The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-12
Kentucky CONSTITUTIONS Convention.
OUR FRANKFORT coRhEsroSDENcK.
vnpr Nov 1910

FRANKFORT, Nov. 3, 1910.
The Judiciary Artieies-Grand C0unfermarch-
Legislative Deparfmsrt-D ueHing-Law Of Ii
ksis-Adoptiow of az Arficie-1h Vsathsr, &c.
The labors Of the Convention, al the termins-
tion OF the fifth week Of its session, have resulted,
as regards any definite action, very much like
those Of that celebrated King of France who.
"with twenty thousand men, marched up the hill,
and then marched down again." This morning,
the Convention terminated a wordy warfare OF
three weeks duration by an abrupt countermarch,
which brought them back almost exactly TO the
position from whence they started. A paragraph
or two wall tell The story.
The report Of the Committee on the Court OF AP-
peals bad been gone through with, and Its provi-
stems finally seItled upon, everybody supposed,
in Committee Of the Whole. Several Of It's
sections had been strongly opposed; but the origi-
nal report was always sustai ned when brought 10
ayote of the committee. The fercest and most
prolonged contest was between the lawyers, the
subject OF "braDching' the Court at A. pcals as II
IL termed here. Those lawyers who live at or IN
tn~ Drishbo'hocd OF the capital, warmly op?psed
the PROVISION oil the bill requiring the terms at the
court held IN the four dlstncts proposed 10 be
created, Instead #, as AT present, entrey at the
capital. Inose ut the profession VINO live more
rsmn,e Ut course anxious to nave al least one
tern, year held IN their nvighborsood; and hence
they supported the prppositivn. linen there was
another patty who took AN economical view of the
subject, aud who opposed the increase OF the nam.
beI 81 JudErs 10 tOnr, on the ground tnat IL would
be- Inc,essDg the expenses of government The
friends IT thr report AZ II stood, easily succeeded
In preserving It's PROVISIONS entire, IRON the as
ssults Of ~ divided an Opposition. d.
On the bill being reported fiom the Committee OF
The Whole Ia tie house, the CONTEXT was renewed
with uhdinlnisbtd vigor motion WAS made TO
STRIKE cut tour the number of Judges aad iaseu
three. The adoption Ut this motion, Il was per.
C. wed, would at once oesiroy tne district, aud
with VI the branching system, aud, accordingly, the
''aBtt branching" mrn (niany Ui whom desired 10
have four Judgc-,) uDiiing wih those VINO opposed
the iucresse ~ the number OF Judges from ecJno-
nlicai considerations, the motion sue e-s'll.
1has. az one itll s~oop, were The results Ut tnfre
weeks labor destroy ID and the convention brought
back ~ is Original startiag pOiUt. An anImiled
anu f.cfmnatISe debate followed, without any
further question being taken: when the colyen-
non, M Doyery pleasant state ut irchng, Adjourned
The neat morning, Mr.. Tnsieu remarked that,
" ti,c CONVENTION Intcsdru ever 10 xei urOh!n
with IT, iabors a compromise must he effected
and IN ORDER 1t possible, 10 secure ~, ne suggested
that the reofts the judiciary. from tue several
s-thuse un tnr county aud circuit courts,
a. we'll a. ON the c'aft ot ape ts-sn 'llll Dc re-
tsfrrd Ia oze committee. To b. composed III con
ieu.TatoD ~ ihr ,versl committees above referred
To, with Instructions To meet IA oint Sessions ani
agree uyon ~ me harmonious general piaa OF aJud
cay y stem. THIS su2gestca was accepted; aud,
AFTER a rccunslae ration Ot the vote reducing the
EsE.ber 81 JUDGES was mad, the Subject was mus
di-yosed ot 1a- federated COMMITTEES consists OF
thiry.IwD me ubgr-. gate LEGISLATIVE body IN
useIf; aud the rrsuts ~ its Deliberations may be
csssId-r.d, therefore, determining the acton VI
the convention itself From the unwIe'dlnc-s OF
~. coInmiitrr, hOssver. "A protrarird aud weAri-
some course of acuon may DC ekpcctcd 10 charac-
Lrise IT, proc, edinEs.
la this position. 81 The present wriiing, sandshc
convention on the question ui the 0rglnixtton W
TIE IuSIcls'y department 81 the gn'efnuien'. A.
N isi a. IA.
t1c pc Die have demanded cnange aud reform, u
will b. seen that the purlgses fer which the Goa
v.nilon Was assembled are very Tar from beiag
accomplished
Oh. other cummuiees. One - from the CoiinnI
DC on the Legislature, aud prSPoses some Tar
reaching aud radical changes In the orgln,Iation
Of that body.
House OF h, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES members Ut the
TONER ~ bcld tor tour, and The LATER tor two
ware. The S~nate ~ to- be cOintp,.-d ot not more
pnsn thirty.eiehi, nor less thar thirty meubers;
shr llouse oi not more than hundred, nJr less
thsr esvDny five BCubers. The Senatn's are to
be ~ lcast thuisfye years OF sge, and 10 have re-
sid, i m the state years, sud To- be Classified 90
sh.t on. half iaeir member shall be elected every
AGO wears. The Sessions to- bc biennial, and to
stt,iue hot than sixty dayss unless protract-
ed by y vote ct t~o-iuiIds-the hIst ~ ssnn under
thu INV constitution eNcrred. No person hni1-
ng an ,fhce unoer tar state or ssnetai govern
r-.s, ar Im arrears - collector Of the resehu~,
ro1clsi,ng pfirst OF ell ~ nan, 90 o. elisi-
b. to the issg'siatnfc. -
Ire .rissInu restrictions ON III POWER 81 the
Ltgislauie sie y "susedi-i nsy shaH hot Rfi'i
orortr bile. They shal not iush or give the ere
euot the STATE ia asd uf sny #rsca. CDfpnaton,
or Municipality. vHhout y vote ~ ~ rtlrds ~
euh b1sse Thy sBail nnt cortrict debts sasy.
~ IA n aggregate, .set eGiug f3obO1D va soip"ht,
aud then tnly tnr,t essnsi neicis 90 iaiiircs IA
the Is,ssut, vr los sApsnses moi pSov.g q 'r, ex'