The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
is UP IN THE AIR.
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-o+es+ against the appointment of
one who has expressed ms Opinions
adversely to questions now penoing
before the supreme court ihNotviIls
If the states and jurisdiction OF the
state railroad commissions
M Action Wednesday.
xx1,sbinoton. Dec. 2.-After being
rod personally by the president the
I,,r.+ests will be carefully scrutinized
p = - ,++orney general 1t was semi
a7ciaIIx- announced on saturday that
81 resident would name his choice
;1nro ediately upon the reassem ping OF
1.anoress Wednesday, AT the W hlte
IIal5sa there was denial that Mr.. Tart
i,a5 definitely decided upon Judge
Hook. Considerable slgnlhcance Is az
+acbed to the fact that az the " nlle
IIoIfee the name of Secretary OF Com
100 ana Labor Nagel again is heard
~ .1,is connection. Attorney General
" VZriel[ersham is personally pledged to
Nagel ... :. 49, minds If
49,. irnmediately around the pres1-
ANT is that having delivered an opln-
~. II +ha bill to the railroads in the
Minnesota case, when IS now pelore
- c1nreDe court for review, Judge
fTooiT would not, if appointed, be
aiigible to sit in that case. Moreover
The same case is bound to come pc
fore the court OF last Ieso1 eSshAh
from time to time
IN such case Judge Hook would pc
IN the position of having prejudged It.
The president has been ADVISED that
he can not afford to put litigants to the
Great expense of fighting cases through
The supreme court where they are
S11re I'd meet a divided court.
president May Change Decision
IN conversation with a senator who
went to see him on behalf OF another
n p
ter if he had made up his mind, he
1,-a,7Id not hesitate to wipe out the
slate and substitute another name II
one We're suggested better ntted TOT
tba Mace. This statement indicated
that the president intended to leave
hack door open that he might escape
from just such a predicament in which
he now finds himself
Meanwhile former Senator Keane of
New Jersey, the personal representa-
tive of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company. remains at the White House
Failing to get the job for Judge Hook,
the railroad interests, it is believed,
viii turn in enthusiastically for Judge
Swavze. Senator Penrose has already
begun the fight in the interest Of
Swayze-
More Protests Made.
Further protests against the ap- |
poiutment of Judge Hook were made |
today Said Representative Helgeson
of North Dakota:
7 am opposed to the appointment |
of Judge Hook because of his pro-
corporation decisions. I have recon-
mended to the president the appoint |
ment of Judge Deemer of Iowa"
Representative Stevenson, Republic |
can, Minnesota:
I strongly oppose the appointment |
of Judge Hook because of his appar- |
ent leaning toward corporations 1
viii favor anyone else before Judge |
Hook. I am pleased to see Frank NJ. |
kellogg suggested
With view to forcing more liberal
and progressive decisions from fed |
eral courts Representative Lindberg |
of Minnesota, in which state Judge /
Hook made the objectional decision, is
considering a draft of a bill redistrict- |
ing various judicial districts of the .
United States and prohibiting the |
transfer of judges from one district |
to another for the trial of special |
cases.
Is Fight Too Late?
The friends of Judge W. c. Hook say |
that they are not in the least worried i
over the protest filed against his noni- |
nation to the supreme court. These |
protests come from Oklahoma. Nebras- |
1a and Minnesota because Judge Hook |
enJolned the Oklahoma board of rail- |
road commissioners from putting into
effect the 2-ceEt-a-mile passenger rate |
1t is argued that the president studied
very carefully the judicial record of |
Judge Hook and was satisfied with it |
long before these protests came to his |
notice When the appointment of JUS
tice Hughes was being considered by |
President Taft there was a rush of pro-
tests against his nomination because he |
vetoed the 2-cent-fare bill passed by |
the New York legislature. It's much |
the same proposition that now confronts
Taft regarding the appointment of |
Judge Hook. In the Hughes case the |
president did not falter. And it is not /