A huyt?n? license entitles a man to shoot at birds, but it doesn't make the birds keep still to be shot at.
Supreme Court in Politics
correspondent, whose implied criticisms in of President Wilson's appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States is prima facie in another column, has failed to take into consideration the unwritten law that, to a large extent, determines the composition of the court. Both custom and wisdom decree that the Supreme Court shall be non-partisan in membership. For years, the Republicans on the Supreme Bench have been in the majority, and in spite of President Wilson's appointments, that condition still exists. Mr. Taft's appointment of Justice Wilson to this office of Chief Justice did not in the least change the political complexion of the court, and hence was without political significance.
As showing President Wilson's freedom from political bias in judicial appointments, it is thought not that when he appointed the investigating commission of three, under the Adams eight-hour bill, he did not name a Democrat. Indeed, the only man conspicuous in public life in later years who has dragged the judiciary into politics is Mr. Hughes, who left the Supreme Court to engage in a campaign, based almost solely on vilification.
Cabrera has presented his formal disavowal and Mr. Lansing has  Formally accepted it. So cutis another tempest in a teapot. 