The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-03
JUDGE MILLER
EXPECTED HOME
IN NEXT WEEK
Nomination Confirmed by Unit
ed States Senate, He is Re-
turning to Take up Work
FACES HEAVY CALENDAR
Federal Court Business in North
Dakota Has Piled up Dur
ing Amid0n's Illness
FACES HEAVY CALENDAR

Andrew Miller, whose appointment
as United States District Judge for
North Dakota, was confirmed by the
United States Senate in executive ses-
sion late yesterday afternoon, is ex.
pected to return to Bismarck next
week. Mr.. Miller, it was expected,
would confer with the Department OF
Justice before leaving Washington an |
perhaps take the oath of office. He
planned to stop off. at Chicago to visit
his son and likely will stop in Fargo
to confer with court officials and to
20 over tho Calendar.
The federal court calendar, which
Judge Miller will handle, is crowded..
Because Of the illness of Ju'-', Ami
don and the difficulty Of getting other
federal judges to hold long terms OF
court in North Dakota, there is a
mass Of business accumulated. Many
persons are said to- have been in Jail
for months because Of the fact that
there has been no court session to dis
pose Of their cases. ....
Under the terms Of the bill which
created the judgeship in North Dakota
Mr.. Miller will be known as associate
district judge until the retirement of
Judge Amidon when he becomes the
only federal judge in the state. The
appointment as federal judge is for
life, at salary of $500 year.
Other Amendments
A thorough reorganization of the
court machinery in North Dakota is
expected to follow. The appointment
of NJ. l.. Mcbride as United States
District Attorney and James Shea rs
u. S. Marshal are expected to come
SOON according TO word from Wash
ington. They will replace the pres
ent Democratic office-holders.
The position Of federal judge is not
the first public office which Mr.. Mil
Ter will have held He had he'' min>r
offices in Iowa as young man w.
fore coming to North Dakota and was
Attorney Of the state for two
terms Mr. Miller was cr- Of the or
ganizers of the Commercial Club of
Pisrna~clr and an active worker IN That
8OISdulIdI1Oll u1dut yCdlS dSO' 1AC iAs]o
headed tile 7aw firm of "1i''er. Zuger
and Til1otsor here for many years.
Says Charges GrOundless
Alfred Zuger. who returned from
Washington last night, said that the
reports Of the opposition to Mr.. Mile:
MAJ have created the imrrossion in
North Dakota that the fight was taken
more seriously in washington that it
really was. He asserted that the nro-
testants were unable to prove their
charges and that the fact that they
failed to dc 90 redounded greatly TO
the credit of Mr.. Miller in the eyes If
the senator's. The fight of the pro
testants did not arouse a great deal OF
comment there. he said, except that
one Democratic newspaper used the
charge brought as means Of taking
a rap at President Harding. The fact
that the subcommittee headed by
Sen TOR Cummins of Iowa. one of the
leading progressive senators, after
several sittings reported favorably to
the full judiciary committee and that
Senator Knute Nelson. veteran Min
nesota senator, sat in at the latter
hearings and gave the report OF the
judiciary committee to the senate
recommending Mr.. Miller, were re-
garded by Mr.. Zuger as complete vim
dication of Mr.. Miller and high
oon,n1imont m him