The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-14
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PROVIDE 23 JUDGES
Senate Acts After Stout OPP
position From The
Floor.


provide a score more of federal
judges, advocated as measure to re.
lieve congestion in federal courts and
opposed as a political patronage
pork barrel" was passed late to-
day by the Senate and sent to con-
ference with the House.
Twenty-three more federal dis
trict judges, distributed thruout the
country, and one more judge for the
Fourth Circuit, are provided by the
Senate bill, as against twenty-five dis
trict judges under the original bill
passed by the House.
The Senate voted on final passage,
A to 81, with party lines broken.
Eight Democrats, including Senator
Pom rene, Ohio, voted with thirty
six Republicans for the bill. The
opposition included eight Repub-
licans and thirteen Democrats, the
Republicans including Senator Town
send. Michigan. The Democratic OPP
ponents included Senators Shields,
Tennessee, and Stanley, Kentucky.
The pork barrel" and "logrolling"
charges made on the floor by Demo-
cratic opponents and denied by its
supporters, were followed by some
vote changing during the dozen roll
calls on amendments today. The bill
finally contained provisions for four
more district judges than recon-
mended by the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. These include one each for
New Jersey New Mexico, the west
ern Missouri district and the South
ern Florida district.
Allotment Given.
AS passed by the Senate, the dis
tribution of the twenty-three addi-
tional Judges would be as follows:
Two each for Massachusetts and |
the Southern District of New YORK. |
and one each for the Eastern New
York District, Eastern Pennsylvania,
Western Pennsylvania and Northern |
Texas, Eastern Michigan, Northern
Ohio, Northern Illinois, Minnesota, !
Eastern Missouri, Western Missouri,
Oklahoma, Montana, Northern Cali
fornia, Southern California, Arizona
Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico and
Southern Florida.
The bill provides for an annual
fall conference of senior circuit
Judges at Washington, with the chief
Justice and attorney general OF the
limited States to make a comprehen-
siye survey of judicial business and
make bench assignments. 1t pro-
yides also for assignment by the chief
instiSe of Judges to districts where
there, is congestion or where the pub
lie interests generally require such
assignment
In adding the four judges the Sen
ate voted down numerous amend
ments for other judges and to reduce
the number authorized. Among
hhose rejected was an amendment by
Senator Ernst, Republican, Kentuc-
ky. for a Judge for the middle Ten
nessee district, which was lost with
out roll call.
An amendment by Senator Dial. 4.
Democrat. South Carolina, requiring
Judges to devote their time to duties
of their offices and prohibiting their
r.Qelpt of outside compensation, was
adopted without a record vote. This
was an echo of the Senator's crlti-
cism of former Federal Judge Lands
after the latter's acceptance OF
large salary as commissioner OF Or
gained baseball.
Assignment Section Fought.
Efforts to reduce the number OF
Judges proposed for Massachusetts,
PENNSYLVANIA, Missouri and California
were defeated overwhelmingly.
The bills provision for assignment
OF Judges to other than their own
districts was attacked by Senator
Shields. who said it might result in
transferring dry" judges to wet
districts. He also charged that paid
lobbyist of the national Anti-Saloon
League were working senators in be-
half of the bill. Wayne b.
Wheeler, general counsel for the An
ti-Saloon League, today, before the
final vote on the bill, issued a state
ment declaring that the measure
would greatly aid law enforcement"
The statement added that when
asked whether the league would take
an. active part in the choice OF the
new Judges, Mr.. Wheeler said:
eve have but one policy-when an
applicant for any of these positions
Is opposed to or prejudiced against
he law and its enforcement we VIII
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