But the House, also, by a large majority, passed the measure.
CHAPTER XV
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S JUDGES
I earnestly supported William B. Hornblower against the opposition
of Senator Hill, when he was nominated by Mr. Cleveland for
Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. I was then
on the Judiciary Committee. I made very careful inquiry,
and had reason to believe that the best lawyers in New York
thought highly of him. Judge Gray told me that Mr. Hornblower
had argued a case in the Court not long before, and that as
the Judges walked out Judge Blatchford said to him: "I hope
you have as good a man in your Circuit to succeed you, when
the time comes, as we have in ours in Mr. Hornblower to succeed
me."
I did not, however, support Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham. The newspapers
circulated the story extensively that--to use the phrase of
one of them--I "led the opposition." That was not true. I
expected to vote for Mr. Peckham until just before the vote
was taken. I had communicated my expectation to support him
to Senator Vilas, who had charge of the case.
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