The evening world., 1894-08-23
NO HIGHER PAY FOR JUDGES.
Amendment Adopted Forbidding
Increase or Decrease of Salaries.
Retired Judges TO BE 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 Sat urday's session, and
President Choate, from the floor. said:
II hope the fiasco of last Saturday is
not to b, repeated this week. II seems
to me that We should attend to our
work"
notwithstanding Mr.. Choates appeal,
large number OF excuses were made
for the Saturday afternoon session.
Judge Gegerich moved that the priv
ileges of the floor be granted to John j.
Blair formerly member of TIE Assem-
bly, and member of the Volunteer Fire
Department of New York. Carried.
The Committee on Cities reported the
city amendment and the Comittee on
Militia reported a new military article,
embracing the essential portions of the
new Military Code in the Constitution.
1t makes permanent the militia, naval
and reserve force and forbids 1t being d.
unfinished to less than 10000 men. The
Senate shall vote on the Governors NOM
ination of Major-Generals.
AS soon as the judiciary article was
slider the vote by which the Convention
last night refused to extend the age linn
1t beyond seventy years. Mr.. Root pro-
tested, and the motion was defeated.
Mr.. Dickey offered an amendment pro-
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.. il. A. Clarke offered an amend
ment that would forbid the increasing
of salaries of judges as well as forbid
Diminishing them Mr.. Roche r." h, said that
ment for the reason that the salaries
We're 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-
gime was $685. 800 per year. lie thought
MIR. Root said the Committee had SIM
ply adopted the language of the whole
Of the old section. He WAS in favor of
the amendment. 1t was adopted.
Section u that would remove the limit
Of 5000 placed on county courts and give
them original, jurisdiction In all cases.
In efher MoraT Eye the county courts
Court. Mr.. Lincoln said that he believed
IL restoring and retaining the dignity of
comfy courts.
Mr.. Maypee offered a substitute for the
removal of all restriction OF Jurisdiction
by making the jurisdiction extend to
cases Of Jess than $1,000.
Mr.. Cady objected to both amendments
He said il would not be proper 10 abol-
ish the city courts and courts of record of
New York, Brooklyn and Buffalo and
yet make the various county courts
Sbul VI IISllldl Inc limit
euffcient.
After some discussion the amendments
were defeated.
Mr.. Vedder offered an amendment re-
tanning the Court Of Sess ons of the
County of Kings, the same as New
York; He believed that the Kings
s1 1sss and 1o mas doing E91 Oss work h
the amendment. The Court Of Sessions
in New York was an absolute necessity
but the Court of Sessions in Brooklyn
was merely tigure-head, and its work
could be done very well by other courts
or by the presiding judge without any
MIR. Powell, of Kings, was opposed to
the amendment. 1t was designed to
keep IN office certain Judge, who would
,ose his job un.esFs the amendment pre-
The Democratic minority of the Cities
Committee are not satisfied with the
report of the majority, and will draft
and present report of their own, based
In measure on the proposed amend
ment OF Mr.. Mulqueen, Of New York.
1t viii oppose the retaining by the Gov
placing in power In the IDEAL Leglsla-
tnre 10 overcome by three-tifths vote
the veto of the Mayor, and viii urge that
1t be increased to two-thirls.
As a 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-ifths of such bodies, but
| never two-thirds.
after thu, Mayors term In New York
| City shall be three years. In the minor
| ity report this will be changed to one
year.