The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-02
BRANOt|S CONFIRMED
BY LARGE MAJORITY
On Final Roundup, Presidents Nom
inee For Supreme Court
Wins by Al to -.
MAJORITY REPORT is
HIGHLY COMMEND aTORY
Declares Charges Against Brandeis
Having Fallen, Only Manly Thing
to Do Was to Vote For His Com
firnaa ton.

Washington, June 1.-The nomina~
ton OF Louis D. Brandeis for assoc
ciate justice OF the United States SUI
preme Court was confirmed by the
Senate late today. The vote was ~
TO ~. One Democrat--Senator Fran
els e. Newianas of NeTada--voted
against confirmation, and Ave Repub-
| DEMONSTRATORS Poindexter. OF Wash
| ington: LaFollette, of Wisconsin:
Gronna, OF North Dakota; Norris, Of
Nebraska, and Clapp. of Minnesota
either voted fer BEaHaeAs= were
| paired in his favor.
| The vote was a greater vindieation
for the nominee of the President than
was deemed possible a week ago.
| The vote was as follows:
! For confirmation-Dem Ash
urst, Bankhead, Beckham. Broussard.
/ Cha mherlain, Chiffon. Culberson.
Fletcher, Gore. Hardwfck. Hitchcock.
Hollis, Hughes Husting. James, Kern.
Lane. Lee tMaryland), Lea. Lewis,
Myers. O'Gorman. Overman, Owen.
/ Phelan. Pittman, Ransdeil. Reed.
Salisbury. Shafroth, Sheppard,
Shields, Simmons. Smith fArizona) ,
Smith fGeorgia), Smith tMaryland1.
Smith fSouth Carolina). Stone. Tag
CART, Thomas. Thompson. Underwood.
Nafdafnan, NalSn--i@
Toilette. Norris and
Poindexter-3 Total. AZ.
ADMINISTRATIVE Brady Bran
degee. Clark (Wyomlng). Cummins,
Curtis Dillingham;, DUPONT, Fall, Gal
finser. Harding. Lippitt. Lodge, Mel
son. Oliver. Page. Smith tMichigan),
Sterling. Sutherland. Townsend. Wal
rem and works-21.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES !, Total, 81
The pairs-The first named being
favorable TO confirmatIon Nartinc
with Srsoot. Johnson tMaIne) with
Wadsworth' Clapp Republican, with
Borah, Bryan with Catron, Pomerene
with Weeks, Martin with McCumber
Williams with Penrose Tillman with
Goff. Robinson with Burleigh, Swan
son with Jones. Johnson (South Da-
kota) with Colt Absent and not
paired; Clark tArkansas). Sherman
and Mclean. Total. ~
1 Total vote OF Senate and all ac-
counted for, 90
Newlands Against Brandeis.
The unanimous consent agreement
provided that the vote should be taken
without debate after the submissi on
OF the majority and minority reports
1t was believed there might be two
or three recalcitrant Democrats. but
Senator Newlands was never suspect
ed of being among that number.
There was great surprise. therefore,
when the Nevada Senator stated that
he regarded Mr. Brandeis highly as a
publicist and a opagandist. but. be-
lieving that he did not have the proper
judicial temperament. he could not
vote for him.
The Senate removed the injunction
Of secrecy from the vote cast and the
text OF the majority and minority re-
ports.
The report OF the Democratic mem
bers of the committee, which consti-
tuted the majority, as the committee
divided along political lines. comprised
122 printed pages. including letters.
kilograms. etc. received by the COM
mittee and such extracts of testimony
taken as were necessary to reinforce
its conclusions The minority reports
comprised seventy-hve printed pages
The majority report goes extensively
into detail In presenting the great
a hilities. extensive learning and lofty
character OF Mr.. Brandeis with at
tcntion to his unusually hearty and
militant interest on the question touch-
Ing the public welfare.
Committees Conclusion.
After thorough review of the evi-.