Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-16
BAR MEETING TO-DAY
Motion 10 Adjourn Killed and
 Business Taken Up.

bers of the Waterbury bar were ham, mering and Knocking the bill pro- |yiding for the appointment of a deputy judge and an assistant prose- cutor in the city court and to-day at la meeting of the bar everyone of them voted for 1t. President John O'Neill presided and on account of the absence of Attorney N. k. Bron- son, Attorney Rogers moved that the meeting adjourn. Tho motion was not seconded.
 Attorney Seery moved that the meeting adjourn to August l which motion was also ignored, at first. but was finally seconded and was igno- lminiouSly defeated. The meeting then got down to business and after Clerk Root had read the bill Attorney Seery moved that copies of it be sent to each of the attorneys, but this was not feasible as the board of aldermen expect to hear report of the action of the meeting on Monday evening. Attorney Kelley then moved the adoption of the bill and that the con1- mittee so report to the board of al- dermen. A second bill which prac- tically strips justice of their trial power was also read.
 Attorney Kennedy spoke for the first bill He said it would be better for the profession to divorce the city court from the district court by hav- | ing independent judges in both. In l1S77 he said when New Haven had a population of 50,O00 1t had a dep luty judge for the city court as we'll as an assistant prosecutor, and it was time that Waterbury got onto | itself and Spread out.
 Attorney GuiIfoile said it was about time to properly organize the courts. Waterbury is no longer lsmall community, he said, and the time for getting away from picayune ideas and conditions has come. Too long have the courts been run with out system. The city can we'll afford both deputy judge and an assistant prosecutor in the city court. The city needs real court and the time has come to organize 1t.
 Attorney Minor disagreed with those sentiments. He said there were ulterior motives back of both bills. They were framed for the express purpose of getting some fellow into good jobs; fellows who have got to be taken care of. He would oppose the bills as long as he was able.
 Deputy Judge F. M. Pcasley of the district court. who sits in the city court when the regular judge is ab- sent. said he was glad of this oppor- tunity to say a few things. It was a delicate matter with him but he deemed it advisable to say that he saw in a daily paper during the week an article that made it appear that ] he and his friends outside of the bar association were back of the bills. He wished to say that he had nothing whatever to do with either bill in any shape or manner He is no dog in the manager. he said. and tte bills should be considered only on their merits. He favored the bills because there will be less occasion to call in outside judges for tho district court | if deputy judge is appointed for l the city court. There will not be so many instances of disqualification on account of one judge having to sit in both bourts.
 Attorney Marsh coincided with Judge Peasleys remarks, and in re- sponse to question from President O'Neill. Clerk P. J. McMahon of the city court stated that the amount paid for outside judges in the city court is usually about $500. | Attorney Russell was the m.<t violent speaker of all. He hinted broadly at partisan politics being the motive in the bills. He said he did not think the bar ought to be called as this appeared to be. If the bar was called upon to rebuke some one for the benefit of somebody else. he would have nothing to do with 1t.
 "We all know" said he that re- publicans will fill these places if the bills are passed, but we don't want to feel that it is matter of politics when we go before any of the judges.
 We do not want to feel that one is a
 democrat and another is a republi- can"
 Attorney Russell had scarcely re- sumcd his seat when Attorney U. C. Church jumped up and defended his party. He is the chairman of the re-
 publican town committee. He re- lsented Attorney Russell's intimation.
 The motion was then put that the bar support the bill creating the offices of deputy judge and assistant
 prosecuting attorney and it was car
 ried with one dissenting voice, that of Attorney Minor.
 The assistant prosecutors salary is
 to be $l.000 and the deputy judges l$1.500.
 The bill to deprive the justice of
 their trying power was then consid-
 cred and was unanimously disap- lproved.
 Attorney Lynch moved that Clerk
 McMahon of the city court be paid $1.500 year with fees on civil mat
 ters. and then it was discovered that
 one of the bills provides that the
 salary be s2.000 with fees for copies
 of judgments. and all other fees to
 he handed over to the city treasurer.
 The latter was adopted and the meet ing adjourned.