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Show BRANDEIS MEN HAVE INNING Law Partner Continues Explanation Ex-planation of Various Criticisms Criti-cisms of Supreme Bench Nominee. CONFIRMATION PLEA i Prominent People of Country, Manufacturers, Labor Leaders Lead-ers and Social Workers Among Signers. Washington, March 2. Advocates of tho confirmation of the nomination nomina-tion of Louis D. Brandels as a Justice of the supreme court had an Inning today before the senate committee investigating charges before Mr. Bran-dels. Bran-dels. Edward F. McClennen, law partner of Mr. Brandeis, was ready to continue con-tinue his explanation of the various Incidents for which Mr. Brandels has been criticized. Petition Before Senate. Newton D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland and president of the Rational Ra-tional Consumers' league, had a petition peti-tion for confirmation from a group of New York manufacturers, labor leaders, lead-ers, publlsts and social workers. Among the signers of the petition are Oscar Strauss, chairman of the New Y"ork public service commission; Frederic C. Howe, commissioner of immigration, New York; Charles F. McFarland, secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America; Henry R. Seager, president of the American Association for Labor La-bor Legislation; Mrs. Florence Kelly, secretary of the National Consumers' league, and Owen R. Lovejoy, secretary secre-tary of the National Child labor committee. com-mittee. Boston Bar Aristocracy. . Asa P. French, a .Boston attorney, said: "We have an aristocracy ot the Boston Bos-ton bar," Mr. French said, "high minded mind-ed men, able and distinguished. They cannot consider with equanimity the selection of any one from their community com-munity for this high tribunal who is not a typical, hereditary Bostonian' Francis Peabody of Milton. Mass., last of the "character" witnesses for those opposed to Mr. Brandels, testified testi-fied that he had talked with more than fifty members of the Suffolk bar and only one gave him the Impression that Mr." Brandels was trustworthy and honorable. "How far is the esteem In which Mr. Brandels is held due to his being a Jew?" asked Senator Fletcher. "I didn't know until the last few years that he was a Jew," the witness answered. When Mr Barker appeared to present pre-sent his petition, he was asked as to Mr Brandels' reputation as a lawyer. "I do not know his reputation in Boston," ho said, "but among public service workers ho is known not only as the ablest lawyer, but a deep, spiritual spir-itual high minded man." |