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ARGUES FOR FEES
j FOR COURTAUDITOR
Louis A. Dent Appears Before
Judiciary Committee of
the Senate.
DUTIES OF POSITION
THAT OF A MASTER
Service 70 Per Cent Personal and
Cannot Be Properly Executed
by Subordinates.
v Tho Senate committee on the judiciary
at Its recent hearing heard arguJnents
from representatives of the Board
t?f Trade and the Bar Association and
from Louis A. Dent. auditor of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia,
against tho bill which -has been passed
l-?>" the House and is now before the
iFrnate Judiciary committee which seeks
to give the auditor a salary of $5,000 a
? < ar in lieu of the fees by which he is
^;"tv paid.
7 Mr. Dent's argument now appears in
pamphlet of twenty-nine pages. lie
?bst indicates the circumstances in
V hich the movement against him was
}<:;<tcrtakeii, charging that it was in the
^i.:ture of a conspiracy of a few disgrunI'ctl
litigants before him, against whom
fi" l ad ruled, his decisions having been
later confirmed by the court. Mr. Dent
potes that public sentiment in the District
favors the retention of the present
^jvjsteru, instancing tne action of the bar
association and of the executive comhiiiteo
of the Board of Trade and the
j'ull Board of Trade, which after contest
in each case voted to oppose the
pending bill placing the auditor's office
yn a salary basis. Mr. Dent then proceeds
to a consideration of the strict
merits of the subject, citing authorities
to show that the bill would create an
knomaly in the judicial systems of the
Knglisli-speaking world, in that the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia
is a federal court, and the auditor
?>f that court is the master of the court
r?all ttie masters of federal courts beJng
paid by fees.
In his argument Mr. Dent gives special
Attention to tlie question whether in wis;Ck>m
and equity lie shall be paid by the
"litigants directly concerned in cases he
handles, or whether his services shall be
reimbursed by all the taxpayers.
Mr. Dent's Argument.
"A salaried master in chancery," Mr.
3Dent says, "is not known to the federal
judiciary or even the state judiciaries,
not to speak of Great Britain,
whence the office first came with the
rest 01 our law. in toe federal and vast
ttoajority of our state jurisdictions the
piaster is specially named or appointed
in the order of the court referring the
case, and manifestly he can therefore
be paid only for his services in that
case out of the fund or by the litigants
therein ? for there is no other source
from -which to pay him), and on an
equitable basis measured by his services
in the case, within the discretion
and control of the court which appointj
him."
"f Mr. Dent adds: "However master:
auay i?e appointed, and whether thej
be one or many, they are universalis
paid by the litigants in fees controllet
by the court appointing them ant
measured by the service rendered ir
each particular case."
Continuing, Mr. Dent says:
"The difficulty with those who advo
cate this bill is that they not only fai
to appreciate the reason upon whicl
the system is founded, but the char
acter of the office as well. They thin!
because of the title of auditor, insteat
of master, the officer is purely an accountant.
whose duties may largely b<
performed by assistants under his di
rections. But that is not the fact
The accounting work of a master
though often tedious, is the least im
portant and least troublesome as i
rule. There is, of course, some busi
91 ess coming to the auditor of an al
most purely accdunting nature, prin
cipally the accounts of fiduciaries ir
lunacy cases, but they constitute s
trifling portion of the business, anc
veil in them orten questions arise tc
be passed on by the auditor.
Bulk of Work Is Personal.
"The great bulk of the work and almost
the entire body of fees are th<
outcome of the personal service of th<
master. When accounts are to be cas
it is not a question of what the figure!
of those accounts aggregate, but it ii
the question of how they shall be as
sembled under the application of principles
of law and varying facts. I
frequently happens that a half dozer
principles of law may apply to as man]
items of an account, and always tha
the facts govern the application of tin
law; so that the master must not onl]
be an accountant, must not only be i
lawyer, but must of necessity in ap
plying the law and the facts to the ac
count personally cast the account a;
well as prepare his findings of fac
and his conclusions of law.
