The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-06
70 Be ELEC2ED
Judiciary Bill Passes the House
Lawyers Against
Laymen.
Special to the Jersey City Neurs.

TRENTON. March 6. 1S95.-Mr. Storrs
slipped up in his little game Of holding
back Senator VOORHEES, Elective Judiciary
bill until the Senate took action. on his
Stone Road bill. Senator voorhees,
brought enough influence to bear upon
him to make hin disgorge the measure
and yesterday afternoon It passed the
House A motion to reconsider was lost
and the measure now goes TO the Gov
ernor fer his signature. 1t is not eN-
pected hat he will sign 1T, and every
At the opening of yesterday afternoons
session Mr.. Storrs reported the measure
fayorably. He then had the mi HOUSE Mss
l under a SUSPENSION Of the rules. MI.
Storrs did not advocate the bill very
strongly. In fac he ave 1t such treat
ment which would have warranted the
measure in praying to be saved from ITS
the Bill fully explained its purport. and
it was a bill for which every one in the
Chamber could vote
Mr.. Robertson, a lawyer in the office
of John w. Griggs, who always poses as
a champion of the people and glories in
of working people, excepting, when some
corporation which his employer repre-
sents is matt atta sbe HIM mage ae d + gasage fehe
fact that the only really important bill
of the session should be railroaded
light 10 r rush the Bib as was being done
and not give those who opposed it an
opportunity to study it and familiarize
toned the wisdom of passing such an inn
poruant measure on the eve of an cleo
ton. Nothing had been produced by
that there was amy popular demand Tor
such a radical change as the measure
I nade. If # there aSs c was any yd reason ab wny r be
was an equal reason why the judges Of
the Supreme Court should not pc CHOSEN
A SOUND ARGUMENT.
M. Robertson showed that he had read
marks condemning the change which tie
REVISION of the Constitat1on w h d15an net
apt than the people theInselyss to choose
ter men than the primaries could. He
then repeated Mr.. McDernott's argument
that the judge selected by the primaries
for his position and would be apt to
favor those to whom he was ;ndeoted II
they should ever come before him. He
the case of a man who had the casting
vote in a convention n had. nominated
q fudge who was elected a. and am then n= e9mlng
human, would favor his creditor and
Justice ySa5q sr pr To IITMEN.
The judiciary Of New Jersey was made
Ip of excellent men, equal, II not SUI
perior to the judiciary OF any other
d dh5tT Iaymen, Mr.. Robertson
claimed. were mot the proper persons to
pass upon the qualifications Of a Judge.
Under the bill before the House, any
lawyer, no matter what his abilities or
standing at the bar. could be elected to
the high office OF Judge. provided he
could make the necessary deals and dick
ers with the ward heelers to secure the
nomination.
The innovation. moreover; would lead
who had helped make the Judge, would
feel that they had q personal friend upon
mercy when they REQUIRED it.. This
speech closed the debate and the bill
passed by a vote of Il to II. Those who
voted in the affirmative were:1Messrs.
Burger, Christie. Codding. Gross. Speak
err. Davis. Denise, Derousse, Drake. DUN
can. Eise,e. Exton. Francis Frederick.
Ginder, Harrison, Hicks g "
y ca'AlA a.; sc cfSda f.; skinner. sioyer..
Smith. G. l.. Smith. 6. w; Smith, W.
O.; Stafford Stranger. storrs. Tfce Will
Aipangh. Blackshaw. Bullock. Cagney.
Coursen. Fleming. Gruber, Ludlarn. Nc
Andrew. Nutzhorn. Parslow. Robertson,
Smart, Snyder. Usher. Voorhees,. Ia
Senate Bin No. 2. which abolishes the.
new bill was railroaded through at the
same rapid gait.
age aboEsthes the present County Courts
and puts in their place one County Court
presided over by a Judge elected by the
people.