, 1873-09-04
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Late Ring Convention
Reform Of the Ju-
dietary.
The Proposed New CONSTITUTIONAL Planks
from the Illinois Convention.
pittsburgh and It's Ring-''The Centon.
nial Wigwam...A What-1s-1t.

From Our Otcn Correspondent.
uAnn1snunu, H., Aug. 90 1879.
The gront Btato lios ncroHs tho mountains in
summer like the boly and tho mou,bere Tho
belly ia Of, tho caBt sidc OF tho mountains, and
Tho moral faculties nre scdentnry and good
natured in spots. Nothing has happened to irri'
tato tho dog-lays but tho late political CLAM
bako. ---..
Pennsylvania POLITICS.
Tho late Conyoution OF tic Pennsylvania Ring
At Harrisburg resulted, aH nBua IN tho aoseat Of
the Philadelphia crowd and their candidate for
Associate Justice Of tho Supreme Bench, ono
paxson, by D comparatively unknown man OF
Jsfforson County, west Of tho mountatns.-"a
uan, pechcoah!" said ono Of the Plitladolph1a
dolcgatos, "who lladn't, sholpmeGod! no delo-
pnto borrow dor nft iloor OF dor hotel. " |
Tbreo mon wero put up, ahd tic bost OF tho \
,hroe ra1, nowhoso, but the obscusest eaaly hoat
The ph;laaolphisn, "bcenuao," as tho old Wost-
ern delegate said: "Yoto for q Philadelphia
politician Of Bill Mann's atripo No, sir Not
II i,o were ono Of tho Elect, We havo to carry
that corrupt Ring in every contest wo havo
throughout tho West. There isn't enough hon
cat political ability In tho Republican party OF
philadolphia to supply the smallest county In
tho moumtnins.' -..-..
Mr.. Bill Mann made speech for MIR. pa1Bon
tho CAUCUS, to no avail. That Warwick, buoy~
cd along OIL the huzzas Of goryile Threats, Raw
his influence tor naught amongst those Scotch
and Irish borlerors whose forefathors marched
on phila{1.Irhia in the times Of the Paxton boys
Tho Supreme Bench Of PonnBylvanin ia
scarcely loss important to tue country without
than to the Commonwealth within. From Ponn-
BylyAnia emannto most Of the surropttious,
Jouble-mcanipg charters which plague tho peo"
plo and tho Government equally, and looso
Legislature has no other corrective than
righteous aud ablo judiciary. II tlerc was ono
now spapor il, pennBylvania Of equal knowledge,
SPIRIT aud honesty, 1t might noutraltzo tho
whole Of the willful politics of that State, aud
rally the people upon somo ono steady purpose
Of amel ioIation.
THE SUPREME BENcH OF PENNSYLVANIA
consists Of john u. Road, Chtof Justice; George
sharewood Democrat who VII a become aoo Gnet nnt
Fl. W. Willinms, OF Allegheny County p9mlel 9n
Agnew, Of Beavor md Ulysses hlorcmr They
receive 81, 500 yoar and all but the Chief JUS
lice arc Presbyterian Eldcrs. Chief Justice
Road is Of tho grave, steadfast wellintoned FAM
lily Of George Rend, agncr Of the Declaration
aud Chief Justice Of Delaware. Ihat calm, pas: :
tornl Judge was grandfather Of the present Ghiof
Justice, who. i'll tnrn, is tue parei.t OF J. More.
dith Road, orr ConHul Goneral at paris. John
NJ, Read was nominated by President Polk ior an
Associnto .Justicoship Of tho United States
Supreme Court in ls45; James buehanan :
defeated his confirmation In the sonate. and
the Into Justice Grier WAS nominated ina.eau
Chief Justice Rond ia In the rnGinH OF ~ years
sone say he liz n grcat lawyer, but . poor Judge;
antl,ority on legal ethics, and like many Of tue
oii Defuocrnts Of tho Stato. possessed OF 3
strong nonee OF tho proprieea. OF otce and o.
tho highest social respeesaDllty Metcafi M o.! o.
to assist tho railroad interests, particularly sht
credit slobilior Of America; while ut Washing
ton lie was quiet man Of application neVo
lasit.g client, but making no fame.
