Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
DEBATE ON HOLDOEGEL RESo'
LUTON INDICATES STRONG
SENTIMENT.
JOKER ALLEGED BY
SENATOR THOMPSON
Legislators Must First Be Shown That
Need For Larger Court Exists
Senate Passes Teachers Pension Bill
Which Would Apply Only to Des
Moines-lesislative News.

Des Moines. March 27.-That there Is
strong opposition in the senate Of the
Iowa legislature to an additional judge
of the supreme court was indicated In
the resolution introduced in the senate
yesterday by Senator Holdoegel. OF
Calhoun county, asking for specific in
formation from the high court as tc
the mount of work done by the cour,
and by the individual members of the
court. The Epps bill, passed by the
house. providing for an additional
judge, is on the senate calendar fol
consideration today.
The Holdoegel resolution adopted by
the senate yesterday by n vote Of u
TO 10 calls upon the chief justice &c
furnish to the senate information as to
the number of causes assigned to each
judge, naming him, during the years OF
1914, 1915, 1915 and 1917, also the mum
Der Of opinions handed down by each
Judge since January /, 1917, and SINH
lar information. 1t is probable this
information will not be ready by this
morning and further consideration of
the Epps bill may be put off until the
questions ~propounded by the senate
are answered.
Senator Kimball, who has a com
panion bill in the senate for an addi-
tional supreme court judge providing
practically the same things as the
Epps bill. made a hard fight against
the adoption of the Holdoegel resolu-
ton. He was supported in this by
Senator Thompson. OF Dies Moines
county. Senator Kimball declared the
resolution was for the purpose Of max
ing invidious comparisons as 10 the
work of the supreme our judges and
that no one could tell how much work
any one judge was doing simply by
the nunbe OF opinions he had written.
Says There Was Joker in Il.
Senator Thompson declared there
was a joker in the resolution and that
its purpose was to attempt to compare
the records OF various members OF the
supreme court.
Senator Hoidoesei denied that It was
aimed at any one in particular but
that II vas introduced In order 20 get
information as to the amount of work
required Of the supreme court.
Senator Casweli, of Crawford county,
said ne was as willing 70 vote for an
additional supreme court judge as any
one II he had sufficient information at
hand to show that one such was
needed. But II there was objection to
the resolution on the grounds that il
might show up somebody's record, that
such a record should be shown up.
An amendment by Senator Kimball
to strike out Of the resolution inquiry
as TO the amount Of work being done
by each Judge was defeated by the
adoption of a substitute by Senator
Proudfoot, OF Warren county, provld-
ing hat the cases submitted to each
judge be not required.
On the aye and nay vote on this
resolution the vote was as follows:
Ayes-Broxam. Caswell, Coburn, Ed
wards, Enger. Fleck. Foskett. Foster,
Grout, Haskell. H~oldoegel. Lyle,
Newberry. Parker. PrOudfoot. Rule,
Smith. Stephenson, Taylor, Whitmore
and Wilson. Total, II.
Nays - Evans. Fellows, F'railey,
Greene, Henigbaum, Jackson, kimball,
LATER. Indy, Thompson. Total, 10.
Pension Bill For Des Moines.
A teachers pension bill. which ap-
plies only to Des Ioines lnasmuch as