Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1909 — TAFT NAMES A DEMOCRAT [ARTICLE]

TAFT NAMES A DEMOCRAT

North Carolina Judgeship Contest Brought to an End. Washington, May 11. President Taft sent to*lhe senate the nomination of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat, to be United States judge for the eastern district of North Carolina. The vacancy on the North Carolina bench caused by the death of Justice Thomas R. Purnell had existed for several months and had been a source of concern to Mr. Taft.