, 1889-07-25

IEe nrSt ObIact 10 greet tue = Se oi Il!
members Os the convention On assem-
bling this morning, was an immes
bouquet of flowers, that iiluniuate,
the desk OF Dickey OF PORT Gamble
1t was whispered III the couvcDtio
that the flowers came from Mir. Dick
ey's admirers in the Prohibition par
ty.
Friends OF tue woman's suilrag
party made 40 attack upon the coL
ventiOn to-day. Memorials aDoI tina
subject were introduced by Crowley
EsEe!man, Joy, Lindsey. Gray
Convey and Schooley.
These gentlemen lrefacrd !hci
Introduction of the memorial by tia
much abused phrase, by rgqnesi.'
The pTohlh.t!Un:ste were uUti III fuI
force and uany petitions were intro
ducea Ii behalf Of that cause ESE
Gilman presented 2 petition signed bf
1-25O persons Gowey, who j. mayo!
of Olympia, introduced q petition
signed by 80 travelling ministers, II
loca! ministers and 2GJ0 SaGday
school children, all asking Tor TIC
abolition OF the liquor traffic
At last the convention has regun
the consideration of articles thai sill
form part Of the constitution. Here
tofore the time has been c3Daancd
IL the Introduction OF Propositions.
This morning. tie convention com
meEcod n exam nation Of The aTti-
cles as reported from the judicial
committee
Among the members there was I,
diversity Of opinion a. to the number
OF judges that shUnlu constitute the
supreme bench. 4 number argued
that 1t was inexpedient at this period
to have more than three Jhpy felt
that 1t would be uuwise to burGan
the state with a large sa!ary iisi.
Others cOntended thai 1t would hr
safer to @ntrust the judicial interest.
in the Lands OF five tban three. The
following gentlemen participated III
the debate: Hoyt, TWner. Crowley
Grlhiths, Dunbar, Sullivan, kiunaar,
Sturderaut, Buchanan, Stiles. Allen,
Sharpstein and Wilson. The dole
gates from Jefferson county were d
yided; AIr. Jones being IN favor of
three supreme Judges and Massrs
Weir and Wilson in favor OF five.
Dr.. Wiilison argued that the number
shonld be five, but the amount OF The
salary should be left to be fixed by
the legislature
The convention meets aga.n to
morrow when the judicial report viii
be farther considered
The afternoon session OF the con
vsntion was relieved Of the mouo;ony
which has characterized it since it
convened on the 4th of Jn ', by an
amendment to the report OF the iudi-
ciary committee, offered by Mr. y arm
er OF Whitman, asking for a minor
ity representation uE"I the supreme
bench.
The amendment in full reads IS
follows:
Two judges Of the supreme coUr.
shall hold Office fur the term O. thras
years, three for ihs term q five
years, and at such election each eI-
ector shall vote for three Of sUch
judges and no more, and at each sue
cessIve election thereafter, when mere
than one Judge is to be elected each
electOr shall vote as follows: Ii
two judges are to be elected no cleo
tor shall vote for moro than one can
didate, therefor; if three Judges are
to be elected ut such election each
voter shall vote for two candidates
therefor and no more"
Mr.. Warner argued that such 4
provision in the constitution would
be the means Of freeing the supreme
court from the taint of politics. he
claimed that the Judiciary of cur
state should he one wherein Ill had
a voice and that the majority alone
should not dominate. The minority
he said had right to have q lay in
the judicial affairs of the state, and
for that reason he hoped that his res
olution would be adopted
This resolution was advocated by
the leading Democrats and as siren
uou6ly opposed by the Republicans.
air. Crowley said if minority repre-
sent"tion is a good rule why is il that
the Democrats do not adopt it IN the
State OF Texas: lie also called at
tention to tho fact tnat the legisla
ture of this territory had passed a
law regulating the make up of the
penitentiary commissions, which
should consist of two Of one party
and one of the other, and that the
Democrats had ignored the law and
appointed three Democrats.
Mr. Weir opposed the resolution
and said be was strongly in favor of
the majority rule. He said he did
not believe III measure because it
was new snd novel IL there Is any
place, he said, where the majority
should rule, 1t is III the Judicial sys
TEN. He said that he pitied a party
that had TO have Legislation in order
to get an office.
Mr.. Sturderant favored the major
ity railing, as be waited the whole
hog or noue.'
MIR. Minor suggested that the mi
nority had the privilege Of becoming
the majority.
Mr.. E5helman said there were only
TWO reasons why tnlS resolution
should be adopted; ''one because the
Democrats favored 1t, and the other
because the Republicans are opposed
to it
Mir. Buchanan said he was not like
tho majority of people WHO believed
that every man had his pTica lie
believed that the bench should be
pure, whether it was organized upon
majority or minority basis. He
said he thought there were some men
III the convention that cou.d bt
bought. At this iuncture he was
called to order by Mr. Warner and
after apoligjzing for his unparlia
montary language took his seat.
The discussion upon Warmers res
olution is the first political debate
that has taken place in the cca9an
ton. Ali have refraiuei until now
from bringing politics into the dis
cu6siona OF the convention. AIR
Warner said he deprecated the fac.
that his resolution had been locke;
upon as q political :neasIrf.a. St-rI !.