The sun., 1910-06-30
DIVISION II SUPREME COURT
EN-H sra BROHN TELLS HHi'
THE .HSTICES DISAGREE.
I aahlma,lSln NlRe-tcnihs OT lhe Decisions
THE Dther Tenth involves COnStitU-
l.nual Questions ahrrr sentiment
Oamu tn Tlr Work Sf SAe Court.

Hcnrv Filings brown. eN- Associate
Iustiy. q tive SuJ rnfHe Court of the United
state. Who deive-r an address the other
day gI the Yale cnmmea cement, Is a.
the Holland HOUSE lie and Mrs Brown
eNr"t 20 sail for turope m" day after
tu-' GROW or 'he Princes Irene, IN hs
gone bst ween threr and four months.
J.stic. Browns address lelors the
lav department of the M iyersity was on
-.ut~ -innal Courts Fr Ssys that
me -uhiect of international law has come
up yromirrr nv all over the world In the
gsi few wears
There Il now an International Law
Soci-ty which has its headquarters in
Washington. said Justice Brown and
thcrc il also a. International Law 10
ciety which meets In London early In
August The first IL an American organi.
Ention, while the London society N world.
wide am going to make an effort 10
get 70 its nesting
The work Of the supreme Court Is
constantly growing said tho Justice
in answer % question. although the
Court Of Appeals has taken from Il tho
burden of a great deal of work II used 10
have still the natural growth of the
country causes the business of the supreme
Court 10 grow oorrespondingly.
The time will come when the court
will have to oonfne itself to constitu-
lionAl and jurisdictional cases. A. It
now stands, comparatively few common
law cases except those from the courts
of the District Of Columbia. 90 up to IT,
although the number OF these certainly
ought 20 be cut down. A. the country
grows the Jurisdiction Of the court vill
have 10 he curtailei rather than in.
CREASED IL the court II To keep up with
its work
Not long ago eX-Justics George Shiras
in an interview IN THE SUN said that In
his opinion an increase in the salaries
of Supreme Court Justices Is not desirable
~ Il might tend 10 make such places
sought after for the pay attached. Justice
Brown was askei what he thought uI
the iiea he smiled,
To tell you the truth. he said. i don =
believe would care 20 discuss Il. II
said ! thought the present pay was high
enough my opinion might displeass some
Of my former associates and II ] said the
pay was not high enough some unChari-
table folk might constrIe Il as desire
on my part tor an increase IN my Ien-
son
-Do you think the supreme bench IL
large enough to deal with the questions
Il has % handel
'Now that replied the Justice, is a
safer question. Yes IN NV opinion
there arr enough Judges on tho bench
4 court Of more than nine members would
he compelled O. sit m divisions, which
would be depIurcd. think zine judged
The Standard Oh ard Tobacco cases
will have 20 be rpsrgued They arr uI
such Importance that they should not b.
decided by less than a llll bench. 10 u
an unfUrt mate fact that great Crustiu.'
tiOnal casss are likely . BE- Decided by d
divided court, and the ,our, should thcra-
fore be 49, nearly cOmplet' 9s pCssihle
There arr a great many five - four de-
cisious Il is Of course unfortunate
but at the same time the court divides
a great deal 80 public sentiment divide
-Whou ! said a great many dc"i7I, u'
are divided | may have given wr Hug
impression. The fact Ia that IIno-tontEs
~ oil the decisions rendered are un1El'
nous. At the same time he ether 'nr'
tanth represents a good number oi do
cisinns and these divisions occur m
great constitutional cases. \ great part
~ the COURTS jurisdiction consists Il
cases brought Z, test the CT 81 itItluuality
~ anti-corporation laws of the various
states lndeed a good share u the time
~ the supreme Court b. taken up by th"
hig corporate Ms and the legislation oi
snme of the States.
4 believe that corporations should
b. very strictly regulated, but there -
IN some States a very decided aHt.-c0r'
poration sentiment which sometimes pro-
duoes very unjust legislation. oCcastuIF,
ally deserving the CharaCtn. z1tiCn II
wildcat This does net tend q light =
uhs work of the Supreme COOrt.
do ! think as good ilSye g . p- +.
ducrd In this gene-atiOn o. ever Wei
the lawye- h much ne sFrie a. he h.
AFays beel The profession p-rdIoe.
still ! think, q majoritS Of the leadtn (
minds Of the c1mmunlt' bLt tae Las
has suffered a good deal from the - ~
petition Of the great CJrpOratl0Ts. hic'
ufier large salaries and very Inyir D. z
posts They. pa-ticulArv the great rad
wavs. have obtained q la-Re number N
the le7dlnE minds OR the count" On
the ether hand the pulpit is not r, az
t-Artive b men a. u was fifty yea = 70
II does not begin % offer n men ~ talent
the Inducements it did IN the time Of
Henry Ward Beecher. DR. thapin and
DR. Park Of AndOveT.
I think our efforts should be dire Ted
toward the adoption Of the English sys
TEN ~ dispOsing u cases more rapidly
The great Oubis IN American COURT
- that trials a<e TO long drawn Out
We waste q Veek or a month or two wher
feW hours or a few DAYS at most ought
N he sufficient TOR the trial u any - suct
cases a. our low er oourts usually handle
i was In Egypt ~ the time the ThaS
case vas being tried and asked a NOTED
English lawyer h0 vas there how loni
Il would take q dispose Of such case 10
the English courts
Two DAYS was the answer How
long Will this take IN America he askeC
in turn
II venture n zay az least two months.
repBed. and A. time showed was under
estimating Il
1T IN this prnlixitv oi trials that is I
no~t unfortunate nature Ot our couri
proceeaingu Who are respUnsibles Oul
Judges very largely. and bark ~ Their
our Legislatures in restricting the p0weri
Iuf our Judges An English judge has
ve-v much nlore power end authority
than one ~ ours In tTial and that is on,
reason Whv Justice over there n ~ muci
moro quictlv administered. a. OompaTa
tiveiy ~ little cost tO the state