Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-04-29

his Judgment, or he would not hal n
vent TO the remarks attributed "a.
The Ege,y EUesiag Of last aay
speaks editorialIy on this subje as sol-
lows
The unfortunate spectacle Of Judges
Grub and Cullen disagreeing radically
and, If reports are to be credited autago'
uistically, upon so simple and Pt the
same time so vital a matter as the legal
ity of the attempted arrest of the Milford
burglars on that memorable early morn.
ipg train last month when bullets were
living around so lively ana anxious pas
sengers were inspecting the protecting
backs Of car seats, comes as another re-.
uninder that we must have constitution al
revision-and we cannot have It too earlyl
We believe Judge Grubb to be III the
right legally; as he is unquestiohably
right from the standpoint of common
sense. It would be a deplorable state pf
affairs if suspected felous are to be per
fuitted to 20 uurestrained and unrestrain-
able until somebody armed with war
rant can get after them. IN so small a
State as Delaware the delay inseparable
from the procuring of such document
may often be equivalent to license to
burglarfor murderer to place himself ie-
yond the reach Of capture. In the case
Of a person accused Of a misdemeanor
merely, it was long ago decided by a
unanimous bench lin a trial at the old
court house IN New Casuel that no arrest
en- be made without a warrant except
SnAsght ofthe offence itself-but the pub
:. afety imperativeiy demands that tel
lis, shall not share the immunity OF sim
acknowledgements.
point is, however, that had there
lhssilhree Judges on the bench, the law
NenO haye been exp0unded one way or
other and the jury would have known
ma l, to do. And this brings US to the
aict that we can no longer close our eyes
-o-that our judicial system is sadly Grip
pied BY the decrepitude of the bench, and
that the failure Of past efforts to remedy
this makes a change in our fundamental
law respecting the tenure Of Office Of our
Judges absolutely necessary.
There are other reasons for eonsutu-
tional revision which have been dwelt
upon time and again, and with which all
are familiar, but this is the one that spec
lAiAy AuAAAlEa5C1 Us W ~
locally in Every Evening that there is a
scheme on foot to nominate Legislative
candidates from this county hostile to
he calling of a convention. This must
MT be We believe that to place such
legislative ticket in the field would be
to invite its defeat. The large vote cast
BY New Castle county last May is a warn
Ing that our people will step over party
lines, il need be, to obtain convention,
and to cross their will in this respect will
be to invite disaster. If there ever was
time when every ward and district dele
cate to the Democratic county cOnven-
ton should go as a friend-ana not an
opponent Of constitutional reform, not as
an abstract idea of some indefinite future
but at the earliest possible day.it is now.
We wish we could find language strong
enough to impress upon the men who
run our primaries the vital Importance OF
seeing that no mistake is made here-a
mistake that might cost the Democratic
party not only New Castle county but
the United States senatorship.