New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03


delegates plenty of time for the consideration Of the
proposals on which the whole Commission will act ;
and il cannot be said that. result OF tins con
sideration, the members of any one committee view
with enthusiastic approval the recommendations OF
any other committee. The committee on the Court OF
Appeals, a subject which is held to be the most u-
gent important committed TO the revising care of
the Commission came 70 a deadlock. failed 10 agree
and did not send in any report. Propositions made
by the committee on the supreme Court met gen
eral condemnation by the delegates seen by the re
porter and disSented from by vigorous minority
Of that committee. itself led by ". Bourke Cochran
whose opinions will be found below. Nearly all the
delegates seen belonged to Mr.. ROllins's committee
that on Superior City Courts, NewYork County Surro
gates Court etc. whose report seems to have given
general satisfaction to that committee But dele
gate who did not belong to that committee Informed
the reporter that its recommendations are as severely
criticised as those of the other committees. and the
following one has moved surrogate Ransom 10 MAKE
public a vigorous protest:
Section The Surogates Court Of the County Of New
York until otherwise directed by the Legs
sture with its present powers and jurisdiction 1t shall
be composed Surrocate, namely the Surrogate IN
office at the time adoption Of this article ana his
successor and additional Surrogate The Surgate
in Of the adoption Of this article Is con
tlnued In office III I'll the expiration Of his term
The Committee on County and SurrOgateS' Courts
ETC. has not been heard from, and that on all other
courts and other subjects embraced IN the sixth ar
Gle" has provoked sharp criticism by the proposal
for an abbrevatiOn Of justices terms contained in the
following recommendation:
Section 10 recommend 70 read as follows:
Justices Of the Supreme Court other than those elected
10 hold general thereof shall be chosen by the elect
ors OF their respective districts those chosen 10 hold gen.
eral terms shall degna:ed General Term Justices
and shall be chosen at large and 10 eector
shall vote for Of the number Of said Justices
10 be chosen at any election. The official terms OF sara
Justices Of the Supreme Court and General Term Justices
who shall be elected he first day Of January 1890
shall be eight years any Justice IN Office at that date
shall serve the full for which he was elected NO
person shall Of justice Judge Of any court
longer han and including the last day Of December
next after shall be years Of age The compen
son Of every Judge OF the Court Of Appeals and Of every
Justice Of the supreme Court in Office, whose tenn Of
office shall be pursuant to this provision and who
shall have served such Judge or justice ten wars or
more shall continued during the remainder Of e term
for which he was elected No judge justice VINO shall
he hereafter elected shall be entitled TO receive such
eompnsation after shall be seventy year. Of age
Unfortunately, only a few OF the delegates whose
places of business in New York and brooklyn could
be seen by the reporter. Most of them are IN the
country. OF the four delegates from New-lork who
Lave been called by some of their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES