The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
Frederic Haskin's Letter
Wearers of the Ernaine.

soldier during the Revolution, fight.
ing at Brandywine, Germant6yn
Iron Hill, Monmouth and ston1
Point. and was with Washineton's
troops during the terrible winter a.
! Valley Forge. Marshall was ro'
sponsible for the decision that tbs
! supreme court is the Judge of the
laws of the land and that laws in
conflict with the constitution SHAH
not stand.
Marshall was the last of the Rev.
dictionary heroes and statesmen IN
tbe appointed as chief justice. Rogar
B. fancy, who was appointed 70
succeed Marshall, was scarcely of
age at the time of Washington's
death. His appointment was made
by President Jackson and he served
from 1886 until 1864. The senate
once refused to confirm Taney "a
secretary of the treasury the first
time a nomination to a cabinet posi-
was turned down.
fancy married a sister of Francis
Scott Key. author of the national
anthem. He had the strictest re.
gard for official dignity, and there is
a story that he refused to accent a
box of cigars from one of the Off
Gals in the treasury department
while he was at its head
Salmon p. Chase was appointed
by Lincoln in 1864. He was elected
to the senate twice, but the second
time resigned almost Immediately.
as Lincoln made him secretary Of
the treasury. He ranked high as
financier but resigned because of a
disagreement over an appointment
in his department. Lincoln soon
afterward named him as chief JUS
tice. He suffered a stroke Of pa
ralysis in 1870, and until his death
in 1873, was an invalid.
Morrison Remfck Waite succeed
ed him. being appointed chief jus
tice in 1874 by President Grant. He
was generally regarded as not
measuring up to the stature Of 9TH
ers who had held this high Office.
Income Tax Decision.
Melville Weston Fuller was ap-
pointed chief justice by President
SlS FeldIo 1000. IL " dS uAtUCI Ills
leadership that the income tax was
despite popular opinion.
because the constitution did not
then permit of such a tax being lev
led. Later the constitution was
amended to allow incomes to be
taxed. Chief Justice Fuller re-
manned as chief justice until 1910.
11,1
justice, appointed the man whose
death left the vacancy which made
possible President Harding's ap-
pointment of him. Taft appointed
Douglas White, and raised
a storm of protest all through the
party. White was
Democrat. a soUtherner and a con-
federate veteran, and it was argued
that there were able juristS in the
ranks of the Republicans upon
whom the mantle of Fuller might
well fall. Taft had determined upon
however, and insisted upon
the appointment.
White held state offices in Louisi-
ana and was elected United States
senator in 1891.
President Harding set a prece-
dent by appointing 4 former presi-
ient as chief justice. Taft's father
was secretary of war and attorney
general in the Grant cabinet, and
was American minister 10 Austria
under the Arthur administration.
Taft's first political office was that
\ T a. ElT41i-
on county Ohio. He was made
collector of internal revenue by
President Arthur. When he was
only % he was appointed TO the su-
lreme court bench of Ohio by Gov
srnor Foraker, and the next year
was elected TO this office by sub
majority. President HaF-
'ison made Taft solicitor general OF
he United States in 1890, and when
he federal court of appeals was
,reated, Taft was named as one OF
is members. In 1900 President Nc
[inley appointed Taft chairman OF
he Philippine commission and later
lie became first governor OF the Is
ands President Roosevelt made
Taft his secretary OF war. He
Enlightened out the tangled affairs
# Cuba in 1906, and again in 1907
lie went to Havana to quiet the rev.
in the island republic.
The next year Taft was elected
serving one term, the
pitt in the Republican ranks &C.
urring in 1912.