Show HULAN S TONE ON RENCH impressive ceremonies ARE HELD ON retirement OF VETERAN JOSEPH mckenna attorney general Is appointed by president to fill vacancy senate receives appointment washington joseph mckenna has concluded his active service as in H member of the supreme court and attorney general F stone has been nominated to succeed him the resignation of justice mckenna deprives the pacific coast of representation resen tation in the membership of tho the court and the selection of attorney general stone to fill the vacancy will give new york a member the circuit embracing new york also is represented by chief justice taft who claims connecticut a as his residence solicitor general beck will automatically it mati cally becomes acting att attorney orney general upon mr air stones retirement from that office the president has haa given no indication of his intentions with respect to filling the vacancy permanently but a number of names were suggested in other cities including those of mr air beck secretary wilbur federal district judge dietrich of idaho chief justice arthur P rugg of the massachusetts supreme preme judicial court and chaales B warren of michigan former ambassador to mexico the nomination of mr stone meanwhile must await action by the senate which referred it to its judiciary committee it is not expected to come before the chamber again for several lays days the resignation of justice mckenna from the supreme court after service there since january 26 1898 was made known with unusual ceremony chief justice taft making the announcement after a large basket of roses had been clacel by the marshal of the court upon the bench in front of the retiring member ordinarily such an announcement would have been made at the white house and feli citations such as were exchanged between the chief justice speaking for himself and the remaining members of the court and tile the response by the retiring justice would have been made public after the latter had bad left the bench and returned to private life the unusual proceedings however wet were e arranged as a mark maik of the deep affection in which justice mckenna was held by his associates after he had concluded the reading of a letter to his colleagues the court and the entire audience in the chamber arose and remained standing until with bowed head but firm step he had withdrawn to the room mr air stone wu wit a student at amherst when the president pies ident was there and a friendship was formed ther which has continued although they were not members of the same class the great confidence reposed in him by the president led to his selection to take charge of the department of justice after the retirement of at bortney general harry at daugherty close association in cabinet ses session slon and in repeated conferences has strengthened president coolidge i opinion of mr air stones legal knowledge and judicial attitude in handling the affairs of the department of justice |