Show MISTAKE MADE MADEi i BY PRESIDENT 1 r Appointed a Football Player Instead of ot a Jurist to the Hawaiian Bench SENATE WOULD NOT AGREE OF WOODRUFF INHERITED INHERITED CAREER FROM ROOSEVELT T Ii I i Special to The Herald May lay Too much of ofa Washington ashington tt a football player and not enough of a is fa the sealed led verdict of the th lawyer lw er senate orate Judiciary committee In the case W Woodruff nominated George Grorge nf of f Weeks week ago alIO a as federal judge for some Hawaii I In consequence coa of this ver verdict the committee has baB declined to to re rethe report report dict the nomination of f Mr Woodruff and port the nomination remains r pigeon pigeonholed P i g eon Unless holed to In n the committee room is a change of sentiment among there minas of the committee the then nomina nomination tion is not likely ely to be b reported and therefore Woodruff la to I not likely likely to be confirmed Mr lr woodruff Is Ia little known as ae a lawyer he has a wide reputation as rite a aK ball K ii 11 laver niver player and coach A graduate gr foci of f the University r of Pennsylvania Mr Woodruff Is written down one of or t the star players payees r of that institution I and as 18 8 coach Catch of the Pennsylvania football team iem in n later years ye r he a Is 18 crack even more famous He lie produced a crack team and moreover he originated some come of o the most mOlt effective of modern plays known know to ta the tha football world But It I la Is solely on his bis football record that Mr Wood Woodruffs Woodruffs ruffs fame depends Unknown as a Lawyer As a lawyer lawer he be is III practically unknown outside of Washington W city For a num number number ber her of years yearn he was chief h legal egar advisor to Gifford Pinchot chief of the forest and though not famous he should be famous for having expounded the doctrine that any government of official official official is ill empowered to o do anything which he te is I not specifies ly forbidden to todo todo todo do by the federal statutes It was erns on such advice from Woodruff that the forest farest service reached out and under undertook undertook undertook took to do by regulation what any other department would not have dared to do without sanction of law la When President Pr Roosevelt made Mr Ir Garfield secretary of the Interior Mr Pinchot secured the appointment of Woodruff as assistant attorney general for the Interior department this officer officer eer being the chief legal lesal advisor of the tha secretary of the interior In that of office tics nee Mr Woodruff remained only as long as 8 Secretary Garfield and then he two resigned It was a R wise and timely resignation however for It Is well wen known in official circles In Washing Washington ton that on questions que of or law and pat par particularly pa public land law Jaw there is a avast avast avast vast difference between the Interpretation tion tine of the statutes by b George W Woodruff and the th interpretation by RA R RA RA A Naturally a man as well verned in law as ail Secretary Ballinger mid not desire as le al advisor or a man whoop hose Ideas Idea were at such striking vari variance varIance variance ance with his own No Court Practice The judiciary committee that has charge harre of Woodruffs Woodruff s nomination has hasson Sons son carefully Into the record of Mr Ir Woodruff and In addition to 10 the tho fore foregoing going filets farts has found that th t Mr Ir Wood Woodruff ruff cuff since his hla admission to the bar has had no tie court murt practice Members of that committee all aU of them experienced experienced lawyers hold hokI the antiquated no lo notion notion lotion tion that no ne lawyer is IK competent to sit upon the tha bench unless he has had con experience In court In view of these facts their th lr verdict is apparently app apparently r in accordance with the evidence and In the near future President Pre Taft Tart will ill be confronted with the facts In Inthe Inthe the expectation that he will name an another other ne man The understanding Is that Woodruffs appointment was merely merel a R fulfillment of a e made by Pres Pre President President ident Roosevelt to Garfield and Pinchot It I t is alto also reported ported that the people of Hawaii are anything but pleased with the appointment of or Woodruff and their protest Is III likely to tobe be presented along with the finding of ot the judiciary com corn committee flit tee |