The Washington bee., 1910-04-02
Good Appointment


Monday the nomination of Mr.. James
H. Pugh to be judge of the Police
Court as the successor Of Judge
Ivory G. Kimball. Mr.. Pugh is no
doubt one of the most popular men
at the bar and his nomination gives
entire satisfaction. His selection IS
10 disappointment to the bar. He
was strongly indorsed for the place
by many leading senators and judges
of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict OF Columbia and citizens.
Mr.. Pugh was born in Eufala,
Ala, in 1862. He was educated in
the schools of that city and graduated
IN law at the Georgetown University
law school. After that he took a
special course at the University of
Virginia.
He was admitted to the District
bar in 1885 and practiced until his
appointment as assistant corporation
counsel in 1891. His appointment,
according to the general expressions
of opinion heard around the courts
this afternoon, was highly satisfac-
tory to members of the local bar.
When informed that Mr. Pugh had
been nominated for the Police Court
judgeship, Major Sylvester, Superin-
tendent of Police, said;
He should make a rattling good
Judge. He is exceptionally well
qualified for the position. He has
had more than twenty years expert
ence around the Police Court"
Mullowny's Comment
Judge Alexander Mullowny, when
he heard that the name of Mr.. Pugh
had been sent to the Senate to be
Judge Kimballs successor, said:
1T is a well-deserved promotion.
Mr.. Pugh is well qualified to fill the
place. He is a good lawyer, broad
minded, and of generous-hearted
disposition. / am very much pleased
to hear that he has been appointed.
He was the logical man for the Po-
lice Court bench"
Deputy Clerk of the Court Harper
said that Mr.. Pugh knows more about
the District rules and regulations
than any other man in the District
of Columbia, and that he has a good
judicial mind that will be of value to
him in the new place which he IS
called upon to fill.
The appointment gives general sat
isfaction among the court officials,
all of whom believe Mr.. Pugh to be
well fitted for the position. His IA
miliaritv with Police Court business
and procedure having been acquired
bv almost twenty years of service IN
the court.
LAWYER FOR DISCHARGED
NEGRO INFANTRYMEN CR-
TICISES - REFUSES TO AR
CUE CAUSE.
Secretary Dickinson's Instructions
Improper, Marshall Asserts - Re-
corder Derelict, He Says - Has
Produced No Evidence Favorable
to Men Seeking Vindication.
Something of a sensation was pro-
duced during the closing sessions OF
the army court of inquiry which is in
vestigating the Brownsville raid of
August, 1906, by statements made by
Nepoleon B. Marshall of the Wash
ington bar, who was associated with
Brig Gen. A. r. Daggett, I. S. A,
retired, as counsel for the Negro sol
diers seeking restoration to the ar
my.
Attorney Marshall declined the Of
fer of the court to submit an argu-
ment on the general ground that it
would serve no purpose and implied
broadly that the court had been i'm
properly instructed by the Secretary
of War, and that the recorder of
the court, Capt. Charles K. Howland,
2Ist Infantry, had made on effort to
produce any evidence favorable to
the discharged soldiers.
Basis for Declination.
In declining to argue the case Mr..
Marshall gave two specific reasons as
follows:
First. Because the procedure that
was adopted by the recorder (Capt.
Howland), and acquiesced in by this
court. leaves it undetermined in my
mind whether this court is a court