New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
TALKED OF FOR JUDGESHIPS
,.xy NAMES MENTIONED FOR JUSTICES
OF THE SUPREME COURT.

vANY NAMES MENIlONED FOR JUSTICES
OF THE SUPREME COURT.
,rr ARE TO BE ELECTED THIS FArl-rHr
.rrx Is FOURTEEN YEARS AND THE ANNUAL
SALARY si7soo AND FEW LAWYERS
WOULD scosN THE oFFIcEs-RE-
PuRrIcANs AND DEMOCRATS
WHO SEEM TO BE MOST
PROMINENT IN THE
PRELIMINARY CHAT
AMONG POLL
TIGANs
-. r,ost important ONCE 10 be filled by election
-, November in the city OF New-York is that of
,.,,ce OF the Supreme Court The Importance
,sss no, from the political patronage of the officer
:. zach Justice Mas only the appointment OF
rser and perhaps of a clerk. but from the dignity
I'D mower Of the office itself. The position Of JUS
a., Of the Supreme Court will lose in a slight de-
80 IT'S former unique dignity after the first OF
T.ruarv as the number Of justices will be greatly
,rcreased under the new Constitution and the new
.rs,,ces will not have the opportunity which their
r,asecessors frequently had of sitting the General
Term OF the Court All the present Superior and
common Pleas Judges become after January /. JUS
Ties OF the Supreme Court. The Appellate Divi-
son OF the Supreme Court consisting OF judges espe
,aIy chosen for that work. takes the place OF the
General Term. in which most of the former justices
=, the Supreme Court at times called upon TO
cit
In spite OF these small changes the Office Of JUS
.,ce OF the Supreme Court IS the honor chiefly
so,Sht among lawyers OF New-York City. The term
,s fourteen years. and the salary is 1880 year
The appointment OF referees. receivers and commits
.,oners is in the hands of these justices and they
thus have enormous power not only among mem
bers OF the bar but In the business community
The trial OF all important cases will come before
them and all the most eminent members Of the bar
must appear at one time or another before them and
avai, their decision of issues of great moment
Their powers providing rooms and other
needed accommodations for court purposes are al
most unlimited. Those holding political offices may
come and GO but the Justice OF the Supreme Court
elected for a long term is Independent largely Of
political factions and his favor is sought and his
enmity feared more than that of any city Office
holder The work is congenial to every lawyer
and no position excepthat Of Justice OF the United
States Supreme Court. and possibly that Of Judge of
the Court OF Appeals. is more eagerly desired by
members OF the legal profession. Even those higher
judicial places have lower salary attached. and
residence in New-York City by a person holding
dieniAed office requires the expenditure Of large
income.
THREE ADDITIONAL JUSTICES.
The new Constitution provides for the election OF
three additional justices Of the Supreme Court In
the FIRST NewYork Department, at the election
OF the present year. The justices assigned TO the
Appellate Division OF the Supreme Court will no
longer sit in the trial OF the hearing of
motions so that additional judicial force is
needed Friends OF many prominent lawyers have
already brought forward the OF possible
candidates for the judicial honors. The Constitu-
ton provides for the retirement of judges who have
reached the age OF seventy years, and this age
limit deferred the friends Of some lawyers from
urging their names. A candidate over hfty-sx
wears OF age cannot the full term for which
he is elected There is a marked reluctance TO
nominate any candidate over sixty years OF age.
The conditions OF professional life in New-York
City are so hard that in many prominence in
professional life does not come TO a lawyer until
he is nearing his sxtieth year. Many of the
Judges now on the bench were first elected while
they were comparatively young men. and the wis
com Of the nomination OF younger members OF the
bar has been shown by the few changes which
have been necessary. The number Of candidates
spoken Of for nominees by various political parties
s. on account OF these facts. not as numerous as
cal Offices
Ex-Judge Henry E. Rowland is one Of those
whose friends would be compelled to ask for an ex-
ception the general rule TO the age OF candi-
dates. II his to be presented at nomi-
mating convention. The records show that he was
graduated from Yale forty-one years ago. He
has however, that exuberant and constant youth