Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-04-10
SENATE FAVORS
g ADDITIONAL
FED. JUDGES
Bill Passed by Final Vote
Of "a to 21-Psrty Lines
Broken-Eight Democrats
Oppose.


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J Judges, advocated as measure t.
relieve congestion in federal court
and opposed as political patronage
pork barrel" was passed late yes
terday by the Senate and sent tt
conference with the House.
Twenty-three more federal dis
trict judges. distributed through
out the country, and one more
Judge for the Fourth Circuit are
provided by the Senate bill, al
against 90 district judges under the
original bill passed by the House
last December.
The Senate vote on final pas
sage was A to 81. with party lines
broken. Eight Democrats Sena
tors Ashurst, Arizona; Fletcher
Florida; Hitchcock, Nebraska; My
ers, Montana; Pomercne, Ohio;
Trammcll Florida Walsh, Massa-
chusetts and Walsh. Manana--
voted with Sc Republicans for the
measure.
The opposition included eight Re
publicans and 13 Democrats, the Re
publcans being Senators Borah, Ida
ho; Capper Kansas; France, Mary
land; Ladd, North Dakota; La
Toilette, Wisconsin,; McNary, Ore
gon; Norris. Nebraska, and Town
send, Michigan.
The Democratic opponents were
Senators Broussard, Louisiana
Caraway, Arkansas; Dial, South
Carolina; Harris. Georgia; Harri-
son, Mississippi; Kendrick. Wyom-
ing; King. Utah; Overman, North
Carolina; Sheppard, Texas; Shields
Tennessee; Stanley, Kentucky;
Underwood Alabama, and Williams
Mississippi.
The pork barrel" and 'log roll
ing" charges. made openly on the
floor by Democratic opponents OF
the bill and denied as vehemently
by it's supporters. were followed by
some open maneuvers and kaleid-
oscopic vote changing during the
dozen roll calls on amendments
Yesterday. 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
Provision for the additional New
Jersey Judge, under an amendment
by Senator Frelinghuysen, Rcpubli-
can New Jersey. was inserted, 25
to one, but later stricken out on
motion of Senator King, Democrat
Utah, by rising vote. Finally it
was reinserted, 80 to 90.
As passed by the Senate, the
distribution of the 23 additiOal dis
trict judges would be as follows:
Where They Will Serve
Two each for Massachusetts and
the southern district of New York
and one each for the Eastern New
York district, Eastern Pennsylvania,
Western Pennsylvania, Northern
Texas. Eastern Michigan, Northern
Ohio Northern Illinois, Minnesota,
Eastern Missouri, Western Mis-
iouri, Eastern Oklahoma, Montana,
Northern California, Southern Cali
fornia, Arizona. Georgia, New Jer-
iey, New Mexico and Southern
Florida.
The bill provides for an an
nual fall conference of senior cir
'uit judges at Washington with the
chief justice and attorney general
of the United States, to make a
comprehensive survey of judicial
business of the country and make
bench assignments. 1t provides al
So for assignment by the chief jus
tice of judges to districts where
there is congestion or where the
public interests generally require
such assignment.
In adding four judges to the bills
total the Senate voted down mum
erous amendments for other judges
and to reduce the number authoriz-
ed. An amendment by Senator Dial,
Democrat. South Carolina, requiring
judges to devote their time to the
duties of their office and prohibit
ing their receipt of outside compen-
sation, was adopted without a record
vote, This was an echo of Senator
Dia's criticism of former Federal
Judge Lands after the latters ac-
ceptance of large salary as com
missioner of organized baseball
The bills provision for assign
ment of judges to other than their
own districts was attacked partic-
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