The Green Bag
260 Personal—- The Bench
Judge Howard C. Hollister, who was ap pointed Feb. 24 to be a United States judge or the Southern District of Ohio, has been a lifelong friend of President Taft. Judge Prentis was endorsed by the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association of Virginia on Feb. 18 for the new federal circuit judge sship for the Fourth District of the United tates.
Hon. G. A. Endlich, re-elected as president judge, and Hon. George W. Wagner, chosen an additional law judge, were given a com glimentary dinner Feb. 5 by the Berks ounty (Pa.) Bar Association.
Judge George A. Cooke, the oungest mem ber of the supreme bench of 'nois, was the guest of honor at a banquet of the Will ounty (Ill.) Bar, held Feb. 5 at Joliet, Ill. Several speakers alluded to Jud e Cooke's astonishing rise to the hi hest 0 cc in the state at an a e which coul hardly be termed the prime of 'fe. Judge Gardiner Greene of Norwich took his place on the bench of the Superior Court of Connecticut Feb. 5, succeeding Judge Robin son, who went to the supreme bench on the same date. Judge Greene is a graduate of Columbia Law School, and a leading member of the New London county bar. He has served twice in the legislature, and was a
member of the commission which revised the General Statutes in 1902.
The following appointments have been con firmed by the Senate: Fletcher M. Doan, Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ari zona; Frank W. Parker, Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Mexico; Grant P. Trent, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands.
Judge Le Baron B. Colt of the United States Circuit Court of Ap eals was the prin cipal guest of the Beacon ciety at a dinner at the Algonquin Club, Boston, Feb. 5. Judge Colt quoted the remark that "the greatest risk in the business world today is the le al risk," and devoted some attention to
Associate Justice Horace H. Lurton was the guest of honor of the New York County Lawyers Association at a dinner tendered him Feb. 26 in the Hotel Astor. Amon those resent were Judge Alton B. Parker, nator obert L. Taylor of Tennessee, Jose h H. Choate, Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, Viiilliam Nelson Cromwell and John G. Milbum. Judge Emory Speer of the United States Court for the southern district of Georgia was tendered a banquet by the Macon bar Feb. 25, in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his confirmation as judge. Judge Speer was appointed in 1885 by Presi dent Arthur, after nearl two years‘ service as district attorney. e was then thirty seven years of age. In the quarter of a century that has intervened since his appoint ment, he has become one of the most distin
guished jurists of the South, and is known the country over for his ability as a judge and for the wisdom and equity of his decisions. Perhaps the youngest judge now n a court of last resort is Judge Ira Robinson,
who
became
President
residing llsworth of
the
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, January 21. He was born near Grafton, in that state, on September 16, 1869, and is, therefore, only forty years of age. His ancestors were early Trans-Allegheny pioneers, who settled in the immediate section in which he was born and reared. Judge Robinson came to the bar at twenty-one, and practised at Grafton continuously until his appointment to the Supreme Court bench, to fill a vacancy, on October 9, 1907. At a distinct Judicial State Convention he was nominated without 0 position to succeed himself, and was e ected for a term of eight years at the general election in November, 1908.
the S erman act. He said that there have to be many adjudications under a law before it can be said just what the statute means. In the case of the Sherman law, for instance,
many would like to know if the acquisition by manufacturing corporations of competing cor porations, through an exchange of stock, is in violation of the act. Then there are many subsidiary questions, as whether acquisition is monopoly, or an attempt at monopoly. “In the interpretation of the interstate com merce clause, ' he said, "the Supreme Court has been guided by the rules of common sense, considering the clause as covering the instruments and all things relating to com merce.
I have no doubt,” he declared, "that
in time the Supreme Court will so construe the Sherman act as to satisfy the business world and relieve it of apprehension." The speaker also defined the nature of the reme dial agents which are at work to harmonize law and business, including fictions, equity
and legislation.
Personal— The Bar Wade H. Ellis of Ohio resigned Feb. 7 as assistant to the Attorney-General, in order to
become chairman of the Republican Execu tive Committee of Ohio. Attorney-General Dana Malone of Massa chusetts has announced that he does not
wish to be a candidate for re-election next fall. He has served in this capacity for five
years. Albert S. Anderson of Millen, Ga., who is
jud e of the city court of that city, will hence fort
devote himself wholl
to collection and
commercial practice, wit drawin local business.
The firm of Hill
from all Anderson
