Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1916 — BRANDIES CHOSEN FOR SUPREME BENCH [ARTICLE]

BRANDIES CHOSEN FOR SUPREME BENCH

Jewish Attorney of Boston Named and Confirmation By Senate I resident Wilson threw a shock into the country Friday when he flamed for the supreme bench of the United States Louis D. Brandies, of - Borton. The nomination came as a surprise and dispatches say that there is a chance of much opposition to the confirmation of the appointment by the senate. Mr. Brandies is a Jew and is the first Jew ever appointed to the bench. The opposition is not based upon his nationality but upon the fact that he has been identi- J fied with certain movements of modern tonight that were not accepted by the countary. He is charged with having a sponatneous tendency of thought that lacks judicial poise and is said to be more of the Bryan type of citizen.

For some time he has practically abandoned his practice for the Zionist movement, making an effort to colonize Jews in Palestine for a nation of their own. Mr. Brandies gained national fame six years ago when he was the leading attorney for Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester, in the celebrated controversy with Secretary of the Interior Ballinger. The New York Sun characterizes the appointment as “ridiculously unfit.” Many have questioned Mr. Brandies’ democracy, but there are some who declare that he is a. democrat, but there is also an indication that he was attracted to the Roosevelt party in 1913. The Philadelphia Press says that Mr. Brandies “has a capacity for making trouble.”