New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-11
MAGISTRATES BILL SIGNED
,.,,,.r,.o, ALSO APPROVES TIE NEW RIFLE
MEASURE

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MEASURE
&C. "a ,srec,ap Governor Morton To-
",'.,od several acts OF importance tue '','''
'as - , ,o,,,cal point OF view. was A.
VI - r,vson's New York Ponce ""s's
s' ,,,, authorizing Mayor Strong 10 fenlo''
,s o,,een notice justices imposed uPo" ~ -,
Cs,v hv Tammany Hail. and TO pn' III '''''
o,hor men who. 1t Is hoped. VIII De n'o'. "
credit 10 the city than DivVer' no'"
some Of their associates have oeeh' ,,au.s
~ c,.r,or alec signed Assemblyman Npe"
80, ,,d,,g tina, the Governor shall appoint '''''
,,,,ars Of the State "as a board OF eAa""'''
.,oso duty II shall bc 10 test. examine anu '
uend such arms OF modern pattern oo"'''s
magazine brecch-loadlng rifles ana o'n'. my
ments necessary TO supply TIE Na'o'"' =,
che state" The objection TO this law ~ WA ~
a., ,rrns limiting the trial Of magazine tn'es ~
.rs ~ American invention and Manufacture I"
oxcludcs the Krag -Jorgenson rine VINO" 10 ~
being manufactured at sprinshe'' ny ' a.,
states Government for the regular army i"s ."
veutors Of that rife were S"eoes o"' ~
arc being made In this country. In Few S''
.h I-,,,cd states Government would probably my
made an appropriation OF $500 o 20 arr, ~ rife
Tbere "a considerable suspicion that Jop ,,h
concealed behind this measure funi Vcc Amin
Governor ,nd 70 act IN the Interest Of the state
power Is lodged In their hands 10 pre'e"' ''e ""
summation OF any jobbery.
Thu city Magistrates bill gives Mayor e"o"s
until Juno 20 10 select his appo'ntees' 4 "e '@''
trates and justices to be appointed WI" CHIC, "
their duties on July !. The interim between juno
20 and July will give the ne" boaruS VI
"a ,n,ga,ra,cs time TO selec, their clerks. deputy
cleric inicrpreers and o,he: employees, as on Jul!
IN. official existence OF all the suoordinates OF
the present Board OF Police Justices en's' -
,.nor,ed Yesterday that the Mayor might reappomt
two at least OF the three Republican ponce JUS
tices Messrs. Meade Tantor and Deue.
A statement appeared yesterday TO the etec, '"''
>,.vor Strong had selected a committee OF lawyers
who were 10 sift the 200 or more Applications io'
MAGISTRATES and nominate to the Mayor such "S
they deemed best qualified for the places Inns
committee was said TO be composed Oh 'oHer.'
Larocque. William b. Hornbiowcr "nee,e' -
Peckham. Elihu Root Edward Lauteroacn ara
Ernest Hall: the first three reform Dcinoc'a'S anu
the others Repubcanhs,- s attention was called to
the story said that there was not the Least hays he
socaion relating TO these appointment 'ne o
Harlem has candidate for ei,y mags'Ea' ee or
Justice Of the SpeS6ai eSor Of large number OF
h he Rep %nS nas of of the XxSh Xxy,m
incnlp Rcpnblican Club revolutions adopted
recommending Mr.. Benjamins appointment. ana a
pointed TO wait on Mayor Strong and personally
invite his attention to that lawyers qhnr 90
treatise on bills. notes and checks frst published
in 1851 with "A second edition a few years ia,er
which has remained the textbook In many law
schools throughout the country ever since IL Was
published. In addition to this; he recently pun PUP;
fehed a revised edition OF "McAdams Landlord
and Tenant. He was for some time the Edit, Editor
he is the author Of "Benjarnn's Table OF Cases" 9
volume which required enormous amount or
critical work and which is held In high esteem by
the LAWYERS Of New-York. and he In at present the
Editor OF THE New-York Annotated Reports he
has been a practising lawyer for fifteen years.
Mr. BENJAMIN Is a native OF Boston, and Is now
about forty years old: he was graduated from Brown
University with the degree OF a. IL. In 1871 and
I'm 1879 he was graduated from the Boston Uni
| versty Law School standing at the head OF his
class and was appointed and acted as an In
structor In the law school for tNo years. He was
admitted to the Boston Bar In 1879 After his ad-
mission he West for two years and then re-
turned and settled in New-York. where he has
He is n member Of tho Bar Association. trus-
tee OF the Harlem Law Library. chairman OF the
regular Republican organization OF the XXNlIth
Assembly District. and chairman OF the Thirty
third Election District In that Assembly district.
He is a trustee Of the Lincoln Club OF Harlem,
and chairman OF Its Membership Committee. and
a member OF Good Government Club p He worked
enthusiastically and heartily for the reform ticket
, last fall and his sympa,hies and affiliations have
redeem and purify the city government.