New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-31
Legislature of n. Y.-The Law Reform H'ii

! traOrdlnary session OF lhe SaDlIe'-
feoi.,a,ure of n. Y.-The Law Reform Bill
c,n,aint sc, Members are Pysrsatsd from RtoOraiEs
their VOtes-Ttt Spoilers Pte's'onsU, o' StsJ,a
Wasorfh's Vay-sl Costs .S.0elled 10 s5OO1-a suI'
,s Cc,s CoursTted into 1897 Of Fees-Chdittta or
fss Judge County Courts Bill-Whs71esfvS ''eN'
--Jalieial Districts.
/ Correspondence Of The Tribune.
ALBANY Monday, March -
Than .re not far from three millions Of people in
the State Of New York, saying nothing OF many
nersons ont of it who are deeply interested IN us
welfare all these, except about hundred gen'ie'
men sitting in the Assembly Chamber, andperhaPs
, hundred spectators, obtain their Information rs
TO the votes and opinions of that House chiefly
from the Periodical Press and printed Legislative
Records and to abridge that niormation--to con
ceal from the million what the conduct Of their rep
resentatives has been in matters Of public interest,
is TO take from them their most accurate means Oh max
| ing right choice of their success in Office.
The subject matter Of every important bill is debated
sna voted on item by tern in Committee of the Whole
and when the discussion grows tedious souietes with
out QUORUM that is, If no one complains Nhen OH
is reported to the House 1T soArTIArs HAPPENS mat
amendments lost In Committee OF the Whoe, are, oy
amendments adopted in Committee are lost Inc SYN
rule provides that after the report the bill s still subject
10 debate and amendment until the question 10 HNGRoss
put but il limits such action to the amendments pre-
| viously decided in pdy in Committee
| To-day the previous question was demanded on the
Law REFORM bin, and supported, az TO 81, the man
question then taken on AGREEING no lne .ePoL' ~
toto and carried There were many amendments sdoP',
| ed in Committee-ihe vote was not taken on one OF
them-yet although the question TO engross was not
put 1t declared that amendments offered out nor
han fibr tied
at oil Surely ttis s violation OF rules 20 ana ~ ana
the whole proceeding erroneous, az preventing II may
be- the real of the House from being ascerianed
aud the people from knowing the mino OF tDeu repre-
septatives how they acted A. may say voted Tor the
bin but against such and such of lis bad features or i'm
proper Commissioners. Why should ne De hlndereu
from showing by the record that he did so b. may
say proposed valuable amendment and II was lost
in Committee by one vote only bare quorum being
present Why should not the Ayes and Noes be allow
ed In the House II this course should be sustained 10
morrow trust you will allow the Ayes and Noes 20 90
to the country through The Tribune Az yet trust Is
uninentions for have seen no party bias in
Speaker leading him TO give any decision except Tor
impartial ustce-but while Chancellor Welworth taxes
year or two 70 decide ono thing, Mr. HasbTouck has
TO decide 50 or 100 things ia day, and some OF them
knoty enough must say, and without moment to re-
fleet.
By Some means or other vote was taken on leaving
Grshsns and substituting that of Peters and
the Ayes were only is or l9-Messrs. Woodruff, Tread
well Pratt Pierce McGouegal, Lakin, Adams, AilAben,
/ BascOm Bell Cav, Crosby Flanders, Gregory, and
think Henderson, Miller and Crowley. Mr.. Gould chang
| ed his vote from Peters to Graham
Mr.. Balcom pressed his Saturdays amendment this
morning in Committee of the Whole, his object being
TO strike the following instruction to the Commissioners
as Inserted by the senste, out OF the bill
"And IL shall be the duty Of the said Commissioners 10
provide for The abolition OF The present actions in
! cases al Common Law, FOR A UNIFORM COURSE OF
| PROCEEDING IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OF LIE.
GAL EQUITABLE Co6NI2ANcE, AND FOR THE
ABANDONMENT OF ANY FORM AND PkoCEEp ;, Nc
! NOT NECESSARY TO ASCERTAIN OR PRESERVE
4
Mr. BAsCoM stoutly defended the proyiso, as did Mr.
| Flanders and Mr.. DEAN. Mr. HADLEY united with Mr.
