New-York tribune., 1901-04-07
TWO KINDS OF REFERENCES.

Generally speaking, there are two KINGS or Te5sr
ences. One is reference 10 hear ana ae[eIL1inS.
where his decision is hnaL and where II Is neees-
II aside In ali other cases referee is practically
a ministerial officer and his report gees O4cA 20
the fudge or special term appointing him IN the
latter cases are Included references TO sell prop
erty. TO pass upon accounts OF si - an IicsT
long accounts, the referee oelns mercy az
10 assist the court in making hnal determination
In these cases the referees pass on accounts
sometimes involving millions OF GollaEs aIla Z Ias
and partition suits the referee IS lntrdsSed VIII
proper disposition OF which he is not required by
law 10 give any security ., o.. -, 49,.
Metropolitan opera House under the toreclosure
sale few years ago nao n HI5 giSS' giS sv ss
curity patent that In cases of this character
Ias }1ag %nS Tor 0 the proper disposition Of 1hess
funds. should at Least know the person whom hs
ren9arkable thing about the bill is that
the fast that It = applies 29 S 59 fs 20 ot Ses
sixty counties OF the State. member OF the es1s-
biity Of introducing and fathering the bill and
that it remained for a member rom Loekpor,.
a remarkable thing that nobody of prominence az
the bar am or on ae a9o6soF DsorH or ~Fn m G 6 % &
the Appellate Division disclanl al for
soirior on Of SeW-York County dIed brief and
protest with the Senate Codes Committee against
it. ridiculing its provisions ,,
New-York County Bar ASSOCIATE ton committees
IeeiSIatiOn appeared before the Codes Commit
tee OF the Senate and behalf OF the Bar Asso-
citation protested against the passage Of the bill
Notwithstanding this protest. the Republican
eanization has made the bill a party measure and
has caused il TO be reported favOrably from the
Codes Committee as political bin. the Democrats
bill in all likelihood viii be ia-nmed through the
legislature by a strictly party vote The action OF
the legislature IN this regard does not to bs
harmony with the UtterauCes OF the Governor
Of the State az recent public dinner that he did
not favor special legislation for locality. and
that law which was good enough for the county
Of New-York was good enough for the rest OF the
State
law that the Supreme Court justices elected BY
the people of the county Of Nsw-York will not
have the the Supreme Court Jus
tees who elected IN the other sixty counties
constitutional for while IL is true that the new
constitution gives 70 the legislature right 70
additional powers 10 rfs Appellate Division.
II give the legtsa ure the right 70 strip
which they enjoved prior the adoption Of the
constitution Of 1S94 because that constitution
pressly and in continues the Supreme Court
of the State of Nev-York with all the powers ard
iect only TO the Appellate Jurisdiction ef Tire Court
of Appeals.
ELSBERG NON -CO11MITTAL-
State Senator Elsberg. OF this city. who talked
a little with a Tribune reporter about the bill
yesterday. would not declare himself either as
in favor of or as against the bill He said he
had net considered its provisions with sufficient
care TO criticise them. He discIaiue6 response
bility for the measure however. saying that IL
had been introduced by Senator Ellsworth
When asked If he thought that twenty referees