Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1893 — JUSTICE JACKSON CONFIRMED. [ARTICLE]

JUSTICE JACKSON CONFIRMED.

His Nomination Indorsed by the Senate Without Even the Formality of a Vote. If there was at any time a disposition on the part of the Democrats to oppose the confirmation of Judge Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United Slates, that opposition vanished when the Senate went into executivo 'session Saturday afternoon. There was not even the formality of a vote. Tlie executive journal was read, containing the nomination of Judge Jackson, which had previously been reported favorably, and when the President of the Senate said “If there are no objections the nomination will stand confirmed,” not a Senator opened his mouth. In this quiet way all the opposition disappeared, and Associate Justice Jackson will, as soon as convenient to him. qualify for the place to which he has been appointed by a Republican President. The injunction of secrecy was not removed from the proceedings. .