Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-05
POLITICS NOT REGARDED
AS FACTOR IN THE RACE
Appointments of Four Municipal
Court Judges Announced.
SAMUEL C. MILLS OMITTED
No Nomination Made to Police
Court Bench-Business of Mu-
nicipal Court Delayed, But
One Judge on Duty.

There has been another inter-
esting switch in the District
Commissioner problem at the
White House, and the race for
second Commissioner is today be-
tween Creed M. Fulton and Gen.
John A. Johnston. E. H. Thomas.
whose appointment was almost
decided upon few days ago, has
been eliminated, and Fulton and
Johnston have been coming to the
front in jumps. The friends of
Mr.. Fulton have been especially
active and have sent to the White
House some unusually strong in
dorsements.
1t has become known that the Presi-
dent did not consider Gen. Johnston's s
name at the time he selected Cuno H.
Rudolph because he believed that Gen.
Johnston would not accept the position.
FIis friends are now of the opinion that
Gen. Johnston might not be averse to
accepting. and this has induced the
President to replace him in the list of
those under consideration.
AS between Johnston and Fulton there
will be a pretty fight. The President
has said that he does not care about the
politics of the two Commissioners He
will not adhere TO the time-honored Gus
tom OF appointing democrat and re-
publican if it interferes with his getting
TWO good men. He is after quality rather
than politics, and he does not even know
The politics Of Gen. Johnston. He has
heen informed that Mr.. Fulton is a
democrat. 1t is generally understood
That Cen Johnston is republican, al
though he has given little consideration
10 politics while in the army or since.
Former Army officer.
Gen. Johnston resigned from the army
about twelve years ago and has lived in
Washington ever since having no voting
residence elsewhere. Mr.. Fulton is from
Virginia, but has not maintained a vot-
Johnston is a man of large wealth and
MS appointment has been urged on the
sround that the salary would not be Of
runse quence 10 him and that he would
devote his time TO District affairs from
notiNes Of public welfare. Mr. Fulton
IS also said III be man of means and
able 10 maintain a position Of rank with
his appointment
The President takes good naturedIy
Inc sharp night that has been going on
and nnds amusement in the fact tnat
ABOUT the time he makes up his mind
!" appoint man the knockers get busy
anu put mat man out of business, bring
Ing forward some one else. He evidently
feels that he has no way Of finding ont
about a man except through the work Of
he Knockers
Municipal Judges Reappointed
The President today settled the fight
over the municipal justices by sending TO
the Senate the names of Charles s. Bun
-, Thomas IL. CaIan, Luke e. StriGer
and r. III. Terrell for reappointment,
dropping Justice Samuel ". Mills from
ihe list. The nomination of police
t"tft Judge was not made. that not hav-
ing been settled
II Is hoped that the nominations will
pe promptly confirmed. that the mu-
hcipai courts may resume business The
term of Justice Aukam does not expire
untll November IL of this year
No explanation is made at the White
Honse as 70 why Justice Mills has been
dropped and the other four judges reap-
pointed, II is unofficially stated. how
ever. that Judge Mills age has been
against him. and the law permitted the
leapp"intmtnt u only four of the five
justices
Accumulation of Cases.
Win only one judge on the bench of
the Municipal Court. where there have
htret"'ore been six, and. under the law,
should now he five. the cases were pilinx
up last. notwith landing the fact that
iN.S+ Auhan mas beth dong a ereat
amount OF work IN an effort TO keen the
business OF the court up To date. Yester-
uaE thert were some forty cases before
the court exclusive OF landlord and fen
ant hti.ation and OF these Judge Aukan
WAS only able to try four, which were all
contested The rest had to 90 over.
There were about thirty cases today, and
the judge was able to dispose OF only a
small proportion of them.
Fifteen Thousand Cases Filed
Judge Aukam has kept up with tho
landlord and tenant cases About 6f
teen thousand of these suits have been
nied with the court in the ten months
that II has been doing business. This
means that an average of about sixty
day are filed. While the great ma
Joflty are not contested. some OF them
are, and they prove often the most
STUBBORN cases Ia dispose of.
Because II is the holiday season MANY
or the persons involved in the debt
cases now before the court were will
Ing 10 let them be contiSued MANY of
the plaintiffs were out of town or are
busy with other matters. and the con-
sequence Is there have not been the
protests because of postponements
which might arise at another time of
the year.