"I stated in my report to the judgei
that over 60 per cent of the fees col
leeted were for master's work, of J
purely judicial character. I think tha
was well below the truth nmi tho* 7*
per cent would be nearer the mark
Under no possible conditions could thii
work be done by clerical subordinates
^Naturally the question arises whethei
there is any justice or merit in tht
proposition to impose upon a maste
work requiring his personal service
and then say to hlra you shall not hav<
the value of that service which th<
litigant pays, but part of it shall g<
into the public treasury, or you shal
rot be allowed to charge full value fo
jour service to the litigant and so con
tribute part of your services to hin
f of charge. Moreover, even in th<
purely accounting work there wouli
I have to be a supervision by the audi
tor and an examination of the case, in
volving his personal service.
Must Examine Pleadings.
"In practically all accountings tin
auditor is required to pass upon claim;
for allowances of commissions am
counsel fees, and this he cannot d>
without a fuil examination of the plead
lngs, as well as reports of fiduciarie*
to ascertain the services of flduciarie
and counsel, and thus be able to pas
upon their claims. It results then tha
such accounting work as could be don
by subordinates would be an incon
aiderabb part of the great volume o
work of the auditor's oftiec.
*11 is in this respect that tlie atti
tude of those supporting the bill is i
uiave rrur. It is tru?- that the mod
; tendency is to abolish fee systemi
M il ui- letmcncy nus been regulate
villi some discretion, and changes hav
1?? < ii made when undoubtedly propel
not indiscriminately. The federal bank
ruptcy statute provides fees for th
services and expenses of referees; ex
amiucrs in chancery are paid by fees
masters in chancery are everywher
paid by fees. The substitution of sal
Jtries for fees has almost universal}
been In purely ministerial offices, wher
the official has merely to supervise ;
clerical force who perform services to
which small fees are charged aggro
gating a large income manifestly dis
proportionate for the services of such
supervisor, such as clerks of courts an
marshals, registers and recorders; an
it is in the comparison of the auditor'
office with such offices that Mr. Spald
nig is :.ot very happy, such as the au
ditor of the i >istrict and the registe
of wills, the latter of which is largel
a sinecure requiring from its incutn
bent rarely more than the signing c
his name.
Calls oAkparisons Unfair.
"Malthar ara Mr. Bsaldlafs oth?
liantlim e*r TBs- unHltlflu irtf
respect to the other offices cited byMr.
Spalding are different. The corporation
counsel, who receives more
compensation than his superiors, the
Commissioners, is also allowed to engage
in private practice, as is .the
United States district attorney, who receives
as much as the judges. The
latter, as well as the Commissioners,
are underpaid. They are serving, however,
at a pecuniary loss for an honor
which does not come to the auditor.
Moreover, in the casie of the judges,
there is a certainty of provision for
life, with a retirement and rest from
their labors at the age limit.
"This bill even propoaes to take,away
I from the salaried master the privilege
j accorded to masters everywhere, ac!
corded to the corporation counsel, accorded
to the district attorney?of engaging
in the general practive of the
law. Whenever officers rendering
purely personal services, such as district
attorneys, coroners and the like,
have been put on a salary they are permitted
to practice their profession In
conjunction with their official duties.
By this bill, not only is the auditor
to be nequired to perform services
plainly worth more than the salary allowed.
and to devote Ws time solely to
the dutiee of the offloe for that purpose.
but be is denied the privilege extended
to others in similar positions and
jthus prohibited earning any income outside
of his salary.
Not a Ministerial Office.
"The bill is wholly wrong in proceeding
upon the theory that the office is a
ministerial office, and it is wrong in
the salary provision even on that theory.
As the office of a competent master the
salary is too little for the work involved;
as a mere accounting office, as it seems
to be regarded by some, or as it Is alleged
to be by those knowing better,
the salary is too large. A salary equal
to that of the register of wills or the
recorder would be more than ample; in
fact, the salaries of the deputy register
and deputy recorder would be ample, for
those two offices are in fact supervised
by the deputies.
"The bill proposes to raise as revenue
$21 a day, $10 for the auditor's services,
$6 for the assistant's services and
$5 for the stenographer's services. Allowing
for Sundays, holidays, Saturday
half-holidays and a month's vacation,
there will be 254 working days, for
which if there be no lost time the revenue
will be $5,334, while the bill appropriates
$7,900, a net loss of $2,566,
one-half of which, or $1,2S3, will be
paid by the District. The bill would
realize for the stenographer's services,
if employed full time, $1,170 and appropriates
$1,000 for his salary. I
now pay over $1,500 per year for the j
stenographic work, and $900 for a
typist to copy accounts, keep records i
and do miscellaneous work. It would j
realize for the assistant's services !
