The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-08
MEASURE PROVIDES
FOR TWENTY THREE
ADDITIONAL JUDGES
Party Lines Broken When the
Bill Is Passed by a Vote of
Forty-fOur to Twenty-One
WILL RE DISTRIBUTED
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Senior Judges Will Hold Annual
Conference with Chief JUS
tice and Attorney General.
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ate late today, without a record vote,
adopted Senator Fletchers proposal
for an additional judge for the south
ern Florida district.
The bill to provide score more
federal judges, advocated as q meas
ure to relieve congestion in federal
courts and opposed as political pat
ronare pork barrel" was passed late
today by the senate and sent to con-
ference with the house.
Twenty three more federal district
iudEes distributed throughout the
country and one more judge for the
fourth circuit are provided by the SEN
ate bill as against twenty-five 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, Senator's Ashurst, Arizona;
Fletcher, Florida; Hitchcock, Nebras-
la, Myers. Montana; Pomerent, Ohio;
Trammell, Florida; Walsh, Massachu-
setts, and Walsh, Montana, voted with
thirty-six republicans for the bill. The
opposition included eight republicans
and thirteen democrats, the republi-
cans being Senator Borah, Idaho;
Capper, Kansas; France, Maryland;
Ladd, North Dakota; LaFollette, Wis
oonsln; McNary, Oregon; Norris, Ne
brasl0a, and Townsend, Michigan.
The democratic opponents were
Senators Broussard, Louisiana; Cara
way Arkansas; Dial. South Carolina;
Harris, Georgia.: Harrison. Mississippi; !;
KendricK, wyoming; King, Utah;
Overn1an, North Carolina; Sheppard,
Texas; Shields, Tennessee; Stanley,
Kentucky; Underwood, Alabama, and
Williams, Mississippi
The pork barrel" and log rolling"
charges made openly on the floor by
democratic opponents of the bill was
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 today. The bill finally
contained provisions for four more
district judges than recommended by
the senate judiciary committee. These
include one each for New Jersey, New
Mexico, the western Missouri district
and the southern Florida district.
As passed by the senate. the distri-
button of the twenty three additional
district judges would be as follows:
Two each for Massachusetts and the
southern district Of New York and
one each for the eastern New York
Nrtr NJ -
ern Pennsylvania, northern Texas,
eastern Michigan, northern Ohio,
northern Illinois, Minnesota, eastern
Missouri, southern California, Arizona,
Georgia New Jersey, New Mexico, and
south Florida.
The bill provides for an annual fall
conference of senior circuit judges at
Washington with the chief justice
and attorney general of the United
States to make a comprehensive sur
vey Of Judicial Justice of the country
and make assignments. 1t provides
also for assignment by the chief JUS
tice Of judges to districts where there
is conErestlon or whore the public in
terests generally requires such as
sgnment.
In adding four judges to the bills
total the senate voted down numerous
amsndmenbs for other judges and to
reduce the number authorized. An
amendment by Senator Dial, democrat,
South Carolina, requiring judges to
devote their entire time to the duties
OF their office and prohibiting their
receipt Of outside compensation, was
adopted without record vote. This
was an echo of Senator Diaps criti-
aam Of former federal Judge lands
s'ter the latter's acceptance Of a large
"alary as commissioner of baseball.
The bills provision for assignment
VI judges TO other than their own dis
uic'S wGs attacked particularly by
senator Shields, who said 1t might re-
sun in transferring dry judges to wet
a'stricts, He also charged that paid
.0oOyists Of the national anti-saloon
,eSSus were working among senators
N behalf Of the bill Wayne B. Wheel
sr' general counsel for the anh-saloon
.e@gue today before the final vote on
Sne bill issued a statement declaring
,aet the measure would greatly aid
law enforcement"