The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-13
JUSTICE WHITE
MADE CHIEF BY
PRESIDENT TAFT.
JOSEPH LAMAR, or GEORGIA, Is
NAMED FOR PLACE ON su-
pREME COURT BENCH.
Justice White. Of Louisiana, an Ex-
Confederate Soldier, Now Chief
Justice Of the Country's Highest
rribuna,--other Appointments.

Washington. Dec IL. President
Taft today sent to the senate these
nominations:
To be chief justice of the United
States supreme court, Edward Doug
las White, of Louisiana.
To be associate Justice Of the
United States supreme court, Judge
Willis Van Deventer. of Wyoming,
and Judge Joseph Rucker Lamar, of
Georgia.
| To te judges of the new court OF
commerce, Martin A. Knapp. chair
man of the interstate commerce COM
mission, for term of five years: nobt.
w. Archibald, now United States dis
trict judge for the middle district Of
Pennsylvania. for a term OF four
years; VIM. H. Hunt, judge Of the
court of customs appeals. for a term
of three years; John Emmett Car
land. of South Dakota, for a term OF
two years; Julian w. Mack, Judge In
the appellate circuit court in the First
Illinois district, for term Of one
year.
Commerce Commissioners.
To be members of the Interstate
commerce commission, b. H. Meyer,
Of Wisconsin, and c. c. McChord, OF
Kentucky.
Appointments to the Interstate
commerce commission are to fill va
cancies caused by the elevation OF
Mr.. Knapp to the commerce court
and the forthcoming retirement of
Francis M. Cockrell. of Missouri.
The commission will select its new
chairman.
Members of the commission who
remain are Clark, Harlan, Clements,
Lane and Prouty.
Justice Whites Record. !
I Justice White was born In LIouis&-
ana and was In the Confederate
army He graduated at GeorgetowA
college. practiced law and was . So
gar planter He served In the Lou
isIana legislature a. state senator
and then was appointed to the su-
preme court OF Louisiana.
He was subsequently elected to
the United States senate and while
| serving his first term as senator, was
appointed by President Cleveland.
| Justice Of the supreme court He
has been on that court 16 years and
is now the oldest justice in the com.
mission, whose age is less than 20.
He is In good health end full Of
vigor
Van Deventer a Hoosler.
! Judge Van Deventer who was horn
In Indiana, Is SO years old.
! In 1897 he was appointed assistant
attorney general of the United
States in Fet ruary, 1903, he was ap-
/ pointed United States circuit Judge
Of the Eight judicial circuit
Lamar a southerner.
| Judge Joseph Rucker Lamar is IS
years old He was born In Georgia
and educated at the University Of
! Georgia, Washington-Lee university
and Bethany college. He was admit
ted to the bar in 1897 and practiced
| at Augusta. He was a member of
! the Georgia legislature for three
years. He was commissioner to
! codify the laws OF Georgia In 1895.
! In 1905 ne became associate justice
OF the supreme court, serving two
and half years, and then resigned
, He Is one OF the leaders Of the south.
ern bar.
White Confirmed.
Edward ID. White was confirmed as
chief Justice Of the supreme court
soon after his nomination reached
the senate, succeeding the late Chief
Justice Fuller The quick confirma-
tion Of Justice White was due to the
fact that the senate already had
passed upon his qualification. Fred
crick w. Lehman, OF Missouri, was
confirmed rs solicitor general of the
United States.
Justice white was yi5ibly affected
when he learned OF the senate's
prompt action. He was on the tench
when q group of senators calleq -
congratulate him. He met them In
an ante.chambor and when he resum.
ed his place on the bench his eyes
were brimming with tears and ne
showed other signs of deep feeling.