New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
Not Enough Hours in the
Day for MI Activities.
Says Baseball Head, Re-
signing From Judgeship
Boom for Chicago
MayoraltyLau
Foe of Politicians su.A
Aawbreakers : Refused
10 Retire Under Attack
Snee'oI O,suatch 10 Ene T...l.,.-.

Sfce'oI D'spotc1' 10 Tile Tt.oN+.
CHICAGO. Feb 1S.-Judec KcnesaN-
Mountain Lands assigned To-Day tronl
the Federal district beucn. lie sent
lis resignation TO President Ila1C;n..
by nail ASKING 20 be relieved oS his
duties Oh March 1. and q short time
'ator, II Ais Chambers in t.3o Fedora!
Building; issued twenty -s;,-word
statement explaining his action Til.
resignation did not come entirely a. q
surprise. Ever since Judge Lands ac-
ccr;ed the position rs commissioner o.
.oTganized baseball. nearly two yoers
ago. he has beer tie center of sercra!
Congressional protests
II was charged rcpeatcdIv that his
duties as baseball commissioner would
Interfere with his duties OF the Fad-
era bench, where ne has Won tame ard
become national figure. and after nf-
tacn Months' trial nc rss become cor
.'nced that the proposition of holding
down both jobs 3as tco ;rduous IN III
dcrtaling Tor one man.
"Therc arc not enough hours in the
day for all these activities" his state
Ncnt said. "ThcseTore have for
7~ardcd ny resignation TO .i.o Prcs:-
dent. 70 tale effect March H.
Later he added TO tiis statement bv
saying he had been getting Up at 5
O'Clock IN the morning and had beer
gong 1Tithou. Ilnca Tor thrac weeks
IL said he would hold night sessions
o1 his court to clca- thc docket, hut
tAat be would not takc vacation.
Threatened w-ith Impeachment
Judge raudis accented th. nos;tjon
o5 Car Of Bascball,' CARRYING Win
1t salary Of $4,000 year and cx-
pcnscs, after it had been rendered hin.
by the unanimous actiou Of the own
c15 OF the sixteen major league base
tell clubs. His appointment came ct
e tine When the baseball world vas
sorcjy shaken by The expulsion OF eigft t
Chicago White Sosi players on charge
Of throwing the 1919 worlds series to
CINCINNATI. ard The masnates realized
That strong man was needed to re-
store coniidence in the sportt
Because Of the adverse cr;ticisa.
which he knew would follow, however,
Judge lands rcfuscd to accent the fun
salary Of $4,000 from tho magnates
lie told tho owners that nc vas tn.r.
drawing $500 year from the Tcd-
eral go"crnmcnt Is q judge, and that
50 long rs he remained a Judge he
would accept only $4,000 as baseball
comm ss;oncr.
The onslaught which the judge an
t'cipatcd was not long in mate riaiizinc-
Immediately came protests that his
duties IS baseball commissioner would
aNect his duties and judgments as :.
lcdoral Judge, and attempts to start
impoachlnent proceedings were made
n both branches OF Congress. Upper
furbcd. however, the Judge vent his
-vaT, administering his duties on tho
bench in the winter time, while he
gave rauch Of Tho summer months to
baseball.
Feared by Lavbreakcrs
Attempts by various Senators and
Congressmen to impcach the iurist
failed. but when RcprcseOtatiY Wclty,
2 Favorable repol. on his bill provid-
ing that Federal judges devote their
entire time to their judicial duties
Tumors of his resignation we're crc-
qucnt, aud It became only question OF
-imc until Judge lands would give
up one Of MS Jobs.
In the resignation Of judge Lardis
the Federal bench has lost one of its
best known characters, and while his
Iorclblc, if unique. manner OF admin
lster n& justice has made him many
cncmics among politicians, lawyers
and lawbroakers, it has made him
countleas friends among the "mon in
tho street.
Appointed to tic Federal bench on
.larch 2S, 1905, By the late President
Theodore Roosevelt, nc gained tame
t-To years later when he heard the case
against the Standard OIL Company Of
New Jersey and fined it s29 ,000, 900 for
Ie5ating, although later the Supreme
Court reversed bis decision. ne ox-
posed corrupt rings OF blaclMailere,
banl:rupts. loan sharks and stock
swindlcrs. ana his unique and original
manner in dealing with the cases made
bis courtroom the best known in the
United States
y hcn he was in the midst Of one Of
lis Investigations the lawyers in tile
case had little to do, but the bailirs.
the clerks and the deputy United States
lnarshals we're ovcrwocked and stand
ing room in the court was at q pre-
MUM. lie has been known TO issue
more than q half hundred bench war
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