The sun., 1900-12-09
yOrrs or ,g0it rrrNrs.

b " Gooor'h ul IT ut'ru, who $50. me-"
loader 90 u.n NImlt.It' urr until h- 1ni'ir'-
mrnt snd cla,'Iur tu mo bench ~ o." S''''
{ Supreme court. 'all- our attention to ~" ca'"
! of the PENNSYLVANIA tSs uttrd Stltos li"porta
| page t25I ~ hearing ON tu" uue-''n discussed
| by the London Iros correspondent and Nj
Renedict In that Uase tho steamer Penn
( ~ lvania going seven knots al hour IN
! dense fog.collidrd NItn the bark Mary Troop,
/ moving about one kuot an hour Roth ves-
.els were held g. be Ia fault tho steamer for
running 80 fast IN = fog, only .o1 miles from
! SANDY Hook and tuo bark for not sounding
1 u fughoru when under way. a. required bf
| the Act Of Congress for preventing collisions
| at sea our rules Of Navigation. said Mi
| Justice strong In the Supreme court Of the
, United states, as well as the british rules
| require every steamship when In fog to 80
| at a moderate speed What Is such speed
| may not he precisely dennable. II mus'
| depend upon the circumstances Of each case
| That may be moderate and reasonable In som
| circumstances which would be quite immod-
| crate in others. But the purpose Of the
! requirement being to guard against danger
! OF collisions. very plainly the speed should
be reduced as the risk of meeting vessels is
increased"
on the second day Of the present session
ol congress MT ote"ar' oi N''dua 'n"'
n Supreme Court for the Philippine Islands.
| IL provides for a tribunal OF five Judges, to
| hold office during good behavior, at N annual
salary Of 500 900 each The measure was
read twice and referred TO the Committee
on the Philippines The proposed court
difers radically from the usual territorial
courts SO far as the tenure II oflce Of the
Judges Il concerned Under the Revised
statutes Of the United States. the members
of the Supreme Court of a Territory are ap-
pointed hy the President for terms Of four
wears. whereas. in this Philippine Supreme
Court. the terms OF the Judge, would be
practically for life. like those Of the Federal
Judges In tho state, and in the supreme
Court at Washiu.ton In LAYING his bill
before tho Senate. MIR Stewart said. -Our
terr,tnri,l systeu, n, Judres has been n sue
cess in the agricultural parts Of tie country.
but il has been n fa!lure in the mining regions
whore great interest, were involved The
matter must be taken hold of earnestly or |
,,a IN, ha,, .,oIa ra,.o,y.io,,
We VIII nave on !drse sca4e' r'''"t'h
OF what has occurred In many Of our mining |
States whore the judica arv system has boon |
or commNnIty lar on Where there are great |
interests involved He added that IL would |
. y.ar yIars be ,Tpst sranS si6 o6o to live
and that tho pay ought t. be sufficient for |
lawyers from the top OF the bar.
III. ,,onosi,io, 70 nav judicial sal,r,.. =, !
400 600 n VAR 70 tho r,en,bers y, a sr,reue
Court q, Manila will berdl,. ne sdor,ed WITH |
az. n d,scu.sio, in Co,press as IA tho innd- |
oo,,acv ., tho ,o,rre,satio,, now r.caivsd Inv |
no roderol i,diciarv No do NO, say tba, |
sa,o,.r S,.war, q nrro,o T., h,s jds, ,h,t ~. |
p,Iinn,,e r,,dga. should ha 90 yeparousl,. |
naid Ind.ed ve a,a o,,,t. clesr thu, hi. |
30 a,s,ino,,on ana obuit,, des,rsbls IN our !
49,, r.. 80 L,,,,. ,ocord ., ~ |
rlas So, ou, t. ,o,rasa,, ,hf. oov,+-,.
L.',tI -. a. .xo.,,a,, "a 90 i,,r,ro oo,e
d.roa ord command ,os,ect from IN. v.rv /
a., o., -. ,,,,.r,ar, i,s,,ior ,ruu,oIu uho.o
,,, 4. ho..a 80 ta,.o s,oh a ,-o,ror,,L 10
60. ,to ,,Lar ~, ,t. ,,ood |
,.r,a =, Im.-ioa 4, tho East pu, Co,orose
4. 80, ,ot.. 90 - thasa r.,,,a,,o, ,u,o. n.
- q. r.aa;,'.a b.. 10 ',,s,i.os -, ~. |
s.'N 60, -, ~. Tr,,.a s,o,as n,,,on,
Lui. -. .. l.aI ,.IrI, ,r,,h ~. ,,,l,otor,
M hone in the ma,tsr ~ saIsrias In Enr- /
land tho judicial members OF tho House ~ !
Lords receive 81, 600 aud the ordinary Judges +
~ tho Uiph Court Of Justice IS hpu nor an
ann '0 omr sunrem. Court lusficc, al Mash !
in eion ought 10 be paid at least sl5 900 a |
wear,
The queen on Friday announced The ap-
pointments by Great britain 10 the permanent |
court OF Ato'ua'loh eS'apIsheu uhoer 'he
treaty ~hich was lhe result OF the Ih'erna-
uonal convention heio AZ Inc hague IN Ie'S' |
The members ot the our, are no. necessarily
required 10 DC lawyers oy profession puV .
they must be persons oi known cofnne'ehcN
in questions OF ihterha'louaI law he
Bristh aroitra'ors are Ioru iauhc''",e, 'he
Ambassador az " nshihgtoh' Sir hdWard Naies
recently Ambassador AZ beriIh Sr fdwsrd
Fry, until lately an Appellate Judge IN Eng
land. and Prof. John "estlaKe' VINO occupies
the chair OF International IA" IN 'he University
OF Cambridge lord lauhceio'e carry ca
reer was devoted solely 10 the law ana ne
had been colonial httorney-uehera ana
Judge before he entered the diplomatic ser
Vice. The American aroitrators' as ehhouh'"d
by the PRESIDENT IN MS message are former
President HARRISON 'hl't Justice luIler'
Attorney-General frlGes ana circuit Judge
Georg" Gray formerly 'h"ed states senator
IRON peiaware' Inc t'a'F hu'horHeS eaeh
OF N" slrnatory Powers 10 appoint -FOUR aroN-
ralors AZ most, end ratit itCstiohs nave slrsaGv
n,',,ries toWey.r NAV sgroe In noni,,ats
90 ',n,nr,,h ~ az W r',,ro 90 in TS,nnon oni mo
s.r,. ,,,,.'','s,'av ba ,,or,ir .,ed Nv diNerert
In,erls 80 ,.rr 81 IN ~ 10 sjx vears ma
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