Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-14
FORMER MEMBER OF SUPREME
COURT cRITlcizEs PRESENT
JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
JUDGE COLE ARGUES FOR
ENLARGED SUPREME COURT
Personal Attention Of All the Judges
Now Impossible Because of Aocumu
Iation of Work - Minnesota Sends
Lobbyist to Iowa to Urge Passage Of
Bill to Regulate Newspaper Ads
Special 10 Times-Republican.

Special 10 Times Republican.
! Des Moines, March l4.-Judge c. c.
Cole, former Judge of the supreme
court. appeared before the senate
Judiciary committee Yesterday and
strongly urged that committee 10 adopt
and recommend the bill A4~A proviaes
tor ealargins the Iowa supreme court
10 nine lD.lHuers and To divide llle- same
INTO Two separate bodies, the calee JUS
tice TO preside OYER each. The plan is
10 have the court divided, -FOUR TO be or
lie supreme court ana tcur Oh Tie ap-
ptllate court. with the chief justice a
Iyart OF each, then 10 nave each branch
81 alternate months and The WocA OF
the court - be divided. Neither court
shall be superior 10 the other but they
would have different classes 81 cases.
he argument 10Y This IS tlat il would
enable The court 10 SO divide the wor1
that personal attention could he gwen
by all the judges Of each division 10
every case before them. and instead Of
having opinions that are in fact one
man opinions the court would give
opinions thar We're the result of con-
sultation and cons Iteration around the
cons uitation table. Judge Cole recalled
that wnen he was on The bench the de-
cis4on We're practically always the re-
suit OF this delbera ton oy al the
judges before any move was made 70
have a decision Written. Members Of
the judiciary committee ara generally
favorable TO some steps being taken for
improving the court system under
which Iowa is working We hare the
lawyers and we have the judges" said
Judge Cole. and all We need is to hare
a system devised by the legislature ard
We will gel the best results
There was considerable amusement
in the judiciary committee Of the sem
ale Yesterday when a lawyer from Min
neapolis. Mr. Arnold. appeared 20
advocate ard urge the bill by Senator
White 20 regulate advertisements IN
new spapers. Il IS bill which fo-bids
the printing of any Of the Objectionable
medical advertisements with which tfle
Chicago rapers ara filled. Those who
have examined il say that il also makes
thu publisher virtually responsible for
the reliability Of anything advertised
in the paper. 50 that no matter what
may be advertised the publisher has
to become a kind % insurance cam
pany. But Mr.. Arnold a. first refused:
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