New Britain herald., 1930-02-04
Hughes Chosen For Post


 of the nations jurists and statesmen, l is to be the next chief justice of the United States.
 He will succeed William Howard | 1 Taft, who, broken in health by ardG- ous years in the public service, has | been forced to resign and devote his i entire attention to the bcttermcnt Of | h's physical condition.
 Tn spite Of Mr. Hughes acknoWI- 1 edged talents all Washington was | surprised last night to learn of his 1 appointment. His nomination was , sent to the senate by President Hoover Just as dusk was falling. X , few hours previously MT. Tafts res islHtiou had been announced and the interim had been filled with specula- ton aS 10 his successor in tic course Of which MT Hughes nam2 went un- rl'tt 'Gncd.
 But in the meanwhile. the prcsi- dent had been busy with the long distance telephone. He reached Mr. Hughes ir New York offered him the appointment and obtained imme- Giate acceptance. With a radiant smile. the appointcc later told news papermen that he would accept the post as the greatest opportunity for service that evST had como his way.
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 Thus has a mighty turn of events caught up these two distinguished Americans. whose names arc written large in the history Of their nation For one it brought the end of career that led him through the tryo lCtticst offices of the American gov ernment. To tn" oth-r it b0.c ;hc beginning Of a new and greater chapter in q car,1. alr"2dy brli,iGnt
 While Mr Taft is tn ss0nly uuaH in history to serve as prcsi1elt and chief justice. Hughes missed inc former by an extremely narrow mar gin. Opposing Woodrow Wilson in the campaign of 1916, he failed Of election by 23 electoral votes. So close was the balloting that the out come was in doubt for days.
 In their personal characteristics there is wide divergence between Mr Taft and Mr. Hughes.
 Taft brought to the supreme bencn | famous Chuckle His stIdious n,,- l ture and industrious habits were hidden behind his joval- manner Frequently he relieved the tcdium Of Irotracted legal disputes with one of his Charact, ristic wtticisms.
 With Hugh,s, the student of ar- fairs and the austerity of intellect gre predominant. The public know him as stern. industrious gift statesman and jurist. always imp,c- cably Sroomcd, the "perfcct picturr | of a statesnan." His close asso- ciatcs know this side of the mat too; but they know him. as well. as genial and a1lable in his daily cor tacts.
 Began in New York City
 Hughes. career began in New York, where his legal abilities brought early prominence and an op- Fortunity for the republican mayor <y nomination in 1905. This. he declined, Two years later he be- came governor of the state and in -'g9 he began q second term, bU' resigned in 1910 10 accept appoin., lnent as an aSSociat" justice of the ( supreme court. This came from Taft then president.
 The republican national convcn. ton at Chic"go nominated ham for the presidency on June 10 1916 and | 2" resigned t'om the suprynl. bench on inc santr day. After his defer. at the polls he returned ;o priyat { practice. bHt again cnlcred .r, pub lIc S'rViet in 1921 to beCoIn1 .~ccrt- iary of H'It' in tn" Harding cabinet
 In this capacity he was thc prin. cipaI Am' rlran delegate to thc maya! arms conference of ll-1 anG astoundc1 tho world with his dc uauds for extensive reduction of st., forces He continued in the cabinet after iardln%'S death and withdrew at the beginning of prcsli"nt Coo IbE srroud lorm lu Ig|I.
 JIlS international prominence brought him appointment to the ar DItrdiion court of tn, Hague. by Coolidge in 1926, and two years later election by the council and as s'hbIy for inc League of Nations to an aSaoclHt" iustlccship on the pei m"n'nt court of international justic,. In addition, he served as chairman Of th" American delegation 10 the eiAth Ian-Amrrican conference in Havana in lG.N.
 spent in Legal Practice
 Otherwise. the last few years hay. been spcn, in private legal practice. ""lrh has brought him many times ir.orc tho baI of tho supreme cou '. where h. several times found h.. I"2HI talents pttcd against those of another defeated candidate for tu,.t presidency, John W. Davis. the dem "cratic nominee in Ig2I.
 Iait began and ended his career m the Judiciary. lis first pubic ouIce WAS as judge of the superio" court at Cincinnati. tu which he was 'ppontcd In IHS7. In 1890. he be- cam" solicitor general of the CniicI States and two years later was ap- pointed federal circuit judge for tn, $Ath judicial circuit.
 After the Spanish-Amcric:m v:,a' "H'n America was first faced witt, { 'b" problem Of tie Philippines, a,I served aS member of a cummis- sion appointed 10 study the question an" m 1901 he was appointed tn. hrSi c'|ll governor of tn" islands. Early in 1901, President Eoosc- 1 NcIt brought him 10 Washington to 1 h''omo ms socr,tarp of war. In !! , I''N iie "" nominated for the prr-i- '''F by inc republican national convention md 'I'c'oI m tuy ru.G- nS balIo,tnS.