Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
WANTS LOCAL LAWYERS
FOR DISTRICT BENCH
Bar Association Also Favors Present
Fee System for Auditor of Dis
trict Supreme Court.

APPOINTMENT of District lawyers to
District judgeships and continuance of
the present fee system for paying the
auditor of the District Supreme Court,
whereby the litigants and not the pub
lie bear the expenses of auditing, are.
the two important policies adopted by
the Bar Association of the District of
Columbia at a meeting last evening
in the city hall. The lawyers voted to
ask President Wilson and the Depart
ment Of Justice to consider their
preference for local man when Sc
Iecting a successor to Justice Daniel
Thew Wright. whose resignation from
the District Supreme Court bench be-
comes effective November Is. The
meeting by a practically unanimous
vote opposed the proposition to place
Louis A. Dent. auditor of the court, on
a salary, strong sentiment being ex-
pressed in favor of the present fee
system.
VA committee of nine lawyers was Sc
lected to formulate the plan of present
STABILITY of promoting local lawyers,
familiar with practice here, to places
on the District bench. The committee
is to meet next Saturday and decide on
the names of three attorneys. from
whom the President will be asked to
make a selection for the vacancy.
No Disposition to Dictate.
No disposition was shown at the
meeting to attempt to dictate concern
ing the appointment, but merely to
tender aid to the executive in reach
ing decision on a lawyer accepta Die
to the members of the bar.
The bar association in reference to-
the salary proposition for auditor pass
ed a resolution in opposition and re-
queSted the Senate judiciary commit
tee to afford the association an oppor-
tunity to be heard before action on the
scheme is taken. Action on this matter
had been previously announced as an
important feature of the session.
The resolution declares:
No Disapproval by the Court.
THE law and practice governing the
office of auditor of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia have had
the test of experience of over fifty
years and are in accord with the sys-
tenn throughout the federal and state
judiciaries; and
During this long period of time the
system in force has proved of fnvalua-
Bile aid to the court and assistance to
the bar in securing to the former the
services of competent and expe-
rienced lawyer and accountant. quail
the latter with uniformity of practice:
and
There has been no disapproval of the
system by the court, but the con-
trary: no complaint on the part of liti-
giants who are properly charged with
the expense. and no demand in the
community generally.
The Bar Association of the District
of Columbia, in regular meeting assem-
bled, disapproves the changes proposed
by House bill 1907 and Senate bill
5102.
The United States Senate committee
the judiciary be, and hereby is, re-
quested to take no action on said bills
without giving to this association the
opportunity of presenting objections to
the same.
The board of directors and commit
tee on law and legislation shall prepare
and present the objections to said bin
to the proper committees of Congress.
The secretary shall forward a copy
of these resolutions to the chairman of
the United States Senate committee on |
the judiciary.
The resignation of William e. AM
brose as a director of the association |
was accepted and Leon Tobriner was
elected to the vacancy. c. R. Wilson |
presided with E. L. Wilson as secre- |
tary.