Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-14
MOVES IN CONGRESS
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| Fifth. for inJuring the national sport
of baseball by permitting the use of his
office as district Judge of the United
States because the impression will pre-
vail that gambling and other Illegal
| acts i'm baseball will not be punished In
the open forum as other cases
IN presenting his case Representative
| Welty said the District of Columbia
Supreme Court had entered n Judgment
of $4,000 against the American and
| National Leagues and the individual
sixteen clubs composing those organiza~
tions for having violated the Sherman
Antitrust Law He alao said a
grand jury Mt Chicago had indicted ten
baseball players ON charges of throw
ing the 1919 world seriea and added:
After the baseball nssociations were
found guilty under our laws of being
trust and while the fine of $4,000 was
still pending against them. they rushed
into Judge Landis' court and fer an
additional salary of 800 he became
chief arbiter Of n trust which WAS de-
Clared illegal and at their request re-
mnincd on the Federal bench
This case Is now pending I'm the Su-
prcme Court of the United States.
What will hinder each me,nber OF this
court from accepting u like sum from
those baseball associations If Judge
Landis can lawfully accept this addi-
tionai fec, then every other Federal
Judge I'm the land can enter the employ
of those who violate the laws Of the
land Tho question for Congress TO set
tie is. can Federal Judge accept sub
sidy to perform Judicial duties?
Judge Landis has dome q great deal
OF good, but II he wants To retain the
confidence and respect as Judge. Id
must divorce himself from the flesh
pots of illegal combinations
y want to keep the baseball sport
clcan. as the people viii continue to
support II. But YOU cannot maintain
the sport when YOU permit the players
to throw the game and the baseball
magnatcs "a throw our judiciary
You dare not permit even illegal
combinations 10 tamprr with our Judi
ciary by substituting them with an ad-
ditiona1 salary ia order o. give these
combinations bath ao they will again
gain tho confidence Of the public
On March 2. 1al7. The 05th I ngress
passed an act which In part provides
that no government official OF etnploye
shall receive any salary III connection
with his strviccs as such ofiie ai or en-
ploye from any source other than the
government Of tho United States.
Thc ohio representative then outlin-
81 his charges and concluded With this
statement
whcreforr. Sai kcnesaw II I.andis
was and Is eutfty uf Inistehayior rs
such iudE,. and II crimes and ms
dcmenuur- 81 ullicr
There ia little likelihood of action b.
the lud,ejnry oornmtttce IN the Welty
charges al this session of Congress.
chairman oiattatd said
The fact that n, Welty rotIres
Nat.h ! does net aztec fht status of
TIL. t.rss. oedines nor docs the ease nee
.ssat5ly end with adjournment of
Couetess Nr Nolatsad added No
arrauEencnt has boon nude for meet
inE ot the committee. huf we viii prob.
ahs h,aI Nit Mcty shortly and Il iha
committee hcfteSca there r. sufficient
ground IL Ro ahead 1t vii be ueecs-
sar> ~ adopt i resolution providing
therefor
Washington. Feh IL senator DiaI
III south Carolina announced today
Thar besides seeking t. have impeach-
mont proceedings brought against
Federal Iudg, iandfs ia the House h
would prefer charges against linn With
the department Of Justice III connection
with the Judges statement IN the as"
of th, Ottawa. Ill bank clerk charged
with ,mb.z2uug $96,ao
$. uator piaI sand he planned u eo-
operate with Representative Welty. Of
ONO. mo has announced that he would
bring Impeachment proceedings against
f9idae Lands h.earSe of his accept
- If tho post ~ supreme baseball
#rutsr ilc asserted that n" would
frrg L. Representative Netty at
,eulun Judge Lands statement that
tH, officials of thc ottawa bank were
responsible Tor the clerk emhezzle-
lasl.t because they paid Tim onl1 $50
i month. So that Mr.. Welty could
incorporate this matter in his i'm
pt5chmcnt proceedings
Chicago. Feb. l4-Judge kenesaw VI
Lands TODAY refused u comment GA the
charges and threatened Impeachment
PROCEEDINGS Of Senator Dial, Of Soutf
,'aroIiua IL. repndated published
statements i'm morning papers attubu'
TED IT, him and declared he would hay,
nothing further 10 say on the matter
al TINS Time.
What Is the next move Judge h,
was asked
It's Diai< move have nothinl
more to SAY Why all these reports q
[ alleged interviews make me a common
gossip Anythiug l say now weul,
Just he handing that fellow wood foi
his hre
The judges office VAS busy viii
callers al day today some offerec
sympathy and support and others mere
~ came 10 give the Judge assurance a
then faith in his stand To all Of then
he declared he was not pertarbed by
any 81 the Dial threats.
j ana not worried about this thins.
he assured one caller Why I'm not
more interested in this than | am In tn,
{ appointment Of new bell hop in thai
hotel across the street
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A. L. DRUM MOND DEAD.