The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-25
MARK SULLIVAN
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50 long moved In that groove that he
could hardly get out OF II II ne would.
Furthermore, he is temperamentaliE
one OF those men whose sense Of taste
would always prevent them from sue
cessfully trading upon personal rela-
lions.
Moreover, the persons who have been
familiar with Senator Sutherland y
career from its beginnings in the noun
tain villages Of Utah know that tho am
bition which has always pulled him Is
not q fortune. and not even COM
petence but eminence in the law. This
last ne has. have been told by one
who overheard tho words that Mr.. Elihu
Root once spoke of Senator Sutherland
as one Of the three greatest lawyers in
America.
Great Corporations HIS Clients.
That Is a position q man gets only
through loving the law as science ana
making II his mistress.
Great corporations come TO Senator
Sutherland. Without any great turmoil
Of conscience. but simply as the express
sion Of the natural law that governs his
mind. he takes their cases only so far
as those cases present thorough prob
lens Of law. To the degree that the
clarifying processes OF his mind are
valuable. he serves his client and doubt
less Is adequately paid for the service
know, however, that occasionally
these corporation clients feel little
disappointed. Their disappointment Is
due not to any lack of Senator Suther-
lands knowledge OF the law nor to any
defect in diligence on his part. The
disappointment Is duo to the difference
between what some corporation clients
expect from an ex-senator in the way
OF personal persuaslvencss with judges
or with the heads of departments. and
what Senator Sutherland as a lawyer Is
willing to give and has 1t in his nature
TO give.
Even clients who do not expect from
the lawyers they retain anything even
family improper may sometimes have
sense Of disappointment In failing to
get from Senator Sutherland that
heartlness OF advocacy, that partisan
and exclusive devotion to his clients
side OF the case that lawyers Of diff
ferent temperament can give.
Senator Sutherland Is judicial both
by temperament and by 4 lifetime OF
selfdiscipline: his mind Is more intent
on the abstract law in the case than on
the persons involved. and his major pur-
pose liz that the legal problems involved
shall be wrought out 10 true conclu-
sion. Senator Sutherland will show
thusiasm over the successful applica
ton OF legal principles TO difficult set
OF circumstances rather than over any
personal victory or advantage to him
self or to his clients.
Mentioned for Three Posts.
In the gossip about appointments
within the gift OF Senator Harding SEN
ator Sutherland Is mentioned in connec-
ton with two cabinet offices and one
other position.
ua ,r fraouan,I,, suppasted 40 Sacre-
tary Of the Interior. because he knows
the west. and, more particularly. because
he Is familiar through long personal ex-
perience with the conservation Of the
nations mineral lands. forests, and graz
ing lands.
fIc is even more frequently mentioned
for Attorney General. That mention
rests on the sound basis OF the probity
and ability which he would bring to the
highest purely legal office in the eNocu-
tive branch OF the government.
The third suggestion Is that Senator
Sutherland may not be In the cabinet,
but will be appointed TO one OF the four
vacancies in the supreme court that are
sure 10 occur during Senator Harding's
administration. All the friends Of SEN
ator Sutherland who know his career
and the bent OF his mind are confident
that this last would be his personal
choice.
AZ man who has known him since he
first began practice before justices of
the peace In little mining villages in the
Rocky, mountains, expressed the hellct
that, consciously or SubconSciously or
both Senator Sutherland has always
been drawn by that goal which Is at
tanned by scholarship and thoroughness
in the law rather than by great f!nan-
cial success.
During the present week there has
been more or Jess organized urging that
even II Senator Sutherland is later 10
20 on the supreme bench he should first
be made attorney general at the outset
OF the now administration. The theory
behind this urging is that this appoint
ment would give to the office of attor-
ney general the color Of character and
legal ability that ought always TO be
maintained for IL: that such an appoint
ment would be quickly appreciated by
the public and would he most valuable
addition to the momentum OF favorable
recognition for the outset Of the new
presidents administration.
So far as comparisons can be made,
thu attorney general IS that one or tho
cabinet members in whom character and
uniupea enable reputation are most i'm
portant.
He has to do with the enforcement Of
the law, with advising congress az to
the constitutional!ty OF proposed stat
utes and with the appointment OF TED
arnl Judges. Every attorney-gencral is
constantly under assault for favor. ler-
lency IN enforcing the law. for pardonS.
for COMPROMISES. ALSO. the attorney
general possesses n power which there
Ia always n temptation TO use for polt-
Ical Intimidation. He Is, OF all tho cnoi-
net appointments, that one who ought
10 be fYfost free from subsection to po-
litical pressure, and from the suspicion