The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-17
ASSERTS HARDING'S
APPOINTMENTS IRK
PARTY CHIEFTAINS
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OoN ItNOED nun AWE O-"S.
purpose to get for this job the kind
of lawyer who in private practice
could readily earn ten times what
his salary will be as a government
official.
The same kind of thing occurred
in the appointment of Col. William
l.. Hayward as Federal district at
torney in New York. The charac-
ter and quantity of government
business which must be cared for
by the Federal district attorney In
New York is such as to demand the
highest kind of both legal and or
ganizing ability. 1t is well under
stood in Washington that for this
office the New York politicians and
the New York Republican organi-
zation had several candidates. and
that Attorney General Daugherty
turned down these political recon-
mendations in order to name as
good a man as Hayward.
Second Disappointment.
The New York organization for
mally recommended two men. and
various New York politicians Of
great power put their shoulders. in
the most earnest way. behind some
Ave other candidates. The turning
down OF these seven men and the
choice of Hayward by the Presi-
dent and the Attorney General on
basis other than political was
naturally disappointing.
Many other appointments and
recommendations by Mr.. Daugherty
have taken the same turn. Just
now, incidentally, IL Is understood
that there is soon to arise the ques-
ton of filling a vacancy in the Fed
eral judiciary in New York. 1t is
understood that one Of the Federal
justices in the circuit which in
cludes New York. Connecticut and
Vermont is about to retire. 1t is
understood also that political infiu-
ences in one of the smaller States
composing the district would like
to fill the vacancy with a lawyer
from their State who has not had
judicial experience.
The alternative Is to NIL the va
cancy by promotion from among the
men already sitting as district
judges. The two district judges
who are most strongly recommend
ed are Learned Hand, OF New York.
and Julius Mayer. of the same city.
II Attorney-Gene Daugherty in
his recommendation, and President
Harding in his appointment, stick
to the course they have already fol-
lowed to such a degree that Ii in
'dicates a policy on their part, they
will fill this vacancy on the cir
cult bench by such a promotion.
Lawyers Like Men Picked.
-
in the power of the Attorney Gen
eral and the President are of the
highest Importance. The terms of
these judges being so long it Is
within the power of the Attorney
General and the President to deter
mine the character Of the Federal
judiciary, and the trend of evolution
in legal sense, for almost a gen.
Grafton to come. Everything that
Mr.. Daugherty and President Hard
ing have done so far, either as to
Federal judgeships or as to Federal
district attorneys, or as to assist
ants to the Attorney-General in
Washington, has caused enthusiasm
on the part of lawyers and other
thoughtful persons who give con-
Germ to this field.
IL Is not merely within the field
OF the Attorney-General's ONCE that
MI. Harding has ignored politics
The same thing has happened, and
mas brought trouble on the Presi-
dents head. in other fields. The
recent appointment OF Mr.. Haynes,
Of Ohio. to be in charge of prohi-
oltlon enforcement is a case in point.
me selection was nonpolitical to
such degree as to be almost hu-
morous. One of the stories afioat
mere about 1t is that the chief in
nuenee which pressed Mr.. Haynes
on President Harding was William
Jennings Bryan and, through Mr..
Bryan, the Anti-Saloon League.