Show BL lJECE TIt T-It is stated that Judge GrEsioi is being pushed for associate justice of the United States supreme court and that he is endorsed en-dorsed by such Democrats as VEST COCK RELL COKE REAGAN BLTLEH Hvi i is and PUGII Judge GKESHAM may be as good a man for the place left vacant bj Justice MATThEWS can be found in the Republican Republi-can part and therefore the Democrats Demo-crats named above do right in endorsing en-dorsing him Before the late associate asso-ciate justice was laid away in the tomb word was received ill Washington from Springfield Ohio that J WAKHEN KEIFER once speaker of the House of Representatives Represent-atives had entered the lists as an eager candidate for the dead justices place and it was said that he had the entire backing of the Ohio delegation including Senator SIIEHMIN and that a concentrated effor would be made to fill the vacancy caused bj ho death of Justice MATTHEW by foisting ivLiFEn onto the bench Is not their haste to thrust their feet into he dead man shoas a little indecent Would it not be more becoming in our civil z ition if a man were permitted to get cold or for that matter to be decently buried before be-fore the eager crowd of placeseekers began shouting themselves hoarse for his office A ilization however throbbing with life or endowed with what we call go can afford to take time to be decent ard it would speak something for sincerity if the nation should insist upon having time to wipe the t ai stains from its face before it has to break out into smiles and congratula tiers to the successful scrambler for the dead mans shoas The unhallowed rush of new candidates and the unseemly clamors of their respective supporters is an insult to the motto placed upon the coffin of the departed justice Say not good night but in some brighter clime bid me good morning The ungodly haste of the candidates can-didates in the field only reveals how many are anxious to push men occupj ing positions from their stools that they may occupy their places Let us be decent |