1 have been Obliged with copy OF ts1o pro
noncd new Constitution of tho State Of Pennsyl
rania. q document considerably larger a!read
than tho Fodoral Constitution, and WITH poela
Nevertheless, it seems to he just anu reason
able document worthy Of tho able body of mo
Who nut it together. The Presaent, IL. Willa1 M
b. nleredith " ne4dan e,pitv pin Wig fsa be,onga vi
70 hat able list or Cablnet-H -H1inistors, neye
members OF Congress, like George Dancrof
Judge Black, Montgomery Blair Wl1lam pnan' 9I1
goaeph gh Holt, Amos Kendall, Henry Knox, Hug Elg
sGaSGn Mssh EgMin ? 81 stanon william Wit. Gideo
Wcllos, Winfield Bcott. and Henry 6tanoery,-n
to omit Doniamin Franklin Butler. VINO lapp1 lt;I M
died before Bon Butler was raised to bis bu
ominenco. 1heso were men named ~ sclecIlo
aud not by succession, nor from part
pressure. However, we nave eovo1al mt
III the praaont Gaplnot "uo uesoH ~, . .
in Congress, aud it is q poor rl1lo which VIII
work Both waya. There is Robeson Tor !
etauco. lie was neither IN the lne Of suceossl' y,
nor Of selection; he WAS discovered l1ke tue ~
aserod M in IT," no Rarta%'s aM asteroa It took
light about forIy-ive years to reacn TUG e'e'
II came very rod to Ill.,
Tic artioie on tho Judiciary in the Pennsyl,
min Constitution now mooteh. preecf!pca HoF
sunre,ue-B Bencs. Judges, who shall sit tor t~on
nme yeare ench, aud 10 Ineligible to reelection
What rahuke is this from tho coleotl
learning aud experience Of tno G.ato ;,as mp9i y
tho 9tnto Constitutions aro drawing nearer a
nearer to tho example set in tho Federal Cons
tuition. ,, l .
These seven Judges shell he elected ~, dn,5;i,. by
siall be Ghiof Justice. They shall have orgl
Jurisdiction in cases Of injunction wlero c
duration ig defendant only, Of haboaH corpus,
.i,h state officers Of general Jurisdiction. g
nstrint Courts OF Common Pleas, Of th
Judges cacl are provided for Philadelphia !. O
and Two for Pittsburgh, numbered, and their
crease provided for. Ono prothonotary, with
fees, sltall bo provided for all tho courts IN n Y
udulpha, and DO subject to removal by she
jority Of tho 1nlget. WIN To lang % lgI LINE
to oes s? rrssM0}y o,,t " iS oasrtel.sassI w.Sn
IL no valuable that tho Federal Postmaster
Philadelphia ohallgcB oil Iort,
Thaso twelve Philadelphia Judges shall.
tlrccB. delegate tho Judge 10 hol11 E'tse ,es
siona mud Oyer aud 1arnner aud slall ooss 1'a ,
Justices Of tho Peace, and bo co'nposet!s 70 !
Urpbans' Courts. Titus, ut swoop, tho Coz
tutional Convention haB laid the X at the
Of political usisry, and eonGHialn{g " ,ha Sa'{'
n,onwualth as tho baHis Of appointment:
made good hohuylor tho obligation, aud lifo
lcnAo, of tho Judge Oh the highest Bench:
Tho Juaticen II the Peace shall be elected 9 si
commiAsionod for flvo years, hut in Plilla1ol
tbcra shall 10 ono Court of Police and
Causea, lin,itol to a1O0. held by five 1naglstr
elected OIL go,1eral ticket, each voter to yoto
for portion Of tho magstfatcs and snel
iatrntos yl,all havc q Gxel salary and not
nse. Fees OF courta aro uniformly to 60
There arc thirty-t clauseH In tho artiol
tbo ,u,lic,ary in the new State Constitution,
s"youtoon clauses Of general provisions, 81
i1,r the Importance OF tho subject in tile Pre-
nnnditiou df Judicial moras.
Iii Diatrtot Judges Blall hold fot Ten =