| Show ANOTHER HER JURIST JUST S pt TO RETIE RETIRE Associate Justice Rufus W. W Peckham of United States Court at Age Limit Limit SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE AE His Health Is Not of the Best and He Will Wil Quit I I 2 Washington Nov o Justice Rufus Hufus W. W V. V P Peckham reached hi his seventieth your or toda today and consequently conse conse- ad adds s another to the list of or members of or tho time Supreme court who aro are eligible to tl retirement It I is a aleU L leU general rule ruie tho the among members mem bers bels of or the tile court t t to take advantage nf antage or of ti the law which permits permit them thorn to re retire retire re- re tire thc with full pay lilly when they have havo reached the age uBe of 70 though In th the case of a n few members rs who have been been blest with Ih robust health th they have ho e waived the tile ruIn rulo and nOd hl have havn con con- to grace the tile woolsack for seral several sev sev- ral eral years cars after they have ave reached th the age of carnet neil eat retirement At other Otiler times the exigencies of ot politics have hac cau caused d them to hol hold on or 01 re retire ro- ro tire tre n as the time case may be in the time hope hop that their places may be te filled with wilh men of ut their own party part Now the time complexion of or time the na nu national ima- ima tonal administration has hus 1 boon been cn settled for four fOUl yours to come it would not be he surprising surprising If lC thero there should be 10 some ome changes changos In tho the personnel of tho the Su Supreme Supreme Su- Su preme tribunal before man many mont months 3 ha have vo elapsed With J Justice there thero are four fOU members of or th the tho court who have Ilave laS I c tho tilO retiring ag agn Th These so arc Melville lehmo W. W V Fuller Fuler chief I justice who Is 71 j John Joint M. M L Harlan a associate justice who vimo is only emily three thle months the Junior of tho the chief chile justice jug jus jU tice David J. J J Brewer as associate Justice Jus jus- tice who will vill wi bo be 71 1 next June Juno and amid Justice Peckham who is 70 0 years ears old to today ar Pre President Roosevelt Is not Ilot to have an opportunity to name miamo a member mem mem- her ber of ot tho Supreme court hut but hi his successor suc sue I ceS cessor Ol who will wi take March 1 S next will wi Ihl In nil all ni probability have havo th the Iho naming of or tit nt least lest four members member of tho the court to take the place of those now el eligible to retire Chief Justice Fuller Fuler has ilas already given six years more morE to the tho arduous task of or wel weighing I er c every ery matter mater coming before the court than thon he ho would have have had to lo give H HIs Heis Ho He Hois is a hale and hearty well wel preserved old man and hears bears his three score and fifteen years with grace for fOl the tile time he is chief Justice Mr Ir Fuller Is compelled b by precedent and good taste to Iee keep keel out of ot pul politics tc he Ile heIs hp Is yet a staunch Democrat and among his Ills friends it I is i an open secret that he has hus hel held on oil to his high position during during tho Past few years In iii the tho hope that President Roosevelt Hoose might be succeeded by a Democrat and ami that as asa asa a n consequence his own successor on oti the woolsack might b be a man of Ik hike political pOlitiC faith Now that tho the next President is known there Is nothing to prevent the chief ju justice tco from retiring whenever he so desires i Next ext to Chief Chie Justice Fuller in point of or years cornea conies Justice Harlan He lie Is a man of ot large larEe physique and ant seemingly as S full tul of or health as the time best hest of oC men But he has bias reached an nn anage anage I age where most moet men seek seel rest from active affair and his retirement be before her her fore tore long bong is expected Ho lie le has bIas seen coon all ail exceedingly active career career r. r H H. a comes from Virginia via via J Kentucky that is his ancestors were Virginians VirgInians He is a n Republican and In he be wa wu the tho Republican candidate for Cor governor governor go gov gov- of Kentucky He lie has been an un una a associate Justice of the tho Supreme court since sinco 1877 Ass Associate Justice David J J. J Brewer become eligible for tor retirement last sear jear ar having been born in Asia Minor lnor in 1837 his father having been a mis mis- missionary Ionar to Turk Turkey Whether ether he in intends Intends In- In ten tends s to avail uvall u nl himself of the time privilege to retire in the tile near future futuro Is not nol known He appears to bo be a man of excellent health In Iii politics he lie is a Republican It H Is believed that Justice Peckham will probably avail himself of tho the wi opportunity op op- to retire During During the past few years his health has hns Pot not been of oC the best besl soil and more than a n year ear ago ngo it I was rumored that he was J likely ely to tu quit lImit the bench hench Ho lie took tool his seat In 1 1905 05 succeeding tho the late Howell E E. Jackson I of Tennessee He lIe le Is a Democrat but was iQS never novel active in politics At t thai time of his appointment by President Cleveland hw he h. h was a n Justice of the thc Supreme Court of Appeals of or New e 1011 York He Is a native of Albany and arid had served n as district attorney lorne an and corporation coun counsel ol of ot that city before ho became a n Judge He lie le is hl highly es esteemed esteemed esteemed es- es teemed by his associates on the thc Supreme Su Su- Su- Su preme premo bench hench as we well as ns by au all al others who u-ho know him |
