New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-27
VOW ARNOLD MUST EXPLAIN.
ss.cE OF THE FALLOwS RESOLU-
TON BY THE ASSEMBLY.
uo,,NrrTEE AT ONCE APPOINTED TO
INVESTIGATE DELAYS IN THE
srrRRoGATE's COURT.

1--we in Surrogate Arnolds once SPEAKER
..,xnr announced the committee as follows: Mr..
ronows. Of New-York. chairman Mr. Rogers OF
fA'. Mr. Davis Of New-York: Mr.. Lewis, OF
,,onroe. Mr. Martin, Of Oneida. all Republicans
~ Heller OF Chemung and Mr. Finn, Of
New-York. Democrats
The debate was preceded by call OF the
,orsc which Mr. Aids the Republican leader
we'd as he had promised The Committee on
r-avs and Means reported the resolution and
A. Palmer Of Schoharie, the minority leader
-o,sed the point Of order that the resolution
.,oul5 &c over 10 Monday under the rules The
sneaker declared that the point was not well
taken. o,
Az Finn read from the blue legislative manual
-. The instruction OF the Speaker the rule which
ssvs that resolutions are made special order OF
business for Monday night and that vote OF
,vo-thirds Of those present is necessary for their
.o,s,6eraton out Of the regular order. The
sneaker ruled that committee could report
rssolu.ion al any time. and that this brought II
before the House for consideration.
An INSULT FROM HARBURGER
NJ uarbureer said he was glad TO note that
che glow % orange blossoms had returned 10 the
e,.aker's face The man who presided during
bic illness Mr. Kelsey) had ruled otherwise and
- was not astonished that Mr. Nixon should re-
,,d,ste the work OF this specimen Of legislative
frigidty
NJ Palmer moved that the resolution be re
committed 10 the Ways and Means Committee
"a the end that the members find out and report
inst what the charges are upon which IL Is oe-
s,red 10 hold an investigation. He said no mem
bs- nresent would venture TO irnpugn justice
=, The peace on such hearsay as that on which
:, was proposed 70 impeach Judge in New
York
oTb,s Is a matter Of grave importance" con-
,,rusd Mr. Palmer. 1t is a move made 10 run
down the fair fame Of this old man. who Is
shour 70 law down the cares Of office under the
Age Limit act
Mr. Palmer dccried the subsection Of the state
n a LARGE expense as in the LexoW lnvesusa-
,,on which he declared. had amounted 10 notn-
ing in the end.
,Tbere was no. single indictment or con-
v,ction due 10 that committee" he asserted
and thousands and thousands OF dollars OF the
peoples money were wasted
Mr. Aids declared that the Ways and Means
Committee had been justified in reporting the
resolution Mr. Falows had appeared BEFORE
the committee at It's meeting on Wednesday
afternoon and asked that the resolution De ia
vOrablv reported Nct QuSSO4'I' nav ~'
asked - him by any Democrat present. not an
objection had been raised
Mr. Roche objected TO the consideration Of
the resolution on the ground that It had not
been printed.
NJ Aids said that every one was aware OF us
purrort and gave way to Mr. Fallows, VINO IN
q clear and concise statement, explained what
had been done and the reasons for the course
proposed
COURSE OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
This resolution" he said. lis not q fishing
expedition. not a shot in the air. appreciate
the gravity Of the situation in which I am
placed when ! present such resolution to the
Assembly Il has been drafted and presented
only after the most mature consideration by
members Of the New-York Ear Association, who
have given largely Of their time to the work
during a period Of not less than ten weeks, TO
determine whether there should be an official
Investigation II the Surrogate's Court. II was
realized that the charge might be made on this
floor that the character Of an individual was
being assaied and this was done that no such
charge could stand
Nj Palmer said he welcomed the demand,
and felt that the investigation would enable
Surrogate Arnold 70 emerge unscathed with a
clean bill Of health. He asked about the COM
plants which had come 70 Nj. Fallows.
Mr. Falows continued saying: The facts are
such that il is impossible at This time TO explain
in full what has been developed by the exam
nation I can say, however. that lawyers who
have wide reputation said 70 me thai, in their
opinion. the facts brought out would warrant
an immediate investigation. We ell avoid the
courts as q rule and not many az us have much
occasion % use them. but every family in the
State. and sooner or later every individual must
70 20 The Surrogate's Court. and IL is absolutely
essential that there the stream IF justice should
run pure and unrestricted
LONG-sTANDING GRIEVANCES
"These Complaints are not new. The charges.
many Of them run over period Of three years.
There was only one Surrogate in New York
County before 1894 and there had been much
less cause for complaint. Mr. Arnold went on
the bench January % that year and In two
years delays in disposing OF estates became so
persistent and SO frequent that the newspapers
took the matter up. In 1895 the ill-heath Of
Mr. Arnold was given as the excuse. Now there
IS no such excuse and the IA cts warrant in
vsstgat.on
Mr.. Collins Dem. y. y asked whether some
o. these facts should rot be put before the com
mttee SO that the Assembly might know
whether they we're sufficient 20 warrant an in
Vestgation
shall soon cite some Of the facts Mr. Fs-
lows answered
Nh collns-Vhy don't you DO IT in the com
mitteer
ny FaloTs-We want 10 preserve the charac-
OF The man u We can. and not damn him in
'..ance by publishing facts 10 the world
ar Tantor-Then you mean 10 have a secret
"'.sugation, do 7 understands
NJ Fallows replied that he had formed no
an as 10 tina; feature Of the investigation. He
no' Yield The floor for any more ques-
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