The New York herald., 1922-02-19
Not Enough Hours i'm Day
for All My Activities Is
His Explanation.
EVEN SKIPPED HIS LUNCH
Says He Has Been Rising at )
in Morning in Effort to
Catch Up.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Judge kenesav
Mountain Lands resigned to-day from
the Federal bench Of the northern dis.
trict of Illinois, where he has presided
for almost seventeen years.
There are not enough hours in TIE
day for all Of my activities" he SAID
in written announcement of his de.
cision. Therefore. have forwarded
my resignation to the President, ef.
fective March l."
The Judge henceforth will devote
all his time to organized baseball. oi
which he has been supreme commits
sioner since the scandals growing ou,
of the world series of 1919.
The most picturesque jurist OF the
United States announced his resignation
in characteristically picturesque man
ner. Arriving at the Federal Building
early he dispatched a messenger to the
press headquarters on the floor above
summoning newspaper men to his cham
bers.
Il have little news item for yot
boys" he said. it's not very big, but
I thought you might be interested"
Mimeographed Announcement.
He distributed to the reporters the
slips Of paper. on which had been mimeo-
graphed the brief announcement quoted
1t was reliably reported that one OF
the results Of the Jud ge's resignation
was an immediate movement among at.
torneys and other friends to run him
for Mayor
1T is a wonderful opportunity fol
Chicago" said Chief Justice Kickham
Scanlan Of the Criminal Court. II,
solves the sMayoralty problem. though a
mighty courageous man is lost TO he
bench. But judge Landis should be
drafted for the Mayoralty. He is the
man to clean UP Chicago. He would
sweep Chicago from one end to the
other
In resigning. the Judge lived up tc
the challenge which he sent his critic.
when they attempted to force him of
the bench fifteen months ago.
Il may quit" he said at the time. but
/ won't quit under fire."
When court adjourned the Judge
added little to his statement regarding
his resignation.
That's all there is to it, he said
There isn't time enough to do every.
thing. I've worked hard. I've been get
ting up at o'clock in the morning. Iv:
had to go without lunch for two weeks
Then, too. n fellow is in a bad way
when he wants to stay in bed in the
day time"
Leaves Bench RegretfulIy.
He declared that was the way he feli
now and he realized that some remedy
must be found. Showing signs OF deer
emotion he said II feel as II for mS
the law OF grayitation had been sus.
pended 1t isn't possible that any mar
can ever have a more agreeable life
than the seventeen years have been or
the Federal bench. From beginning tc
end It has all been just what 1 wanted
to do and of course can't walk out OF
here without regret,
The Judge was asked about the
rurnor that he was to be doomed for
Mayor.
Never heard of it," he said.
Ban Johnson. president OF the Amer
ican League, expressed great interest
In Judge Lands's resignation. but said
he could not comment on II now.
Rumors of the resignation have been
current for months and intimate friends
have known for some time that the
action was imminent. II has been gen.
orally understood that the Judge would
have resigned some time ago but for
the attacks made on him by Senator
Dial of South Carolina. and the noto-
riety brought through his handling of the
case of Willie Dalton. seventeen-year-
old bank robber.
Senator Dial had attacked TIE Judge
because of the latter's statement that
bank officials some times were rartly re-
sponsible for robberies by boys because
they did not pay adequate salaries.
Senator Dial and Representative welty
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