| Show POLITICAL opposition the almost incredible story comes from washington that the democratic senators or some ot 0 them may oppose the nomination of judge jackson fo for r the supreme bench thus thue with the a A nee nce of a majority of the republicans defeating it this would be th ft most remarkable state of things to have a democrat who is named for a high office by a republican president rejected by the votes iotes of democrats Democrat ij surely politics is a peculiar profession but li IL rarely contains anything ais aa peculiar as this would be the principal opponent of confirma confirmation tiou seems to be jen gen john 13 clarkson the republican Dub licati leader of iowa who is using all the influence he can bring to be bear and every argument at all applicable ta 6 defeat it his declaration that such ft thing was unprecedented was prom promptly 4 overcome by those who defend tatt presidents President Js position the cue case of asso chate justice field democrat debely lag his hij appointment at the hands of the first republican president abraham lincoln Lilno oln being cited there is also a precedent more recent although it does not relate to the judiciary when president hayes made up his bis cabinet he called david M key of Tennessee confederate ex OX and democrat to th the post postoffice office department and he be made mad a very good official too it to is claimed that mckeys mr key s official cIRI associations made him a republican and thus that mr mir hayes gaine I 1 doubly for his hia party by converting a foe into a friend but however that may be tl the postmaster general was not in accord with the appointing power at the time of his appointment the later dispatches credit mr clarkson with saying baying that there is no excuse for the president adding the supreme court to the possessions of the democrats they having captured every other branch of the government that tho th terms of justices field ana blatchford will soon expire and then cleveland Oleve Jand can calm make the court a tie politically x surely the associated prose press has done an uncommon amount of bungling here for it is hardly to joe be believed that a tuan man presumably as well posted as general clarkson especially on political subjects would make so many blunders within so short a space in the first place as previously shown justice field is a democrat not a republican so 0 o that the appal appoint tit ent of one of his hi own kind would make no change in in the political makeup make up LID of the court again the appointment of two democrats instead of two republicans would not make the court a tie fur for the reason that there are nine justices and consequently there can be no tie lastly supreme court judges have no If terms 1 either general clarkson or the tee news bisp dispatchers hitchem ought to study up before trying again |