Balloon in advising its expulsion as being unconstiu-
ths but prejudice and senterest that the existing sys
tenn is very oppressive. Mr. Bascom re!erredto cred
tors bills in Chsncery, which Chancellor Walworh had
ordered not to exceed ~ 1900 words rernarking that
the Declaration of Independence contained but 800
creditors bill as permitted by Mr. Walworth might
be legally obtained from County Judge for dollar fee
tina, is, the like relie-yet Mr Worden told us last
| 18th of August of house In Western New.York who
were embarrassed and Is or 10 OF their creditors HE'D
bllSin Chsncery under Walworth's rules merely 10
know what effects they had I'll the coss OF ascertanlng
what 81 10 one County Judge would have told as well
came to between 5000 and $1,000 and yet this Wal
worth Is the whom the Senate and the anti reform
attorney section of the House have made law reform
Commissioner n / His ChsnceTy cases, like the Plas
job to be of nature suited to last him I'LL
he take hold of something better than the above up
| holding of the harpies OF the profession.
In my letter Of Sept. s. 1886, quoted Mr.. simmons
statement, heard H. in Convention. that day, that
Chancellor Walworth had told him, within week, that
all the Court business his hands In arresr be could
complete IN NINETY DAYs-and that he was no more IN
srrear than Chancellor Jones when he left the
Court Mr. Simmons added, he no danger In trans
ferng tho whole of the Chancery business 10 the new
Courts being sahed hatthey would dispose OF all arreer
ages in few months. In The Of few days, the
managers OF transfers got q new light and Chancellor
Walworth had additional years allowed him TO complete
what he no doubt truly stated he could have accom-
pshed Ia 90 dsys and this At salary OF 5000 per an
mum. Wil he act By deputy, allow Governor Young
to fill q vsesny, if that be lawful
Messrs. Flanders and RascoIn resd and referred TO
the strict rules of the Revised Statutes commanding the
Judges and Chancellor to simplify the Law Practice 70
the People instead OF which they had during seventeen
years continued 70 make bad worse. Look At that case
of Williams of Oneida, who qusTreled with his wife
and she DESTROYS OF separation, took the case into
Chancery, where 81 327 were allowed by the precious
guardians of rights for what as Mr. kirkland one
of the counsel 10 the suit admitted few days and
few dollars expense could have accomplished Look
al the 5000 charged al Uucs for merely ticking test
mcny in one case Look at the $4,000 on very sim
pie case, as stated by Mr.. Richmond of Genessee
think II was Mr. Worden who admitted that In hs,h
bun of Bufaios case, three million affair was settled
with any costs but that If LAW. it stood
had been rcsorted TO by the profession ell would have
been swallowed up in costs So, toe, ExSpeaker Chst
field Of Otsego, last August remarked in Convention
that since IN the Supreme and Chancery Courts
had continually had II in their power 10 remedy the
abuses and delays and costs of practice but that they
had not taken the first step yet and they would not
that so long as TIE TWO systems were continued separ
ate the Judges the Bench would be found eneoursg
ing aud perpetasting the evils so long complained Of
II also asserted to-day that Mr.. Bacoms County
Courts bill keeps up carefully the old and troublesome
forms the old abuses and costly legal machinery giving
original Jurisdiction where the Constitution forbds IT,
have sent you copy of the bill Chancellor Whtesey.
views given from his recent address, and shown 10
be opposed TO those of Messrs Balcom and Hadey al
were the opinions Of the 80 memoriaists Of legal emf
hence from your City.
The debate was extended to three In the afternoon
and q repetition OF what had heard often in the
Conveuhon-abuses exposed in all their enormity and
defended by II plumber were the underpinnlne
! of American freedom, and British and English Law the
! chief corner stone.
| One change was made in the bill, viz allowing the
Governor fill vacancies in both commissions. Another
proposed To exchange A. LOOMS for II. DEMO. but
| this was neganved
The Committee on division of Judicial Districts,
ported a enlargement with the Senstes Committee
One would think il would not be difficult 10 divide the
State into eight convenient Districts. If gentlemen would
only for hours endeayor 10 forget party az
| grsndizement n.
Fr We are indebted to Livingston Il Wells
Tor Albany papers of yesterday morning in sdvsHce OF
the mail delivery
" Capt. Merick lson of the OK .SenatorD left
Baltimore iast week with his company Of Dragons
numbering ninety for Psbureh fl Of