New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
COMING ANSWERS GOFF.
THE JUDGES ARE NOT FIGHTING RE-
FORM, HE SAYS.

THE RECORDER DID NOT APPEAR BEFORE THE
GRAND JURY YEsTERDAY-HE WILL PROB
ABLY HAVE IMPORTANT STATE
MENTs TO MAKE
Recorder Golf did receive an invitation 10
appear before the Grand Jury yesterday. but there
Is no reason to doubt that his expressed desire 10
be heard in reference to the methods of the court
of General Sessions will receive the favorable at
tent.on of the jury He probably Will have impor-
tant statements to make to the jury about the III
PRODUCTION of politics into the Court OF Eehera
Sessions and he may convince the jury that Judge
Cowing was far astray in the assertion that pom
tics never had invaded the court until the Dill 10
increase the Recorders powers was INTRODUCED i'o
the State Senate He may make II very paih "
the Jury that Tammany influence was Responsible
for the appointment OF number OF lazy ana IN
efficient attendants and for certain loose me'"o''
of procedure which need to be changea.
The Recorder has taken the ground that there
should be permanent Presiding JucSe OF the |oui
of General Sessions in order TO have regular meet
tngs at which the judges formulate haTmo-
NOUS and proper rules for the regulation Oh DUST
ness in the court AS the office Of Recorder was the
first to be created for the court it is natural tha
the Recorder should be the Presiding Judge Inc
bill 10 increase the Recorders powers woulu MAKE
reductions in the salaries OF a number OF the clerks
and stenographers Of the court. Chief Clerk Car
roll the Tammany district leader, now receives
salary of $1,000 a year. and fees which are said
10 amount to nearly 5000 year more The Dill
would make the salary of the chief clerk SoVV a
wear and compel the payment of all fees into the
CITY treasury. The deputy chief clerk receives
81 and the proposed amendment would cut down
the salary TO $4,000. The salaries Of other deputy
clerks would not be cut down, but provision ~
made In the amendments for more clerks, inter-
prefers and stenographers at reasonable salaries
The salaries of the senographers would be reduced
no umh Of
creased. 1t is said that of the stenographers
now employed in the court are favored IN sucn a
way that they able to charge fees amounting
TO considerably more than their salaries anu tiia
assistants in the District-Attorneys once are al
lowed to audit exorbtant bills presented by the
stenographers.
There forty attendants in the court VINO re-
ceive salaries OF $1,000 or 1900 each. Not one VI
them has any authority over the others Ihey as
agree and sauabble among themselves constantly
and they make pretence OF Keeping track Oh eacn
others movements or being responsible Tor each
others mistakes. Some OF the attendants are iq
uor dealers who have their own business 10 attenu
to while they In the pay of the city. Ihere
have been many cases in which attendants Oh inc
court have seemed to be in the service OF certain
lou,vers uho practise in the court. There have
been a number Of disgraceful scenes in the court
on account of the bad conduct or the hesiect vi
the attendants The proposed amendment "ouio
give the Recorder the power TO turn out all the at
their duties properly, and to appoint other attend
ants in their places There would be forty attend
ants as at present but there also wouiu pe
chief attendant who would receive salary o.
1880 a year, and would have the same authority
over the other attendants as that now eXerclseu
NV William Ricketts, in the Supreme Court The
good order and discipline maintained by Mr.. KICK
etts may be taken as an indication OF what might
be expected in the Court OF General sessions IL
the reforms desired by Recorder Golf were carried
out.
The Recorder may also tell the Grand Jury some
thing Of interest about the methods by which in
dictments are pgeonholed in the District-At'oi-
neys Office instead Of being aways kept IN oI 1ne
to public inspection. ,.. -. p.-
man whose personal Recorder has
learned great many things about d 9ne of al
Goss not quite ali Of the departments He did
not know then that he would ever nave neeI %
terisc Of saving everythng he kept it all o %Sw
that the udS S OF he the will HO1n ind ass for in his
way When he came in the court ne anti , S,,a
lie mads committed amy ny. G Sssh
ne would retaate That b over bar ace of Justice
Cowing which was evidently made Win r lhe d dp
termne d then to go before that Grand Jury and
tell them what he knew about the court .o
day ns as os to the best methods making thorough
Judge &c sWnsr will wo fsee ia the
courts daily get their version Of its
ss eass 4e S seFE oT s
exercised the present situation ana argunissnts
are TO heard in the court rooms IN the corldols
and in the halls of other departments; 49,.
Judge Cowing yesterday made the following s'a'e
have read Recorder Colts statement. and de-
sire TO state that the Judges of the Court or Cen
era Sessions not fighting against REFORM put
bill which be has caused to be introduced in the
Legislature. We more than Wiling 10 aoopt az
needed reforms for the Court Mr.. Con $ statement
u.s. my view peculiar piece OF pieaang. oo ,h
rules OF the Court timely and good AFTER the
one meeting In which the Recorder met ms leiow,
Judges in this court that matter was discussed ana
Il was unanimously agreed that we should iormu-
No one knows that better than he In iact' ~ was
discussed many times before he came mere by the
Judges and thought by them to be a necessity
1t was agreed moreover, at the meeting at %nIc ,
should be uniformed: notice that he says mat nat
5000 is allowed him for office rent by the city me
statute also provides that an once once shai Oe
provided for City Judge but no 1900 nor any
fact there Is no necessity for such an allowance
from the city II provides the Recorder and AZ the
other Judges with fine offices In the Court Buildng
of course at the citys expense why sroud the Guy
be charged 5000 for something Tor which 'here Is
The office Of Chief Judge Of this court is purely
conventional and there being no written law IN rel-
erence to II, II Is matter Tor the JUDGES
CSoff at the meeting to which he refers, that me
question of patronage was one whlch l. ulu hoi
consider should belong to any judicial oitcer anu
that extremely distaseful TO me 10 De saKhs
was removed out Of and away from the Court alto
gether
M NEVS OF cur IN FLOUR.