The Washington times., 1922-01-17

Other members OF the association,
seeking to prevent the denomination
Of the Judge Of ths Alexandria Cor
poration court, declared II was their
desire to present the charges TO an un-
biased COMMITTEES. v-~sa,s'->-' I -
Controversy over the personnel OF
the committee resulted In q bitter
slssh between the two factions Of the
bar agsociation,3 4 .@t $500
I The first resolution for investigation
called for the appointment OF three
members. On this committee three
close personal and political friends Of
Judge Moncure, II Is declared, were
named to do the white washing"
On motion Of Judge j. X. NJ. Norton.
one Of the leading members Of the
Alexandria bar. the resolution was
rescinded. .s-.s
Members Of the bar association who
had signed the original petition IN
dorsing the Judge for reappointment
declared that unless the personnel Of
the investigating COMMITTEES was com.
posed of unbiased members they would
withdraw their indoi cement.
Various members of the association
spoke on the divorce evil" Practi'
cally all of them. II il declared. ad
mitted tho recognized fact that a al
vorce In Alexandria was easy to get.
Divorces Easy, Norton Says.
There can be no conscientious de
NAL that O divorce in Alexandra II an
easy thing to obtain" Judge Norton
declared. ''If the facts can be placed
before this association the association
should welcome it." g.. =,
The investigating committee finally
named Is composed of the following
members: Judge J. X. M. Norton
Judge c. q. Nicol, Gardner L. Boothe
J. Randall Cation, Howard w. Smith
Judge Louis c. Barley and NJ. Carter
Hall, Washington attorney and @
member of the Alexandria association
Proof Of the serious charges agains,
Judge Moncure will be presented tc
the committee, It was stated, as soor
as the Virginia assembly had received
q copy of the charges.
Members Of the Alexandria Bar
Association, instrumental in films
the charges with the State Assembly
desire to make 1t clear that this d
not a personal attack on Judge Mon
cure, but against the insidious di
yorce practice which he has per
mitted to grow up here" Attorney
Frank Stuart, leading the Opposition
to Moncure's appointment, told the
association. ............ b
I'VE feel that the only way e
place a check on this nefarious di
vorce practice in Alexandria is Il
clean UP the court" Stuart declared
Bar Reorganization Proposed.
There can be no denial Of the
fact that divorce is the easiest
thing in the world to procure In
Alexandria and 1t should be the de
sire of every member Of this associa
ton to help us clean up the situation
rather than to be antagonistic Il
the movement" Stuart told his col
leagues. 80
Cher members, speaking on the
laxity of the divorce situation. con
ceded that divorces were easy II
obtain and added their Endorsement
Of the movement to clean up"
As a move to clean house, a ,reso
luton was introduced by Judge Louii
c. Barley, asking for reorganization
of the Alexandria Bar Association
Judge Barley, James r. Cation and
William p. Woolls were named on the
reorganization committee.
A resolution approving the petition
circulated for the reappointment O
Judge Moncure, was adopted. pend
! ing the outcome Of the report Of tn,
bar investigating committee