Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1904 — FULLER MAY RESIGN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FULLER MAY RESIGN.

Chief Justice Slated to Quit Ills Office After March 5, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Supreme Court of the United States plans, it is said, to resign his office on March 5, 1905, the day after he has administered the oath of office to President Theodore Roosevelt. In this event it is conceded that Secretary of War

Taft M-ill he appointed by the President to the vacancy on the Supreme bench. Chief Justice Fuller M-ill be 72 years old on Feb. 11, 1905, and M-ill then be entitled to retire from the bench and enjoy a salary of $10,500 a year as long as he lives. No chief justice of the Supreme Court has ever resigned. All have died on the bench. Chief Justice Fuller has administered the oath of office to four Presidents, Harrison, Cleveland and McKinley tM-ice. fie M-as appointed April 30, 1888.

FULLER AND HIS GRANDCHILD.