The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-17
JUDGESHIP
BONE OF D|SSENSION
ADMINISTRATION IGNORES LIST
OF GEORGIA LAWYERS SUB
MITTED BY SENATOR.
ANSWERED BY SENDING
in THE NAME OF THOMAS

Smith and Hardwick Both Oppose
Confirmation of Valdosta Man.
Latter Says He Has No Apologies
to Make For His Attitude.
A Washington dispatch says it
may be stated on excellent authority
that if the Georgia senator's reject
the nomination of Judge Thomas, the
people in the southern judicial cir
cult of Georgia must content them
selves with the services of one feder-
al judge, namely, Judge Emory
Speer. The president, it is believed,
will not make another appointment.
The controversy has reached a
stage far more acute than any other
between the white house and the SEN
ators.
No Heed to Hardwick's List.
The answer of the president and
the attorney general to Senator
Hardwick's list of names came unex-
pectedly the next day, when Presi-
dent Wilson sent to the senate the
name of w. E. Thoams, of Valdosta.
Some two or three weeks ago the
attorney general wrote Senator
Hardwick, advising that Judge Thorn
as name was under consideration
and asking if he were Objectionable.
1t is understood that Mr.. Hardwick
registered an immediate objection.
Senator Hardwick did not profess
surprise at the nomination of Judge
Thomas, but declared with emphasis
that it would be rejected by the SEN
ate. "The attorney general wrote
my colleague, Senator Smith, and
myself about Judge Thomas, and we
replied that his appointment would
not be acceptable" said Senator
Hardwick. Judge Thomas came to
me in person at the time, and | told
him that l would ask the senate to
reject him, if nominated. | stand by
that statement. / shall ask the senate
to reject, and | believe the senate
will do so.
81 have submitted the names of
many excellent gentlemen for con-
sideration, and l am hopeful that
the attorney general may be able to
find among the number a man &C
ceptable to the administration"
Has No Favors to Ask.
"The surmises of hostile newspa-
pers that / am seeking credit for
having controlled the appointment
are groundless," he said. Il am seek
ing nothing from this administration.
| want nothing from it. / have no
apologies to make for my attitude to-
ward the administration, and | repeat
| am ready to defend myself before
the people of Georgia"
Below is listed the names, in or
der, as submitted to the attorney
general by Senator Hardwick: J. E.
Pottle, of Milledgeville; Thomas S.
Fielder, of Macon; Chief Justice Bev-
erly Evans, of the Georgia supreme
court, citizen of Sanders,-ille; AS
sociate Supreme Court Justice Sam
uel Atkinson, of Brunswick; Associ-
ate Appellate Court Judge Roscoe
Luke, of Thomasville; Associate APP
pellate Court Judge Frank Jenkins,
of Eatonton; William w. Osborne,
of Savannah; Superior Court Judge
ROBERT n. Hardeman, of Louisville;
Superior Court Judge Henry c.. Ham,
mOnd, of Augusta; Superior Court
Judge z. A. Littlejohn, of Americas;
City Court Judge Davis Freeman, of
Savannah; City Court Judge E. c.
Collins, of Reidsville; John w. Ben
nett, of Waycross; Daniel G. For
garty, of Augusta; W. A. Covington,
of Moultrie; Frank NJ Oliver, of Sa-
/ vannah; Former Superior Court
Judge Joseph W. Bennett, of Bruins
wick.
Senate Promptly Rejects Thomas.
The day following the nomination
of Judge Thomas the senate refused
to confirm it.
The temper of the judiciary COM
mittee was clearly shown by the fact
that adverse action was taken be-
fore the attorney general had for
warded Judge Thomas papers to the
judiciary committee to which it is re-
ferred to await "the papers in the
case," but in this instance the feel
ing was so strong that it was de-
termined to countenance no delay,
and the nomination was adversely
reported before Judge Thomas en-
dorsement, recommendations, ETC.,
had been received.
Senators Smith and Hardwick
credit the nomination of Judge Thorn
as to what they call the ''interfer-
az