The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
DONOVAN DEGREES REMEMBRANCE IN
 U. s. JUDGESHIPS
Congressman Reviews Work of Federal Courts in Defending
 Program of Economy
Minority Leader Mann Seconds Connecticut Representatives.
 Efforts :

E
 Washington. Dec. o-Representa- tive Donovan spoke at length yester- day in opposition of the creation of an additional 5udgeship in the State of North Carolina The judiciary committee brought in a resolution to
 create the on1ce on the ground that
 one of the present judges was getting
 old and was in i'll health. It was a
 similar case to the one in Pennsylva-
 mia. during the last session of the Congress which was also opposed by
 Donovan.
 In his opposition this time he had
 able assistance from Minority Leader Mann, and although the resolution
 passed the House a publicity amend
 meut tackled on is believed to be suffi-
 cient to kill the measure in the Sem ate.
 that the endorsers of the new judge
 shall be madeepublic at the time that
 judges name goes to the Senate for
 confirmation.
 Mr. Donovan, who secured the floor
 for an hour said in part: tsThe mi nority leader has reminded me of my duty or in other words reminded me
 of an article of faith in the Demo-
 cratic deca1ogu in public expenditures that labor might be Highly burdened Again the gentleman from Illinois has reminded me Of the necessity of filling these positions. We had in our state a judge Of a district court who died and the position was not filled for year and a, half. -No one suffered, and the country saved the salary,
 After Chairman Webb had inter rupted to state that the present judge
 would probably draw the salary until he was 10 years of age, and then rs- tire udr Donovan continued Tue Chairman that the position is for life, or in other words that the Com
 stitution reads, during good be- havfor, and good behavior. consists in i drawing the salary attached to the l office. Gaughter.J
 'sThe chairman of the committee ought to tel his associates that in the
 repoft 1t Is stated that for three years 1 in that particular court there were only z6 civil eases. That shows that 1 it is not a. court of much business about IS cases a year. There may have been some criminal cases but they are largely technical crimes and 1 fifty or a hundred of them can be tried in a day. I believe that up our 1 way we have held a whole term of court in less than one hour. Once 1 believe in the court here they did have a case that took some time te < try, but probably it has been the on1s l one in the whole Southern States in 1 the last 15 years.
 Nov, in all these criminal cases when they are caught and have nci paid d special tax, they have nothins ! to do except .pay the fiddler and the l Accused is lacking in good sense if he l employs a lawyer. Qaughter.9 stAdr. Mann has stated that there i1 a judgeshfp in Chicago that has no' | been filled in two and a half years. arhere is moro business for the fed
 eral court in Chicago in one year thar l in all the districts of the Southern l States for ten years
 s.As Democrat, will have to vots ] against this measure in order to keeI I up with the policy Of the Democratie
 party Of economy in public expense" :"