The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-20


Governor was bitter partisan. but thought
he had more sense than to stain his admins
tration with an act like this.
THE BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS
We publish to-day the bill introduced into the
Senate by Judge Douglas, providing for the
admission OF Kansas into the Union as sove-
reign State, when she shall have within her
borders the requisite population for the repre-
sentation of one full member in the popu IF
branch of Congress. The bill provides the
usual liberal allowances to the new State,
(when ready to come in,) in the way of public
land grants, salt springs &c; but cuts off from
the western end of the Territory q small strip
Of mountains and valleys about equal in size
to one-h half the area Of the six New England
States, slice which we suppose Mr.. Douglas
intends to appropriate to the Indians.
In the meantime, the Robinson free State
movement in Kansas has been perfected, even
to the election of two Senators to Congress,
from which we infer that the single object Of
this Senate bill is to admonish Robinson Lane,
Reeder e. Co., that they are entirely too fast;
and that as ninety-three thousand population
will be required, instead of some twenty odd
thousand, to make good the Kansas title to
State sovereignty, the free State party may as
well make up their minds to wait for year or
two longer. This, we take it, is the whole in
tent of Mr.. Douglas and we presume that his
requisition for population will at least be
made the law Of the Senate. Thus wide
margin is opened for Kansas emigrant aid
movements, North and South. Seventy thou
sand squatters still wanted. Keep up the fire.
The DISPUTED JUDGESHIP.-The case OF Mr..
Davies, who claims the seat on the Supreme
bench made vacant by the death OF Mr.. JUS
tice Morris, has given rise to proceedings
which have brought that Court into contempt.
Our readers will remember that the Court of
Appeals decided upon 80 much OF the case as
came before it in favor of Mr.. Davies; that
Justices Roosevelt and Clerke disagreed with
the Court of Appeals, and recognised Mr.. Pea
body as having the exclusive right to the
seat. This state OF things has put suitors to
much inconvenience, and turned our highest
Court into bear garden. We are glad to
learn that the Legislature has taken the mat.
ter up, and that it would be heard before the
Judiciary Committee Of the Assembly. Wit
nesses have been subpGnaed and Justices
Roosevelt and Clerke will have the privilege
of being heard before the committee by coun-
sci, to justify themselves, if they can.
Whether the conduct OF these Judges in ig-
noring a decision of the Court of Appeals
will be sufficient cause for their removal from
Office it will be for the Legislature to decide.
The power to remove them is found in the
subjoined section of the constitution of this
State:-
Sec H. Justices Of the Supreme Court and Judges of
the Court of Appeals may be removed by
solution Of both houses of the Legislature, il two thirds
of all the members elected to the Assembly and a map,
riy of all the members elected to the Senate concur
therein. All judicial officers except those mentioned In
this section and except justices OF the peace and Judges
by the senate on the Recommendation of the
Governor; but removal shall be made by virtue Of
this section unless the thereof be entered the
Journals nor unless the party complained OF shall have
been served with copy of the compsint against him,
and .han have had an opportunity Of being heard in bus
defence. On the question OF removal the ayes and
shall be entered on the journals.
In the Senate proceedings will be taken
against Mr.. Peabody for usurping tbs place he
claims to hold. We trust that this matter will
be settled at once. The whole affair is dis
graceful from beginning to end.
Apropos of the subject: Judge Strong in his
remarks the other day did not intimate, nor
mean to intimate, that Judge Rockwell, of
Kings county, doubted the right of Judge
Davies to act as Judge; on the contrary, that
Judge Rockwell regards such right as unques-
tionable.
GEN. WALKERS FORCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
- lattar from Granada in tho Nou nrloono