Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-06
POLITICAL PLoTERS SEEK PLAN
TO ELIMINATE HIM FROM POL.
iricS.
cokslDEREp ~ TAFT
FOR PLACE ON BENCH
cumnins Would Refuse to Accept Ju-
djejal Henors-President TAFT Has
Concluded Not TO Select Iowa Man
For vaeaney-suprsms Court caus.
ina Much Worry to President.
spec;a, 70 Tines-Republican

Special TO Times he uoliSaH.
pes No.nes, Dec. o.-SeDaIo- A. b.
cummius for the United states SUI
preme bench? No. there IS not the
slightest danger Of any such cenou-
meus. Washington dispatches in the
eastern papers are filed with the Cos
sip. 1t Is evident that there IS some
thing dong But the Iowa senator
will not rellaquistl the vantage point
he now occupies.
]. Cauan O'Laughiin. formerly oc-
cupying q prominent place IN Inc ac-
1ninistrauon, correspondent VINO
knows whereof he writes, virtually Ups
it Oft that the president has seriously
considered Offering place on me
bench to CumnIns. He points cut The
critical stage OF the con,es, for the
supreme bench and says that i The
appointments should De men o. cor
poration leaiangs they will be confirm
cd by the senate only after a grueLl1g
battle and ADDS:
But the president has no intention
OF appointing an: such men. accord
ing to those with whom he has talked.
Indeed, the length he is willing 20 60
will be appreciated when it is known
The suggestion has been made that
Senator Cummins be named. Whether
ne would actually nominate Senator
Cunmins can not be definitely stated.
and it Is extremely doubtful il the sem
ator would accept in case the appoint
ment were offered him"
Further as TO what transpired al the
White House the other day this corre-
spondent wrote:
Senators Cummins and Borah
frankly told the president that the
country looked 20 him 70 maze ap-
pointmeats which could not be Dues
1ioned from any point Of view, and that
it would not excuse him for mistake
since he himself IS lawyer and is
credited with acquaintance among the
s5lest men Of his profession"
Ne Iowan Now Considered.
All the reports indicate that the
president has ceased to consider any
Iowa man for the appointment In ad-
dition to Judges Hook. Pollock, Van
deven,er, 0Anborn ana others who have
been previously mentioned for appoint
1nent the names Of w. .. McHush, OF
Omaha. and F. ". Lehman, OF st.
Louis. have been mentioned as persons
available. There Is no doubt whatever
that Judge Deemer has the unanimous
backing of the older members oe the
Iowa delegation and Senator Curnnins
is actively for him. and he has sup
port from the Kansas delegation, also
from Minnesota and other states The
presumption is, however that Senator
Young has not changed hts attitude to-
ward him.
Judge Deemer would be the ideal
man for the place from the standpoint
of the progressfves. He IS as free from
corporation influence az it would be
possible for anyone to become He is
aggressively a progressive in every
sense Of the word and no possible Oh
lection could be urged to him except
from the standpoint OF the corpora
tons.
The fact that President Taft. or his
political advisers, have put out feel
err IN regard to Senator Cummins him :
self indicates that the supreme court
vacancies are causing a whole lot OF
worry at Washington. The politicians
here do not anticipate. however. that
it viii be open for the legislature 70
elect more than one United States sen
ator at the coming session.
With Iowa united there is no doub,
that one OF the new justices would be
an Iowa man.