The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-08-10
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respect President Wilson ignay failed to come
up expectations than his paranshp -Four years ago
president he had large element independent
admirers whose principal reason for according him their support
the belief that he of broad mpahes and free from petty
political prejudces characterized the majority OF
Democratic presidents and which particularly marked in Pres
dent Andrew Jackson But instances where President
Wilson has had the opportunity show breadth of view he has ut
ter failed rise to the OCCASION Woodrow Wilson has Outack
soned Old Hickory himself In political methods he has reverted to
the third decade of the nineteenth century.
Appointments the supreme the United States fur
nsh the final the breadth of mind of president This judi
ca tribunal has prestige second the world and is the
solemn duty of executive jealousy maintain this prestige This
President Wilson has deliberately failed do and his record this
matter demonstrates that he much too small for the
presidency the United States president who cannot keep
politics of the supreme of the United States should
have short shrift in Office
Since assuming Office President Wilson has made three appoint
the supreme bench All the appoines have been Demo
Only recognized possessing distinguished
legal and judicial abilities Even this there who
feel that the appointment unw But let be admitted that in
this mstancehe appointment of Justice Brandshe pres
dent acted wisely There either for being hypecrca
the appointment Justice Mceynods In both these
Democrats succeeded Democrats and really would have made
difference if the Democratic appones had succeeded Republicans
admitting that both were supreme court material
President Wilson has just nominated to Justice
Hughes The nominee John H. Clarke of Ohio Democrat
informed of the school Tom johnson Secretary War Baker
He newspaper which is cone of the prominent Democratic
of the and against Mark Hanna for United States
senator He appointed United States district judge by Pes
wilson the bench
of his Judicial experience In word the president named
comparatively unknown with little judicial experience
to succeed Charles Hughes admittedly of the capable
justices who the supreme bench Why Because he is
a Wilson Democrat
Compare the record of President Taft appoint
ments with that of President Wilson President Taft appointed Ed
ward White of Louisiana Democrat chief justice of the su
court President Taft appointed Horace II Iurton of Ten
Democrat justice of the supreme President Taft
appointed Joseph Lamar of Georgia Democrat justice of
supreme In other words Republican president named
Democrats members of the bench President Wilson
not named single Republican for that tribunal In this
comparison will deny that Woodrow Wilson stamped
himself as the most partizan of presdents2
If President Wilson had not been blinded by petty politics he
would not have hesated instant in naming William Howard Taft
succeed Justice Hughes Such appointment would been
popular throughout the country among boadmnded
well Republicans In fact prominent Democrats have urged
strongly the appointment of Mr. Taft for each of the three vacancies
the bench during the Wilson administration His
peror abilities and long and honorable judicial experience have
peled everyone except President Wilson who is altogether
much OF parzan to recognize and reward true merit especially
when il is outside his partyBloomngtOn ) Panagraph