and, fromthe point of view of precedent, there appeared to be no reason why Congess could not properly be asked to adopt a course which had already been followed: But the request was made at. the wrong time and, because of that, appeared to be' a counsel of desperation, His followers in Con Brose, without whom he could no! possibly succeed, were not prepared fo go the whole way. with him, They dared not. They were caught between their loyalty to their leader fon the one hand and the menace of the electorate on the other, and it fs still votes which count in an election no matter how far away it may be, Thus the falling away of support which the President sought earnestly to remedy is not to be taken as the revolt, which it was so glibly termed at the time, but other a warning from the legislators that so far and no farther were they permitted to go because of the restraint placed upon them by public opinion, Mr. Roosevelt failed to rally his supporters on. this one issue and at the end of his Giscussions with them it must have been apparent to him that, as it stood, his scheme for the reform the Supreme Court was doomed as eventually the Senate proved it to] be. To a certain extent a modified remedy remains in the fact that there is. vacancy in the Supreme Court fo be filled, possibly by some Jurist more inclined towards Mr. Roosevelt's policies. But even h the President may have to move ireumspectly. The appointment of!
man of political flexibility rather than one who is pre-eminently a Jurist, no matter how much the Administration might desire the! former, might at this stage prove a dangerous step, and no surprise need felt if President Roosevelt in this matter decides to follow o middle course. He is far too shrewd a politician unnecessarily outrage public opinion in the United States and more than adroit enough to turn this, the most important reverse in' his strikingly pleturesaue administration, "from the lability which it is at present! into a very real asset,
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