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and most of the tine has been spent 10 a con.ro-
vs,,v betreeo the Sen. te and House 90 the que,
ton whether the original bill, reported 10 January
ty the commissioners shall be amended 10 lie styte,
or shall be left untouched in that respect The
quarrel vas apparently brought to close Oh Sat
urdsy, by the adoption Of compromise reported
by Committee OF Conference. Let me as orirny
as po,sbe state the origin and grounds oil the con-
tfoser,, The Commission, appointed IN 100
by Gov Gardner consisted Of t@o cpmP-tenI men
N..,r. Jo,l Parker aud VIM. A. Richardson
aud Mr. A. Richmond. 10 suppy Tue Pi'co
of Mr. Richmond, who was disabled BY lllIess ana
otser csuses, Messrs Parker aud Kchatoson we're
eomp.ll.d 10 ealpoy "outslders,' chief among
wbon was Mr. Horatio G.. Parker, who ~ Also l
believe a competent msn, though not lawyer
eu,inebce. To this younger Mr. Parker are at'rlo
uted certsin Innovations upon the l,nsu1gs oil tue
Revised Statutes Of 1896, which have been "a
chief cause Of lie difficulty. In the Chapters "olch
treat of the crmioa law the present teCse ls used
instead Of the future / believe tins s;yle is ap-
proved By the Dest modern authorities Mr. Geo
CoOde 40 English bsriIster, who was hOp0btedto
dnft aid illustrate the laws Of England on the
subject of loc,l taxation, and sitef~sTd EN-
ploSed by Parliament 10 cOdIfy the criminal
law and the poor lag statutes ADD wrote work
on legislative expression, gives a decided
pIsfeTence TO tho present tense, and makes
deadly war upon 1" shall, and shall De. aod
",tall have BEEN and the other members OF the
"sbslr family. But there Is still earlier Massa-
ebusetts authority. In the peosl cod. prepared Ia
ls4, BY James G. Avord, Willard Phillips, and
Samuel g. Walcott, this improved Style IS used.
Tbis code did mo-. become law, but did not fall on
account of IFS style. Let me here remark thar the
law relstDe to the crime Of murder, rePo' TED oy
Mr.. CushI 10 1858, and passed by the JOINT ell
forts Of Mr. Gushing and Nj John A. Andrew, 10
almost an exect copy of the Law as reported by
NJ. in md asT
illustrate the differences Of style OF when ] am
,peakng. II read.: Murder committed with de-
"Iberanly preWedtaied malice ai0r-th usht Is
+" (pot shall be') murder IN the fret degree
"Whoeyer is mot when any person snail be- or,
"'eveIy person who shall De or II any person
shall be) guilty Of murder" DC l6Is Improved
pty'e il used 10 the fourth part OF the Commssi ~
er'r report ard it IL matter If regret that Mr. ii.
G. Parker, who urged ITS adoption did not continue
his efforts ia the same 6iIeet'oD Instead OF tuning
about and u.ng all his skili and industry 10 l1des-
yorIpg 10 prevent the Legislative COMMITTEE 'iOm
continuing the work OF reform IDs Commt'ee
did not at fif.t undertake TO make toe hrst three
books couform in style to the fourth but they
finally set about it and in their report t. tao LEAFS
hture presented several thousand verbal amend
meDts of this and other binds. Some of these are
probably inexpedenf, as raisi0g questions OF
law; others do not Improve the style,
but the mass Of them follow out the
plan Of book w., and are unobjec'i)nable.
Judge Parker, however, objects TO them very
decidedly mainly, as il sppee,s from the evidence,
because they seem to be au impeachment OF his
work. Judge Richardson goes with HIM, proodoy
with rrluctaUce Tor he Is ON record as Approving
the STYLE of ibe fourth book. The Seaate took
rides with the Commissioners, and the llouse with
the Revision Committee. A good deal OF desulIory
talk took Place but At last debate which lasted
two days and half in the House substantially |
settled the question, for the House, by vote OF
Al. IL nal nd
mebts. The press aud the people b"g,n u discover
that If there was any merit 10 the controversy, tne
Bouse was in the rignt, and the result has oeen
the adoption of a report oy DDth Dfaoches
referring the work TO the Commissioners, with Ia
structions t. "secure uniformity of style, IN &C
cordance with the language OF the fourth part
" of the Commissioners report, aud report back
.. chapter BY chapter with such verbal amend
"mebts as " i'll accomplish the object, without, IN
their opinion, chan. ing the law or raising ques
" tiODs Of law" The Commissioners have nc
cepttd the trust; and, unless some ne" OBSTACLE
springs up, the Legislature will 60. on, upon TINS
baiis, and will probably enjeavOr, by superior dill
pepce 10 make up for the tune lost IN tins uLpleas
int controversy.
While this controversy was raging the House
and Senste had proceeded some wy separately 10
the consideration Of the Revised Statutes When
the S. note reached the chapter on Schools, II re-
fused by vote of IL ~ 10 incorporate into 1t the
law of last Winter abolishng the School Oistricts
Without the concurrence of the House, OF course,
the law csnnot he repealed, AID pope the House |
viii stagd finn against the clamor. 9ldoy ne
pubhcans are frightened, but it is safe TO say |
that moro men will be disgusted than coucliatet |
by the repeal of the law. Gen. Butler voted last
Winter to abolish tue districts but has recaotet, |
and voted 10 restore them. Tue House has done
good thing by changing the Militia law go that black,
blue, red yellow, orange, purple crimson, scAlep
pink, and dappe gray men at men OF 30 many col
ors can be iuuUd) may DO admitted iutO toe mill
tary compaties as well white men, AZ the
chiefbeauty and attraction Of toe military consistsin
its variety Of coors, the admission OF men OF black,
blue &C. complexion will materisIy add TO the
pleasure Of The spec ,a'ors. If black plume Is in
order why MT a hsck faCel it ia saId toe United
Sts'es law iOfbds the admission of any but whites
But perhaps when the attention ~ Congress Is
called 70 this subject It will repsa lie absurd stat
ute. If does not, do BOT Ih0k there Is aoy
danger OF an ATTEMPT Ia tubdgt us for this harm
les attempt ST Du)h6c,tion hope the Senate
will agree 10 this change Of the Law. LIS will con
cent on no Other tefme, perhaps the House viii
compromise by agreeing 10 the restoration of the
sch, oldstrct sy.ten.
Mr.. Choate's prv,te library is t. be ID az auc
ten on the 18TH l9'b, 20lh 18th. 10th, eth, aud
2sih Of October. The catalogue contains the
names Of 1912 different WORKS e abracug as he,r
o. c,o iuc ge, about 1000 volumes. There are
full sets o. BlsckwocJ, t1e Geptlem,ns Magazine
tbe kdRbnrgb, QasTteTly, and North AUerican
Rev eve Chusii.D Examiner, Hansaro's Debates
Notes sbd Queries, cyc0ped as, dictionaries, and
slls,-s of al s0rts State pdpers popular libraries,
Nj the works of The standard historians, n0Eests,
aDd poets, With great number of cssnc.l books.
There are l3 works urdsr the bead of Thucy ddes,
III Under HeIod,ius. % under Homer, 9 under
H. sfhafea = N der Eur A. undar TAritus