| Show ilvars As nas shown in yesterdays d es patches two reports ha fo been presented in relation to the appointment of ilon L Q 0 tamar to the liosi tion of associate of the ignited states supreme court one that of the majority of t lie judiciary was presented by Seli ator edmunds and confirmation minority reported through bagh in favor of confirmation both on len ar and will receive notwithstanding the fact that the majority report represents the lican in the senate and to a great extent in the nation and the additional fact that the republican baity Is in the majority by one veto in the senate mr lamar will ba confirmed and take his seat as assoil SO justic all the will vote for him and senator stewart of nevada a Be publican has already an bounced ali determination do so this alone would be but there are several the same ranks who w fo low stew arts exah plo in fact it id it more than two or three of the western senators will voto no on the ro position and m hile it would have been much more gratifying to the appointee and bi friends for the to have been treated as ex senatorial ones generally are that is sent through at on the customary formality of reference to a committee it will be be ater as it is than not at all As to the gentl emano fitness for the position there can be little if any ques lipil ile is experienced able sound and firm and I 1 ten the question of io bality enters into the controversy as ad argument in his falor indeed the principal objections to him have been slid are that lieras it participant in the war of the rebellion on the wrong side and is not yet fully reconstructed in sympathy and leaning this y be likely and still not amount to a disqualification very few men in this life ever completely change their natures or ilia sacred recollections of early life and it is scarcely desirable at all times that they should we find such men in exalton exal tod stations almost I 1 everywhere and their inclining to it lost cause or friendship for an early friend donot seem to obstruct their publio vision or warp their sense of concrete conc Tete notice we ank lamar will do and the nation apses nothing by extending to him such confidence as amounts ai to com mon courtesy until he does actually wrong in becan not ilose anything and we always have the remedy of impeachment in iha hand 1 ten able and willing to it it is doubtless true that blaniar no e r u dia as some memis b era t e drenth and that he is not as much a philosopher as some of mhd others who would like to get the rebut post of that kind are not reachie by means of competitive examinations and he has shown that he possesses qualities enough to be a sound and careful judge and if not the ablest in point of analytical legal ability is certainly among the ablest in the land forensically and scholastically lie is the peer if not greatly tile superiors of any one now holding 4 place on the supreme bench |
