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BRANDEIS CONFIRMED
BY LARGE MAJORITY
Wilson's Nominee For Supreme
Court, Against Whom Bitter Fight
Was Waged, Confirmed by More
Than 2 to 1 Vote.

Washington, June 1.-The nomi-
nation of Louis d. Brandeis, of Bos-
ton, to the Supreme Court to succeed
the late Joseph Rucker Lamar, was
confirmed by the Senate. today by
vote of Al to %. The vote, taken
without debate, ended one OF the bit
terest contests ever waged against
a Presidential nominee. Mr.. Bran
deis will be the first Jew to occupy
seat on the Supreme Bench.
Only one Democrat, Senator New
lands, voted against confirmation.
Three Republicans La Fol
lette, Norris and Poindexter-yoted
with the Democratic majority, and
Senators Gronna and Clapp would
have done so, but were paired with
Senators Borah and Kenyon. The
negative vote of Senator Newlands
was a complete surprise to the Sen
ate, and the Nevada Senator, recog-
nizing that his action had aroused
comment, later made public for
NAL explanation.
81 have high admiration for Mr..
Brandeis as a publicist and propa-
eandist of distinction" said Senator
Newlands. Il do not regard him as
man of judicial temperament, and
for that reason l have voted against
his confirmation.
Throughout the fight President
Wilson stood firmly behind his nom
inee, never wavering even when II
seemed certain that an unfavorable
report would be returned by the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee. Before the
committee voted he wrote letter to
Chairman Culberson strongly urging
prompt and favorable action.
Senators who voted for confirma-
ton were:
Democrats Ashurst, Bankhead
Beckham, Broussard, Chamberlain
Chiffon, Culberson, Fletcher, Gore
Hardwick, Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes
Husting, James, Kern, Lane, Lea, Of
Tennessee; Lee, of Maryland; Lewis
Myers, O'Gorman, Oyeman, Owen
Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell, Reed
Salisbury, Shafroth, Sheppard, Sim
mons, Shields, Smith, of Arizona
Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of Mary
land; Smith, of South Carolina
Stone, Taggart, Thomas, Thompson
Underwood, Vadaman and Walsh
Total, A.
Republicans-La Toilette, Norri
and Poindexter. Total, 8.
Voting against confirmation were
Republicans Brady, Brandegee
Clark, of Wyoming; Cummins, Cur
tbs, Dillingham;, DUPONT, Fall, Gal
linger, Harding, Lippitt, Lodge, Mel
son, Oliver, Page, Smith, of Mich
gan; Sterling, Switzerland, Town
send, Warren and Works. Total, /
Democrat-Newland
The following pairs were announc
ed, Senators named first being TO
confirmation and those named sec
ond against: Johnson, Maine, wit
Wadsworth; Swanson with Jones
MARITIME and Smoot, Clapp with Ken
yon, Gronna with Borah, Bryan wit
Catron, Pomerene with Weeks, John
son, South Dakota, with Colt; MAI
tin with McCumber, Williams wit
Penrose, Tillman with Golf, an
Robinson with Burleigh. Total, "a.
Senators who were not paired an
who did not vote were Clarke, Dom
ocrat; Sherman and Mclean, Re
publicans. Total, 3.
OF the Senators who were paire
many were absent because of the az
preaching Republican National Cor
vention in Chicago. ALI absent Ser
ators had arranged to be paired i
the vote, however, except Senator
Clarke, of Arkansas, and Mclean, O
Connecticut. Senator Sherman, @
Illinois, was paired with Senate
Thompson, of Kansas, but release
the Kansas Senator so that he Nigh
vote
The nomination of Mr.. BRANDED
was sent to the Senate ON Januar
%. 1t was referred to the Judiciar
Committee and Immediately a foo
of protests against confirmation an
memorials in favor thereof began t
pour in.
A subcommittee, consisting q
Senator Chiffon, Fletcher, Walsh
Cummins and Works was appointe
to report on the nomination.
adopted the unusual course of hold
ing public hearings.
In all, Al witnesses were hear
and $500 pages of testimony taker
William H. Taft, Simeon E. BALDWIN
Francis Rawle, Joseph H. Choate
Elihu Root, Moorfield Storey an
Peter w. Meldrim, all former presi
dents of the American Bar Associa
ton, wrote protests to the committe
against confirmation, and Charles W
Eliot, president emeritus of Har
vor of confirmation.
On April the subcommittee, b
a strict party vote, recommends,
confirmation and on May "a the full
committee agreed to a favorable re
port by another strict party division
In the report of the majority MI
Brandeis' action in all the cases re
ferred to by the minority was de
Tended.
''The worst that has been charge,
against him pales into insignifi
cance," the majority said, "whel
compared with what was publicl
said about Mr.. Justice Matthew
when his nomination was under con
federation.
Storey and Chief Justice Tame,
were others mentioned as objects O
bitter attack
The majority report held that tn.
petitions and letter in support of Mr.
Brandeis, and particularly from Bos
ton, far outweighed the opposition.
The new Justice was born 60 years
ago in Louisville, Ky; graduated
from Harvard University in 1877
and began the practice of law il
Boston after admission to the bar il
1878. He probably will take the .oatl
OF office June IL, just before tn
court adjourns for the summer re
cess.
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