The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-15
JURIST
 IS NJ MORE
JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL HAR- IAN, NOTED coNsTlTuTIoN-
 AL AUTHORITY IS DEAD.
Had Been lil Little More Than Week Twill Be Buried in the Ar ling Cemetery at Wash
 ngton.

Washington, Oct. 14.-"Good bye. i'm sorry kept you all waiting so Hong"
 With these words Assoclate Jusdce John Marshall Harlan, of the Su- Ipreme court of the United States, or- ten acclaimed the greatest constitu- tional authority of the day, once s conspicuous figure in national and Kentucky republican, lotictis and long Ia leader in Presbyterian councils, died early today, aged 7s years.
 He had been III less than week.
 The famous jurist will be buried in the National Cemetery at Arling- ton. or at Rock Creek Cemetery, hero
 following service next Tuesday at the New York, Presbyterian church of which he was an active member. y,t
 The Supreme court will take rormas action On his death Monday and ad- iourn immediately as a mark of re- spect.
 With Justice Harlans death. the opportunity has fallen to President Taft to select during his single term lin office majority of the members of the Supreme court HIcluding the chief justice, a duty that has de- volved on no other president since Washington formed the court in 1T9t.
 Gossip as to the probable successor of Justice Harlan began immediately. Some persons believe his successor will come from the cabinet. Attor- ney General Wickersham, Secretary Iof State Knox and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel, being mentioned. Of these Secretary Ma gel, a Missourian was most promi- nently mentioned.
 Others urged selection of a lawyer with progressive tendencies just as Justice Lamar was appointed at the request of southern democrats who wanted larger representation on the bench. Senators Kenyon of Iowa and Borah of Idaho were mentioned in this connection. Another group was responsible for the suggestion that there should be another demo erat beside Chief Justice White and Justices Lurton and Lamar. The names thus mentioned were Solicitor General Lehman, who has attract ed much attention as the successor of the late Solicitor General Bowers, Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati, and District Judge Gordon Russell of Texas who was considered with the , present Justice Lamar for appoint ment a year ago. Senator Suther- land of Utah. a leading constitution al lawyer of the senate and Judge Francis J. Swayzee of New Jersey also figured in the gossip.
 Justice John Marshall Harlan's ca- reer marked the development of an ordinary politician into one of the greatest legal intellects of the day.
 Born in Kentucky June 1, 1883, he graduated from Center College at r. He followed in his fathers footsteps In adopting law as procession, but jumped into politics and became a county judge before he was 25. 1 Harlan was a colonel of volunteers during the war. Later he became Attorney General of Kentucky, was twice defeated as republican candI- date for governor, defeated for the nomination of republican candidate for vice president and headed the Kentucky delegation to the republi- can national convention in 1876 when
 he switched his delegation from Bristow to Hayes. leading to the lat fer's nomination and subsequent elec- tion. President Haya unaJe to taccede to Harlan's request to be ap- pointed attorney general. placed the Kentuckian at A years of age on the bench. the youngest man ever recelv- ling such an appointment. Meantime Harlan rendered further party ser- Ivice as a member of the famous Lou isiana Commission which settled the lHayes-Tilden controversy in favor of Hayes. Hayes was eensured in cer- tain quarters for the appointment and and Harlan was denounced as a mere politician aaid for his service by his court appointment.
 AssocIatk Justice Brewer once said