The Washington times., 1911-01-03
TWO NEW JUSTICES
ON SUPREME BENCH
Oath of Office Administered
to Judges Devanter
and Lamar.

For the third time during the past
six months the Supreme Court of the
United States was today the scene OF
the solemn ceremony of swearing in
new. Justices.
The two new judges today inducted
into office were Willis Van Devantel
and Joseph Rucker Lamar.
Just prior to noon the two new JUS
tees subscribed to the oath of alle-
glance. in the cloak room. in the pres
ence of the other members of the
bench. immediately Otter the court
had fled into the courtroom, Chief
Justice White ordered their commits
sions read, called the two TO the bar,
and Clerk NcKenney administered the
judicial oath, after which they were
escorted to their places on the bench
For the first time since Justice
Brewers death, last spring, the court
today has full bench of nine mem
bers.
Ing In of the two new Justices.
Ready for Important Cases.
When the court assembled it was pre-
pared to take under consideration some
OF the most important cases which have
been presented to It in many years.
Upon the character of the decisions
handed down in many of the cases
which were presented to the court today
will hinge the future policy of the Gov
ernment in its trust-busting campaign,
in It's regulation of railroads, in its en-
forcement of the pure food law, in the
employers liability act, and in the en-
forcement of the commodities act.
First in Importance among the cases
which the court Is expected to decide at
this session are the Governments suits
hn oh nv
and against the Standard Oil Company.
II, as expected, the court sustains the
contention of the Department of Justice
that these immense corporations are op-
Grated in violation of the Sherman anti
trust law, then similar suits against a
number of other corporations will be
pressed vigorously. An adverse decision
in these cases would mean. the aban-
donment OF the Administration policy
which has come to be known as the
,trust-busting campaign.
Pure Food Law in Balance.
The Interpretation to be placed on
the pure food law and the extent to
which the Government may go in en-
forcing that law will be determined in
the decision to be handed down by the
court in the case of the Hipolite Egg
Company against the United States.
A shipment of canned eggs was seized
it's destination. The egg company ques-
tions the jurisdiction of the Federal
Government on the ground that the
eggs in question had ceased to be ar
ticles of interstate commerce. A victory
for the egg company in this case would
greatly restrict the operations of the
Department of Agriculture in its en-
forcement of the pure food act.
At this session of the court the con-
stitutionality of the corporation tax will
be decided. A number of these cases
were Joined and argued at the last ses-
sion of the court, but they have been
restored to the docket for reargument.
Labor unions throughout the country
are interested in two fthe cases which
will be decided at this session of the
court. These are the cases involving
the prolonged litigation between Samuel
Gompers and the American Federation
of Labor and the Bucks Stove and
Range Company, and also several cases
involving the constitutionality of the
amendment to the employers liability
act. These two cases will go before the
court for argument January 16.