Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-07

a political foe also Of Cleveland. Fol-
lowing the lead Of Senator Hill, the
Senate turned down these appointees.
President Cleveland then sent to the
Senate the nomination of Edward Doug
las White, a Senator from Louisiana.
1t was promptly confirmed, and Justice
White later was appointed Chief Justice
by the late President Taft.
The opposition to the appointment OF
Judge Parker has taken three lines.
He has been opposed on the ground
that he has been unfair to organized
labor because he sustained an injunc-
ton against the United Mine Workers
Of American in the Red Jacket Coal
Co. case, which involved the yellow
dog" contract between the mine owners
and the mine workers.
Opposed by Colored Groups.
He has been opposed by the Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Colored
People because Of speech which he
made when he was candidate for Gov
ernor of North Carolina in 1920 in
which he Is quoted as saying that the
Negro was not fitted for participation
In elections. Finally, Judge Parker's
appointment has been aSSailed on the
ground that IL was political appoint
ment, an effort on the part Of the PreSi-
dent to build up the Republican parry in
North Carolina.
Supporters of Judge Parker replied
to these charges. They held that his
decision in the Red Jacket case was in
conformity with the decision of the
and that he could not have decided
otherwise. They said. too. that Judge
Parker has been very fair to the coll
ored people in his decisions as judge
of the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
of Appeals, and that the colored people
of his own State favor his confirma-
ton. The charge that the appoint
ment was political" was denied fatty
by Attorney General Mitchell, who has
informed the Senate that all of Judge
Parker's qualifications were gone into
carefully before the appointment was
made. He holds that Judge Parker is
well qualified for appointment to the
supreme bench.
Named Judge by Coolidge.
Judge Parker was appointed Judge
of the fourth judicial circuit Court of
Appeals by President Coolidge. His
appointment by President Hoover to
the Supreme Court gives to that circuit,
which covers Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, North and South Carolina and
Georgia, the IlISI ouPiCAhC SouIG oP-
pointment in 70 years.
The nomination OF Judge Parker was
sent to the Senate by the President
March Il, 1t was to NIL the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late Justice
Sanford of the Supreme Court. jus
tice Sanford was q Republican from
Tennessee. Parker also is Repub-
lican. Hearings were held at which
Representatives Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor and Of the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People appeared in opposition
to Judge Parker. The Senate commit
tee voted 10 to 4 not to invite Judge
Parker to appear before It to answer
these charges, although he had ex-
pressed a Willingness to do so If re-
auested by the committee. 1t then
voted 10 to 6 to report the nomination
Efforts were made by some OF the
Republicans in the Senate to bring the
President to withdraw the nomnauon.
But the President daily declined to fol.
low s,Ich a course and he has stood
squayely back Of the appointment