| Show THE NEW ASSOCIATE JUSTICE our democratic friends are headed beaded off in fine style for once and those of their papers which have had articles prepared and perhaps la in type anim adverting severely upon president harrisons indecent haste in filling the supreme bench vacancy find their work on their hands with no demand forit for it yesterday the president sent to the senate the name of howell E jackson of tennessee to be justice lamars successor and the indications were that he be would be promptly con firmed mr jackson is a united states judge for the district embracing tennessee was wais formerly a united states senator and to is a democrat of democrats his fitness for the place is ie not questioned but there is as much chagrin in the camp of the republicans eg as pleasurable astonishment in that hat of their opponent iv both having looked tor for the appointment of a politician whose republicanism had bad the biggest kind of an R beginning it in making this appointment it see seems me to us that the president has done a judicious and ana very graceful thing to have left but two democrats on a bench consisting of nine judges would have been coris construed trued as a disposition to lot let partisanship control even the judiciary while thu the nearness of his successors censors ces sors is incumbency would have made it savor of the indecent li vAtell spoken of he has happily escaped all this and shown that he is not only actuated by patriotic purposes but that he be is not so much the humble and uc unquestioning servant of of f his party as has been so freely charged the appointment is concededly an excellent one viewed in the light ot of the appointees fitness and in the case came of the supreme court at least this would seem t be the only consideration that should govern |
