The chronicle=news., 1914-01-05
SUPREME COURT
CHANGES ARE
RUM0REO

inos. ,oflsaiai Washington hears .
funor ths, th.r. may sooI te q va
esney among the members Of tue su-
pr~me Court of the unit.S States,
The ranor may DC based OH tact asd
IL may not be- IL i, knosa that AZ
least tao of III. Older members have
been IN rather .,oof a.sish tor sane
time. ba, whether 's-y contemplate
retiring .foa. The bench is . matter
! eone-SniEs which there aas S.~a At
least no public in,ima,ioa.
Il seems likely. however. that
Pye~id-si Wilson ~iii have an oppos-
tuniiy Ia fiji one OF more >asahcis>
IL the l!xhesi .oaf, before ii. term
biiiiies are that the emb.fship of
the .oar ~iii b- changed s-,ases
uo~ aud March I. isi:
Il j. . pretty general fu!. smong
the psnb-fs o. the eous, 10 take sj.
ssh,ss- Of the lac sLl,h rsfm.is
,kssn 10 retire With sali pss spsn
they hss- reached the age ol s-fes-
~. though In the ca.- of fee m-tn-
b~sp Who have been bie., ~ith robust
health they have waived a.. fai-
and have .oaiina.d To xsss. the
uooi.aek ios several Years after they
have reached the as. OF -sInei ,--
'if.m~G', NJ other tiuss. the es.-
x-nsi''s o. ssoiitiss has- esss-ss thenn
To hold uh of retire. a. ths ease MAJ
". In ih. hope that ,h-i, place. may
is- filled s'iIh maa " their o.n ,sI-
~.
NJ the present sifu- Associate jus
t5s- Noina.s ard Associate Jpsst.~
/, Ny-knaa aFr tA- oaiy n-u,b-fs of
,h. .uus; eligible To f-tiT.a-at VI,
account o: a.-s 1usiire Mek-ahs
reaches. "a. allotted ,as.~ .cnr. aai
;-a lac, august. ju.iir- h.in-. viii
, be- -,-nty-iLI-- years old a-S,
March. 1usti.. t.iston sIii attain
his .-s-a,i.sh year b-for. 'a- -ad %.
isit and chief Justice White ~iii
reach the .am~ az. y-sr or m.s-
before Psssid-at wilson's ,srm of o!.
flee -spit-., AA.ssrisi~ Justice tAay
~iii b~ sisiy-ns~ S~ars old ~ April.
The other m-sss,~ss os the s.uss have
s~a Year, o- mos- so .-rs~ YET i'--
icr- any os them would h~ eligible
IN E.sir-na~nt
NJ .-t.n,s-,hf-.. Associate lussisr
iieim-. ia IA. oi.~.t u-nb-s %; IL .
court. rssuxl his health has not
been Of the b-.t during the rsst few
years and persons sho are Ia hi.
l ironfidsnc- have a we'll fixed .mpr~..
sion iha, h- /. aImos, ready Z" rv-
tire
Jo.cpl Mck.nus. the next old
msa' Of the bench. s,iii has tine sp'y
step of the mah Of MY. Ills work
on the bench does no, wear Up him.
and h. I. active in many o,h-r IL.
re.tions. Though he I. now eligible
to Retirement; on full pay. there has
been no !ntimaiIon that b" l. think
Ing of 'akins sa.h y s,cp.
Edward n. White. ~ chief jus.
iC-. wss sp,ointSd an a..osisie .uf-
became chief Justice In 1910. lie
has given twenty years to the ardu-
! ous task Of weighing every matter
! coming before the court. Tic II "
hal. mil hearty. we'll preserved mau
and bears his s..iy-n,nc years with
grace. No rumors Of his ptuspcr-
tiv- rctircrcn, have been heard
Sc,crthc,css. the combination Of
| IrircumHtancus nigh; Induce him 10
anii tho bench before President VIII
sons term expires. Though for the
time he II chief justice Mr. White is
| compelled by precedent and good
insic To keep out of poliiica he 10 yet
u stauhch Democrat. Should he be-
come convinced that the next admin
| tstrntion miSht be other than Demo
cratic II In within the ranS. Of prob
abilities that he would resign before
March I. 1917. in order that Prcs!-
dent Wilson might sppoint as his
| successor u man of his own ,oit,ical
| .uth.
For opposite reasons Associate
| Justice bay Is likely to hold ON until
after the next general election. Jus
tice Day will no: reach th. age Of
seventy until 1919. II is natural to
suppose tina; he will remain on the
| bench until he becomes eligible to r,-
tiremcnt with full pny. AZ the same
times. never a robust man. his heaits,
has been far from satisfactory DUR
Ing the past few yc1rs and an an
J lnCuncement OF his retirement would
cause no surprise among his friends.
lie is u Republican and in conse-
auence he will likely hold on unit!
the next election in the hope that a
Republican president may have tile