| Show LAMAR CONFIRMED NEWS is glad to be able to announce that the opposition to the con fir mation of ex secretary lamar as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States has proved futile and that yesterday Test erday his appointment wis was formally ratified by the senate the vote standing 33 83 in favor to 36 28 against ag ainest we are pleased not because of any alny personal or partisan feeling re garding arding the matter but because be ge seems to be a fit sad and proper person pernon lor for the place able and fe fear r less les fessand sand and for the lurther further reason th that ai the contest faced against him has against seemed so devoid 0 of anything but party rancor that a species ot of sympathy tor for him and his cause was naturally created n an analysis of toe vote by which confirmation fir was reached shows that tour four republicans Stan stanford tord stewart dle dleo erger berger and wilson voted with the democrats in favor all the other republicans public ans voting no the four named are generally regarded as moderate party men and their in this case would sum seem to indicate it one of them is no longer classed as a republican but as an independent bothe so the vote may be said to be as nearly a party one as could be and miss it this is significant showing as it does that the old arguments and the old likes and dislikes prevail as strongly as ever and are to be used in the coming campaign as freely and fully fally as though they were but the crea flon of yesterday in fact it is a question it the appointment of lamar is not itself brought out and made use of f by the republican campaigners paig ners as an illustration of the fact that last the democratic party has not forgotten its allegiance to the ex con federates ede atea rates and so on in ex tenso one thing they cannot do however they cannot remove the new associate justice lor he is there d during arias good behavior and his bis general jfe conduct so 90 far has been considerably above tie average |
