Show ftUPREJlE Jtlsts ICESHIP The CorrepoBdeae nf i ouk Uar nod Edmund Washington I3The following etters in reference to the associate justiceship of the United States supreme Court were made public today No 229 N A5SAU STREET N Y March 3 1SS2 Mr Presidsn A bsen ce prevented pre-vented a prompt acknowledgment of your two esteemed letters which were found here awaiting my return re-turn from Utica The high and unexpected un-expected honor you proffer by selecting se-lecting me as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is greatly valued It will ever be a matter of pride and satis faction that you and the Senate deemed me fit for so great and exalted a trust But for reasons which you will not fail to appreciate I am constrained to decline Although urgent demands on my time just now pi event my accepting your cordial invitation to pass a few days with t ou in Vash mgt n let we hold tins as A pleasure pleas-ure deferred but not lost I have the honor to be sincerely Your obedient servant ROSCOE CONK LING SENATE CHAMBER WASHINGTON D C December Oft 1SS2 To His Excellency the President Mr President 1 have received through the secretary of state your very flattering offer of appointment to the associate justiceship of the Supreme Court 1 thank you sincerely sin-cerely for this high and valued proof of your good opinion but I feel for reasons that I ought not to accept I shall cherish this mark of your kindness and good opinion though I did not need this proof of it as one of the most pleasant of my life I am sir very faithfully ours GEORGE F EDMUNDS s To the President 1411 MASSACHUSETTS A VENUF March lltb Mr President I I am deeply touched at the manifest I mani-fest consideration you have shown me in connection with the justice ship but further reflection has not enabled me to chance the views I expressed to Mr Frelmghuysen With the sincere hope that you experienced ex-perienced no embarrassment from the delay your kindness has caused I am Faithfully yours GEO F EDMUNDS |