The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-25
SATURDAYS BAR MEETING.

A Committeeeto Look After Legislation
 A Collapse of the Attack on Judge Cable.
 A meeting of the New Haven County Bar association was held Saturday forenoon in the Superior court room for the purpose of considering bills affect ing the courts now pending before the Legislature. The meeting was presided over by Attorney John K. Beach, vice president of the, association, in the ab- sence of the president, Attorney John w. filling. One of the bills considered was that providing that each judge of the Superior court have a stenographer to travel on the circuit with the judge and to receive a salary of $2,000 per year. Attorneys c. H Fowler and c. S. Hamilton spoke in opposition to the bill, and MT. Hamilton moved that committee of five be appointed to ex- anime the bill and oppose it before the General Assembly. E. F. Arvine amend ed the motion to provide for giving the committee power to appear in relations to all bills affecting the courts now pending in the legislature and to advo-
 
 that the system of employment of sten- ographers now in operation in the Su- perior court be extended to the Court of Common Pleas, The following vote was then passed:
 "Voted-That committee of five members of the bar be appointed to take into consideration the matter of improvement of the stenographic ser vice in courts of this State, with power to appear before the General Assembly and advocate such notifications of the present Jaw as may seem desirable, with instructions, however, to oppose the passage of House bill 12s, the stenogra- phers' biIA referred to-"
 George D. Watrous, E. B. Gager, E F. Arvine, Henry O. White, w. B. Stod- dard and c. s. Hamilton were appoint ed members of the committee, and the chairman was authorized to appoint a member from Waterbury and one from Meriden The following resolution was then passed:
 Resolved, That the committee ap- pointed shall also examine all matters relative to practice in the courts, and shall have power to act on them and to report to a future bar meeting.''
 Elk x-Judge Hobart l.. Hotchkiss then took the floor and said that he had talk en some steps towards giving the bar an opportunity of considering the pro- posed election of Judge Cable to the Court of Common Pleas benrh. He said that he had taken such steps at the re- quest of others, and that he had been simply figurehead. Attorney James D. Dewell, jr., moved to adjourn, but before this motion was put Attorney F. P. Arvine spoke in favor of some changes in the system of appointment of judges of the inferior courts. The following resolution regarding this mat ter was offered by Attorney William A. Wright and was referred to the com mittee which had already been appoint ed:
 Whereas, The present method of ap- pointing candidates of the Courts of Common Pleas and inferior courts has resulted in the selection of candidates for these positions by small county eau cuses and not by the General Assembly, as was contemplated at the time of the adoption of the constitution, and,
 Whereas, The Courts of Common | Pleas in the several counties, with their increased Jurisdiction and with the null l titude of important cases determined | therein. require the appointment of able | and impartial judges; therefore,
 Resolved by the bar of this county, | That they favor an amendment to the or such necessary action that the judges of the Common Pleas | and other inferior courts shall hereafter ! be appointed in the same manner as are the judges of the Supreme and Superior ! courts.' The meeting then adjourned