He was opposed to the Republican
measures of Reconstruction and to placing the negro on a political
equality with the whites. But he also discountenanced and
condemned any lawless violence or fraud.
Senator Jackson was appointed Judge of the United States Circuit
Court by President Cleveland. He held that office when a
vacancy on the Bench of the Supreme Court came by the death
of Justice Lamar. The election of 1892 had resulted in the
choice of President Cleveland. The Democrats in the Senate
were determined that no Republican who should be nominated
by President Harrison should be confirmed, and did not mean,
if they could help it, that the place should be filled during
the December session. The only way to get such a confirmation
would be for the Republican majority to put the question ahead
of all other subjects, to go into Executive session every
day as soon as the Senate met, and remain there until the
judgeship was disposed of. The Democrats must then choose
between defeating the Appropriation Bills, and compelling
an extra session, which the in-coming Administration would
not like.
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