, 1889-07-25

Mr. NuTutI OIfcreu tne IollDWlnE
amendment to cover the point aimed NJ
by Mr.. Griffitts, viz: 10 strike ont all
after the words ''by lot so that and In
sert 1.-TWO shall hold office Tor the term
of three years and three for the term of
five years, and at such election each
elcctor shall vote for three of such jcdges
and no more, and ut each successive
election, thereafter when more than one
judge is,to be elected each elector shall
vote as follows: If two judges are TO be
elected no elector shall vote for NOR,
than one candidate therefor; If three
Judges are to be elected at SUCH election
each voter shall vote for two candidates
therefor and no more"
Mr.. Warner said he hadbut one mo-
tive in~yiew, and that was the
GOOD RESULTS
to the future state of Washington. He.
believed that the non-polit hal fclinraeter'
'of the Bench, which would btthtis Be-
cured, would greatly cond,fcc 20 .the.
purity of the court A bench elected by
any political party must necessarily be
influenced m its decisions whe.never'atyl
question came up which involved poll
ties. The gentleman argued at copsid-
cradle length for the adoption. OF this
method of elections, and asked for IL u
fair discussion, on broad and liberal
grounds.
Mr.. Turner asked what had become, of
Mr. Buchanan's substitute.
The chair said IL had been ruled out OF
order, and not offered again since.
Mr.. Buchanan offered his substitute
again.
Mr.. Warner said he thought substi-
tute for whole section took precedence
of q mere amendment.
The chair ruled that If Mr.. Buchan.
ans substitute was secondedit would be
entertained.
M second being then heard, Mr.. Dyer
addressed the committee on Mr.. Wari
ner's amendment. He approved II and
believed u majority could be trusted and
that political party should be respons-
ible for the Judiciary as much as for any
other officers.
Mr.. Dunbar opposed the proposition
because u took away a right OF suffrage
and restricted the right of an American
to be his state officers.
Mr Buchanan--ls my proposition un-
der discussionP
The Ghalr--It was not seconded.
Mr.. Turner opposed the amendment of
Mr. Warner for the reasons already
stated and also because 1t introduced
politics into the bench for the first time
In any state.
MIR Warner - How about Pcnnsyl-
vania2
Mr. Tuner-Possibly that may be an
! exception.
Mr. Warner-And Illinois2
Mr.. Turner-No, that is not an cxcep-
ton. We don't want to elect judges
who are protessedly politician. 4 good
Judge who has sat ON the bench and done
his duty will ho pretty sure of Il re-olcC-
'tion. Rotation in office, a. .practiced in
Wisconsin, would be satisfactory plan.
Mr. Sharpstciu thought the judges
would be politicians anyway, II elected
by political parties. As to Wisconsin,
they elected their judges at separate
elections, when no other offices or ques-
tions were under discussion.
Mr. Brown favored Mr.. Warner =
amendment because Inc thought 1t rep
| resented
A GooD PRINCIPLE
in our government. That il had been
| seldom done before, was nothing against
it. II Is divesting the bench of politics
40 far as anything can be divested of
politics where we act 10y voting. II Is
not divesting IL of politics to So fix It
that one party has an the, offices and the
other party has none.
Mr.. sullivan Of Whitman, was op-
posed to minority representation any
where, and especially on the bench be-
cause IL starts out on the assumption
that the judges are corrupt. Politics
before you get to the bench
are all right but after you
get 10 the bench there
! should be no politics. The Judge has
only one duty, and that is TO declare the
law on any given state Of iacts whether IL
. hits republican or democrat, and a
Judge who decides on political consider.
ations of any kind would accept a money
consideration and violate his oath. If
Mr.. Brownies view is correct then TO-, q.
1000 prohibitiouists, $1,000 labor men and
GOOO woman suftragists would all be en-
titled to II representation on the bench
II the principle II correct, then YOU
would continually have to adjust your
number of judges to the existing state of
| parties, and that simply leads to ridiCu-
lousnesS. He wac opposed To any propo-
sition, which, when carried out logically
ran up against an absurdity.
MIR. Sturdevant favored the whole
hog or none," and opposed the amend
mcnt.
Mr. Weir opposed the amendment, for
! all the reasons given and for some more.
I He believed in majority rule and did not
believe that because proposition was
knew and untried IL Was In the line of
EI'rogress. No one political party monop-
, olizes the brains and purity of the coun-
try. Ii
UNWORTHY CANDIDATES
are named by any party they will come
up in the minority on election day and
! II there was any one office where the ma
jority should rule, then ii is ON the cleo
| ton of judges suppose 4i,OO electors
voted one way and 10, 200 the other, then
the 1900 would have three judges and
the 10000 would have two judges. ~
pity that political party which must
have legislation TO enable il to elect a
I candidate to ANYTHING
Mr.. Goldman wondered whether he
he wastin a republican or democratic
Ecaucus. This was not republican or
democratic matter. 1t was question
of having the minority represented, and
that'is just what this convention Is here
for-to protect the minority from the
majority. 1t Is not a question ofparty,
but OF. principle OF principle of whether
the minority shall have voice m elect
! ing the judges. In this very election tn
this convention the minority rule
worked to bring the very. best men
into nomination. Majorities should
rule, but minoritios should be protected
by throwing around them safeguards
that the majorities could not break
| through.
Mr.. Gritfits announced his pleasure
in supporting Mr., Warmers amend
ment because 1t gave him an opportI-
nifty for the first time in bis life 10 vote
for u principle which he believed to lie
bat the foundation of good government.
He had only heard one convincing arg,-
mcnt against it, and that was the one
from the gentleman from Columbia
county tSturdevant) when lie said he
wanted
THE WHOLE HOG OR. NONE"
That argument might possiblyshe an in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and wight de,
feat his amendment, but still he pre-
ferred to support the amendments as a