The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-26
THINK BRANDEIS CERTAIN OF SEAT AS US. JUSTICE. Senators O'GOrman and Shields Hurry to Washington to
 Cast "Yes" Vote. REPUBLICANS MAY
 DROP FILIBUSTER Action Likely Next Week as Result of Strict Party
 Confirmation.

Washington May 26-Convinced by the action of the Senate judiciary committee in ordering by party vote of 10 to a favorable report on the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the Republican Senators who have opposed him for 117 days now admit the probability of his early confirmation.
 Their plan to resort to a prolonged fi1buster over the nomination is ap- parently on the vergo of collapse as a result of their conclusion that further obstruction will intensity the grow ing impression that the Republican party is opposed to the elevation of a Jew to the Supreme Court bench.
 Following the announcement of the action of the committee Wednesday, which ordered the report of MT. Brandeis' nomination with the recom- mendation that he be confirmed, a number of Republicans, including Senators Cummins, Borah, La Fol lette, Morris, Kenyon and Poindexter expressed the belief that continued opposition to the confirmation would not be justified in the public mind.
 Consequently, there exists the gen eraI belief that, after a perfunctory opposition on the part of some of the more stubborn of the Republicans, the Senate will proceed to a vote next week that will carry with it the elevation of MT. Brandeis to the highest tribunal in the world.
 The Dem ocratic leaders of the Sem ate predict that every. one of the 56 votes of their party will be cast in favor of his confirmation. Added to these will be the votes of at least six, and probably 10 Republican Sen atoFs, making the total no tfar from 65, even if the Republican leaders de- eide to continue their opposition.
 The Judiciary Committee wasted no time in threshing over the testi- mony of witnesses taken during the three months investigation of the charges made by 54 "highbrow' Bos- ton lawyers and President Lowell of Harvard Univ> -sity, that MT. Bran deis was unfit to sit with the other Justices of the Supreme Court. As a matter of fact there was no discus sion of this testimony, the character and origin of which was understood clearly by the 8 members of the com mittee.
 To offset the adverse testimony there was a preponderance of evidence from equally resp onsible sources cer- tifSing to the high moral and mental capacity of MT. Brandeis. The tribute sent a few days ago by Charles w. Eliot president emeritus of Harvard, undoubtedly exercised a favorable in fuence on the minds of several mem bers of the cornmittee.
 The 10 Dem ocrats who voted to re- port the nomination to the Senate with a formal recommendation that it be confirmed, were CuIberson of Texas, Overman of North Carolina, Chiffon of West Virginia, O'Gorman of New York, Flecher of Florida, Reed of Missouri. Ashurst of Arizona, Shields of Tennessee, Walsh of Mon tana and Smith of Georgia. Tse Re- publican Senators voting against a. favorable report were Clark of Wyo- ming, Nelson of Minn nesota, Di11ing- ham of New Hampshire, Sutherland of Utah, Brandegee of Connecticut, 'Borahe of Idaho, Cumnins of Iowa and Works of California.