The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
OF the United States Of
America BY President
William H. Taft.
OTHER MEMBERS, TOO
OF the Highest Court as Well
as Personnel of New
Court Are Named.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Dee. 1s.-
President Taft today sent to the Sem
ate these nominations.
To be chief justice of the United
States supreme court. Associate JUS
tlce Edward Douglass White, Of
Louisiana.
To be associate justices of the Unit
ed states supreme court, Judge Willis
vaDevanter, OF Wyoming, and Judge
Joseph Bucker Lamar. OF Georgia.
To be judges of the new court OF
commerce, Martin A. Knapp, now
chairman OF the Interstate commerce
commission. for term OF five years:
Robert w. Arch5old, now United
States district Judge for The middle
district of Pennsylvania, for term Of
four years: William II. Hunt, now
judse OF the court OF customs appeals
and formerly United States district
judge Of the district Of Montana, for
a term of three years; John Emmett
Garland, of South Dakota, for term
of two years; and John w. Mack, now
judge in the appellate circuit court of
the first Illinois district, for a term OF
one year.
To be members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, d. II. Meyer,
of Wisconsin, and C. c. Mcchord. Of
Kentucky.
The appointments to the Interstate
ComTerce Commission were made t.
FILL vacancies caused by the elevation
of Knapp to the commerce court and
the Forthcoming retirement Of for.
mec Senator Cockren, of Missouri.
The commission will elect its new
chairman.
In the official nominations. sent To
the Senate the members of the new
commerce court are designated as adj
aitional circuit judges. Judge Knapp
is named as judge for the second ju-
dicial circuit, Archhold fer the third
Hunt for the ninth. Garland for the
eighth, and Mack the seventh.
The judges will serve on the com,
morce court and after being relieved
from that service they will be as
signed to work on the circuit bench.
As a member of the supreme court
1t has fallen to Justice Whites lot to
participate in sone OF the most ia
nous cases in the history OF the trl.
bunal. Although Confederate sol
der and Democrat, Justice White is
said to hold probably the most clear.
Is marked ideas OF Federalism of any
of the supreme court justices. He
was with the government in all OF the
so-called insular cases, involving the
Philippines and other island possess
sions. He rendered minority opin-
ion against the governments conten-
tions in the Northern Securities case.
and also was with the minority Of the
court in voting to sustain the consu-
tutionality of the income tax law.
Justice White has been on the SUI
prenc court for 16 years, and is nov
the oldest justice in commission
whose nee IS less than 20. Justice
White graduated from Georgetown
University. In addition to practicing
law in Louisiana, he vas a sugar
planter lie served in the Louisiana
legislature as . senator. served for d
number Of years on the state supreme
court bench and subsequently was
elected to the United states Senate,
He was serving his first term in that
body when President Cleveland ap.
pointed him to the supreme court
Justice Whites nomination was con-
tiTmed BY the sennte today. The con-
Grmation Of the two newly appointed
associate justices will follow later.
There is no evidence IN the Senate
that any Of the other nominations will
meet with opposition