The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-04-29
'hUGIlf:IS'|'ON BENCH
BUT He WILL REMAIN CHIEF Ex.
EcuTE OF NEW YORK, TILL
NEXT OCTOBER.
APPOINTMENT PLEASES
May Eliminate Him From state Fall
Campaign, In New York, Under
Way When He Takes
the Oath.

the Oath.
Washington, d. C. - The follow
Ing statement is given out at the White
House:
"The president by letter of April %.
rendered the appointment to the gu
preme bench to succeed Justice Brew
er. Of Governor Charles Evans Hughes
of New York. BY letter of April "a,
Governor Hughes accepted. In the
presidents letter to Governor Hughes
he told him that as the supreme court
would adjourn its hearings this week
the person appointed would not be
called upon to discharge any judicial
functions until the opening of the DC.
tober term on the second Monday in
October, and that therefore, if Govern.
or Hughes would accept, he might con.
tinue to discharge his duties as gov.
ernor until his qualification on the day
of the opening of the court in October
next This was material factor in
Governor Hughes acceptance. Ac.
cordingly. If the nomination is con.
firmed, as there is every reason to be.
lteve 1t will be, Governor Hughes quail
ifcation will not take place until Octo.
ber."
Five minutes after Gov. Hughes let
ter was handed to the president, the
nomination Of Governor Hughes was
nm tic MO f1 &1o canada
While it is expected that Governor
Hughes will be confirmed with little or
no delay, 1t is understood here that
he will remain as the chief executive
Of the state of New York until next o.
tober and will not take the oath of his
new Office until the fall term of the SUI
preme court opens the second Monday
In that month.
There has been much speculation
ever since 1t was first intimated that
Governor Hughes would be rendered a
place on the supreme court bench as
to whether or not his appointment
would take him out of the fall cam
paign in the state of New York, where
all the Republican leaders admit he is
sorely needed.
Taft ls Much EIated.
President Taft would not discuss
this phase of the case in any way. He
has been anxious to secure the best
man he could for the supreme court
vacancy and he feels he has done so.
He was much elated over the success
Of his tender to Governor Hughes, and
said:
Il am very much delighted to secure
Governor Hughes for the bench. He
is a man of wide experience and
marked ability and it is mighty valu-
able thing to have on the great bench
of the supreme court man of affairs.
Governor Hughes is 48 years of age,
think, and even If he should retire at
70, he will have had % years of solid
usefulness on the bench"
The general opinion is that the ap
pointment Of Governor Hughes will
eliminate him from the state cam
paign this fall The campaign will be
only fairly under way at the time the
the governor will be called upon to
take the oath Of Office and enter upon
his judicial duties.
The news of the appointment and &C
ceptance Of Governor Hughes reached
the justices of the court just as they
were adjourning for the day. All were
surprised and pleased.
Hughes Trust Attitude.
About the first question heard after
The announcement of the selection was
concerning the attitude of the new
member of the court on the trust prob
lens, as involved in the dissolution
suits against the Standard Oil and the
Tobacco corporations.
The general conclusions were that
the record of the New York man
showed he came to the court without
prejudices, having fought corporations
where he thought them guilty Of
wrong doing. and protected their
rights where he considered them per.
secuted. 3,