Show JUDGE FIELD TO RETIRE associate justice fieldor Fiel dof the united states supreme court is about to retire from that body though political con side rations may induce him to withhold his bin resignation until after pre prel I 1 dent deat cleveland is inaugurated M mr r field is a democrat and as there are but two others out of the nine members it may be deemed only fair that one of that political persuasion persua aion succeed aeed kirn him though suc such influences are not presumed to weigh with the grave and reverend seigniora seigniors 11 1 1 mr field balsys the distinction of being the only surviving member of that henck bench who was appointed by president line Is he has served with four chief Juski justices Taney ta oey chaw chase walte waite sad and fuller his period of service being thirty years nearly prior to which he w was on en the bench for five years in california but six american jurists have a record equal to hit his chief justice marshall thirty four fou r years year justice washington thirty oue one justice john son en thirty Justi justices oes story and wayne thirty three each and Just justice les me loan thirty two |