Show H t t f M M 4 MM t 4 44 4 J f SU SUPREME REME COURT COUR CHANGES HANG i f M M 4 M M t 4 M 4 M 4 44 4 M M M t 4 t According to present indications before the end of l his s pre present ent term President Roosevelt willbe will willbe willbe be able to appoint three Ju Justices tices of or the United States Supreme court cou MI MIJ J Justice Gray who recently recently re re- re- re suffered a slight st stroke oke of paralysis is seven seven- ty-four ty years old and eligible to retire retirement ent It is believed in Washington that he will seek seck an early opportunity to relieve himself of the onerous nerous work of the bench There is some talk too of the tile probable proba proba- ble blO bl retirement i of Mr Justice Shiras The third po possibility in the tIle same direction is Mr Ju Justice tice Harlan w who o has been a member of the Court forn for n nearly twenty five yea years I eaI-I s and and will reach the age age of seventy on on June 1 1903 After passing that point it is is' optional with a Supreme Court Judge to retire or 01 not as he ma may r see fit It is probable that Justi Jus- Jus ti tice Harlan n will not remain in a active tive service much aft after i h he- he becomes eligible for retirement He is as strong and active to all all' appearance as a man of off f fifty ft He lle is a an ar enthus enthusiastic golf player and as full of life and a boy bOJ n But his pastes t tend nd d co to 0 scholastic pursuits and nd the tile chances are that he be would rather be at the head of a university or a t law college than to be e Chief Justice He lIe is now a professor pro pro- lessor fessor in the Washington School of Jurisprudence and Diplomacy occupying his limited leisure time with that s side de labor Apparently th the most imminent S Supreme preme Court change is the expected retirement of Justice Gray Already the time wise ones at the Capital are speculating speculating ing about his successor and the consensus of opinion opinion opinion ion app appears appears s' s to be bc that the Hor Oliver Olier Wendell H Holmes lm s Chi Chief Justice of the time Massachusetts Supreme Supreme Su SUr Su- Su preme C Court urt will be appointed to the vacancy Secret Secretary ry Long also is is spoken of but it is doubted that he lie would care for the place Ex Attorney General Griggs Griggs is mentioned as a possible candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for the shoes of ot Justice Shiras but there thre may be he nothing in th iQ that tha Should Mr Roosevelt have three Supreme Court t positions to fill between now and March 4 1905 the fact will tend to further illustrate the thc phenomenal luck which has attended l his s' s from the day he shunted it on to the Ime ifie of f politics J ti s. s |