S1.404 and a.nnronriatPR 81.500. Tt
would realize for the auditor's serv- i
ices $2,340 and appropriates $5,000.
The revenue from fees provided for the
administering of oaths and issuing
subpoenas would be trifling.
Burden on Taxpayer.
"So that it is plainly apparent the bill
proposes under the most favorable circumstances
to put a burden on the general
taxpayer and relieve the litigant,
and to collect fees and pay salaries in
disproportion to the values of the services
imposed on the auditor and subordinates.
But when we stop to consider
further, this burden and this disproportion
would be increased above the
tigures just given. Some time will undoubtedly
be lost by illness in the
office of the auditor, which would have i
a small force and no means of provid- j
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iny against this lost time. This would
somewhat decrease the revenue. Again
It happens before the auditor that
hearings, as in the courts, are frequently
postponed or continued, by
reason of engagements of attorneys in
the courts, inability to get witnesses,
absence from the city of attorneys or
their clients, and other causes, and the
time being reserved by the auditor, it
is lost if the case does not go on. This
would cause further reduction of revenue,
unless the litigant be required to
pay for service not rendered.
"Now let us see if the litigant is
helped by the bill. By the present system
the litigant pays for the time of
the auditor $5 an hour, that is $40 a
day for eight hours' work and $10 a
day on account of the expenses of the
office, which expenses run nearly $4,000
a year instead of the $2,900 appropriated
in the bill. But the auditor does
not charge for hearings postponed, and
fni- n pTpat deal of his
time taken up by interviews with attorneys
and with litigants relative to
their cases, and with citizens relative
to matters which may not come before
him. All of this time is lost to him and
not paid for.
Lost Revenue Under Bill.
"That connected with matters before
him would be lost revenue under the
bill unless charged to the litigants, and
if he were consulted about matters not
before the court the person so consulting
him would have to pay for his advice.
So that litigants or prospective
litigants would be called upon to pay
something where they pay nothing
now, and in the case of postponement
of hearing would be called upon to pay
for all the lost time, often many days
in a large case, at the rate of $10 per
day for the auditor's time, which they
do not get.
"Again we are all familiar with the
practice of fee offices where money is
raised to pay salaries and provide a
surplus for the Treasury. The law is
construed most favorably to the office,
and litigants would likely be confronted
under this bill with a fee of $10 per
session, calling the session a day,
which might last fifteen minutes, instead
of paying as now at the rate of
Su upr hnur Kn flint' frnm this nninf
of view the litigant will probably not
benefit by the change, and the new
system in the aggregate will cost him
as much as, if no; more th;m, the present
system."
Auditor's Hours of Work.
"But there is a third point of view
from which the litigant will undoubtedly
suffer. The work of the auditor
being personal in its nature, and not
done by clerks, he is paid at a reasonable
rate for the time he actually devotes
to his work. From the report of
the auditor to the judges last winter
it appears that the amount of work
which he has done is enormous. In four
years he shows that he actually accomplished
five years' work. He kept the
t>ffice "up to date and disposed of $9,000
worth of business left by his predecessor.
This necessitated his working
nights, Sundays and holidays, and deprived
him of all vacations. On the
average he worked from ten to twelve
hours a day. The bill now proposed
gives to the litigant six and one-half
hours a day, the hours being from 9 to
4, with presumably a half hour at least
for lunch. If it takes the auditor now,
with the same force, eight or more
hours a day to do the work of the office
is not the work going to be congested?
Ts the litigant going to get
prompt service as he gets now? I dare
say not. What will be the result? The
bill does not take away from the court
its power to appoint special masters,
and the result will be the reference of
cases to special masters, for which the
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litigant will hare to pay as much if not
more than now.
Crudities of the Bill.
"The bill is full of crudities, and on
its face betrays a total lack of knowledge
of the subject with which it purports
to deal. Many of them it is unnecessary
to consider. The most striking
inconsistency is that fixing the
charge for the auditor s services. It
proposes to pay him at the rate of
about $20 a day and charge the litigants
at the rate of $10. The litigant
is to get the services of a man
"worth but $10 to him, but worth $20
to the government or taxpayer. If he .
is worth but $10 to the litigant, then
he is worth no more in salary and is I
worth just as much as a deputy register
or recorder, as before stated. The
litigant will get little work and the
court little assistance, from subordinates,
while the incumbent will get a
sinecure; or the court will get its
proper assistance from special masters
for whom the litigant will pay certainly
as much; and the incumbent will
still get a sinecure.
