The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02

vA-JTTNGTON - william How
.r4ft the new chief justice Of
ro s.prcmc court Of the United
s,s,,. win open the 192l-22 term
~ ,ra court here on Monday.
rhIpf Justice Tatt succeeds In Of
g.. f-. late Edward Douglas White
~ Louisiana who died last May.
ryo months later President Harding
a,o.r.ad Taft to the vacancy, the
"P.l Yrfu4u TO become chief Justice
rbf appointment was confirmed
..,r,.5lafclv hy the senate, but ow-
'. o.. tl, close OF the last term OF
'.r l-,,t and the adjournment over the
,,,p..r months chief Justice Tart
sas mover presided over the COURT
l,arIy I0 tho approaching term OF
Let r..morial services VIII be held
Gov the late chief Justice White. The
-,rr,-r. court win appoint a day
a. the services. Members OF the
,.orcrrr court bar and Of the Amer
,-or mar association will eulogizc
C5ief Justice white and responses
XIII he made by the new chief jus
,ire and associates Justices OF the
/. .Aprcme court 49, -. 49,. A.,
AZ w.,ipa Of the United states
Hrrsre .eurt. receiving his confir-
nation ny the senate September 2G.
go The supreme court was or
,,,igad I'm New York City on Fob
-,,r,, 1. 1890. IN it's early days tho
srprer1e court held frequent short
,s-i,. uffrn four "a year. because OF
1a,s NJ business brought before IT,.
fu recent years because Of the
.r,sb rf business the court has held
+, single term "a year. beginning carly
&, october and ending early the fol-
lowing June. with a few short re
g,s.ss during the term to permit
rreparatiou ~ decisions and opin-
Always IN Headlines.
Ia tho i31 years of its existence
m emergency has forced the tu-
,rono court TO the calling or hold
ipr of am extraordinary term. In
rs early days the frequent terms OF
,by,court kept II i'm readiness to re-
'INe any case Of great importance,
and In latter DAYS the long annual
terms have rendered unnecessary
any special session
The record for service as chief
Justice Is held by John Marshall,
who served "a years and 7 months,
Roger p. Tauov was CHIEF justice
for gS years and months There
have been five mcmherS Of the su-
promo court bench who havo served
thirty years, or over. John Rut-
ledge. South Carolina. had the
shortest service. He was appointed
during e recess ~ congress served
AS chief iutico during an August
A ,erm or the court. was stricken with
illness and never confirmed AZ chief
Justice by the senate.
During tho existence Of tho SUI
preme court Il has had eight clerks.
or one loss than chief justices. The
office Of clerk Is now vacant, being
filled by a temporary appointment
Of " W Stanshury long an assist
ant clerk. by Chief Justice TAFT.
James u Mahcr. the late ClerH, tor
more than so years identified with
the clerks office. died within a few
weeks after the death of Chief jus
uce white.
The present supreme court term
will open with about 575 cases on
its docket During the torn the
docketed cases are expected 20 reach
about soc II the business OF the
court does not fall behind the record
during recent years. The death Of
Chief Justice White during the lat
ter part NJ the last term resulted In
restoration to the docket OF n large
number Of cases, argued at the last
term. for roargumcnt. During tho
recess Of the court there have been
few cases Of nation wide impur-
lance brought up to the supreme
cOIgt for review.
To Hear Important Cases.
Business coming before the SUI
premc court at the approaching
Llgm will be varied In nature, wide
~ scope and Of great general impor-
A tauce 10 the country. Labor Is in
terested vitality I'm decision of a case
which involves liability OF labor
unions as such 10 pecuniary damages
resG'tng from or growing out OF
strikes authorized, supported and
participated In by labor unions and
their members. Lower federal courts
for Arkansas have held union
liable IN damages.
Ne legality of the use NJ the tax
lnT power vested In congress to re-
strain or prohibit child labor I'm fac
tory mine and mills Is to be deter
mined by the court in a case brought
4 tom the cotton mills or the south.
The government Is Interested in
DECISIONS involving the validity o:
the open competition" plan Of
4 pnce-fiNIng, which Il Is opposing,
and IN various tnX cases In which