| Show men likely to succeed jackson WAS WITH SILVER senator stewart finds i new use for the white news by wire washington aug 24 special speculation aa to the successor of J ustice jackson on the supreme benali is of course rife but there is very little light on the subject the opinion prevails that the vacancy will be filled by the appointment of an eastern man since after the failure to secure the confirmation of either hornblower or peckham of kew york the last vacancy waa given to the through tha appointment of mr white of louisiana the popular impression is that the appointment will go to new york and alie man whom gossip mentions moat frequently in this connection is ex postmaster general bissell for every vacancy that lias oc cured when mr cleveland has had the power to appoint the name of secretary carlisle has been mentioned this time there is lesa talk that way for some reason while mr carlisles name is mentioned a great deal of doubt ia expressed it ie believed that ath mr cleveland and the secretary himself have other plana for tho future A gentleman near to secretary olney says that he does not believe mr olney will be to tho supreme bench for alie reason that it was settled several weeks ago that the next vacancy ou the bench would go to the state of new york the death of justice jackson was for a long time anticipated the lat time he was in washington was on the occasion of tha rehearing in the income tax last may mr jack eon bad the reputation in thia city and especially about ane supreme court of being very sensitive concerning any discussion of his health in the public press and ho referred to tha subject very sparingly in his own but it waa evident to all who came in contact with him that lifo was slowly but surely ebbing away As senator and huntice of the supreme court mr jackson bad re aided in washington about eight yer his associates here were confined largely to his colleague on the bench and in the senate chamber by them he was universally esteemed hi health precluded any opportunity to distinguish himself as a member of the Supreme court |
