Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-12
Supreme Court
Sets Ahead Gases,

Washington Oct. 11.-Because of the
failure to have full bench in the su-
preme- court of the United States a
general readjustment of important
cases. set last spring for consideration
this autumn, was made today by the
court. II was the first business day of
the eight-months term.
The Standard Oil and the Tobacco
Corporation suits under the Sherman
antitrust law were postponed for re-
hearing from Nov. IA to Jan. 3. The
corporation take cases involving the
constitutionality of the corporation tax
provision of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law, which had been restored to the
docket for rehearing before full
bench at an indifinite time. also was
assigned for argument on Jan. 3. So
were the cases involving the question
Of the correct penalty to be imposed
on violators Of the 28-hOur law regu-
latiKg the shipment of live stock and
the Interpretation of the national pure
food and drug act. Although Presiding
Justice Harlan did not say so. it is ex-
pected that President Taft will have
filed the two vacancies on the bench
by that time and that the new men,
bers, the successors to Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Moody. will have
assumed their places on the bench.
The Importance of the questions in
volved also led the court to postpone
until January d number Of cases set
for argument today. The boycott and
contempt appeals. arising out Of the
Injunction proceedings in the District
Of Columbia brought :" against st the
American Federation Of Labor ibN,the
Bucks Stove and Range Cd.iltoAa, St.
Louis. Mo. were reassigned for Jan.
IS. Samuel Gompers. president of the
Federation: Frank Morrison and John
Mitchell. also officials of the organiza-
ton. and all under sentences to Jail
for contempt, were in court.
The hearing in the suit between
Virginia and West Virginia. over the
amount of the 1913, 900, 900 state debt
of Virginia, which the latter contends
West Virginia should assume by rea-
son of the latter being admitted into
the union as separate state, was
re- assigned for Jan. 16
The Kissel case, involving the ques-
ton as to whether or not the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Co., and others
conspired to prevent the Pennsyl-
vania Sugar Refining Co. from doing
business was postponed until Nov. 10.
on account of the illness of counsel.
The cases involving the constitution
atty Of the employers liability law
were re-assigned for argument on
Nov. %
Attempts to postpone consideration
of the cases involving the peonage
prosecutions from Florida and the
Missouri two cent fare law, were I'M
successful. Argument of the former
was begun today. The latter will be
probably heard this week.
Motions to advance a large number
nj casec were submitted to the court.
Among these were cases involving the
constitutionality of the Carmack
amendment to the Hepburn rate law,
making the initial carrier responsible
for goods throughout the route and
the cases involving tie constitutional
ity Of the bank depositors guarantee
laws OF Oklahoma. Nebraska and
Kansas. For various reasons 10 cases
were dismissed by the court. Among
these were six cases involving the
constitutionality of the drainage laws
Of Florida. as amended in 1907