New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

by the judge. Referring again to the
utterances ofeJudge Lands at the hear
ing of the young teller, Senator Dial
said:
Il feel that if this Judge had ex-
pressed any such sentiment as he did
about this trial before his appoint
ment had been confirmed by the Senate
the Senate would not have confirmed it,
While it may be true that we have no
Jurlsdlctlon over him, we are in sense
responsible for his acts 1t is the
business of Judge to administer the
law, and it is not his business to in
quire into compensation that men may
receive from their employers.
Considered "Revolutionary"
''In this case he told the boy to &c
home and would send for him when he
wanted him. That was equivalent to
parole. | consider this to be revolu-
tionary.
"My position is that, if this kind
OF procedure is to be encouraged from
the bench. it is striking at the founda.
tlons of our government. We have the
spectacle of a judge sitting upon the
bench and at the same time acting as
arblter. for organized baseball. The
point about the whole matter is that if
ms remarks about this criminal are al
lowed to go unchallenged there is an
invitation to every employee in the
United States, to every clerk, to every
man who handles other peoples money
II he is not satisfied with his SALARY
to take what he wants.
The Attorney General, we have been
told, says that there is no law to pre-
vent judge engaging in business. If
there is not direct law to prevent it.
1T certainly never was expected that
any one holding his high position
would be in business at the same time.
lie has on hi docket ,230 cases for
trial and it would take two years to
get rid of them. Do you know that
he can't dispose Of these cases prop
erly If he does not devote his whole
attention to them ?"
Senator Dial said he did not criticize
baseball, but that he did not know very
much about it.
ut is the business of a Judge" he
went on, "to stay in the courthouse
and attend to the business for which
he was selected. I have already stated
that | proposed to bring this matter
to the attention of the proper authori-
ties for impeachment and that is the
course that l intend to pursue.
Called Temperamental
"He shows in his reply to me that
he is not constituted by temperament
to exercise his duties as a Judge. |
will not answer him in kind and lower
the dignity Of this Senate by bandying
expectations with crank and freak.
His statement showed that he has not
studied the case and does not know the
facts very we'll. He tries to abuse the
people Of South Carolina, but / do no,
propose to be sidetracked when he
tries to detract attention from himself
by saying that he was instrumental in
passing the child labor law and that
later the Supreme Court held it as IN.
| constitutional"
Senator Dial denied that he was ir
any way responsible for the suit.
"He speaks Of my possessions il
South Carolina" said Senator Dial. "
will say that any such demogogy i:
unworthy of any man on the bench
or any other man. My personal mean
are small. | have accumulated o littl
of this worlds goods. | live within m,
means and meet my obligations Hi
! statement about my great possession
is untrue. ANY man who doesn't tr,
to better the condition of his family i
unworthy to have a family, and TAX
no stock in any such dirty dema
gogy."
| Senator Dial said that he was presi