The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-23
NO HIGHER PAY FOR JUDGES.
Amendment Adopted Forbidding
Increase or Decrease of SalarieL
Retired Judges to Bo Used to Hold
Extraordinary Courts.

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 23.-When the
Constitutional Convention opened this
| morning there was a rush OF excuses for
absence from Saturdays session, and
President Choate, from the floor. said
II hope the fasco of last Saturday Is
not to be repeated this week IL seems
| to me that we should attend to our
| work"
Notwithstanding Mr.. Choate's appeal.
large number OF excuses were made
for the Saturday afternoon session.
As soon AZ the Judiciary article was
taken up, Mr.. Veeder moved to recon
slider the vote by which the Convention
last night refused to extend the age linn
II beyond seventy years. Mr.. Root pro-
tested and the mot,on was defeated ,ear nro
| viding that the Governor may utilize the
| retired Judges OF the Supreme Court In
the holding of Extraordinary Courts at
any time. or to- relieve the present
Mr.. II. A. Clarke offered an amend
ment that would forbid the increasing
Of salaries OF Judges as well AZ forbid i
he was In favor Of Mr.. Clarke's amend
ment for the reason that the ga laries
were large enough now, and there should
be no leeway given the Legislature to
make a change.
Mr.. Mereness said that the totals of
salaries to be paid under the new re.
CLINE was Ss45, 800 per year. He thought
that enough.
Mr.. Root said the Committee had sim
ply adopted the language Of the whole
| of the old section. He vas In favor of
the amendment II was adopted.
tanning the Court of Sessions of the
County OF Kings. the same as New
York. He believed that the Kings
County Court Of Sessions was neces-
sity. and was doing good work.
Mr.. Jesse Johnson, of Kings. objected to
the, amendment. The Court OF Sessions
but the Court OF Sessions In brooklyn
was merely n figurehead, and its work
could be done very well by other courts
or. by the presiding judge without any
side justices.
Mr.. Powell. Of Kings, was opposed to
the amendment. 1t was designed to
keep In office "A certain Judge wn) would
lose his job un'"ss the amendment pre-
vailed.
The amendment was defeated by n
large vote IN the negative.
Upon motion Of Mr. Root the provis-
ion for raising the term of office of the
teen years was stricken out. Mr.. Coch.
ran said that Mr.. Root had anticipated
the action of the minority of the Con-
A. H. Greene offered an amendment
to make the term OF office of the Surro-
gate of New York six years instead Of
fourteen. 1t was defeated.
G. A. Fuller offered an amendment re-
firing Justices Of Justices courts at the
age. Of seventy. II was killed.
ma amendment to strike out the words
now existing in relation to the prohi
bition Of New York city courts being
courts of record was adopted. ana the
city courts now existing may have tina,
Jurisdiction. Local courts hereafter Gre
aten sinai not have the powers of courts
OF records.
Mr.. Roche offered an amendment re-
strictins the Legislature in making
local courts, to certain candidates. Ii
was defeated
MIR. G. A. Fuller offered an amend
ment, striking out that portion of the
Committees report forbiddng county
practising law. He wanted all county
Judges SO prohibited. Defeated
f. Mr. Blake, Of New York city, said that
convention published In Wednesdays
papers he was represented as ufriendly
to the principle Of state aid to charita-
PIE INSTITUTIONS. Mr. Blake's position Is
vocatc Of sustaining tie system as II has
heretofore existed, ad strongly supports
the report of the Charities Committee.
The Democratic minority OF the Cities
report of the majority. and will draft
and present n report of their own. based
In measure on the proposed amend
1t will oppose the retaining by the Gov
ernor II the power to remove heads OF
police departments. II will oppose the
pidtins Oh power IN the local AeRisla-
ture To overcome 10y "A thrse-tfths vote
the veto Of the Mayor and will urge that
1t he increased to tNo-thirds.
AS reason for this the Democrats
say that whenever the Republicans have
been In the majority in legislative bod
les of this State. they have frequently
had three-nfths of such bodies. but
never two-thirds.
The majority report says that here
after the Mayors term In New York
city shall be three years. In the minor
ity report this will be changed to one
year.