Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10
THE GEGIsLATliRE.
Election of Judges Of the supreme
Court.

N'ouliuueh ilohi thiiu phsr1
MONTPELIER, Nov. y.
As predicted in my despatch of last
evening the joint assembly this afternoon
e1ected all of the present judges Of the Su-
prcmc Court, but the debate over the chief
judgcship vas the most bitter and personal
ever heard in the State House, and in COM
parison tine discussion over Judge Barrett
two years ago was milk.and- water mildncss.
1t began ,lccorousy enough. Senator Hogan
nominated Judge Royce in brief and mod
est speech in which he referred to the Illus
trious name which he bore aud TO which he
said Judge Royce had added new lustre by
his career. He was man who had drunk
deeply at the fountain Of the law and who
stood among the foremost of the jursls Of
the country. In honoring him with an cleo
ton to the chief ludgcship the State honorcd
herself. Mcssrs. Bromley of Pawlet, and
Priest of b IRE, seconded the nomination.
Mr. Howard of SALISBURY inquired
whether Judge Royce had made out his in
vcntory as the law required. Mr.. Chlds OF
Bennington said that he made no nomination
but that he should vote for Hon. Timothy L.
Redfeld to be chief judge. lie did not be-
licvc the stories dcrogatory 10 Judge Royce's
character which had been circulated TO
which | will refer towards the end OF my de-
spatch) Tor he believed MN 10 oe man OF
H., ",i;,,. H.. o,',;d ,ia s,J,n,,i,;os ~
that important occasion with the knowledge
forced upon him that through the years to
come he must answer 10 ms conscience Us nc
nv, zoe, lii, ro,n fnr JnIrc Rnvco kgoin
r'for,;n.r 70 lie ,ronI,lnsor,r eonscj,ncn
anJ n57,,,;,,;an In, ho krow JuJgn
Rodfo,J ,ras onnosod ia hning mi
IN nn,n;no,;o, fnr Tho chinf iudgr.
shin hn rnlanSnd into poe,rv like The fnm9ns
Wr s;Ias W,,,io ,,our Nn,nai Friend and
ea, Jo,xn ''77'"'
Nossrs STANLEY. of o;cos,or pord,ll of
Wo,ochnr, Sn'i;h ns Nowhnry Rrown If
Snr;ucteld Rnrkc of Albany and B.rbour of
Rrdnnr, s,c,rdsd tho nomino,ion of Judcc
Rowe Mr. burke sad that he hnd been
rnrsonal,,, assurnJ hv Jud,,c Rcdfcld that he
was no, y cond;dotc Tor t6c chief. iujresbp
and was solici,oms That lis name should no,
hn uscJ Jndgc Rcdticld bad iold linn that
i, would ba jcnlnraIIn tn remove Judcc
Ro wo" frorn ,ha soo, whicb he orcnnicd mon
,,o ,orn,, an WI, no, /, ,rna lie oarnas, desire
"a a sincnrn lnvcr If ,bc state If his birth thai,
H. porod n,j',I,, tn ,,no,,in,omslv clcctnd
Senator walker Explains His Opposi-
y" "'
Senator Walker said that what he was
obout to saw would he said with feeling of
-. 49,, o,,a,,,a ,,,,,or ,h,, IF o,,or and
s''o" '"u s''.''''. '"''''' '''"
hostility. Referring TO the statement tha'
Judge Redficld did not desire TO supcrscde
Inugc Rovco hr suid that ivo wears oro
Jnd9r Rove, had stated in writing ina, he
did not want in have his name used against
,IndTc Rnrrn,t vel il Ind brcn done and suc.
ccssfullv This had bccn remarkable cam
nairn lie uscd The word odyiscdly. Ile
himself fell no hostility Ia the court nor TO
the chief iulrr and should make no attacl,
unon lis DECISIONS .Iudrc RcdtirlJ for
whom he was about TO cast his vote. if /, were
nossiblc TO he provoked nj any decision,
should have his enmity TO II far greater
event Than .lndor R5vcr because his
decision in the Vermont Central ,ail.
road cnse had done his clients far more
harm This controversy WAS thr ppJule's
c1ntrove,sv Two ycaisuro thc present fax
law Ind hccn enacted il was IN. rconlc's
law and n, man in that hall woull saw that
he Nos in favor of lis rcucnl and n return
io thc former system of taxation. There
were ,,vo classes of officers to whom The nd
ministro,ion of the law was expressly com
m;,t.L Tho listers and the iud1cs of The Su-
prcmc Court. How many listers who had
tnilcd In max. out nm Inventory in 1881
could have blcn reelected in 1882? Not