The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-08
Standard Oil and Tobacco Cases
Most Important to Come Be-
fore Highest Tribunal
in Land
COURT FACES HEAVY DOCKET
Convenes Next Monday But Absence
Of Full Bench Will Necessitate
Delay of Many Of the Most
Important Cases.

Washington, ID. c.. oct. S.--An an
nual situation will face the Supreme
Court of the United States when it
convenes Monday for the term of
1901. With a docket literally over
burdened with important cases await
ing argument and decision the sup
RENE tribunal will probably be obliged
TO mark time for two months or more
before it will - able to take UP the
important work that is before it.
The necessity for delay arises from
the lack of fun bench. At the pres
ent time the court is without a chief
Justice and without that dignitary II
will be found almost impossible to
proceed with the important business
at hand 1t is pointed out that the
chief justice. in addition to being the
balance wheel between the other MEM
bers Of the court, is required TO pass
individually upon many delicate and
important motions, requiring a deep
knowledge of the procedure of the
court.
New Chief Justice.
The successor To the late Chief
Justice Fuller, whoever may be the
man chosen for that high honor, can
not take his seat until after he has
haan aaI hxr he
will not be until December. AS a con-
sequence the great cases now on the
docket must necessarily be further
postponed until late in December or
more probably in January BY that
time the new chief justice will have
been confirmed and either Justice
Moody will have sufficiently recovered
his health to enable him TO resume his
place on the bench. or he will have
availed himself OF the special act pass
ed by Congress and have retired and
and confirmed. Then there will be a
fun bench and the most important
cases i'm the last half century can be
heard.
Many Cases Hang Over.
Thirty cases heard at the term OF
the Supreme Court which ended last
June must be reargued at the term
about te begin, owing to the fact that
there were but seven members on the
bench at the last term. Many of the
cases will be heard at the same time
in January. The fifteen involving the
constitutionality of the corporation tax
were heard as one case and doubtless
will be SO presented at the next hear
ing. Two involve the question wheth-
er the penalties for violating the twen-
ty- eight hour law for the transport
tation of live stock shall be determin-
ed by the individual shipments, or by
the train.
Two suits on the docket bring up
the dissolution of the tobacco corpo-
ration. Two more cases involve the
validity OF indictments for grazing
sheep on forest reservations without
permission of the Government; two
others. the use of the waters of the
Walker River i'm California and Ne
vada. and two more the enforcement
IF the prohibition laws Of Oklahoma in
Interstate shipments.
Other Important Actions.
other cases TO be rearranged are
he dissolution suit against the
Standard oil Company; the case in
rolving the constitutionality of the
hours of service law for railroad en-
,loyees and that arising out of the
Use of the water of the upper Gila Ri
'er I'm Arizona for irrigation. six
ases argued remained without action
when the court adjourned for the
ummer vacation. OF these. the only
me of general interest was that in
'olving the rights OF forwarding agen-
les To demand carload rates from
ailroads.
Many Federal Gases.
The United States will figure very
lrgcly in the business before the Sup
eme Court at it's coming term Many
{ the cases i'm which its representa-
ives appear are OF general public in
crest In addition to the corporation
AK cases and the Standard oil and
obacco corporation issues. there are
he controversy isvolving alleged con-
ampt by Samuel Gompers and boy
otis by the American Federation OF
abor; case under the railway rate
wv in which is brought up the ques-
on of the liability Of an original
arrier for loss in transit: the So
allied Government Panama libel suit
gainst the Press Publishing Compa-
Y OF New York. and the suit against
he Hipolite Egg Company. the latter
eing the first to come up 10 the Sup
'me Court under the pure food law.