The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
Fly HOLLAND

Taft will not be embarrassed by money difficulties IS was one of his predecessors who served as chief jus tice of the supreme court. The estate left by that chief justice was re- ported to be insolvent It was also the understanding that he had ex- pended all of the fortune he had ac- cumulated by the practice or law about S100,000 in oruer to meet his expenses while serving as chief JUS tice. His salary was only sl0,50o. MT. Taft as chief justice will receive Sz,- GOO more. for Congress Increased ths salaries of the justices of the su- preme court.
 MT. Taft will lose the salary which he has received for about eight years for his services as pra lessor at faie university. But that will be more than made good by the annuity to him of s5,000 a year which Andre" Carnegie made. Taft has lived since he retired from the presidency in a modest manner. His income mus have been considerable, and 1t IS un- derstood 1t has been wisely lnVesteu' therefore his income including h,i | salary while chief justice will De 1 ample. | When the senate COHilihiou e'S nomination of Mir Taft for chlef JUS | tice, Connecticut ranked with onio m | th. number of citizens who had been called to the chair of chief justice of inc supreme court. Governor Chase | of Ohio aand Morrison R. Waite or | the same state were predecessor anu | successor as chief justice. Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut served for q | short time in that important post and now after more than 100 years Taft. who has been for eight years | A citizen of Connecticut takes tne | chair occupied by Oliver Ellsworth.
 These. however. are only incidental l considerations, although they have been mentioned many times since MT. raft's nomination as chief justice was l confirmed by the Senate. However other comments than these have been made by lawyers who have been ih- spired to speak because or the m timation made by two senators VII opposed the confirmation Of MT, Taft on the ground that he has nol the qualifications as they said for service as chief justice. not havir 2 practiced law for long time and not having had prolonged experience upon the tench in Ohio.
 Aumi-ed as Lawyer
 MT. Taft is spoken of by those whc know him and who have had some knowledge of his career as being as well qualified to serve as chief jus flee as any other distinguished law yer upon whom President Harding's choice might have been fixed. His successful experience, while governor of the Philippine was greatly aidec by his mastery of law. He has pro found understanding of the common law. He handled with consummatt skill which entailed accurate ane profound legal knowledge the trouble some problems which the disposition of the so-called Friars landholding' in the Philippines had created.
 | students who have listened to hi lectures at Yale have always beer impressed by the revelation which h. made of his mastery of the principles of law, The personal friends O Charles E. Hughes in this city hay reported MT. Hughes as having sai' that Taft possesses one of the pro foundest as well as acutest intellect which he had ever discovered In an, other man.
 when He Was Judge
 There were two incidents associate
 with his service as judge in Ohio t
 u,hich those who have knowledge o them have referred since Mir. Taft appointment One was an importan and complicated litigation. One
 the parties associated in that litiga
 tion was NIyron T. Herrick. after
 wards governor of Ohio. and soon |
 take up the duties of ambassador t France. Another was Washington Connor of New York. The litigatio | plicatrd points were involved. Afte , inc evidence was closed. Taft charge
 the jury and that charge is sti
 spoken of as one of the ablest an
 clearest ever made.
 .l When the verdict was given an : the case closed. Taft was told tha ]. his charge to the jury was a marv' :; of clearness of profound expositio . of the law and also of the relatio . of the evidence to the law. In repl
 Taft said that while the case was c
 trial ne made a careful study of tn
 jury, and was at last convinced ths the jury would be disposed to brin in verdict which would not
 justified. He. therefore, undertook
 h.s charge to set forth the relatio
 of the evidence to the law and an e1
 position of the law itself, doing thu l. in understandable terms so that u
 jury would bs able to reach a ju
 verdict. The verdict was in full a.
 cord with the principle and stat a ments contained in the charge. . h . Patent Case
 \ Important and expensive litigatie : followed the invention of Charles Ha
 of process for manufacturir |: aluminium to commercial advantag Q The issue involved was whether