Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-16
SENATOR WEEKS
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1t remains that no man in these mod
ern times has ever declined a nomina-
ton tor President and it is to be doubt
ed much whether Justice Hughes
would.
But there would be a drawback in
that connection. Public sentiment and
also Judicial sentiment would require
that Justice Hughes retire from the
bench forthwith. He could not proper
~ run as nominee against any Dem
ocrat while remaining a justice of the
Court and much less against President
Wilson for this would bring the execu-
tive and judicial departments of the
Government into antagonism. The
Democratic nominee would Of necessi-
ty make scathing remarks about the
Republican nominee during the cam
paign and vice versa. This would not
look well If the Republican nominee
were justice Of the Supreme Court
The resignation of Justice Hughes
would mean a vacancy in the court for
President Wilson to fill and that va
cancy would be filed by the nomina-
ton OF a Democrat. There are three
Democrats now on the bench of nine
justices and one of the three is Chief
Justice White. Such a resignation
would increase the probability of a
majority of the court becoming Dem
ocrats before President Wilson's term
has concluded. For there are prospects
that one or two of the justices NAV
retire during the next year or so, hav-
ing passed the age of 20 years. Conse-
quently there is some room to doubt
whether the boom for Justice Hughes
will ever get very far.
For Forest Reserve in Maine.
Senator Burleigh Of Maine, has been
taking up with the forest service the
matter Of a forest reserve in Maine
under the provisions Of the Weeks
forestry law. He and Senator Weeks
of Mass, have asked the forest SER
vice to send inspectors to look over
some OF the large tracts Of land near
Moosehead Lake and on the Canadian
Pacific railroad. The property is
owned by Massachusetts people, who
are understood to have expressed a
willingness to sell it to the govern
ment on reasonable terms.
There are appropriations Of about
100000 under the Weeks law that
will revert to the Treasury July /.
when the term for appropriations
hereunder expires, unless a provision
is made on some Of the pending sup
ply bills for its reappropriation. Sena-
tor Gallinger of New Hampshire, has
given notice of an amendment to
make this 100000 still available. The
government was unable to spend this
sum of the two first installments be-
cause too little time was given officials
of the geological survey to make the
examination Of lands in the White
Mountains for certification
Ordinarily 1t might be easy to have
this money reappropriated but just
now when Congress is trying nightly
to economize, the virtual saving Of
100000 to the Treasury is no small
matter and it is doubtful if the Gal
linger amendment will pass Repre-
sentative Guernsey, Of Maine. has
plans in a similar connection for a
reserve near Mount Katahdin, which
he has hoped to secure from some
amendment Of the Weeks law, but
this appears to be an unfortunate
period for such legislative enterprises.
Adjutant General Albert Greenlaw,
OF Maine, together with his successor
George Mel. Presson, of Pennington,
have been in Washington for several
days. They were here conducting in
qlliries into Names soldier roll for
the Civil War, in connection with an
investigation authorized by he Maine
legislature a few years ago.
The Senate postoffioe committee is
considering a bill by Senator Johnson.
of Maine, authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay s1566 ito the
Maine Central Railroad Company for
q special train from Mount Desert
Ferry, Maine, to New York City, con-
veying foreign mails from the steam
ship Kronprinzessin Cecile, per order
Of the Acting Superintendent of the
Railway Mail Service at Boston,
Mass" last August.
Maine Visitors in Washington.
Maine people have been visiting
Washington quite numerously Of late.
Hon. and Mrs. W. H. Gannett, and
their daughter Florence, of Aurusta,
have come here and are registered at
the Powhattan Hotel for a portion of
the winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Burleigh
Martin, of Augusta. the latter grand
son of Senator Burfeigh and a lawyer
eat Augusta, have been here and re-
NAMED q few days on their wedding
tour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond S. Cakes, Of
Portland. have also been in Washing
ton. They came on business and
pleas sure trip. Mr.. Cakes, an Auburn
boy, was formerly messenger to the
Commerce Committee, when the late