Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-02
SENATE CONFIRMS
APPOINTMENT. OF.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS.
WILSON'S APFoisTE CONFIRMED
AFTER ONE OF THE BITTEREsT
FIGHTS IN THE SENATE.
VOTE WAS AZ TO q IN FAv0n, ONE
DEMOCRAT VOTING AGAINST. AND
THREE REPUBLICANS FER.

is D. Brandcis, whose nomination Tor the
United States supreme court bench wts
confirmed by The senate last night will
be sworn in probably June l.. The vote
was IL 10 - after one Of the bit. crest
fights In the history of the senate. The
contest waged through five months By
the republicans, but three members Of
tina party yoAcd for Brandeis and only
one democrat voted against him. Bran
dcis will be- the first jew to occupy a
seat ON the supreme bench.
Throughout the fight President VII
son stood behind his nominee. never W.
vering when ii seemed certain thai al
uEfayorablc committee report would Dc
made. The vote was taken without a
debate and ended one OF the bittrrrs.
contests ever wagcd aaginst a prcSiden-
tial nominee.
Louis Dembitz Brandcis is a lawyer
who has been mach in public life dur
ing the last three years, not onl! in ie
gal work. but in various movements for
social b~cttcrmcnt. lie is a kentucFian
bv birth and is GO years old. lie was
born ami educated Ia Louisville and Ia
ter at Harvard University and in Isl,
began practicing Law in Boston
lie came most notably before the rdo
lie as a national figure six years $50
through his participation in the cclebra-
ted Ballingcr- piIschot Investigation N
congress in which he was counsel for
the forces which were opposed 10 See
rotary Ballingcr and sought his removal
from oficc. Later h. was counSe for tie
shippers who opposed the general IN
creascs in freight rates before Interstate
Commerce Commission and during he
same period he was ~ the forefront Of
those who were dcn4liling an inyestiga-
ton of the financial affairs If the New
Haven railroad.
Among his participation in other pub
lie affairs were his appearance as counsel
for those who fought for the validity Of
workingmcn's hours II labor law IN orc
gon. Illinois and Ohio. as %cnunSe fer
those who contcnded for the preservation
VI the Bosom municipal subway SYSTEM
and in establishing the sliding scale gas
s,stem and Tie creation of savings bank
insurance in Massachusetts. lie was ~
1910 chairman If the board of arbitra-
ton which settled the New York gar
mcnt makes strike. lie has written large
y and is regarded a. an authority on
public franchises, life insurance, wage
carriers insurance. scientific manage
ment. labor problems and the trust
question. He also has been az the fore
front of the Zionist movement IN the
United States and will be the first jew
to sit on the bench Of the supreme court
Mr. Brandeis became prominent ~
1910 when, rs counsel for shippers, he
tried Ia show that the railroads could
sl,c "A million dollars a da! IN operating
expenses. II was when the raIlr'ads
were seeking relief from what they cna-
Iended was oppressive legislation ich'
ing 10 reduce their revenues not III the
low tariffs allowed 10y the rcgulatiyc
agencies Of the various states. but N the
waste and c~xtravlgance of the rallr"au'
themselves.
Brandeis insisted that by he exercise
or economy. by looping oil some al trr
unnecessary overhead charges. III" raj
rwlds ,ould do nothing 10 pay the same
wages develop their properties a~i
charge the public a a-ccnt--mile fh"
This was encrgeticaily denied by praeii'
cal railroad men and the New York Ten
trail offered Ia give Mr.. Bran6ci> 'Se
privilege of naming his own salary 4 he
could prove his Theory.
Mr.. Brandcis said the whole secret 81
saving lay In the application ~ scicntti-
H. methods Ia railway management Ire
railroads. through their representatives
had sought relief in congress AMI hsa
asked the Interstate Commerce Cornn'i>-
sion In authorize an increase @, rates.
Mr. Rrandcis became the leader of a
large faction which opposed any a'a"'i-
Grating legislation and insisted that
railroad development could pro'eel
slouc rernaal lircs without interfering
with tariffs.
Mr.. Brandcis was counsel Tor the
sh;pmrs i'm the advanced rate investiga-
tiou before she Interstate Commerce
Commission. counsel for the peorl" IN
the litigation Involving the constitution
slitv al the Oregon and Illinois Wom-
ems Ten Hour laws. chairman Of the ar
hitration board i'm the New York Gar
ment Workers strike in 1910 and occu-
MED positions on many boards OF con-
Citation I'm connection with labor dis