New-York tribune., 1922-04-08
Senate Passes
Bill for "a
More Judges
With Party Lines Broken,
Measure to Relieve Con
gestion in u. S. Courts
Is Approved, al to 81
Outside Salary Barred
Proviso for Assignments Is
Great Aid to Law Enforce
ment, Ayers Dry Leader

WASHINGTON, April 7.-The bill to
provide score more of Federal Judges,
advocated as measure to relieve con
gestion in Federal courts and opposcd
as political patronage pork barrel" :"
was passed late to-day by the Senate
and sent to conference with the House.
judges 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 ID to 81, with party lines broken.
Eight Democrats Senators Ashurst,
Arizona; Fletcher, Florida; Hitchcock,
Nebraska; Myers, Montana; Pomerene.
Ohio; Trammell, Florida; Walsh
Massachusetts. and Walsh. Montana,
voted with thirty-six Republicans for
the bill.
The opposition included eight Re-
publicans and thirteen Democrats, the
Republicans being Senators Borah,
Idaho; Capper, Kansas; France, Mary
land; Ladd, North Dakota; La Toilette,
Wisconsin; McNary, Oregon; Norris
Nebraska, and Townsend, Michigan. The
Democratic opponents were Senators
Broussard, Louisiana; Caraway, Arkan-
sas; Dial, South Carolina; Harris
Georgia; Harrison, Mississippi; Ken
rick, Wyoming; King, Utah; Overman.
North Carolina; Sheppard, Texas;
Shields, Tennessee; Stanley, Ken
lucky; Underwood, Alabama, and Will
liams, Mississippi
Additional New Jersey Judge
The bill 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 Western
Missouri district and the Southern
Florida district.
Provision for the additional New
Jersey judge, under an amendment by
Senator Frelinghuysen, Republican, of
New Jersey, was inserted, 25 to 81. but
later stricken out on motion of Sen
stor King, Democrat, of Utah. by
rising vote. Finally it was reinserted
80 to 90.
The Senate also reversed itself in
the FLORIDA case. Yesterday on tie
vote, 29 to 20, it rejected Senator
fletcher's amendment for the extra
judge, but to-day the Fletcher amend
ment went in without record vote
AS passed by the Senate the dis
tribution of twcnty-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
district, Eastern Pennsylvania, West
ern Pennsylvania, Northern Texas,
Eastern Michigan, Northern Ohio,
Northern Illinois, Minnesota, Eastern
Missouri, Western Missouri, Eastern
Oklahoma, Montana, Northern Califor-
MIA, Southern California, Arizona.
Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico and
Southern Florida
Jurists' Conference Provided
sas The bill provides for an annual fall
con ference of senior circuit judges at
Washington with the Chief Justice and
Attorney General of the United States,
to make a comprehensive survey of iu-
oicial business of the country and
make bench assignments. 1t provides
also for assignment by the Chief Jus
tce of judges to districts whore there
is congestion or where the public in
terests generally require such assign