The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-13
JUSTICE LURTON
D|EO SUNDAY,
Associate Judge of United
States Supreme Court,
Victim Of Heart
Failure.
BURIAL IN TENNESSEE
Successor VIII be Named by Presi-
dent Wilson, Who VIII Ger
tainiy Not Name
TAFT.
BURIAL IN TENNESSEE

United Press Leased Wire Service j
WASHINGTON, July 13.-Messages
of coincidence and floral tributes in
hundreds poured into the home today
of Associate Justice Horace H. Lur-
ton, Of the supreme court, who died
yesterday at Atlantic City of heart
trouble.
The body will be brought here
early this evening and at 11:1O p. m.
will be taken to Clarksvflle, Tenn.
the former home of the justice. where
| funeral services will be held Wednes-
day.
Arrangements for the funeral were
in charge of Major ]. M. Wright, mar
shall OF the supreme court. A special
funeral train with honorary and some
of the active pallbearers, justices and
officers Of the cburt and members Of
the Lurton family, will be made up
here.
Chief Justice White will join the
funeral train tomorrow morning at
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, where
he has been Spending the summer
vacation. Justices Lamar and Van
deventer and other members of the
high court who can reach here in
time, will go on the funeral train.
Selection OF successor to Justice
Lurton will be the first of President
Wilson's appointments to the supreme
bench. 1t was stated authoritatively
today that former President Taft is
not considered and as positively that
a democrat will be named.
The names receiving the most at
tention today were Attorney General
McReynolds and Solicitor General
Davis who live in the district former
ly assigned to Justice Lnrton; former
Solicitor Frederick w. Lehman,
United States mediation representa-
tive; Secretary Of the Interior Lane
and Secretary Of War Garrison.
were said to be the most likely OF
these.
At the white house it was stated it
is doubtful that the president will fill
the vacancy before fall, although he
may conclude to act before congress
adjourns SO the nominee can secure
confirmation Immediately and be
ready to take his seat when the court
resumes sittings in October. The
president desires to look the field over
most carefully, 1t was stated.
The death Of Justice Lurton leaves
only two democrats, Chief Justice
White and Justice Lamar on the
bench OF the eight justices remain
| ing White, Hughes, Lamar, Day and
along some lines McKenna are regard
ed as the "progressfves" of the body,
with Pitney, Vandevanter and Holmes
as the most conservative" wing.
| Party leaders closest to the presi-
dent today strongly urged considera-
ton Of McReynolds who has long had
| supreme court aspirations as a sue
cessor to Lurton. 1t was considered
highly probable that the attorney gen.
eral will ultimately be chossa. Spec
ulation regarding his successor as
head of the department OF Justice
mentioned Secretary of War Garrison
for whom the president has unbound
ed regard most strongly
| President Wilson tody sent the fol-
lowing telegram Of coincidence to
Mrs. Lurton:
"Our deepest sympathies go out to
you in your bereavement. The coun-
try has lost a gifted and honored
servant whose memory it will always
honor and I am sure that my feeling
is the feeling of the whole country.
(Signed) Woodrow Wilson"