New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

,ote to himself he almost invariably sousn'
some quiet nook TO read. 1t dio "ol a..
n matter to him much what ne ie@1
abstruse work on philosophy o.
matics interested him apparently :,
rn1fch as a thrilling detective s'oi'
the latter he was so fond tha' :,
standing joke with his friends Ia
Is said of him that he never mlsseo lit
lock Holmes story. and had reao ~
all the good French detective nov ba
Justice Fuller had two pets OF
was very fond One was pdiio' -,
other a collie. He was d man WIZ -
nothing for ostcntation or sho" VI
kind In Washington he lived quietiS'
uas as economical in his personal eN
t,res as when he was a struggling i""'
in CHICAGO Justice Fuller had d Kes -,
of hl.mor told a story well anu
hearing good one ,..e
Those who were intimate VII"
Fuller cften spoke with entldsi"1
wonderful! self-control his 'inpe, Iu'
calm OF these qualities one of ms c'o9e
friends said:
..<ot long after Mr.. FuIier's appointments
to the Supreme Court his faVorlte oaus nue..
Pauline cloped with her OLD s"ee'HSe "
Matt Aubrey and was married MI
is said % have objected 70 the rna'ci- nc
chief Justice was at the 'apitoi VI
-. +o taxing his seat on the bench when
rees of the elopernent reached MN
.as sitting I'm his room, chatting with
friend when a messenger ooy nan''e" "--..
telegram. It was from a friend, giving
him the news.
He opened the telegram Tef'd II "i'''o4'
ord "a
change of expression. sent Woru ." "
family and then presided over the coIi -
calmly as If nothing had happened ou' IL
had affected him deeply-just how deeply
only few of his closest friends Ai-e" ol
suspected. 1t was simply an example OF
the iron nerve and SslI-r'p'e9S1'' u "
man"
II will probably have fallen TO ffeSiueH'
Taft 70 make oeer the Supreme court De
fore the expiration of his term oy the ap-
Monument of the majority OF It's meihoerS-
In the sixteen months that ne mas oeeh
Ch;af Execrtfve there have been three va
cancfes and another is in prospect WIN
the execution of Washington. no otner
President was required 10 make so many
annointnents to the Supreme Court within
tfe first year and half of his administra-
,,o, IN EIGHT years Washington named
,brea chief justices and nine associate JUS
+,cos In all there have been only seven
ob;.f iustfces The other six We're Jonn
Iav of New York: Oliver Ellsworth. OF
Connecticut: John Marshall, of Virginia
Roger 3. Tawrey, of Maryland; Salmon +.
Chase of Ohio and Morris r " a1Ie' Oh
Ohio.
As President Taft IS opposed to issuing
recess appointments to the Supreme court
the death of Justice Fuller will probapiS
mean some deiav in the rehearing or the
Standard OIL, Tobacco Trust and corpora
tion tax cases which had been set on the
calendar of the court for October me
President thinks that a Supreme 'pufl
Justice should not sit until his appointment
has been confirmed by the Senate
Sonre months ago Congress passed an ac'
permitting the retirement OF JuSuce
Moody with pay. Should the justice decide
to retire as seems probable, the PRESIDENT
will have two appointments to fill In view
of this fact and the Importance OF the cases
mentioned It has been suggested that
special session of the Senate be cailed aI
which Mr.. Taft could present his nomina-
tons This suggestion has met WIN con-
favor. as otherwise the Presi-
dents nominations could not be confirmed
until Congress met in regular session IN
December.
When Mr. Taft was in ROosevelts Caol-
net there were persistent rumors of his ap-
pointment to the Supreme Court. and many
persons believe that if he had followed his
own personal inclinatio he would now
be a member of that court instead OF Chlef
Executive The President naturally is VI
tally interested in the court. He has MS
own ideas and strong opinions about the
of tic Mr. TAFT. it
is believed. thinks that younger men shouid
he appointed to it than has heretofore been
the custorn-men in the prime of physical
as well as mental vigOr.
of the present Supreme Court Justice /
Harlan is the only member who has served
more than sixteen years There are only /
three i;fstices who have served as long
as ten years. When the present vacancies I
are Notwithstanding that Justice Moody will j
of the justices will have been /
appointed within the last eight years, and
four of these by President Taft The fol- |
lowing brief table shows the situation:
hief Justice q. acdncE I
Justice Iurton c' .:',''
Justice Mckenna- iN1S i