Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-23

CONF as LAWYER h this city vas Tor
some years prior 20 his entrance into
lutlic ne large on n is the pr
sumption that this income oeasei
when Be became q member of Presi-
tent Tafts cabinet some % MF
Niekersham's friends say that %
nave served as attorney general tour
seors Eill have cost Mr Wickerstam
4 hundred thousand dollars over an
above his salary
Not ~ lie Can Help IL.
The recent action OF the republl-
IAN state convention BOZ refusing 10
| instruct the delegates o. vote for an =
anlidatc for the presidential nCml-
nation is Interpreted hg the polificl-
ans as meaning thar toe republican
I4rsluilation of New York stat
deems % the best politics THAT The
New YORK delegation attend the Goa
eatD convention frCehaudsd NJ that
meausanyth.us 10 means that tho
. t1IerastiEg of "a condition st tle Chi
coco convention which win make
compromise candidate mauor III
e>peiienry liui so Gar as ust,
IUrhes d. concerned Doc ulI not Ie
Doe compromise candidate Or he Go
/ hnlI D. justice Hughes has many
warm friends Boo this city who have
recently learned Thar his own lttl-
tude toward the compromise sueges-
lion is Df course Do recognizes that
Dee cannot prevent tho politicians
/ from talking about him as possible
compromise candidate While this
gossip reflects nothing more than a
superficial feeling Judge Hughes will
remain silent nut 90 there should
De- any serious attempt on The part
Of the delegates from NcN York state
or from any other state 90 perfect
an organization or movement In r..
yor 81 nis nomination Justice
Hughes would pat AN instant ana
emphatic stop 10 o. That Is what his
friends in This city report him 3
having decided to do
~ there were no other reason fCt
such action q sufficient one Is found
/ by Justice Hughes in Dis experiences
OF half year as Justice OF the $50
prcme court ilc has already hecoms
VERY fond OF bis work llc has found
unexpected mental and personal cen.
geulalit.cs associated with his place
on tu' supreme court ben ch. We
I has learned To- appreciate the view
that 10 bee Justice of the supreme
court ot thr United States Is an ideal
/ life work
Moreover the salary while net
large. is sufficient n is for life
/ although supreme court Justice MAJ
|nlIrc at 90 wears of age ON FUN sal.
any Boo case he has served ten yeari
upon lhe bench To accept nomi-
nation for president would make II
necessary for Justice Hughes 10 re-
tire from the bench n defeated he
/ would b, compelled 10 begin life over
again Moreover. Justice HUGHES is
persuaded that the conviction which
has always characterized the Amer
| lean people that IL Is not the part ~
! e,pedicncy 10 nominate for president
any member of the supreme court is
sound II has become an almost
tnwritten law And while II has rot
ALWAYS served 80 prevent presidential
lamhitinn from entering the hearts o'
supreme court i"stices. set or the
whole this unwritton law has had
that cited
\ New Suggestion.
This mornine intimatious have
come 10 New York from Illinois tha,
IN case II be- deemed the wiser par:
TO nominate some other candidate
Tor the president than either Mr..
TAFT or Colonel Roosevelt, the hi
nois delegation viii be- prepared to
urge the nomination OF l.awrcnco
| sherman. whose recent victory az the
primaries of Illinois. which will as
sur" him election - United states
senator 10 succeed Senator c. llom.
has brought him in a twinkling be-
lore the American public From a.
innis we hear that Mr. sherman
possesses many of the personal and
some Of the political qualities that
make a man available for pres dem