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Show LA FOLLETTE IS BITTER AGAINST SUTHERLAND Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 2. In his magazine this week, Senator La Fol-lette Fol-lette will take a savage wallop at the recerded plan of President Taft to I name Senator Sutherland of Utah and i Justice Gummere of New Jersey to i the supreme bench He will say, un-I un-I der the caption, 'Dont, Mr. President": Presi-dent": "The announcement that President , Taft Is to appoint William S. Gum-; Gum-; mere, chief Justice of New Jersey, and Senator George Sutherland of Utah, to the supreme bench of the United States was received with amazement by people who know the record of these two men. Sutherland is one of I the high priests of Toryism in the senate His record Is that of a faithful faith-ful Aldrich henchman. In contests between public interest and special interest, he has been found steadfastly steadfast-ly on the side of special interest He w-as conspicious last year on the 'Bal-linger-Plnchot' Investigating committee commit-tee for his manifest friendliness to the Balllnger side. "Gummere Is not no well known to the people of the country. Outside of his own state he Is known scarcely scarce-ly at all. He is an aristocrat, in the full sense of that word. As a judge, has been singularly free from human sympathy. "There are too manv men prominently promi-nently qualified to fill this exalted position, po-sition, and the need for truly great Judges is too pressing just now to permit appointments of so doubtful a nature to pass without protest. "Sutherland. Gummere will not the President allow himself under any circumstances cir-cumstances to fill the supreme bench with Jndges, other than tho pronouncedly pro-nouncedly friendly to the corporations." |