Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-01-12 | Page 8 | For Supreme Bench

I aft r for tor Supreme e Bench requests that he appoint receiving many President ent Wilson is succeed the late Jus- Jus bench to William illiam Howard Taft to the tho supreme American politics that narrow cc ee Lamar Lamir It i is a healthful sign in is being laid laki aside in these recommendations the thelow Democratic newspapers One of the nations nation's most influential for the appointment of Taft Tart low ow cw York World has come out strong administration in important that side with wit the tile thor ther newspapers pers are indorsing the suggestion Individuals prominent to name Taft as I the tho Democratic party are urging the president member m of the high court The Tho former president of the United States is we well l equipped ppe for the place He lie has the natural natura judicial mind ind i 1 sed to his en enter enter- er mother was mother opposed o She who knew him best his best his was opp her sons son's nature and andi I understood She the fhe he presidential race ng Her am- am better than his political advisers did great i for life It was the bench was was was' to see her son on supreme rith bi bitter ter regret that she saw him drifting presidency position for which she knew he lie was not fitted temperamentally had the weak- weak Taft mit wasn't a great success as president He esses esses his mother recognized But as a judge he has proved emi emi- satisfactory on on every occasion where ho he has sat on the b bench Ho Iro has had wide experience He has a keen analytical mind mindy is of the highest degree y nature and by training His s intellect one ODe has dared question his honesty o who an president appointed appoint d Justice It was Taft as a amar a Democrat to his place on the ben bench h But at that time the thc out membership was Republican by a large majority as it is now Even ven vet if a Democrat should be named by President Pr Wilson to succeed would still of Republicans he the late Justice Lam Lamar r the predominance exist For Por these reasons the president cannot be charged with playing partisan politics if he fails to name so worthy a an as Mr 1 Taft raft aft for the bench It is not wholly desirable that the e supreme court of tho the United in political preferences that there I States w will l ever be so could possibly be any excuse for complaint And while the American Ameri Amen can people undoubtedly expect a president to consider other qualifications qualifications qualifications above political alignment in making an appointment of such importance to the nation they will not censure Mr 1 Wilson for giving giving ing due consideration to available members of his own party in view of the heavy Republican majority that already exists in the court If a Republican n is to be named however we feel sure that none other can compare with William Willim Howard Taft in the estimation of his fellow ell w countrymen t I