"If on the other hand it be said that
the purpose of the bill is to charge
liugants at the rate of so much per
day or so much per minute, the bookkeeping
involved in keeping these
records of time and of continuances, of
oaths, etc., as well as making monthly
reports (which in the governmental
systems are generally made semi-annually.
or quarterly), in addition to
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5 Soft and Stiff Hats in many !
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the other details of office wor*. which
now require two clerks, cannot possibly
be done by the one clerk provided
by the bill, assuming the assistant
to be doing the auditor's work and not
purely clerical work.
In Accord With Universal Practice.
"In conclusion, I submit that the
system in vogue in this jurisdiction is
in conformity with the universal practice
of the Judiciary; that it has stood
the practical test of a long experience;
that it has proven satisfactory to the
court and to the community; that there
has been no just criticism of the conduct
of the office, and that the litigants i
(the people) are opposed to a change.
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a new and unheard-of system proposed
by persons indulging in a personal attack
on the present incumbent in a
spirit of revenge, because in the proper
discharge of his duties his decisions
were adverse to their interests. To permit
the fruition of the attack of those
persons on the auditor would be to
retrograde In good government and reflect
on good citizenship."
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Constantin Brun, Danish minister, and
Secretary Bryan have exchanged ratifications
of the Danish-American investigating
commission peace treaty.
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and ribbed fleeced garments.
Men's 25c and "1 O
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porous, mesh and Egyptian balbriggan
underwear. Buy now for
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number of effective styles.
$1.00 House CCDresses
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self-ehecked fabrics at a sacrifice
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fronts.
Children's $1 to /JQ0
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EGGS MAY BE CHEAPER
IF WEATHER KEEPS MILO
Becoming' Plentiful Now and Increased
Supply Is Causing
Drop In Prices.
"If the housekeepers of Washington
will use their Influence with the
weatherman to prevent the coming of
heavy snows and very cold weathet it
is probable that eggs will be selling at
23 cents a doxen between i\pw and the
first week In February."
This Is the way a leading egg dealer
of the city summed up the egg market
situation this morning. Eggs are becoming
plentiful, and with the increase
In annnlv nrlnns nra dronninsr ranidlv.
Following the drop of 5 cents In the
retail market yesterday, a further drop
was made this morning, and while some
few of the dealers who handle eggs
warm from under the hen were asking
50 and 55 cents a dozen for tliem. a
majority of the dealers were asking
from 40 to 45 cents a dozen for eggs
guaranteed to be absolutely fresh.
It is stated in the market that bad
roads In the country in the last day or
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Good Size Towels
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Children's Dresses, sizes 2 to 6
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$1.00 Union ^Q_
Suits 4yc
Women's Medium-weight Ribbed
Union Suits, cut and made for perfect
fit, comfort and service.
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two have prevented many farmers and
i poultrymen from getting: their eggs to
I market. As soon as the roads become
dry and the farmers can get into town ]
a heavy influx of eggs is looked for, and
this, it is thought, will be followed by .
another drop in prices. On the w holesale
market this morning 32 cents a
dozen was the top price asked for the P
best grade of eggs, and good eggs t
could be bought at 30 cents a dozen,
with an abundant supply on hand to
meet all demands. T
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G. W. U. Class to Issue Tear Book. ,
The senior class of the George Wash- a
ington University Law School is planning
for the issuance of a student year!.,
book next spring. The publication i s
will be under the direction of James F. j t
Pierce, president of the class.
This will be the first time the law (j
school has issued a year book. The d
publication is planned because of the
fact that The Cherry Tree, the year
book of the entire university, will not
be issued this year.
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Agrees to National Park Bill. *
The Senate yesterday concurred in r
minor House amendments to the bill estab- 1
Hshing the Rocky Mountain National 1
Park, in Colorado, comprising 231,000
acres, chiefly in forest reserve The
measure now groes to the President. i
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1j! Like
Rosenthal
lto*enth??r* St?(
Silk-plated and Mi
colors
KFNTH AI
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shington Men Have 1
ed this splendid stock of men's furn
Georgetown business enterprises, 1
>f its merchandise, handling none 1
ressed men of that part of the city,
ades of goods.
