The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-03-17
LANDS, DIAL AND WELTY.
Triangular Fight Among the Notables
With Nobody Winner So Far.

last night accepted the def issued by
Ferderal Judge X. NJ Landis, of Chi
cago, and announced that today he
will launch fight in congress for i'm
parchment of the Judge. These pro-
ceedings will be based on the fact that
the judge released Francis J. Carey, a
bank teller, who confessed to the en-
bezzlement of $4,000, which he bur-
led in his mothers yard.
Judge Lands stated that as the
bank in which Carey was employed
paid him only $50 per month, an in
adequate sum, it was responsible for
his default.
Judge Landis intimated that Sena-
tor Dial's threat made in the senate
on Saturday was due to the fact that
he, Dial, is banker and has only the
interests of the banks at heart. He
defied the senator to attempt to i'm
peach him.
Dial's Statement.
"Whether l am a banker or not
has no bearing on the .case,' said
Senator Dial last night. II may be
one thing and may be another. I
merely want to say that I am proud
of what I am. Anything Judge Lam
dis may say cannot make me less
proud"
"In an address before the American
Legion at Des Moines Saturday night
Judge Lands declared that the sena-
tors background" led to the attack
upon him for 'giving fair treatment
to a S90-a-month bank clerk, who in
a month, handled millions"
The BACKGROUND" to which Judge
Lands referred is set forth in the SEN
ator's official biography published in
the Congressional Directory. 1t lists
the senator's business connections as
follows;
Dial's Record.
"Member of the law firm Of Dial
and Todd, Laurens, S. c.; promoter. Of
the Peoples Loan and Exchange Bank,
Laurens; organizer and president of
the Enterprise National Bank and the
Home Trust company; organized and
interested in other banks and inan-
cial institutions; Laurens Cotton Seed
Oil Mill; Laurens Glass Works; Laur-
ems Cotton Mills; Laurens Bonded
Warehouse company; Georgia-Caro-
lima Power company; Ware Shoals
Manufacturing company; Reedy Riv-
er power company and Sullivan Power
company"
Senator Dial is reputed to be one of
the wealthiest members of the SEN
ate.
Stand by Welty.
Judge Lands must either divorce
himself from the hesh-pots or get off
the bench-he cannot serve God and
Mammon!" Representative Benjamin
F. Welty, of Ohio, declared last night,
in return to the compliments paid
him and Senator Dial by Judge Ian
dis in his speech at the American Le-
gion banquet in Des Moines Saturday
night.
|'If Judge Lands was justified in
accepting salary of s42,500 year
from the baseball trust when at the
same time it had been proved an il
legal combine and fined $4,000 by
the supreme court of the District Of
Columbia, then every other judge Of
the supreme bench is justified in &C
cepting the same salary" the repre-
sentative declared last night.
Case Still Pending.
Representative Welty declared that
the case was still pending and had
been appealed to the supreme court
Of the United States.
eff the baseball magnates or any
other illegal combination have right
to hire Judge Lands they have "a
right to hire every other judge in the
land" says Welty.
Representative Welty said that he
would ask for an investigation imme-
diately of the alleged irregularities
connected with Judge Landis's &C
ceptance of salary as arbitrator for
the baseball people.
He declared that he would invoke
an act passed by congress two years
ago which prohibits the acceptance of
government official of a salary from
a source other than the government
of the United States.
Attorney General Palmer had in
formed him by letter, he said, that
this act was not applicable to the
judiciary, but the representative said
that he would nevertheless ask fo1
another Interpretation.