Harl
lpressling, and the court will adjour
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(Concluded on Sixth Tage.)