The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-08-26

issues Of the day. So II may be said
that the candidates are all ready for
the fray. The political committees,
notably the Democratic and Republic
an committees, are still engaged with
campaign plans. The activities In be-
falf Of the candidates will be along
the usual lines. Each of the old par
ties will maintain headquarters In New
York city, and each will have a branch
In Chicago, and possibly one on the
Pacific coast Already there have
been established divisions devoted to
strategy, publicity, finances and speak
ing.
Much Advertising Planned.
In the campaign Of 1912. and also
in the contest Of 1916, the political
| committees made freer use Of adver-
Using than ever before. and this year
much stress will be laid on this branch
of the activity. II is proposed that a
large percentage Of the money collect
ed for campaign purposes shall he used
| In publicity. This does not mean that
/ the old custom Of sending speakers
| out will he abandoned or even cur
| tailed. Already each Of the commit
tees is making up lists Of speakers
| that will charge on the country.
| II Is generally agreed that on many
Of the domestic problems. indeed on
most of them. the two parties are in
accord. or very nearly so. Since the
Chicago and San Francisco conven-
/ lions there has been more or less spec
| ulation as to what the chief issue In
the campaign would be- Even the men
/ who are TO manage the campaigns
have INDUCED in this sort of specula-
/ ton.
| Most observers are of the opinion
that the treaty Of peace with Ger
many and the League of Nations is
| bound to hold a prominent place in the
/ campaign. 1t is probably true that a
| good many Of the politicians in each
| of the old parties would have pre-
| ferred to see this issue take place
/ in the background. but apparently
/ their desires are not to be satisfied.
| II is difficult to fOresee precisely how
this issue will finally be presented to
the people, but apparently the Repub-
| lican candidate and the organization
that is to work for his election do not
/ intend to support the league, while the
Democratic candidate and the organi-
cation behind him propose to make
/ vigorous campaign in favor of the rati-
| fication of the treaty, with the League
of Nations covenant included.
Four Justices May Retire Soon.
Joseph McKenna, an associate JUS
tice of the Supreme court of the
| United States, celebrated his seventy
seventh birthday August 10. The
observance of this milestone in the
| Justices career reminded good
many persons that the next president
of the United States will in all prob
ability be called on to appoint several
members of the Supreme court. Per
sons who are acquainted with the stu
alton are authority for the statement
that the incoming president might face
the responsibility of having to name a
majority of the members of the court.
Four Of the justices have passed the
retirement age. These are Edward
Douglass White. chief justice, who
will be seventy-fiye this coming No
vember; Justice McKenna, who as al
ready noted was seventy-seven Au-
gust 10; Oliver Wendell Holmes. who
was seventy-nine last March, and VIII
liam X. Day, who was seventy-one
last April. A justice may retire at the
age of seventy, but members Of the
hot
been inclined to quit, and the public
has apparently approved the custom
under which the justices have held on
through a ripe old age.
The four members Of the court who
are eligible to retire are still vigor-
Gus, but IT is pretty well understood
that some of them, possibly all of
them. hope to seek freedom from the
business of the court within the next
two or three years.
Only One a Democrat.
OF the four only one, Chief Justice
White. is classified as Democrat. II
there is a tribunal in the world In
which party politics is ignored, the
Supreme court Is probably that tri-
bunal, and yet the political affiliations
of the justices do have some political
bearing. president is very likely to
take politics into consideration to
some extent at least In appointing q
member of the bench.
The governing thought has generally
been that the court should be main
tanned ON an even keel politically as
nearly as possible. or the nine jus
tees who are serving on the court to-
day, five are classified as Republic
ans and four as Democrats. 1t Is rea-
sonable TO assume that II the four
senior members of the court, the JUS
tees who have passed the seventy-year
milestone, should choose to retire dur
ing the next administration. the pres
ident, whether he be a Republican or
a Democrat. would observe this I'M
written rule under which the two
great polltical parties are as equally
represented as possible. Thus II the
one Democrat and the three Republic
ans who are eligible for retirement
should retire and the president should
be Republican, the probability is
that he would appoint one Democrat