Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
SEE CABINET SHIFT
IN NAMING JUSTICE
McReynoIds. Garrison or Lane
May Succeed Lurton in SUI
preme Court.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Although
President Wilson has not begun seri-
Gus consideration of the appointment
of a successor to the late Justice Lur-
ton, of the Supreme Court, it was re-
ported oday in circles close TO the
White House that he would lose no
time in making a choice.
Secretary Lane, of the interior de-
partment is regarded in official
circles as more likely to be named
than any of the many possibilities
mentioned, in spite of the fact that
the President is known to be very I'M
willing to break up his cabinet. Sec
rotary of War Garrison and Attor-
ney-General McReynolds also have
been suggested, but the fact that
New Jersey already is represented on
the court by Justice Pitney is believed
to make Secretary Garrison's selec-
ton highly improbable
Former Solicitor General Lehman,
of st. Louis, Solicitor General Davis,
Judge Alton b. Parker. Democratic
Presidential nominee in 1904, and
others are being talked of as posi-
bilities.
Deny Talk of Taft.
Reports that former President
Taft might be. offered the position are
said to be Entirely without founda-
ton, because the President wants a
man looked upon as more of a pro-
gressive The American Civic So
ciety held a meeting here today and
adopted resolution suggesting that
legal and commercial organizations
call the attention of the President to
Mr.. Taft's eligibility to fill the
vacancy.
The inclination of the President to
tender Justice Lurton's seat to Mr..
McReynolds has not created a great
deal Of surprise among officials who
knew of the strong admiration which
the President has for the holder of the
justice portfolio. The President re-
CARDS Mr.. McReynolds as one of those
members of his cabinet whose abili-
ties have been adequate to their re-
sponsibilities, and If he feels any hesi-
fancy about asking him to accept the
Supreme Court appointment it is said
to be due to his unwillingness to spare
Mr.. McReynolds from the admins
tration.
Mercy Would BE Welcomed.
Mr.. McReynolds, 1t is believed, will
experience the same Discrimination to
be removed from his present position,
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suffice to cause him to decline the JUS
ticeship. Intimates of the Supreme
Court believe that the justices would
give him a warm welcome as a col
league because of the high opinion
they have formed of him during his
attorney generalship.
Mr.. McReynolds is a Tennesseean,
as was Justice Lurton. His most con-
spicuous legal work was done as spe-
cial counsel for the government In the
suit against the tobacco trust. 1t was
this which drew the attention of Pres
ident Wilson and led to his appoint
ment as attorney general
In some quarters the McReynolds
talk is coupled with the suggestion
that Secretary Garrison will be trans
ferred from the War Department and
made attorney general, and that the
President will find a new secretary of
war However, Mr.. Wilson is highly
satisfied with Mr.. Garrison's admin
istration of the War Department, and
Mr.. Garrison is also believed to be
quite content there.
The only basis for the suggestion
seems to be that Mr.. Garrison is a
good lawyer and a man of aggressive
qualities, who, in all probability,
would make a splendid attorney-ge
eral But Mr.. Wilson is loath to
break up his Cabinet 1t is Cabinet
that works well together. The vari-
GUS members of 1t have got settled
down into their places, and are COM
ing to have firm grasp of their de-
partments. If Mr.. McReynolds is APP
pointed to the Supreme bench, it
seems probable at this juncture that
Mr. Wilson will go outside of the
administration to choose his successor
as attorney general.