Sacrificing Roser
Men's Fine
$1.00 LION BRAND
SHIRTS
Every man knows these high-cla
will jump at the chance to buy them at
tion. Choice of Plain White Dress
Madras Shirts and newest patterns in
lige Shirts. Laundered or soft cuffs.
50c AND 75c NEGLIG
SHIRTS
Fresh, New Shirts, the latest ai
Rosenthal store, made of fast color fab
of classy iolored patterns, as well
pleated white madras. Made up for
ice.
SHIRTS WORTH VP
$1.00
Choose from Silk-front Shirts a
best fast color percale, with soft or la
Patterns every man will admire a
strictly fast color.
Small Lot of Hoya* Shirts. P.osea- i
that's leaders at 60c. Made I .
of beat materials, with ^ ^
attached or separate col- JVC *
lars I e
it News Really i
Coats,$18 &!
Up a Collection of the i
Models at Leas Than I
but at King's Palace could you exf
ersal clearance. Here are the supe
lilored of richest materials?in blacl
prove an irresistible magnet for mc
re Ural Lamb, Arabian Lamb, Uin<
Lamb, Chinchilla, Boucle and Zibelin
models, long and three-quarter coat
or plain collars. Many silk lined?&
Women'* $1.00 CQ
Underwear **J/C
Rummage lot of Excellent Quality
Part-wool Vests and Pants, in
an ideal weight for present wear.
Children's 25c 1 Q j .
Pants 1 J7C I j
Sizes 26 to 84 in Black Ribbed
Pants, lined with warm fleece. <
Most mothers prefer them.
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SEEKS DAMAGES OF BAHK.
tobert F. Bopes Says Commercial
National Broke Contract With Him.
Alleging: a breach of contract to emloy
him to manage a branch bank in
he Canal Zone, Robert F. Bopes ha.**
led suit in the District Supreme Court
o recover $30,000 damages from the
Commercial National Bank. Throupfh
Lttorney K. C. Dutton, the plaintiff
ays he was engaged by the president
nd vice president of the local bank
o arrange for the opening of a branch
.<>i- q? Hnihon. in the Canal Zone, at
. salary of $5,000 annually. He was intruded
to be ready to leave Washing on
November 21. After he had gone
o considerable trouble to arrange to
eave the city he was notified that the
lirectors of the Commercial bank had
leclined to sanction his appointment.
Colored Man Found Dead at Mill.
Henry West, colored, sixty years old.
>f 1528 5th street northwest, employed
is a watchman at McDowell's feed
nill, Eckington place and Q street
lortheast, was found dead at the mill
ast evening. IIis death resulted from
latural causes.
If you want work, read the warn iimns
of The Star.
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Giving Away , ?
I's Stock of Socks; |
piplif Socka. with soft tin- ? ^
i heels and toes. Black, # O ' EE
ka. of excellent quality f -f ' ?
k, tan and fray. While 1 | C ?
rk of 2T?c Tkread Silk, | g : ?
*lc Soeka, in black and JLiJC J ?
>0 (3122 M St. |
i J Northwest) I
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14 o *1 in VaaM
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lishings at our own price. I
laving been conducted in the s
but the standard, high-grade =
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Shirts, White V VI I ?
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rics, in dozens M jjz
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superior serv- s
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undcrcd cuffs, fall II
md desire, all r
I^ot ?f Mei'g SOo Lfathfr Bfltn u!' E
atest design. All sewed to ^ E
tay and finished with new- iE
st buckles. Choice..... ~
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^20 Values!
reason's Best Selling f
Half Price. ?
iect sucli values, even at this =
rb coats that lead the fashion E
: and the popular colors. And E
>nev-wise shoppers. E
doo Lynx, Matelon, Astrak- ?
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s, straight backs and belted E
8.75. E
$1.00 Storm CQ E
Serge vUC 5
46-inch Pure Wool Storm Serge. 5
sponged and shrunk. Black, navy, s
brown, plum and gray. -E
$2.00 d?"| 1Q |
Bedspreads.. <pl?I*/ E
Clear-away of 22 Large White S
Crocheted Spread* with fringed E
cut corners. Marseille* patterns. ~
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