Evening star., 1925-03-28
Praise for Country Lawyer"
Who Comes to Cabinet Post

The selection of "a country lawyer"
for Attorney General of the United
States has furnished interesting ma
terial for comment in the daily press,
much of II complimentary to John
| Garibaldi Sargent, second choice of
President Coolidge. Some newspapers,
while praising Sargent, take occasion
| to condemn the attitude OF the Senate
| in rejecting Charles B. Warren.
The personality and appearance of
Sargent receive more than the Gus
tomary attention. He Is six feet six
| inches in height, two inches taller
than was Abraham Lincoln" remarks
| the Minneapolis Tribune. His head
| is Websterian. In physique he looks
as if he might have sprung direct
from the granite hills of Vermont.
He is as free and informal as those
hills, but always the gentleman. He
is as sturdy as those hills in char
acter and purpose. He is a frank en-
bodiment OF the genius of democracy.
He values men for what they are, not
for who they are. His knitting has
been the law" The tendency to re-
fer. to Sargent as a country, lawyer is
cited by the New Orleans Plea
yune, which says that in some quar-
ters there seems to be a tendency to
sneer because this is so. Pray,
it continues: There was a country
lawyer named John Marshall whose
name is writ somewhat high in the
legal annals of America. There was
another country lawyer nam ed Thomas
Jefferson whose views and writings
upon politico-legal questions have had
some slight effect. upon the relations
between Government and people
In this land. There was vet an
~ th2r wv To- TxTz
and we believe there Is a certain judi
cial milestone in our constitutional
history based upon an argument
which he made to the persuasion of
certain other country lawyers who
sat to hear him." The simple career
of the new cabinet member is re-
garded as a factor in his fitness by
the Christian Science Monitor, which
states: "It can be surmised that the
newcomer, fresh from the Vermont
hills, with the background of years
or legal training, as a public prose-
cutor, has in common with his dis
tinguished chief and neighbor faith
in the law"
Comparison with Lincoln is made
by the Canton News Mr. Sargent is
| regarded as old, fashioned" remarks
the News. This does not djscredit
him in the least. Abe Lincoln was
ola 1aSnloneO, 100, but he managed
| some way or other to make the coun-
try respect him for his fomely
virtues. Mr. Sargent appears to
possess the necessary qualifications
to keep his department at even keel.
He will not be spectacular, but he
| will be in all ways dependable"
Greater praise comes from the AL
bany Evening News, which declares
that the new official ought to be one
of the best Attorneys General in
years. He is man OF high character.
He looks upon the law Of the land as
something to be lived up to by every
one. He can be relied upon to con-
tinue in the same path pursued by
Harlan Fiske Stone, whom he sue
| ceeds." Admitting that little Is
known of the new Attorney General,
the Nashville Banner greets him with
| this favorable statement: He has
| high rating in the section from which
he comes. The President has known
| him for many years. The country at
| large is yet to become acquainted
with him. There is every reason to
believe him capable and in every way
! fitted for the distinguished post"