The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-12
Older Members Objected
to the Selection of
Hughes.
A SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT
A Confederate Veteran Also
Van Devanter and Lamar
Associates.

| WASHiSGToS. Dec II associate J,istics
Edw ard Douglass Whit" ~ Louisiana will
ba advanced N the. Chief .Iusticeehip OF
, III" Supr"rn" Court To- take tho placs
made vacant by tn" death Of Melville W
Fuller
Joseph 4. Lamar Of Augusta. Ga. for
rner Justice Of the supreme Court Of that
I State. will b." appointed an Associate
Justice 20 ~.co"ed to the place l.ft ops,
by the adv ioement OF Justice White.
Judge Wt- Van D.vanter OF tho
Eighth Judr, circuit will he named ~
Associate .I'i-'i,at o fill he vacancy caused
by IN. resigua' on OF Justice Moody.
Ju=tic. Whit, and Mr. Lamar arr
Democrats and Judge Van Devantsr
is Republican. Tine supreme Court.
when all the vacancies ara filed wil,
therefore stand six Republicans and three
Democrats
President Taft has made the following
selections for the newly created Commerce
Court
Presiding Judge to serve for five years.
Martin A. Knapp Of New York. the pres
ent chairman Of the Interstate Commercc
Commission. Judges Of the court Robert
". Archibald. now United States Dis
trict Judge of Pennsylvania. TO serve four
years; William IA. Hunt Of Montana. now
Associate Justice Of the Customs Court.
To serve for three years: United States
District Judge Arthur G. Denison Of
Michigan. to serve for two years, and
Julian W Mack. n lawyer OF Chicago.
to serv. for one year.
The President will appoint Prof. b. II.
Never OF Wisconsin. now a member of
the Wisconsin Railroad Commission and
the new Federal Railroad Securities In
ve-tig eating Commission. to the Interstate
Commerce Commission to take the place
left vacant by the advancement Of Chair
man Knapp. e. e. McChord. a lawyer OF
Louisville. Ky. will be named to- succeed
r. NJ. Cockrill on the commission on the
expiration Of tn. latters term on Jam
nary /.
The more important of The Pres dent's
judicial selections were definitely settl led
to-day Tn. names Of the men chosen
wer. obtained from sources outside she
Whit. Hou-. and tn. officials there de-
clined either 20 confirm or deny the AL
heniIcity III the list
Tn. President will send the full list of
his nominal ION. 10 IN. senate TO morrow
for confirmation.
The selection of .IustiC. White for Chief
Justice came ~ - hig surprise TO official
Washington. chiefly because he ~ "a Demo-
Crar Wheu hiS name j. sent to tho
S.nat. II will he the first time that a
Republican President has ever nominated
"A member 81 an opposing political party
To this high uffic"
Justice White j. a. wears old and has been
n member Of the supreme Court for six
teen wears He has earned the reputation
Of being on" Of the abl-sI Justices Oh this
bench
The President it il understood. turned
To JustIC. White within tho last few days.
Hs had settled upon the selection OF
AssoCiat. Justice Charles r.. Hughes for
advan cement 10 this high post soy ral
weeks ago, but the opposition to Mr..
Hughes recently becam" more pronounced.
with the result that the President turned
to tbs. consideration ~ other candidates.
Friends Of III. President said tonight
that the opposition 10 Associate Justice
Hughes had come not only from pToni
n-nt members Of the har IN many parts
Of th. country hut from many judicial
officer- There hav" been reports
Gently that tn. advancement Of Mr..
Hughes to the Chief J,I-ticeship would
not ~. regarded with favor by the older.
members Of the supreme Court. MIR.
Hughes has quickly gained a favorable
place in the estimation Of his associates
on the bench, bu' several Of them, IL has
been reported were opposed 10 the idea
Of the newcomer" being advanced 10
This high post.
Leaders 81 tho bar have complain In
regard to the candidacy 81 Mr.. Hughes
that he had never had any experience on
the bench until he had been named to
the Supreme Court and that until he sp-
peared in the gas and insurance investiga-
lions in New York his legnl practice had
not been such ~ TO make him stand out
as a possibility for tn" high place II Chief
Of the supreme Court.
There Is good reason TO believe that
strong opposition to the advancement
Of Mr.. Hughes developed IN the Presi-
dents own Cabinet. Members OF Mr..
Taft. Official family have urged that
Mr. Hugh.,ss own record showed him
To he too uncomprOmIsIng for Chief jus
tice. one Of whose chief duties. they con-
tended. WAS TO r.concil. differences Of
opinion in the court
Some members Of Mr. Hugh-s's own
party have been none too favorably dis
posed toward his advancement. although
il il not likely that they have ever ssri-
ously considered tn" contingency Of the
President appointing Democrat % tho
nief Justice-hip.
The President until recently had told
hi4 friends that he wanted a man for
Chief Justice who could give at lsast
twenty years ~ hard ssrvic" 10 the post
In turning to Justice White lhs President