Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-09
FLATTENED OUT.
The Judges u the Supreme Court Are
Uverw orked and fi}y-paid.

Int "N"S@S u the supreme COurt nv
overworked and IiIy-paid.
The Examination of the charges pre-
ferrccd by Judge Terry against Judges
Morrison and Sharpstein, instead OF Gre
ating the sensation promised. has fattened
out, and from present appearances the only
one who will be damaged by the investiga-
ton is the party who filed the charges.
The Assembly Committee, with the ex-
ception Of McJunkin, who is ccnhned to
bis home with an attack of illness, met in
the Supreme Courtroom Saturday at 10
\. NJ, and resumed the examination of
witnesses,
The first witness examined was D. B.
Woolf, ex-Clerk of the Supreme Court and
present Clerk of the Supreme Court Com
mission. He said ne had been acquainted
, with Chief Justice Morrison for twenty
nine years, and had known Judge Sharp
stein for a very long time. For the past
two years he had business with them in
clerical capacity. Was with Judge Nor
rison two weeks at Paraiso Springs during
| his last vacation. His mental capacity is
as good now as it ever was. He
is not physically strong. Judge Sharp
stein is as mentally strong as he ever
was, although he has suffered severely
from neuralgia in the eyes. For nearly a
month his eyes were closed. He knew OF
| his writing some opinions lately. He was
aware that man suffering from neuralgia
| III the eyes could not do a great amount of
writing, but it had not prevented his TAX
ing part in the deliberations of the Court
proceedings. During his last vacation, he
visited Byron Springs, and now is very
much improved in health. The number
of cases filed with the Supreme Court be-
tween July l, 1885, and July l, 1886, was
something over 800. All the business done
by the Commission is reviewed by the
| Court. The Commission has written So
opinions. Many opinions are written by
the Commission that are never made pub
lie from the fact that the Court does not
concur. Every case the Commission passes
upon is thoroughly reviewed by the Court.
Judge S. C. benson was the next wit
ness He knew both of the Judges quite
intimately and for long time. He agreed,
so far as their mental faculties were con-
cerned, with the preceding witnesses, that is,
| that it is as good now in each case as at any
time since their election. They both are
mentally bright and fully competent to
discharge the duties of their office. Their
physical condition does not incapacitate
them in the least. He believed those gen
| uemen to have very onerouS dutleS TO per
form. 1t was an overworked and half
paid Court. When Judge Terry was upon
the bench the Court had one-haif the work
it now has and the Judges received twice
the pay the present incumbents get.
Judge Miner asked the committee to
take judicial cognizance of Article VI,
Section of the Constitution, and also OF
Section 1886 of the Political Code, Sub
division T.
A telegram from the San Francisco office
shows that during the past year Morrison
participated in SO cases, and Sharpstein
105, in addition to the opinions that each
wrote during that time.
The committee adjourned to meet at
4 P NJ. to-day, at which time the following
San Francisco witnesses have been sum-
moned TO appear: w. w, Foote, John A.
Stanley, Thos. r. Sto ney, W. T. Baggett
A. L. Rhoads, r. Y. Hayne John CARRIER,
| Solomon Hevdenfeldt