The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-02
DRlnDEIsn ToDENcn
BOSTON LAWYER NAMED BY
PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED
LAMAR.
Entire Surprise for Capital rs Ap.
pointee had Not Been Mentioned i'm
List Of Those Supposedly Under
Consideration.


Brandeis of Boston was nominated
by President Wilson today for the
place on the supreme court bench
made vacant by the death of Asso-
ciate Justice Lamar.
The senate received the nomina-
tion with uncOncealed surprise in
which all official Washington joined
because Mr.. Brandeis had not been
mentioned among the long list Of
eligibles which President Wilson was
said to have considered or among an
equally long list of aspirants.
Some senators announced to their
colleagues they were opposed to the
nomination, but declined to be quoted
to that effect. The only senator
found who was willing publicly to
record his opposition at this time was
Senator Wadsworth (Republican) of
New York.
Senators who approved the nomi-
nation were not lacking. although
they, too. avoided public express n
OF their views. They felt sure. how
ever. they could command the neces-
|sary majority to confirm the appoint
ment.
II have nothing whatever to say"
was Mr.. Brandeis' only comment to-
night as he went off to dine with
President Wilson at Secretary Nc
Adoo's house. Justices Hughes ano
Pitney also attended the dinner.
Monday the senate judiciary COM
mittee, to which the nomination was
referred. will appoint a subcommit-
tee. which. according to precedent,
will consider the nomination and
make a report. II today's talk OF
opposition amounts'to anything it will
develop in the committee. There has
been no contest of any note over q
supreme court appointment since the
days Of President Cleveland.
1t was learned tonight that among
the Endorsements sent to the president
urging Mr., Brandeis' appointment to
the supreme court bench was one
from Clifford Pinchot, former CHIEF
forester. whose celebrated controversy
with Secretary Ballinger brought Mr.
Brandeis into the public eye six years
ago. He appeared as chief counsel
for the chief forester in the Ballinger-
Plnchot controversy.
Although celebrated as a lawyer
Mr.. Brandeis has been devoting his
time of late to the Zionist movement
In this country which has for it's OBJ.
ject the reparation Of the Jews with
a nation of their own in Palestine. II
confirmed he will be the first Jew
to sit on the supreme bench.
Some senator's questioned the
politics of Mr.. Brandeis, but Senator
James of Kentucky, the native State
Of Mr.. Brandeis. unreseryedIy told
them the nominee was Democrat
Justice Lamar, whom he would sue
ceed, also was a Democrat. Six of
the eight justices now on the bench
are Republicans.
The senator's who approve the NOM
ination of Mr.. Brandeis declared that
the opposition was, largely in the
realm Of talk which would disappear
as the appointment was considered
with mature deliberation. They
conceded. however, that a contest
over supreme court appointment
was not out Of the ordinary and re-
called that Chief Justice White had
one vote cast against him when Pres
ident Taft elevated him to the head
of the bench.
Mr.. Brandeis Is a Kentuckian and
Is 60 years of age. He was born and
educated in Louisville and later at
Harvard university and In 1878 began
to practice law in Boston. He came
most notably before the public six
years ago through his participation in
the Ballinger-PinchOt Investigation in
congress in which no was counsel for
the forces opposed to Secretary Bal
linger and sought his removal. Later
he was counsel for the shippers who
opposed the general increase in freight
rates before the Interstate commerce
commission and during the same
period he was at the forefront of
those who were demanding an investi-
cation of the financial affairs of the
New Haven railroad.
In 1910 he was chairman Of the
board of arbitration which settled the
New York garment makers strike
He has written largely and is regard