Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-02-26

u 'he Act creating the 0i.v
Court for his own benefit, we did not b,.i,,..
pronounee,on seeing it on Sturdy, a fsbri,,,..-
We are now authorised to state that i, ssn,;,.,
false.
The Sentinel claimed to know, upon ihs5--
alton by Republican lawyer Of this Cfty-.
high Standing" the following
g When the bill to establish the ritv COM
drafted clause was inserted At the sIi,,ga.,,,-
the members OF the Bar, providing tb7f tF.6
corder tAlr. Hoyt), should act as Civ I-l-
until the March election. This was done ts..-
1t was considered unfair to virtually INN n
Hoyt out OF Office before his term exrireI NJ
shaw at that time not only assented o. lie
position but approved Of it, The bill wa. ~.
wards given TO him and he took it 90 }Ia--
TO procure It's passage through the I.s-.-i.
After the bill was passed. it was di-e1-a.-l.
this clause had been stricken out and one i,..-..
providing for immediate election tv -5. b
Of Aldermen. Who made this ai-4r,-.--
which Mr.. Hoyt was turned our of sH.s.
Judge Shaw secured the place. We h.-a..s.
good authority, that Mr.. shaw n.-.-s
or, At least procured the alteration t- ...
benefit"
The bill, when passed, was PUBLISHED .- 81.
Free Press, and the copy Of TIE section IN
ton furnished to US, happened TO be ,...-.-
report made to the Board Of AIsr-s- 81.
never went back into Mr.. Shaw possess.
which was compared with the csrua
down from the Secretary Of State. az
such alteration as the Sentina ualr51--
yates had been made
Il may not be amiss to state Die rs...
that biz. The amendments e. .ls C..rr-.-
were prepared by a committss 45 three I,..--.-
Nlessrs Shaw, Taft and Peek. l-l ven. -.....
to the Board Of Aldermen, AMI .-.-
them and the Mayor AMI a -as-l -.s.....
ously adopted, requesting the Le-s-.-
adopt the some; and appointing Aldermen
and Tah a committee to visit Monty.
procure the adoption Of the proposed la
meuts ty tine Legislature.
Previous 20 this, however. thar section r.-
to the City Cour, was prepared. anil was t.-.
a meeting Of a few members O.. the b.- g. -.
It met their approval
The bill, in respec, 90 the uoie Of tla t.--..
paintmeut AMI successive elections Of -.a o..
Judge, then read precisely as It was passed. .-
the legislature AMI contained 10 provision -..-
the Recorder should act as City JUICE jill
mode prescribed Of appointing the Judge for.
short term by the Aldermen, met v.ti The entire
approval Of the bar, and no one suggested that
the Recorder be made Judge f-r the tine being.
nor was any such clause inserted 81. the suz.
ton Of the bar. At this meeting several at,.r-
ueys urged that all elections Of the City JUG.
be male By the Board Of Aldermen. insisting
that It was not advisable 90 make jliie,s- .-
elective By the people. Bl, Ilr. Shaw decline.
10 alter the report TO tie Board Of Aldermen
this respect, stating that he thought it on d.
whole better TO leave that Office, except Tor d.
short term between the passage of the law AMI
the next annual election, elective by the People.
as the Office Of Recorder had been. It is p-p-
here to remark that the clause Of the bill w-1
provided for the appointment Of Judge ty -s
Aldermen for the short term, was not su--a--.
by Judge Shaw, but by another member If q.
committee, wto, as vel as the bar se1a-.--.
though if We were to have new court WITH
greatly increased powers, 1t was better o. aI-.
it organized at once, and thatan app5iu-ue--
made to its bench with special view 60 tie l-l,..
Of the candidate for the place; and not .y -1 l--
birrary legislative act to install into this Few
court -n incumbent whose chief claim O. -ls
position rested in the fact that he hal been s1.-
tel Recorder Of an entirely different All l.-.-
gether inferior court, the duties Of which he bal
since his election almost entirely neglected
The bill therefore was approved by the bar
and unanimously recommended By the Alder
men. so far as this question Is concerned, in the
same terms in which it finally became d law
After the bin was introduced into the Seulrs .-
vas pending in the legislature for twenty-e-a-
lays, during which time &c was examined b 5--
attorneys and others: and II seems as If had there
1een any fraudulent or improper alteration in It,
erms. # would have been discovered and e.--
.ectei
1t is not true that the bar desired thar t-a
.fi,e Of Judge should be 6llel by the Recorder
wen for the short term. They no more desired
then than they DO now, or ii when the Dir
-as passed., when with almost entire Immunity
icy recommended the Aldermen to elect Judge
nav one controlling reason for the creation
a new court was the fact that Mr. Hoyt had
lt discharged the duties Of Recorder
wing, from the early spring I'LL after the In
oduc,iou Of the bin in the legislature, Oct -.
Sos, being engaged in business in New York
" AMI giving to the duties ofhis Rec9rlsrslip
ly one Jay I'm each month. Theresllt was that
itors ami attorneys were compelled to q.
isiness in thlt court with great iHconvenieae.
"a delay, or driven toa Justi,e's Court where
ere was general irdisposition 70 90.
The Ssati7el's intent In this unjust ac-usa-.1
Judge shaw Is of course to iriure his chances
P reelection. But Judge Shaw course IN t-s
after Of the amendments instead Of being. --
e s t'aeI claims, ground o. objection. is ral--
strong argument why he should be reelected
e believe, moreover, that the citizens, Dot OILY
Burlington but Of the county, have lIr.l-
me % regard his Court as a valuable means fl
e maintainance Of law and good order, and they
nerally approve the prompt and decisive mole
doing business there. We fully believe a-
had no expectation Of being appointed judy,
zen the bill was drawn. It Is IN Office ot s.ll-
cuniaIy euolumeut while, engrossing daily t-a
,ention Of the incumbent; and to be witlirsvu
much as he necessarily IS from the practice u
s profession must occasion Judge Shaw u9 little
cuniary loss. When first asked if be v-a-
cept the otice,as the bill drew near lis plssl-s.
said no, and only consented at last to tsa
ndilate on condition that the Bar -h1lli SIG
ty with substantial uuaninity their desire gu
we him. We DO not believe he Is now anxious
? a reelection but such a=persi5uz Of ,-a-e-
Z and motives by his opponents, VIII aij free
the general desire Of his friends that he should
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