The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-24
TAFT WILL DELAY
NAMING OF JUDGE
PRESIDENT TO AWAIT ASSEM-
BLING OF CONGRESS BEFORE
NOMINATING. SUCCESSOR
TO HARLAN.

Washington oct. 24.--Presiden- Tar
will not name justice of the supreioc
court to succeed John NJ. Harlan until
cCrRress meets. Presidents have very
generally observed rule not to make
vacation appointments to the supreme
! court Public men hcre at t6e capital
te ieve that the now Justice will be q
Republican. President Taft has al
| tcady appointed two Democrats to This
court and has promoted Edward
Douglass White, a Democrat, to lie
chief jrstice. The probability is ~ .
the new justice will come fro'n vest
81 ...e Allegheny mountains. Murh
spnra > lion as o bLu the nov ius.i g
"lIl lie IL ALREADY taking place, hut IN,
fat 10 that no one here has any in
i,rind tiOE as to what the pcesidnn5 Is
likely TO do. In making iu Iicial ap-
: inim'' Is. NJ. rsft has re;sa:Lei
fccu. consulting With even mis- hfs
a'iinioif tration thlr me intended to 'aFe
tho fole responsibility ,or judicial
apD 'rtlnents mrde during his term OF
,fiicc. eud he has lived up to this poll
~ lie feels hut r knows the To-
'iciary Cf the I'm, ed states aaI ~
ahle to select SO od man ror the
s~,rcu bench. "he proc tbi't'- Is
tn, nc will co1si Ter a large rrm' n
of ion before lie fIally mGkAs Il his
nni
Several are MentionsI.
Some of the PRESIDENT cl'.ss
CHARLES Nagel. ;he present secretary
Of IN. departrl mt or commerce aud
lairr to the place. Around the ls-
par:mont OF justice, the opin:c" rf.-
tails that Frede lex w. Lennnnr. the
solicitor general, viii be chosen h.
mann are from st. Louis. 1t is well
known that the president regards each
as a great lawyer Mr.. Lehmann's name
was under consideration last year His
appointment would undoubtedly give
satisfaction to the progressive or in
surgent wing Of the Republican party
and It would hardly affront the con-
scrvatives. Mr.. Lehman was rec
commended TO the president for a place
on the supreme bench last year by
Senator Cummins OF iowa and Senator
Borah of Idaho. both progressives.
Mr. Lehman began the practice TT
law i'm Iowa and afterward removed to
st. Louis. He was a consistent Demo-
crat party that year after the nomina-
tion of Bryan and was active in organ
izing the Gold Democratic movement.
which nominated Harmon and Bulldev
He has been voting the Republican
ticket as rule since 1896 He is class
ell as an Independent in politics. Mr..
Lehman is generally regarded as one
of our ablest lawyers I'm the United
States. He was at one time presi-
dent Of the American Bar association.
Much of the important work in the
preparation of the cases brought by
the government against the trusts has
devolved on him.
At Minneapolis Tonight.
Glencoe. Mimi. oct 24.--President
Tafts first stop In Minnesota today
vas at this place. The end Of the days
journey will be Minneapolis. where the
president spends the night. u. s..
Marshal Bullock OF South Dakota, Isl
travelling with the party.
II was stated here today that the
president will not select successor
TO Justice Harlan until after Congress
meets. A number OF other vacancies.
including n successor To Judge Gross
cup and vacancies In the Wisconsin
district. will not be taken up until
winter.