The St. Mary banner., 1922-04-15
SENATE VOTES new
FEDERAL JUDGES
Measure Originated in House
Calls for Additional Fed
eral Judges.

Washington.-The bill to provide q
| score more of federal judges, advo.
| Gated as a measure to relieve conges-
ton in the federal district courts, was
passed Friday by the senate and sent
to conference with the house
Twenty-three more district judges
distributed throughout the country
and one more judge for the Fourth cir
cult are provided by the senate bill,
as against % district judges under the
original bill passed by the house last
December.
The senate vote on final passage
was A to 21, with party lines broken.
Eight democrats-Senators Ashurst,
Arizona; Fletcher, Florida; Hitchcock,
Nebraska; Myers, Montana; Pome-
rene, Ohio; Trammell, Florida; Walsh,
Massachusetts,, and Walsh, Montana
voted with 36 republicans for the bill
The opposition included eight re-
publicans and 13 democrats, the re-
publicans being Senators Borah, Idaho;
Capper, Kansas; France, Maryland;
Ladd, North Dakota; La Toilette, Wis
consin; McNary, Oregon; Norris, Ne
braska, and Townsend, Michigan. The
democratic opponents were Senators
Broussard, Louisiana; Caraway, Ar
kansas; Dial, South Carolina; Harris,
Georgia; Harrison, Mississippi" Kend-
rick, Wyoming; King, Utah; Over
man, North Carolina; Sheppard, Tex
as Shields, Tennessee; Stanley, Ken
tucky; Underwood, Alabama, and Will.
liams, Mississippi.
The pork barrer' and "log rolling"
charges, made openly on the floor by
democratic opponents of the bill and
denied as vehemently by its support
ers, were followed by some open man.
euvers and Kaleidoscope vote chang
ing during the dozen roll calls on
amendments Friday. The bill finally
contained provisions for four more
district judges than recommended by
the senate Judiciary committee. These
included one each for New Jersey, New
Mexico, the Western Missouri district
and the Southern Florida district.
Provision for the additional New
Jersey judge, under an amendment by
Senator Frelinghuysen, republican,
New Jersey, was inserted, 25 to 21,
but later stricken out on motion of
Senator King, democrat, Utah, by a |
rising vote. Finally it was reinserted,
80 to %.
The senate also reversed itself in
the Florida case. Thursday on tie
vote, 20 to 29, it rejected Senator
F1etcher's amendment for the extra
Judge, but Friday the Fletcher amend.
ment went in without record vote. |
In the New Mexico case there were |
more quick changes of front. The |
amendment by Senator Bursum, repub-
lican, New Mexico, first was lost by |
tie vote of 80 to 80. After announce
ment of the vote Senator Bursum left |
his seat and conferred with Senator
Dial, democrat, South Carolina The
latter then asked to change his orig.
Inal vote of mo" to AYE"
Senators King, democrat, Utah, and
Cummins, republican, Iowa, the latter
having charge of the bill and both op-
ponents of the Bursum amendment,
objected and Vice President Coolidge
sustained their objections. Later on
the extra New Mexico
Judge was authorized by a vote of SO
to 26, Senator Dial supporting the
AS passed by the senate, the dis.
.ribution of the % additional district
Judges would be as follows:
Two each for Massachusetts,, and
he Southern district of New York,
md one each for the Eastern New
York district, Eastern Pennsylvania.
Western Pennsylvania, Northern Tex
IS, Eastern Michigan, Northern Ohio,
Northern Illinois, Minnesota, Eastern
Missouri, Western Missouri, Eastern
Oklahoma, Montana, Northern Cali
ornia, Southern California, Arizona,
Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico and
Southern Florida.