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Show '1m WILLIAM H. TAFT FOR iafll 'CHIEF JUSTICE. Having reached the age of 75 and ''f desiring to bo relieved of the heavy JgB duties of chief Justice of the United tfaB States supreme court. Edward D White is expected to resign and ru- I ! SHOT "as W he will be succeeded by j William H Tafi A message from Washington Bays this information was I not obtained as a consequence of Mr j Taff's visit to Washington last week, i when he saw 1'resident Harding and Attorney General Daugherty. and probably will come as a surprise to ! Mr. Taft's friends, who had been j somewhat blue over what they be I lleved was the prospect that he would I not be appointed rhiei justice Some uncertainty exists ai to the course I thai Chief Justice White will pursue I' has been a common understanding i in Washington for some lime that he intended to resign from the supreme bench, and the information at hand I attributed to the chief justice a decided decid-ed inclination for the appointment of Mr Taft as his successor. While no QUe undertakes to .-peak m any au-j au-j thoritaiive way for the Chief jusiice, it Is very generally believed in well In formed quarters in the capital that he would be willing to resign if certain that Mr Taft would succeed him. The chief Justice has been on the supreme bench twenty-seven years and has been recognized as one of the greatest jurists to serve in that Capacity William H Taft would be a worthy successor because he is Judicially Ju-dicially minded nn |