New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-22


/ GOOD AND FEW POOR REsrLTs-oNE MORE
| CHANCE TO CORRECT MISTAKES.
The work % the Constitutional Commission al us
session this month must in he main ne rcSd'ncu a.
a satisfactory accomplishment Of critical anu uiln'"H
task Like many other such UNDERTAKINGS "ii'" nave
rosulicd successfully. il largely compromise.
| The majority If the Commissioners aS'cmbi'd III 'c
| Rar Association rooms on December aN thoroughly
| convinced a. they were when they left Albany last
summer that The amendments to the Judiciary afttIe
Of the Constitution first adopted would II ra'ihcd eHc'
the greatest reform and rcmrle the courts upon 'he
hest constitutional basis possible But In the intervening
| months they had learned enough 10 ''us
] ~ themselves that the original amend
| r,or, vonld not be accepted a, an entirety
| and that some material notifications would De hc''N
| sary 10 secure satisfaction.
| The notes Of protest were 50 District as not 10 "e
misunderstood and came from sources t'i' '""'" "o
be dsrcsarled. Governor Hill. who Is one o 'he mos
caution, of critics. pronounced III Inc eNP''','""
Of hi, opinion. Il think, he said Inc wee" ooi'''
the Commission met in this city, that no appoint
mems that ! ever made with such general approval
oil over the state - those 81 the members oi uI'
| Judiciary Commission. Ttcy were ooh'IdcT'u !">'
the men for the work cut ont for them hW t'N nave
| gone too FAR in the amendments I" Inc '"'>''"''"
" hich they suggest AVID therefore tAtF arr ''"r N"'
| icctcd ~ criticism. one of The most unioitui" 'I
cum,taucc, connected with their work Is that some q"
these proposed amendments 70 the Constitution were
'..r - . i',,. ,,,,,ritv Of the members Of tn"
! Commission That * itself reveals dN'~I"N
| Of opinion Of Il grave nature. senator S'N'""
Of Cyd,. who j. a member of the Judiciary ''''"'
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pr,po>I wa, aAopt.d ~ tae session Of the Coum-i,
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en-. .j,, i'm Albany did not seem 10 10 iavo;ably T.
i,od l- tl. most Of the Comni>, loncr, But II had
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tor Cbcatc a., HcrnlIorer. Although they were
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nou,o AID heard the general expression, Oi dissent
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