Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1909 — LUKE WRIGHT TO BE JUDGE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LUKE WRIGHT TO BE JUDGE

Former Secretary of War Will Succeed Lurton In Sixth District. Washington, Nov. 30. Luke E. Wright of Tennessee, secretary of war in the Roosevelt cabinet, will be nominated for the position of judge in the Sixth judicial circuit to fill the vacancy that will be created by the elevation of

Horace H. Lurton to be an associate Justice of the supreme court of the United States. Official announcement of Wright’s selection for nomination as a federal Judge will be withheld until after congress meets. Judge Lurton’s nomination to be an associate justice of the supreme court will be sent to the senate next week.

LUKE E. WRIGHT.