Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-18
JUST|F|ES CHOICE OF
SENATOR WOLCOTT
FOR CHANCELLOR
Repudiates All Suggestions OF
Personal or Partisan Inter-
eats in His Selections.
LEAVES MATTER TO SENATE
spsslal n,spa,eh 90 EVER, usenins.

Dover. June IS,
livery EVENINGS correspondent thl
aurulu. Hahed Governor William {
tsennpy whether be had made an
usnae ln hls appointments 20 a.
ieuth as originally announced by hin
lia Feply was
4 have not
rhp correspondent oalled the gov
sgnugs atlrntNn 90 the fact that
wan runorud tho senate might no
eonnsm ths appointment ~ Unite
states senator Josiah -. Molcott =
'hanss slls aud asked him whether d
suuld ghen canFldef the rc-appuint
Neni - Chancellor Curtis. The goV
snef rrplled
"ia ,k,w uf all that has been
sala aad dane. | could nus now
tssarp"iai Chancellor Curtis la
sns event"
tAe suNvrnor az the same tim
nsac the tvilowing formal stateme i
Elh rvslseat So tis appointments;
II made my selections for the
vacancies Ia the Judiciary after 4
nsnal careful and conscientious
consideration In this matter /
consulted, direCtly and Indirectly,
many ~ the prominent citizens IL
THIS state, among them several
mewbcrn ~ the bar. Every person
! consulted. after careful consider
alton, agreed that my SeleCfions
we're as good as could be ma,ie.
~ has been my firm belief that
the appointments 60 the bench
should 81 no sense be political
appointments. A man who is a
proc~ man to select fer the Z.
bench appreciates the high posi-
tiou In which he has been placed,
and knows that IL is his business
% decide the facts and law as
presented to him. regardless OF
fUmer political Affiliations.
II can't believe that there are
many people in this State who are
50 PARTISAN as 10 think ID impor-
tant whether the Chancellor or
this state BE- a Republican or a
Democrat. A partisan Judiciary
except IN name. is a thing Of the
Dast. The most important thing
y To ~rt men OF personal char
~cier and habits that are beyond
question, and men Of judicial
temperament and proper legal
training
senator WoicOtt and l have
been close friends from boyhoOd.
/ believe him 10 he. and il is gen
orally conceded that he Is. one
81 N. best qualified men in the
state FOR Chancellor. and il
seemed TO u@ exceedingly for
funate thai he accepted the posi-
t4en when ! tenurred IL 10 him.
>~aatpv>hip Not Factor.
eTne fact that ne is now a
United States senator, and that
Ms acceptance OF this place on
The bench would make II my duty
~ appoint hls successor Ia the
United States senate for a short
time has given an opportunity 70
hls political enemies. as well as
my own. to contend that there has
s..n something improper in what
has bs-su done. So far az l am
aware. Il is not OF great inpor-
tsnce whethcr Senator Wolcott.
Who ~ a Democrat. Is To be in the
United States Senate for the next
year. or whether some Hsepubii-
ear shall occupy that place. In
a~s-d. II there is any advantage
IA ths state st all. IL seems TO me
that if would b. In having an
additional Republican Senator
tness. lnsto3d ~ a Democrat. The
administration H. Republican,
end Il Is bit reasonable TO expect
that Republican Senator in
Washington could do more FOR
bis own State just now than a
Democratic senator could do.
>e Personal Interest.
sSoue people are endeaVoring
a. er~afe the impression that Sen
Atof Wolcott was Offered the place
en the bench 80 that some partic-
ular friend ~ mine might be
named b. me o. succeed him in
IA. United states Senate. Moth
lns could l~ farther from the
truth than this. II Senator VOL
volts place should become vacant
I .nouid consider the appointment
IT his sueccssor a political ap-
polntinsnt. and ! should not think
81 making such an important po-
lii cal appointment without get
ting consensus of opinion from
tho Rspublicans of this State as
Ia whom they desired me 10 ap-
point. ! have not attempted 10
get any such opinion, and, If a
VACANCY occurs. I should take suf-
ncl.nt time TO let that Judgment
% the Republican party crystal
ike.
Sought Best Men.
The object | had IN yeiw was
the naming Of the best men for
lhe bench that J could find.
so.sht 10 combine youth with ex-
d. rleucc and thus bring forth the
areaicst efficiency. Not a word
has boon sa .d against the personal
cn~uso&H vi ANY Of them, Iaoa