Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1909-03-31
NAMING JUDGEsHlPs A PROBLEM
Governor Pennewill in Quandary Re-
garding New Jurists to Be APP
pointed In June Salaries Low.

Governor Pennewill in Quandary Re-
gardng New Jurists to Be APP
pointed In June Salaries Low.
The most important task that Gov
ernor Pennewill will be called upon to
perform during his four years term
of office is now engaging his serious
attention, and, thus far, he has not
reached conclusion. 1t is the ap-
polntment of an entirely new judiciary
for the State for terms of twelve
years Chancellor, Chief Justice,
Judge-at-large and three Resident
Judges, one for each county. The
comparatively small emolument that
the judiciary receives has had the
effect of causing several lawyers, who
would make good judges, to decline
the Governors offer to appoint them
to the bench. AS a result the Execu-
tive is in a quandary as to how to
proceed. 1t is probable that Charles
M. Curtis, (Rep.), of Wilmington,
will be named as Chancellor to sue
coed John r. Nicholson, Dem,
Judge James Pennewill, of Dover,
(Rep }, the present resident Judge
for Kent County and brother of the
Governor will be appointed Chief Jus
tice. He will replace Charles B. Lore,
Dem.). This Appointment is assured,
as is also the reappOintment of Judge
William Il. Boyce of Georgetown, as
Resident Judge for Sussex County.
A strong effort is being made to have
! Postmaster Henry G.. Conrad of Allen
town, named as Resident Judge of
New Castle county to succeed William
c. Spruance. This particular appoint
ment is important because of the fact
that the Resident Judge for New
Castle county has the appointment of
the three police commissioners foI
Wilmington who are in charge OF
what, in modern municipal government
would be a Department of Public
Safety. Several names have been
mentioned for Resident Judge of Kent
county, notably proposition to have
Walter H. Hayes, a wellknown Re
publican attorney of Wilmington anC
personal counsel for Governor Lea
remove to Dover and assume the post
Mr.. Hayes is willing to make the
change of esidence if this shall b,
the Governors desire. Alexander M
DAILY of Dover, a prominent Ken
Democratic attorney and who was thu
State chairman of the "dry" force
at the local option election in 1870
when Kent and Sussex counties wen
dry" is being urged for Judge a
large. An active effort is also being
made by Wilmington lawyers of boil
political parties in the interest o
Victor B. Wooley and William T
Lyman, Democratic lawyers of Will
mington for the second Democrat
judgeship. Opposition petitions hav
been circulated among the member
| .af the New Castle county bar wit
the result they are divided as be
, tween Woolley and Lyman. TIL
f petition of Mr.. Woolley was in charg
! of ex-attOrneyGeneral Robert H
Richards, Rep. The terms of tn
r present judiciary will expire on Jun
e 10. AS now constituted there ar
four Democrats and two Republican
on the bench. Under the new orde
of things this will be reversed. /
as much as the Resident Judges &C
= upon election appeal cases in thei
: respective counties, in addition
+. other duties, the Governor is bein
6 urged to name Republican jurist fc
! each county. 1t has been authorits
6 lively announced that the GovernC
. will not name the new judiciary unit
early in June or shortly before tn
expiration of the terms of the preser
Judges. 1t is his desire to have {
: much time as possible in reaching
decision.