The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-19

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The Young state could nos yet afford
u ia< salaries alone ef tie esSaYts os
Washington VII sfzaogss to SO tsss. As
now proposed.
Mr.. GriEisfs. before be came d, ths
convention. had consisserxd ard can
yassed the q1eStlon. and ne found ro
one outside Ut the legal profession whc
wanted less than fivs judges. Mr..
6rifntfs aFgued at some length in sup
port OF his substitute He Sso<sd fes
economy. he said. xs well as every ore
else, but he agreed wsfh Mr.. gr9wE~x
that II was nothing shor; cf pzrslmony
20 cut oil fstr nun.fser Of issssge-.
The poger vested in the court goaEa
be too tremendous 80 trust to a sraau
Judiciary Section -. providing for
calling IA Third Judge, he character
lied as an shsuruisy. and as danger
osas 10 the interests OF aii lisigsnss.
sysrEs oF FALSE ReusnxY.
sturdeyens urged that the conrev-
ton l. ROW laying the foundation as
the future state. and iieaanof Law then,
too broad ard deep. and there for he
pgeferTes. I've To three judges. He OBJ
lefteu 10 the economic argument by
stating that two judges more would
cost each Ss,ssp Taxpayer Just - eeats
more per year.
A MATTER OF TASTE
Quality is 10 be preferred 10 ussan-
tity. said Judge Turner. "a major
Isy OF the states of the Union have
benches composed OF three Judges.
and l don't know why We can't get
along with that number The sneaker
then read list of states which have
three Judges. They num 5er eighteen.
lie thought three would be entirely
competent 10 dispatch all business OF
The state for many years To come. He
urged the idea of economy.
Buchanan Was in favor of three.
lie referred 10 the statements OF at,or-
neys that three judges we're likely 10
oe corrupted, and stated that the at
torneys must he suspicious OF each
other when they said corruption might
creep In among any of their number,
even on the bench. The speaker had
no Tear oI corrupfing influences lie
referred TO the amount of work that
would be before them, and thought 1,
would be very little for the present..
tie believed the judges would. for a
time al least, have a ''Ssft snap sns.
was at loss to know what they
would Go 10 occupy themselves.
Dyer was In favor of the substi-
tute. and il was also advocated bv
sullivan, OF Pierce.
eur DOWN THE LEGISLATURES.
Moore favored applying the pruning
knife OF economy 10 the legislative de-
partment than 10 the judiciary. whose
importance in the organization of the
new safe Was paramount.
Prosser presented an argument that
the new state would have a large
number of very Important questions
To decide within few wears. aud the
bench should be large lie urged also
that many questions arising from the
diversified interests of the state would
come before the supreme bench OF
Washington that would not arise i'm
most OF the other statea.
Styles sided with his colleagues i'm
making dissenting report, and cited
reasons why the number should be
increased. He answered Buchanan
by saving that he was not necessarily
suspicious of small courts; but they
we're not always Sufficient To carry ON
the judicial business of the state He
claimed that the question of economy
should cut no figure, as the people OF
Washington nad had enough of econ
omy for the past twenty years.
sPECULATING on THE FUTURE.
Sharp tein thought the five Judge
advocates were banking too much on
the future. The number OF indses
might be increased by the legislature
Niilieon would support the sgbsti-
tute. but he thought the salaries
should he leii 10 the legislature.
Allen was in favor of i've and Browne
thought the state should avail Itself of
the accumulated wisdom of thatnum
ber
Buchanan wanted an understand
ing on the question.
GETTING IN A HURRY.
After two and one-half hours of de-
bate Warner moved that the commit
tee nov rise and report progress. shut
ting off Turner. who desired and was
entitled TO close the debate; lost, b To
"a.
Turner protested that he would not
detain the convention long. He iter-
ated tie argument Of economy and
held the position that it was better to
start of with asmal number of Judges
with good salaries, than with a larger
number ana smaller salaries. Three
judges, he claimed, would make q
sac and efficient court He called 1T
tention TO the fact that Griifitts' sub
stitute cut out the clause allowing the
legislature 10 increase the number OF
judges.
Gritiitts said that he had the right
TO close the debate, being the mover
of the substitute lie was granted
the privilege. Then he explained why
the clause referring to the legislature
had been stricken out. II had been
that the question OF five judges might
he voted upon separately.
FIVE JUDGES DECIDED UPoS.
Tie question Was then put and car
ried. IL voting in the Affirmative. The
negatives we're not taken.
The committee rose and President
Hoyt took the chair.
Chairman Cosgrove reported pro-
gress-
Dunbar moved to take a recess until
2 30 this afternoon.
Carried and adjourned at 10.