| Show I NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY I f THE TUE CRISIS IN THE CAREER OF A PROBABLE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE By fly J S K Eo Edward Edwardf This Thill dally daily eerie of ot anecdotes and Incident IncIdents that throw new ne Interesting arid ana frequently dramatic light lI ht on famous famon events event and personalIties of ot the past pul have hAY been collated by Edwards Edward during nearly forty tort l year ear of ot more mar or less leai Inti mate mat acquaintance with many of ot the country leaders leaden since alnee the Civil war Each anecdote an or Incident Ii la from Mr notebook and either In whole hole or In part pert It New ew News New Ne of garnered from the Ih men who made mad the ne th history or from squally equally authoritative sources Ai As A Im Irn contribution of the Human Interest ort sort of ot American AmerMan history hi tory thee the I have a distinctive value all 11 their own Now low that Lloyd Llod W V Bowers I wen th so 0 of the United States U Lu being as aa a probable Taft oem nom moe for tor tho supreme court I J am re ro of an ua Incident In Mr flower carets which furnished tho the crisis of hla hi hiItt Itt and Qbd of that I 1 have JuLe per pEt personal knowledge know a lawyer of national fani fanie who once was 11 very ery done f to b becoming a supreme eu court Justice I think I am me safe lIte In saying con continued continued my Informant that there Is U not nol at al thu Ut bar of the tim United State and never n vw ha hall baa been beoo a man of deli dell delicacy dello cacy eacy o cy of sentiment or of morn more constant and perfect recognition of the right rights and feelings s of oth others ra than Mr km or He Ho also has a high h h aon sense e of personal honor bonor and it was duo to Uw thu UI combination tine tion of these thew the that t arose ames the criMe en s in his hla life ot of which 1 speak Following his bt graduation from the ln law taw school choo ha ho had been boon for fOI some rome time managing clerk of lOt a l leading law office In tn N Nw New w York Vork olty city There he ha WH highly esteemed and a great career waa was predicted at the ibar bar for tor Mm And there he be appeared l 1 one day displaying every evidence of a sense nene of humilia humiliation humiliation tion the manner of a man w who ho had bad mot met with a mui p personal Insult III HI friends flocked arming him what wan WM the tha matter they a k dT Then In effect Mr flowers Hower U told ld them there that hat he lie had that day dy d had d an tui tin un unhappy happy experience e In court he had d decal del I ed tel to abandon the prof n of or the law He Ifs 11 had Md at J p red In lri foUrt dourt he heald mid ald to auk ask that a 1 long pending matter m lter tx be d foI by the court stating that It Jt I w ia aa of no real o i o how hon the Ulft matter m WM wn decided but twit that It wu wa Im Em that the on should Moult be te made that the In question might be ba and money DO at for tho th livIng expenses of hIs hi client be released relf Soo Hut fluE no sooner fooner had lied he mode made hla Itla statement Mr flower Dowers went on to 10 toay ay Soy than the court visited I Its In singer anger r upon him hockIng chocking and humiliating him no so that h he hAd bad to I abandon the law lair because he did riot not over r again nB ln to I be Wo placed plACe 1 In such a portion where he b bt be w bite at It the SAme Mme time It would be b for him hint to 10 ent nt the th insult Mr flowers wan wait perfectly sincere le In his hl purpose pur to tn give up his hl career carr a as a II lawyer despite the Iho bright future futuro that was wan before him and to seek k a livelihood I In some nome other w way y HI Ills HIli friends friend realizing hi his at I tempted II most moat earnestly to 10 dissuade him I from his hla purpose They Thy asked him to to come om to 10 no decision until he tie hail had ha given Riven I very vary careful ful thought to 10 the Ih matter at last they thy gained this Ihla concession from I him hIre and Md I J have havn always believed that t At I It wo was this Ihl advice that finally final per persuaded persuaded Mr MI flowers to abandon his hi purpose to leave the Ih taw law Anyway soon after he is Incident In the Ih court ourt room Mr flowers went to Minnesota and in a little while became bAe m for the A Northwestern tern Railway HallWAY system With in ten In years year he was wu general counsel In for the whole system Now he lie h Is Iii I solicitor general In the thA depart department rt merit ment of or justice and In all probability I will be b o namiel within a few tew yearn year at the most mO t an as an associate Justice jU of the supreme court Yet you see t how nar nat narrowly he h ml sd the th distinguished ca career care reAr reer re r he hf ha made as a lawyer lanyer |
