Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-01

Washington. June so.-Appointment of Former President William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States was formerly announced late today at the White House He will succeed the late Edward Douglass White. whom he ap- r.nted 70 the office in 1910.
 Coincideut with the announcement Mir. rafJs nomination for the place was sent .o the senate.
 10 was indicated that President Hard .-- had acted SO far in advance of the winter term Of thccourt because he felt hat tho new chief justice should have ample time to reorganize the courts business before the reconvening Octob- sr ,.
 Nr Harding is understood to have been advised by legal officers of the admins irator that all the federal courts were sn coucested with business that prompt action during summer recess was nee asa-y in order 10 expedite litigation as r1-sA as possible.
 Mir. Taft has not been ap'rised of his appointment by the president It was stated at the White House. and the first news be is expected to have of it, 1t vas added. will come from the press The former president is now in Montreal ald' Ing fn a railway arbitration for the Canadian government and Is expected to return to the United States soon to ta- miIiar.ze himself with the work of the ,ourt.
 fNrn administration officials emphasiz- si that M-. Taft was the one outstanding 1ru-e imonr those who might have been considered for the place.
 He .s the first man in the nations ms tory co be chosen for the highest oHlce Al both the executive and judicial branch -sof the government. For more than thirty years prior 10 his retirement from tas prosidence in 1913 he had been al- most constantly in public service.
 Th-ourhout all of hls public career, hone that he might some day become .rfef iustice Is said by Mir. Tafts close friends Co have ben the aspiration near est hls heart. It is said that he al- ways has felt himself better fitted ny frrperamcnt to serve in the Judiicary than fn tLe executive branch of the gov e-nment and that when in 1910 fortune 1-ourh. him the opportunity to appoint chief justice he would gladly nave changed places with the man ne select ca and now succeeds
 T. also is told of MT. Taft that he hes rafrf several times at what he consid- cred the nartinE of pathways that lead In fhe opposite directions or the nresi- 4er-v and the chief justiceship Wher hn rras se~retarv of war under Roose' vr'f he is sad to have been offered -N-lcr between remaining in the caone snd taking a vacancy on the court ar alternative which caused him many --,,-s of anxious consideration. Presi -a-t Roosevelt IS understood to haV' .-st~aerol against accordance Of tn s,,-.l~rrhin. feeling that his secretary Q ---~ v-oufd become a logical successor t' ths presidency.
 AS president it became more Taft f-4v no. only 10 choose a chief justice -r. q. make five other appointments t tra hi-hest court Of the men he se ,a-.ed only two. Justices Vandevante -7d Fitney. remain to serve with hin ,- ths bench.
 Affhourh he came to the presidenc, he citizen of Ohio. Mir. Taft now is SC l.-..d chief justice as a citizen of Con -~-tirut soon after he left the Whit House he made New Haven his legal res I5rn-e. accepting a position he still hold ,s ,-oreszo- Of international law at Yal University. from which he was graduate In 1878 Mr. Taft prepared for the prac ti-e Of law at the Cincinnati Law schoc where he was graduated two years la
 Al os Mir. Tafts earlier tradition 7o.nted to a legal career. His grsndfs .-s-. Peter Taft. had been a judge i Vernon and his father, Alphonso Taf eft the bench 10 serve as attorney gen --rl 'r tho cabinet of President Gran AZ the age Of twenty-three. the futur ,-rs.dent became assistant prosecutln attorney al Hamilton, Ohio, and afte hat for thirty-two years he was give a succession Of public offices which lei nu little time for the practice of h --ofcss.on.
 Twice he has served on the bencl s1vin- been a judge of the superio -7u-t of Ohio and a judge of the fet r-af circuit court in the same state. TT Hst of his other public services includ .he positions Of collector of intern; --verue. solicitor general of the Unite States civil governor of the Philippr Islands. secretary of war, and pres tar-
 During the World war he performt several public duties including the taS rf helping organize the war labor boar AZ The signing of the armistice he a Frmed a new prominence as a leader The movement for a world peace concer and later brought down on his head son of the Bitterest criticism of his care by advocating ratification of the leagl uf nations. Republican senators we NarticularlF severe h their public d nunciation of his course. and his efor to bring a compromise between the va ring senate elements received scant syr rathy from the republican leaders.
 Ir the last presidential campaign M Taft stood with his party. however. its opposition 10 acceptance of the leag- in its present form. After the electi, hs was called to Marion by Mir Hardil for a talk about the efforts of the i coming administration to organize q acceptable world association for peac,
 Mr. Taft ls m his sixty-fourth year al is said by his friends 10 be in robu health deEpite the fact that he was lc considerable weight since he left t presidsncy.