The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-12
EDW ARD D. WRITE
FOR CHEF JUSTICE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.-Assoclatc
Justice Edward Douglass White.
OF the supreme court of the United
States. is TO be elevated to the chief
justiccShlp President TAFT will send
the nomination to the senate tomor-
row at noon 1t is expected tho two
associate Justices To till vacancies on
tho bench also will be named tomor
row. 1t was reported tonight. though
neither confirmation or denial was oh
tainablc at the White House, that
President Taft will name As assocl-
ate justices, Judge Willis Nandcvea-
ter, of Cheyenne, Wyoming. now
federal judge in the Eighth circuit.
and Joseph RuCker TANNER. of Geor-
glas 4 Democrat. and former justice
OF the Georgia supreme court.
Knapp for Court OF Commerce.
II also was reported tonight. like
Wise without confirmation. that the
new court Of commerce win be named
by the president tomorrow. and VIII
consist OF Martin A. Knapp. OF New
York. at present chairman OF the In
tcrstatc Commerce Commission. Rob
eTt a. Archibald. at present judge Of
the court OF Pennsylvania, William
Hunt, OF Montana, now a judge of the
court of customs appeals Arthur c.
Dcnison, OF Michigan. at present
| Judge OF the western district OF that
state, Julian w Mack. OF Chicago.
now judge OF the appellate circuit
court of the First Illinois district. Mt.
| Mack is a Democrat
Hughes Was Slated
To iIll vacancies on the Interstate
| Commerce Commission in place Of
| Chairman Knapp and former Senator
| F. NJ. Cockerlll. OF Missouri. who re-
| tired on December 81, II was reported
tonight that the president will name
both Meyer. of Wisconsin, and c. c,
| McChord, OF Kentucky The an
nounccment that Justice White will be
tho new chief justice viii undoubtcd-
! ly cause some surprise. because 1t had
been generally understood that Jus-
! ticc Charles f. Hughes was slated for
| that honor.
The opposition to Mr.. Hughes al
this time on the ground OF ineXpc-
! rience. came not only from the presi-
dents advisors in Washington. but
also from the bar and from the judges
OF the various courts
White Is a Democrat,
Eliminating Hughes and all sugges-
tions made from outside the court.
President Taft. 1t is said. turned nat.
uraly 10 Justice White In doing so,
he disrcGarded all political consIdcra-
tions. Justice White Is a Democrat
! and was born in Louisiana.
He was appointed 10 the supreme
| court by Grover Cleveland and Is Go
| years old
So far as Washington could recall
tonight. this is the first time that a
chief Justice of political faith op-
posed TO that OF the administration
has ever been appointed Justice
White was strongly urged for pro
| motion. In October last, lust as the
president was leaving the summer
capital at Beverly, It became known
that he was seriously considering his
appointment as chief Justice When
he was again In Washington. however.
the Hughes sentiment grew stronger
and all other candidates seemed elm
mated from consideration AS a mcm-
her Of the supreme court. Justice
White has participated 10 some of the
most famous cases of the tribunal.
Although q Democrat, he IS said to
hold probably the most clearly marked
ideas OF federalism OF any Justice.
White Has Record
He was with the government in all
| sO-callcd inSular cases, involving the
I Philippines and other island posses
sions. He rendered a minority opin-
ion against the governments conten-
tlonS In the Northern Securities cases,
and also was with the majority in vot-
ing to sustain the income tax.
He graduated from Georgetown uni
vorsity In addition TO practicing law
iG Louisiana. he was sugar planter.
He served in the Louisiana legislature
as a senator. served for several years
on the state supreme court bench. and
subsequently was elected TO the Unit
ed states senate. He was serving his
first term in thar body when Presi-
dent Cleveland appointed him to the
supreme court
VandeVentcr's Record.
Judge Vandeventer. who Is general
ly conceded tonight to be one Of Pres
ident Tafts choices as an assistant
justice, participated in the now IA
nous Standard oil decision rendered
In the Eighth circuit Mr. Taft de-
batcd for some time as the propriety
OF taking a judge from this circuit
and oleNalnG' uln TO tOc supreme
court, where he must pass again
upon the cases.
But rs courts often reverse them
selves, Mr.. Taft felt that II new evil
dence justified such a course. man
might also reverse himself Judge
Vandeventer is regarded as eminently
fair and just Those were the quail
ties he was seeking In his candidates.
He is regarded as a high authority In
land cases. He served on the Wyom-
u supreme court several years. and
for seven years was an assistant at
tomey general
Judge Lamar, OF Georgia. the Demo
crat. who ! said TO have been selected.
has personally been known to the
president for several years. Mr..
Taft decided that one of the new as
sistant justices should be a Demo-
crat Judge Lamar served two and a
half years on the supreme court Of
Georgia. and now ia leading member
of the Southern bar